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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Mixed People
| You obviously harbour no lingering hatred of multiple choice tests, or at least like them enough to be taking this one. Your willingness is not shared by everyone, however. In a recent four-year survey of American students, how many said multiple choice tests made them nervous or extremely nervous? | A Quiz All About You! (magpie8) |
78 percent. Though 78 Percent said these tests rattled their nerves, only 5 percent said the tension was so severe that they couldn't complete them. By the way, according to many education researchers, if you didn't know the answer to that question, you were more likely to choose C than A,B or D. More useless info for you! (Source: Education Week on the Web, 'Public Agenda: Reality Check 2002', March 2002)
| With what type of venture is William Wilson (also known as 'Bill W') associated? | 20th Century Interesting People (robert362) |
Temperance. He was a founder of A.A.
| Who was the first president of the independent Israeli nation? | Mixed Historical People (xbillups) |
Chaim Weizmann. Chaim Weizmann was declared president of Israel, and David Ben Gurion became Prime Minister after the Balfour Declaration. Albert Einstein was invited to succeed him, but decline the offer.
| Who was the first European explorer to land in North America? | Mixed Historical People (xbillups) |
Leif Ericsson. Leif Ericsson was a Norse explorer who was probably the first European to have landed in North America. According to the Norse sagas, he established a Norse settlement at Vinland, which has been tentatively identified with the L'Anse aux Meadows site in Newfoundland, Canada.
| Who was nicknamed the "Scourge of God"? | Mixed Historical People (xbillups) |
Attila the Hun. Attila (406-453) was one of the barbarian leaders who attempted to conquer the Roman Empire. He ravaged large areas of the Western Empire from 450 on but did not take Rome itself.
| Who said "Carthago delenda est"? | Mixed Historical People (xbillups) |
Cato. Cato, a famous Roman orator and politician, said "Delandam est Carthago" when they planned to destroy Carthage. In English it means: "Carthage must be destroyed".
| Who ruled Athens in its "Golden Age"? | Mixed Historical People (xbillups) |
Pericles. Pericles ruled Athens between the Persian and the Peloponnesian wars. At this time, the economy, labor, and agriculture flourished in Athens.
| Who had the shortest reign in the Roman Empire? | Mixed Historical People (xbillups) |
Cincinnatus. Despite serving with honesty, Cincinnatus ruled Rome for only fifteen days. Then, he went back to being a farmer.
| Which was the first civilization to use chariots in warfare? | Mixed Historical People (xbillups) |
Chaldeans. Babylonians devised the first written code of law, the Code of Hammurabi.
Libraries were built by Assyrians under Assurbanipal. Hittites were the first to use iron. Chaldeans were the first ones to use warrior chariots.
| Which general used elephants in the Punic Wars? | Mixed Historical People (xbillups) |
Hannibal. He is one of the best known Carthaginian commanders. His most famous achievement was at the outbreak of the Second Punic War, when he marched an army, which included war elephants, from Iberia over the Pyrenees and the Alps into northern Italy.
| Which famous Greek ran from the battlefield by the town of Marathon to Athens to announce the Greek victory over Persia in the Battle of Marathon? | Mixed Historical People (xbillups) |
Pheidippides. Pheidippides, a hero of Ancient Greece, is the central figure in a story which was the inspiration for the modern sporting event, the marathon.
| What ultimately happened to Mexican revolutionaries, Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata? | 20th Century Interesting People (robert362) |
Both were murdered. Colorful lives, but ...
