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Obscure Trivia #2
Select the correct answer from the choices provided … if you dare.
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1. What is one unusual thing about the annual Fremont Solstice Parade in Seattle?
Santa Claus makes an appearance
Almost everybody cross-dresses
Everybody walks backwards
Most of the bicyclists are nude
2. In 1932, Australian soldiers went to war with …
It was a wildlife management mission. The emus were devastating crops in Western Australia’s Wheatbelt region.
New Zealand
Drug dealers
Emus
Fiji
3. More than 25% of Americans believe this fictional character was a real person.
Sherlock Holmes
Elmer Fudd
Huckleberry Finn
Robinson Crusoe
4. The longest place name in the world (Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauo tamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu) is a hill in which country?
Wales
Fiji
New Zealand
Tuvalu
5. In which city was coffee banned in 1511, due to its imagined propensity for stimulating radical thinking?
Mecca
Delhi
Beijing
Rome
6. Which country entirely banned hula hoops over fears their use would stimulate passion?
Japan also forbade hula hoops, but only on public streets.
Vatican City
China
Indonesia
North Korea
7. Which is the only letter that doesn’t occur in the name of a U.S. state?
New Jersey, New Mexico, and Arizona are examples of the other three.
J
X
Q
Z
8. A group of flamingos is most commonly called a …
Flamboyance
Pink-out
Lawn ornament party
Flock
9. The women in Amy Tan’s Joy Luck Club meet to play what game?
Mahjong
Touch football
Cribbage
Bridge
10. Which product was sold in the 1830s as a cure for diarrhea, indigestion, and jaundice?
Ketchup
Coca-Cola
Dijon mustard
Mayonnaise
11. About 50% of which country is covered by forest?
Russia
Canada
Germany
Latvia
12. The pink color of this country’s Lake Hillier remains unexplained by scientists.
Australia
Grenada
Narnia
Tanzania
13. Every month, Thames Water removes about a ton of something at its water treatment plants. What?
Copper coins
Pubic hair
Condoms
Bird feathers
14. Martin Van Buren was the only U.S. President for whom English was a second language. What was his first language?
German
Spanish
Dutch
French
15. Name the major city that is located on two continents.
Yekaterinburg
Istanbul
Cairo
Panama City
16. Name the largest organ in the human body.
Liver
Skin
Large intestine
Lung
17. HOMES is a mnemonic device used to remember what?
Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior.
The order of mathematical operations
The colors of the rainbow
The notes found on the lines of the treble clef
The names of the Great Lakes
18. What is stored in a camel’s hump?
Fat
Water
Maps and spare keys
Muscle
19. Besides her corruption, Imelda Marcos (former First Lady of the Philippines), is perhaps best known for her collection of …
At one time, Imelda Marcos owned 3,000 pairs of shoes … purchased with government funds.
Barbie dolls
Kitten figurines
Shoes
Antique coins
20. A hallux is more commonly known as a …
Sweatshirt
Big toe
European robin
Sleeping chamber in an ancient Roman house
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