Obscure Trivia #6

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1. Napoleon Bonaparte was attacked by what in 1807?

Angry townswomen ✓

Rabbits ✓

Bees ✓

Crows ✓

The attack was described in the memoirs of General Paul-Charles-François-Adrien-Henri-Dieudonné Thiébault (1769-1846).

2. Someone does this every 12 seconds at a U.S. Holiday Inn.

Steals a towel ✓

Loses their room key ✓

Checks in or out ✓

Uses the ice machine ✓

3. If your waiter brings you a serving of lamb thymus glands, what did you probably order from the menu?

Sweetbreads ✓

Prairie oysters ✓

An organ casserole ✓

A pupu platter ✓

Yum!

4. If you INclude its overseas territories and departments, but EXclude its illegal claim in Antarctica, how many time zones does France use?

12 ✓

14 ✓

1 ✓

2 ✓

5. In Kentucky, you can be fined up to $100 for …

Walking down a highway in a bikini ✓

Using a reptile during a religious service ✓

Marrying the same man more than twice ✓

Buying a hat without your husband’s permission ✓

KY Rev Stat § 437.060 (2022)

6. 77% of the world’s maple syrup comes from …

Quebec ✓

New York ✓

Maine ✓

Vermont ✓

7. “Polska” is to “Poland” as “Sverige” is to …

Switzerland ✓

Slovenia ✓

Slovakia ✓

Sweden ✓

8. Which of these four dances is NOT included in the Smooth category in American School competitive ballroom dancing?

American Tango ✓

American Viennese Waltz ✓

American Quickstep ✓

American Foxtrot ✓

9. When you have finished adding up all the numbers on a standard roulette wheel, the sum will be …

1000 ✓

666 ✓

553 ✓

911 ✓

10. When Pepsi was first introduced in 1893, what was it called?

Brad’s Drink ✓

Lemuel’s Libation ✓

Patent Medicine #37 ✓

Peppy Cola ✓

After inventor Caleb Bradham.

11. In what year was Christmas declared a federal holiday in the U.S.?

1870 ✓

1918 ✓

1777 ✓

1824 ✓

12. When living fruit flies encounter dead ones, …

They eat them ✓

They age faster ✓

They attack another fruit fly ✓

They cover them in a gooey shroud ✓

Gendron CM, Chakraborty TS, Duran C, Dono T, Pletcher SD (2023) Ring neurons in the Drosophila central complex act as a rheostat for sensory modulation of aging. PLoS Biol 21(6): e3002149. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002149

13. In a Peruvian restaurant, you might order “cuy” from the menu if you have a taste for …

Guinea pig ✓

Nutria ✓

Hamster ✓

Rat ✓

14. What was the first fruit eaten on the moon?

Apple ✓

Grape ✓

Mandarin orange ✓

Peach ✓

15. What color is a polar bear’s skin?

Pinkish ✓

Black ✓

Brown ✓

White ✓

16. On average, it takes this animal 16 days to digest its food.

Elephant ✓

Sloth ✓

Lemur ✓

Koala ✓

But digestion time can vary between 11 and 30 days, according to research done at Sloth Sanctuary, Costa Rica.

17. Rhinoceros horns are composed of …

Ivory ✓

Tartar ✓

Keratin ✓

Bone ✓

18. What percentage of American adults pretend not to be home on Halloween?

17 ✓

21 ✓

4 ✓

9 ✓

According to a 2021 YouGov poll.

19. What name was used by Europeans to refer to the Hawaiian Islands from 1778 until the 1840s?

Easter Islands ✓

Christmas Islands ✓

Pineapple Islands ✓

Sandwich Islands ✓

Captain James Cook of the Royal Navy visited the islands on January 18, 1778, and named them the "Sandwich Islands" in honor of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, who as the First Lord of the Admiralty was one of his sponsors.

20. Who is purported to have been the first author to use a typewriter to prepare a manuscript?

Mark Twain ✓

Henry James ✓

Charles Dickens ✓

Winston Churchill ✓

It was then called a typemachine. In his 1904 autobiography, Twain claimed to have typed the manuscript for “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” although a handwritten manuscript is extant. However, he did submit a typewritten manuscript for “Life on the Mississippi.”

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