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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.
This is a challenging quiz, but I can almost guarantee you will learn something from it.
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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.
Constructive criticism is welcome. Please rate this quiz. Subscribe to get a notification when I release a new quiz.
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| First submitted | October 24, 2023 |
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1. In Alabama, attaching a lantern to your vehicle makes it legal for you to …
This law has been on the books since pre-automobile days, when it perhaps made sense.
Park in a lovers’ lane
Drive in heavy fog during a fog advisory
Park on a highway without pulling on to the shoulder
Drive in the wrong direction on a one-way street
2. Which is not typically used to estimate the age of an adult lion?
Claw length
Nose color
Teeth
Mane growth
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?
Cow urine
Fermented snake
Tiger organs
Macaque brains
4. According to a 2023 YouGov survey, 13% of Americans believe U.S. Presidents should be allowed to …
Declare war
Pardon themselves
Decide how federal money will be spent
Make laws
5. How many U.S. state names contain only one consonant?
Iowa and Ohio.
1
2
0
3
6. The unincorporated community of Hell, home to a housing development called “Satan’s Hills,” is located in which U.S. state?
It should be noted that Hell sometimes freezes over during the winter.
Nevada
Maine
Michigan
Florida
7. A pack of apes is known as …
An acuity
A shrewdness
A cleverness
A wit
8. Which is the smallest country to have adopted two time zones?
Palau
Micronesia
Greece
Portugal
9. Kyiv : Kiev :: Gdańsk : ?
Gdynia
Danzig
Głogów
Rothenburg
10. Which of the following is not a U.S. federal observance 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.
Leif Erikson Day
Stephen Foster Memorial Day
George Washington’s Birthday
National Defense Transportation Day
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 Adams
Andrew Jackson
John Quincy Adams
12. A pyrogen is something that …
Causes chemical changes in lit cigarettes
Causes fever
Causes disease
Causes a fire
13. A fear of bathing is called …
Lavabophobia
Ingerophobia
Ablutophobia
Baniophobia
14. Yuri Gagarin’s first meal in space was transported from earth in what form?
Freeze-dried powder that had to be reconstituted
TV dinner trays
Freeze-dried cubes that had to be reconstituted
Tubes
15. If you order Italian food that contains chiocciole, what will you be eating?
Garlic bread
Chocolate
Pineapple
Shell pasta
16. Which is the only U.S. state that borders more than two Canadian provinces?
British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Maine
Minnesota
Montana
North Dakota
17. Glossolalia refers to …
Speaking in tongues
An expansive vocabulary
A multi-language dictionary
A spelling bee
18. What is unusual about the dance troupe named Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo?
The dancers are all senior citizens
Their artistic director has never been a dancer
They only perform ballets by Russian composers
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
A heart with his and his wife’s initials
The preamble to the Constitution
His daughter’s initials
20. Who was the first American to win a Nobel Peace Prize?
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Barack Obama
Donald Trump
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This word means "shells". Had never heard of Chiocciola but this means "snails".
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