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Obscure Trivia #7

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.

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Last updated: April 19, 2024
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1. In Alabama, attaching a lantern to your vehicle makes it legal for you to …
Drive in heavy fog during a fog advisory
Park in a lovers’ lane
Drive in the wrong direction on a one-way street
Park on a highway without pulling on to the shoulder
This law has been on the books since pre-automobile days, when it perhaps made sense.
2. Which is not typically used to estimate the age of an adult lion?
Claw length
Mane growth
Teeth
Nose color
3. Gomutra is consumed in India (as a therapeutic element of Ayurvedic medicine) to treat psoriasis, leprosy, fevers, liver ailments, and cancer. What is gomutra?
Macaque brains
Fermented snake
Tiger organs
Cow urine
4. According to a 2023 YouGov survey, 13% of Americans believe U.S. Presidents should be allowed to …
Declare war
Make laws
Pardon themselves
Decide how federal money will be spent
5. How many U.S. state names contain only one consonant?
2
0
1
3
Iowa and Ohio.
6. The unincorporated community of Hell, home to a housing development called “Satan’s Hills,” is located in which U.S. state?
Maine
Florida
Nevada
Michigan
It should be noted that Hell sometimes freezes over during the winter.
7. A pack of apes is known as …
A shrewdness
A cleverness
A wit
An acuity
8. Which is the smallest country to have adopted two time zones?
Micronesia
Greece
Palau
Portugal
9. Kyiv : Kiev :: Gdańsk : ?
Danzig
Gdynia
Głogów
Rothenburg
10. Which of the following is not a U.S. federal observance day?
National Defense Transportation Day
George Washington’s Birthday
Leif Erikson Day
Stephen Foster Memorial Day
Stephen Foster Memorial Day is observed on January 13. National Defense Transportation Day is observed on the Friday that falls between May 15-21. Leif Erikson Day is observed October 9.
11. Which U.S. President served in Congress after his presidential term ended, and then suffered a fatal stroke on the floor of the House Chamber?
Martin Van Buren
John Quincy Adams
John Adams
Andrew Jackson
12. A pyrogen is something that …
Causes disease
Causes fever
Causes chemical changes in lit cigarettes
Causes a fire
13. A fear of bathing is called …
Ingerophobia
Ablutophobia
Baniophobia
Lavabophobia
14. Yuri Gagarin’s first meal in space was transported from earth in what form?
Freeze-dried cubes that had to be reconstituted
TV dinner trays
Freeze-dried powder that had to be reconstituted
Tubes
15. If you order Italian food that contains chiocciole, what will you be eating?
Shell pasta
Chocolate
Pineapple
Garlic bread
16. Which is the only U.S. state that borders more than two Canadian provinces?
Montana
Minnesota
North Dakota
Maine
British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan.
17. Glossolalia refers to …
Speaking in tongues
A multi-language dictionary
A spelling bee
An expansive vocabulary
18. What is unusual about the dance troupe named Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo?
The dancers are all senior citizens
They only perform ballets by Russian composers
Their artistic director has never been a dancer
All the roles are danced by men
19. What did American astronaut Gene Cernan write in the dust on the moon?
A passage from the Book of Genesis
His daughter’s initials
The preamble to the Constitution
A heart with his and his wife’s initials
20. Who was the first American to win a Nobel Peace Prize?
Woodrow Wilson
Donald Trump
Theodore Roosevelt
Barack Obama
2 Comments
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Level 67
Aug 10, 2024
The shell pasta is conchiglie :(

This word means "shells". Had never heard of Chiocciola but this means "snails".

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Level 69
Aug 10, 2024
Conchiglie resemble conch shells. Chiocciole are thought to resemble snail shells.

https://italianharvest.com/products/marella-pasta-puglia-organic-chiocciole-shells