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Obscure Trivia #15

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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Quiz by arjaygee
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Last updated: August 19, 2024
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1. Osamu Tezuka is considered to be the father of …
food flavoring
bionanotechnology
Manga and Anime
the microprocessor
2. In Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, it is illegal to …
pretend to sleep on a public bench
whisper in church
change clothes in a car parked in your garage
wear a hat that obscures the view of people sitting behind you
3. The space between galaxies …
is always very small
is completely empty
frequently contains a black hole
has an average of one atom per cubic meter
4. About how much saliva, on average, does a human mouth produce in one day?
1 pint
1 liter/litre
1 gallon
1 cup
5. Fugu, a type of pufferfish, is a delicacy in Japan. However, it contains tetrodotoxin, a deadly nerve-paralyzing toxin. If not prepared properly, a single fugu contains enough toxin to kill how many people?
7
30
25
50
6. A group of ferrets is called a …
nest
crash
coterie
business
7. How tall was the largest chocolate Easter egg ever made?
10’ 3.75” (3.14325 meters)
41’ 2.5” (12.5603 meters)
34’ 1.05” (10.38987 meters)
16’ (4.8768 meters)
8. The city of Kosciusko, Mississippi is named after …
the Native American name for the nearby Yockanookany River
the city’s founder
a Polish officer who served with the Continental Army during the Revolution
a Native American tribe that lived in the area before being forced to migrate west
9. Who was the first U.S. President born in the United States?
Millard Fillmore
John Adams
George Washington
Martin Van Buren
10. United Kingdom : Anglo- :: Afghanistan : ?
Afghan-
Afghano-
Afgho-
Afghani-
11. Constantinople : Istanbul :: New Amsterdam : ?
New York state
Kinderhook, NY
New York City
New Zealand
12. The demonym for someone from the Republic of Seychelles is …
Seychellian
Seychellan
Seychellese
Seychellois
13. When Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury was executed in 1541, how many strokes of the axe did it reportedly take her inexperienced executioner to sever her head from her body?
16
11
3
6
14. The town of Swastika was established in 1908 in which location?
County Cork, Ireland
Ontario, Canada
Bedfordshire, U.K.
Alabama, U.S.A.
15. The average lifespan of a narwhal is …
90 years
65 years
45 years
150 years
16. Pysanka is …
a notorious Russian gulag
a traditional Belarusian festival
a type of Polish fruit-flavored vodka
the Ukrainian art of decorating Easter eggs
17. Chrometophobia is a fear of what?
Bright colors
Contracting a disease from touching money
Spending any money
Wearing clothes that don’t match
18. The first video game created solely for entertainment (i.e., not for demonstration or research) was called …
Pong
Spacewar!
Tennis for Two
Tetris
19. Biogeography is a specialized subdivision of which branch of science?
Archaeology
Zoology
Paleontology
Biology
20. The most popular flavor of Jelly Belly jelly beans has nearly always been Very Cherry, except for the period from 1998-2003, when another flavor was briefly the most popular. Which flavor?
Strawberry Cheesecake
Piña Colada
Chocolate Pudding
Buttered Popcorn
4 Comments
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Level 67
Aug 19, 2024
First time seeing a 0% on this series - good question! The Tennis For Two question is equally absurd.

Good work on the double bluff for Osamu Tezuka.

Not sure if you've changed this in future but it would be nice to have the ft/in measurements in metres too (and spelling "liter" as litre).

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Level 67
Aug 19, 2024
Always good to hear from you.

I try to remember to provide metric measurements, but I am not always successful. In general, I am making an effort to make my quizzes less U.S.-centric (except for the ones that are U.S.-centric by nature, e.g. quizzes about Presidents) by including metric measurements, including translations from American English to rest-of-world English (when known), and other measures. I will consider updating this quiz … but it will be a little painful, as it will reset the statistics for this quiz.

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Level 67
Aug 20, 2024
Ah I didn't realise that re-wording answers resets the statistics - probably best to keep it as is :)
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Level 67
Aug 20, 2024
Too late!