| Trivia buffs love facts. They relish gathering esoteric bits of knowledge that others dismiss as, well, trivial! Many mathematicians and computer programmers are huge trivia lovers. If this obsession for facts and details sounds like a description of you, which of the four basic personality types are you most likely to possess? | A Quiz All About You! (magpie8) |
C Type. Less commonly discussed than their A and B counterparts, C Types are those who love getting caught up in the details, and take delight in coming across a new nugget of knowledge. Sensitive and thoughtful souls, they are more likely than the other types to verify information once they find it, and less likely to take things at 'face value'. (Source: 'Personality Types Made Easy', article by Hire Success Employment, 1998)
| The musical 'Fiorello!' was somewhat based on the activities of the mayor of the same name. He was the mayor of what city? | 20th Century Interesting People (robert362) |
New York. Fiorello LaGuardia - as in La Guardia airport (In NY)
| The fact that you have found this site means you have mastered at least basic internet skills. According to 2001 findings by American researchers, internet users are more tolerant than non-users? | A Quiz All About You! (magpie8) |
T. The exhaustive study, by Neustadtl, Robinson and Meyer Kestnbaum of Maryland, and Paul DiMaggio and Eszter Hargittai of Princeton, showed Web surfers were MUCH more accepting of a diversity of views on issues like abortion, race relations and atheism. 82 percent of internet users believed 'communists should be allowed to speak out in public', compared with 56 percent of non-users. (Source: Newhouse News Service evaluation of the study, 2001)
| The fact that you are reading this sentence means you can speak English! According to the National Foreign Language Center (1998), how much of the world's population speaks English to some degree? | A Quiz All About You! (magpie8) |
About 20 Percent. You are definitely in the minority! Don't worry if you got it wrong, though. A recent Harris Interactive poll of Americans showed the average guess was 52 percent. (Source: Harris Poll # 61, November 1998, Harris Interactive) SO WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED? You are likely a tolerant, sensitive, detail-oriented, intelligent, English-speaking C-Type trivia fan and people-person, with a rare lack of fear of multiple choice tests, a healthy need for self-awareness, the good fortune to have access to a computer, and are probably at home. And oh yeah....you obviously have a bit of spare time on your hands, so let me know if I came close to describing you! Hope you enjoyed the quiz.
| Robert Stroud is famous for his contributions to the study of what form of life? | 20th Century Interesting People (robert362) |
Birds. He's better known as the 'Birdman of Alcatraz'
| Right now you are visiting a trivia site, so you obviously like online trivia games. According to a 2000 study by PC Data, does this preference make you more likely to be male or female? | A Quiz All About You! (magpie8) |
Female . You are more than twice as likely to be female, according to the study. 55 percent of female respondents said their favourite online games were 'quiz/puzzle/trivia contests', compared with 25 percent of male respondents. Males, on the other hand, are three times more likely than women to enjoy 'shooting games'. (Source: Dec. 14 2000 article from TechMall, summarizing the PC Data study)
| Louis Leakey and Raymond Dart are noted for their accomplishments in what areas? | 20th Century Interesting People (robert362) |
Evolution, Archaeology and Anthropology. Known for explorations, discoveries, etc.
| Leo Burnet and J Walter Thompson were pioneers in what field? | 20th Century Interesting People (robert362) |
Advertising. Thompson and Burnett are now major ad agencies
| It's probably no accident that you were drawn to a quiz about yourself. You don't have to look farther than your local bookstore's 'self-help' section to know you are in good company. Technically called the Psychology/Recovery category, it includes thousands of self-knowledge, evaluation and improvement books. What percentage of total U.S. book sales did these 'self-help' books represent in 1998? | A Quiz All About You! (magpie8) |
6.3 percent. Self-awareness is on the rise, it seems. The figure showed an annual increase in seven of the eight years analyzed by the study, up from 5.1 percent in 1991. (Source: 'Category Share of Consumer Purchases of Adult Books: The U.S., Calendar 1991-1998', American Booksellers Association, 2002)
| In what field did Emil Coue make a contribution? | 20th Century Interesting People (robert362) |
Psychology. 'Every day in every way I am getting better and better'
| In what area did Edward Jones made a contribution to society? | 20th Century Interesting People (robert362) |
Investments. He went into business with Charles Dow - you figure it out
| If you consistently excel at trivia (and I'm sure you do!), you are likely a good candidate for membership in Mensa, the organization for genii. If you passed its admission test, what percentage of the population would you represent? | A Quiz All About You! (magpie8) |
2 percent. According to its Web site, Mensa accepts only candidates who score in the top two percent of the general population, in other words, 'at or above the 98th percentile' in a standardized IQ test. If you do join, you'll likely find similarly-minded people in the group. Love of trivia is a common bond among many Mensa members. (Source: Mensa International Web Site)
