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Obscure Trivia #13
Select the correct answer from the choices provided … if you dare.
Some questions may be in this format:
A : B :: C : ?
This is known as an analogy. It is read as “A is to B as C is to what? So, the answer to the analogy “dog : canine :: cat : ?” is “feline.” Canine has the same relationship to dog as feline has to cat.
This is a challenging quiz, but I can almost guarantee you will learn something from it.
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Some questions may be in this format:
A : B :: C : ?
This is known as an analogy. It is read as “A is to B as C is to what? So, the answer to the analogy “dog : canine :: cat : ?” is “feline.” Canine has the same relationship to dog as feline has to cat.
This is a challenging quiz, but I can almost guarantee you will learn something from it.
Constructive criticism is welcome. Please rate this quiz. Subscribe to get a notification when I release a new quiz.
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1. Police in Coralville, Iowa shut down a four-year-old’s lemonade stand because …
The permit would have cost $400. At $.25 per glass, she would have had to have sold 1,600 glasses to break even (not counting supplies and labor). (Source: The Gazette, 2 Aug 2011)
Her lemonade was tied to a salmonella outbreak
She was price gouging
She didn’t have the right permit
Her lemonade was too tart
2. The unincorporated community of Forks of Salmon is located in which U.S. state?
The name comes from the community’s position in between the north and south forks of the Salmon River. (Source: Wikipedia)
California
Maine
Washington
New Hampshire
3. Which former U.S. President, representing Virginia, voted to secede from the U.S. at the Peace Conference of 1861, before being elected to the Confederate House of Representatives?
Tyler died in 1862, before he began his term in the Confederate legislature. (Source: Library of Congress Blogs)
William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
Zachary Taylor
James Knox Polk
4. Brasil : Brazil :: Lietuva : ?
(Source: worldatlas.com)
Latvia
Slovenia
Lithuania
Lesotho
5. According to legend, which deposed English king was killed by having a red-hot poker thrust up his anus?
At Berkeley Castle on 21 September 1327. Sources: Historic UK, St Neots Museum.
Charles I
Edward II
Edward I “Longshanks”
Richard II
6. Which of the following is NOT a variety of Hostess Twinkies?
(Source: taquitos.net)
Mixed Berry
Ogre Green Creamy Filling
Devil’s Food
Red, White & Blue
7. Which U.S. state is the only one whose official drink is an alcoholic beverage?
Conecuh Ridge Alabama Fine Whiskey. (Source: Reader’s Digest)
New Mexico
Texas
Alabama
West Virginia
8. Fleas can jump distances that are how many times their body length?
This is equivalent to a human jumping as high as the Empire State Building. (Source: Fact Animal)
50
400
100
200
9. Laid end-to-end, how many times could an adult’s blood vessels circle the equator?
(Source: natgeokids.com)
1
5
3.5
4
10. How many times more than humans are giraffes likely to be struck by lightning?
(Source: BBC Science Focus)
10
50
15
30
11. Mercury and Venus are the only two planets in our solar system with no …
(Source: The Fact Site)
Inhabitants
Land
Moons
Atmosphere
12. Rodents can’t …
(Source: Forest Preserve District Will County)
See well during the day
Reproduce in captivity
Hear the human voice
Vomit
13. A coalition is a group of what animal?
(Sources: Arapahoe Libraries, African Safaris Ltd)
Bison
Panthers
Orangutans
Cheetahs
14. Rice crackers studded with baked-in wasps are sold in …
The crackers, called jibachi senbei, contain digger wasps. (Sources: Atlas Obscura, Hostel World)
Indonesia
Vietnam
Japan
Malaysia
15. What is it called when you just can’t remember that word that’s on the tip of your tongue?
(Source: wordfinder.yourdictionary.com)
Senility
Lethologica
Temporary amnesia
Lethonomia
16. A 2009 study suggested that the game Tetris can reduce …
(Source: Reader’s Digest)
Weight
Hunger
Trauma
The ability to sleep
17. How many US states do not officially observe Daylight Saving Time?
Arizona (with the exception of the Navajo Nation) and Hawaii. (Sources: Delaware Online, The Hill)
2
1
0
3
18. What is the average time, in years, it takes to grow a Christmas tree?
(Sources: realchristmastrees.org, Michigan State University)
5
15
10
7
19. Anthropophobia is a fear of what?
(Source: Cleveland Clinic)
Dead bodies
People
Cartoon animals that behave like humans
Ancient objects
20. Which country has more pyramids than any other?
(Sources: Science Alert, Reader’s Digest, Wikipedia)
Peru
Egypt
Mexico
Sudan
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