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Obscure Trivia #6
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1. Napoleon Bonaparte was attacked by what in 1807?
The attack was described in the memoirs of General Paul-Charles-François-Adrien-Henri-Dieudonné Thiébault (1769-1846).
Crows
Angry townswomen
Bees
Rabbits
2. Someone does this every 12 seconds at a U.S. Holiday Inn.
Uses the ice machine
Checks in or out
Loses their room key
Steals a towel
3. If your waiter brings you a serving of lamb thymus glands, what did you probably order from the menu?
Yum!
A pupu platter
Sweetbreads
An organ casserole
Prairie oysters
4. If you INclude its overseas territories and departments, but EXclude its illegal claim in Antarctica, how many time zones does France use?
2
14
1
12
5. In Kentucky, you can be fined up to $100 for …
KY Rev Stat § 437.060 (2022)
Using a reptile during a religious service
Marrying the same man more than twice
Walking down a highway in a bikini
Buying a hat without your husband’s permission
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 Foxtrot
American Quickstep
American Viennese Waltz
American Tango
9. When you have finished adding up all the numbers on a standard roulette wheel, the sum will be …
1000
911
666
553
10. When Pepsi was first introduced in 1893, what was it called?
After inventor Caleb Bradham.
Peppy Cola
Patent Medicine #37
Brad’s Drink
Lemuel’s Libation
11. In what year was Christmas declared a federal holiday in the U.S.?
1824
1777
1870
1918
12. When living fruit flies encounter dead ones, …
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
They age faster
They eat them
They attack another fruit fly
They cover them in a gooey shroud
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?
Peach
Grape
Apple
Mandarin orange
15. What color is a polar bear’s skin?
Pinkish
Brown
White
Black
16. On average, it takes this animal 16 days to digest its food.
But digestion time can vary between 11 and 30 days, according to research done at Sloth Sanctuary, Costa Rica.
Lemur
Elephant
Koala
Sloth
17. Rhinoceros horns are composed of …
Bone
Tartar
Keratin
Ivory
18. What percentage of American adults pretend not to be home on Halloween?
According to a 2021 YouGov poll.
21
4
9
17
19. What name was used by Europeans to refer to the Hawaiian Islands from 1778 until the 1840s?
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.
Pineapple Islands
Easter Islands
Christmas Islands
Sandwich Islands
20. Who is purported to have been the first author to use a typewriter to prepare a manuscript?
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.”
Winston Churchill
Henry James
Charles Dickens
Mark Twain
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