| Being able to visit Fun Trivia means you have access to a computer. You may, in fact, own one. What you may not know is that this puts you in a very privileged and rare group. According to a well-known 1998 study, what percentage of WORLDWIDE population owned a computer that year? | A Quiz All About You! (magpie8) |
0.1 percent. Shocking but true, the study estimated that 99.9 percent of the world's people did NOT own a computer in 1998. (Source: Irving, 1998 in 'Hypercapitalism: Political Economy, Electric Identity, and Authorial Alienation' by Philip Graham, as presented to Northumbria University)
| As you know, you found this quiz in the 'People' section, so we've already established that you are interested in people. According to the 'four dimensions' based on psychiatrist Carl Jung's theories, does a bigger interest in people than ideas make you a THINKER or a FEELER? | A Quiz All About You! (magpie8) |
Feeler. According to Jung's theories, 'feelers' are more concerned with people, while 'thinkers' are more fascinated by ideas. 'Feelers' are inclined to make decisions based with their hearts rather than their heads. On average, 65 percent of women are categorized as 'feelers', compared with 45 percent of men. Don't send me any angry mail! I didn't come up with the theory! (Source: 'Learning Style Preference Categories(The Four Jungian Dimensions)', Paragon Learning Style Inventory)
| According to 2000 Nielsen statistics on internet use, where are you most likely to be right now? | A Quiz All About You! (magpie8) |
At Home. According to the study, 69 percent of surfers say most of their internet time is spent at home, 17 percent usually visit the Web at work, seven percent surf at school, and 5 percent most frequently use someone else's computer. Only 2 percent say most of their internet time takes place in a library. (Source: AC Nielsen US News Release, May 2000)
 Frequently Asked Questions about Mixed People
- Who famously mixed something people used to use for washing with something people used to use for preserving corpses and ended up with a substance that people used to have a lot of around their homes? For a bonus, what does ten-pin bowling have to do with the discovery? ( goto )
- What does pink mixed with red make?
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- Who was Mahesh Bhupati's partner in the mixed doubles in the Wimbledon 2000? ( goto )
- Will lemon juice mixed with water help reduce weight? ( goto )
- Middle Earth: what races were mixed to produce the umli? ( goto )
- Who won the singles, doubles, and mixed doubles in their only apperance at Wimbeldom? ( goto )
- Why do mintoes and coke react the way they do when mixed? ( goto )
- In British schools many are designated JMI which means Junior Mixed and Infants. Grammatically this should be Mixed Junior and Infants, as the other doesn't make sense as it implies the infants school isn't mixed. Why then is it the one still used? ( goto )
- Cesium is a chemical element which is extremely unstable when mixed with what? (explosive) ( goto )
- Can anyone please tell me what the recipe is for the mixed drink Mass Confusion? ( goto )
- Why is it that Megalodon teeth from the Cooper River are red sometimes, or even mixed colors? ( goto )
- Since orange isn't a primary colour, what two colours produce it when mixed? ( goto )
- What is the name of the one-dosage powder medication mixed with water to treat urinary tract infections? ( goto )
- What is the name of the flower that the Aztecs believed would give them strength if they mixed it with hot chocolate? ( goto )
- While looking for inexpensive wedding bands (still looking), I began wondering...Are there any metals that cannot be mixed? ( goto )
- If you mixed sloe gin, vodka, Southern Comfort, Galliano and a dash of orange juice, what would you be having? ( goto )
- What Dutch invented sport is played by 8 a side, mixed sex only teams and the aim is to throw a ball through a basket mounted on a pole? ( goto )
- When popping popcorn with hot air what can be done to significantly decrease the amount of unpopped kernals that end up mixed with the popcorn? ( goto )
- What would I have if I put iron powder, crushed activated charcoal, sawdust, vermiculite, salt, and some water in a plastic bag and mixed it? ( goto )
- A famous writer once embarrassed himself by getting involved with two young ladies and some quite interesting photographs. Who was the writer, and what, exactly, did he get mixed up in? ( goto )
- Why are people ticklish? ( goto )
- 32.71% of people on Earth are what? ( goto )
- How many people do people murder in a year? ( goto )
- You are all invited to my club for a drink. When
we arrive we find that, because of a strike
involving delivery drivers, all the bar staff can
offer us are champagne and orange juice. What
cocktail can I offer you mixed with those two
ingredients? ( goto )
- Who is the Honorary Chairman of the People to People Student Ambassador Programs? ( goto )
- Why are people afraid of the number 13? ( goto )
- How many people are on Earth? ( goto )
- Do blind people dream? ( goto )
- Is it correct to use people or peoples? ( goto )
- Why are some people bald? ( goto )
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