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What Do You Know About Dust?

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What Do You Know About Dust game quiz
"This quiz is full of dust in various forms. Hopefully, you can clean up by getting a good score."

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. Let's begin with some basic knowledge about this substance called dust. Which of the following is usually not found in dust?
    human skin cells
    insect eggs
    plant pollen
    paper fibers


2. What do you call those blobs of dust that tend to accumulate in out-of-the-way places around your house?
    dust rats
    dust mice
    dust bunnies
    dust kitties


3. Dust from which of these substances is responsible for the disease Pneumoconiosis?
    coal
    wheat
    limestone
    diamonds


4. During the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, the date April 14, 1935 became known as "Black Sunday" because of the number of dust storms that occurred on that single day in the affected areas. How many storms were there?
    10
    20
    15
    25


5. What name is given to the weather occurrence that starts as a whirling air current of dust under sunny conditions, but does not usually become as strong as a tornado?
    dust cyclone
    dust column
    dust spin
    dust devil


6. Which of Dusty Springfield's songs from her "Dusty in Memphis" album was a Top 10 hit in 1969?
    Son of a Preacher Man
    You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
    I Only Want to Be With You
    Wishin' and Hopin'


7. On December 23, 1969, a new US car called the Duster went on sale nationwide. What auto manufacturing company produced this soon-to-be very popular car?
    Dodge
    Plymouth
    Chrysler
    Ford


8. Which of the following is NOT a definition for the word "duster"?
    a 1930s style of men's hat
    a blowing machine for separating the flour from the bran
    a device for sifting or scattering a powdered substance
    a pitch thrown deliberately close to the batter


9. In which African country are ostriches farmed for feathers used to make feather dusters?
    Botswana
    Ghana
    South Africa
    Namibia


10. And now I will share a poem about dust. Which of the following answers fills in the blank for this line from the poem "Dust If You Must"?

"Dust if you must, but bear in mind, ___ will come and it's not kind."
    the world
    fatigue
    the white glove
    old age


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