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'H' is the answer Trivia Quiz


All the answers begin with the letter 'H'.

A multiple-choice quiz by anagram2. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
anagram2
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
93,927
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
4707
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Question 1 of 10
1. Who directed the 1969 film 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. This jazz singer, originally Eleanor Fagan, led a troubled life and died in 1959 aged only 44. Her biography, 'Lady Sings the Blues', was made into a film in 1972 starring Diana Ross. Can you name her?

Answer: (One Word surname only)
Question 3 of 10
3. What is the state capital of Tasmania?

Answer: (One Word)
Question 4 of 10
4. According to classical mythology who was the sun god? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Saintpaulia is a what? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. And following the plant theme, what is the study of growing plants without soil? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. This British astronomer and mathematician was the first to realise that comets have periodic orbits . A comet named after him orbits the sun every 76 years and was last seen in 1986. Can you name him?

Answer: (One Word surname only)
Question 8 of 10
8. Batophobia is the fear of what? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. This actress died in 1937 aged just 26. She starred in 'Platinum Blonde' in 1931 and 'Bombshell' in 1933. She became known as the 'Blonde Bombshell'. She was Jean ------?

Answer: (One Word- surname only)
Question 10 of 10
10. 'Whatsoever house I enter, there will I go for the benefit of the sick,refraining from all wrongdoing...Whatsoever things I see or hear in my attendance of the sick which ought not to be voiced abroad, I will keep silence thereon'. Extracts from which oath formerly taken by all medical students and parts of which are still used in some medical schools?

Answer: (One Word)

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1. Who directed the 1969 film 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'?

Answer: George Roy Hill

Paul Newman was Butch and Robert Redford was Sundance in this amusing tale of two 19th century outlaws.
2. This jazz singer, originally Eleanor Fagan, led a troubled life and died in 1959 aged only 44. Her biography, 'Lady Sings the Blues', was made into a film in 1972 starring Diana Ross. Can you name her?

Answer: Holiday

Billie Holiday, known as Lady Day, created many memorable ballads before drug addiction killed her.
3. What is the state capital of Tasmania?

Answer: Hobart

Situated on a natural harbour at the foot of Mount Wellington, Hobart was founded as a penal colony in 1804.
4. According to classical mythology who was the sun god?

Answer: Helios

The Greeks thought that the world was an island surrounded by water and that the sun god sailed around the earth at night in a golden bowl.
5. Saintpaulia is a what?

Answer: Houseplant

Otherwise known as the African Violet this small plant has velvety leaves and white, pink or violet flowers.
6. And following the plant theme, what is the study of growing plants without soil?

Answer: Hydroponics

Hydrology is concerned with the properties and distribution of water. Hydrogeology is the study of geological aspects of water and hydrography is the science of surveying and charting bodies of water.
7. This British astronomer and mathematician was the first to realise that comets have periodic orbits . A comet named after him orbits the sun every 76 years and was last seen in 1986. Can you name him?

Answer: Halley

Probably the most famous of comets, Halley's comet was first recorded in 239 B.C.
8. Batophobia is the fear of what?

Answer: High objects

High objects or the fear of passing high buildings. I really wanted it to be the fear of bats but that phobia is chiropteraphobia, I believe.
9. This actress died in 1937 aged just 26. She starred in 'Platinum Blonde' in 1931 and 'Bombshell' in 1933. She became known as the 'Blonde Bombshell'. She was Jean ------?

Answer: Harlow

Her real name was Harlean Carpentier. She died from kidney-failure while making the film 'Saratoga'.
10. 'Whatsoever house I enter, there will I go for the benefit of the sick,refraining from all wrongdoing...Whatsoever things I see or hear in my attendance of the sick which ought not to be voiced abroad, I will keep silence thereon'. Extracts from which oath formerly taken by all medical students and parts of which are still used in some medical schools?

Answer: Hippocratic

Named after Hippocrates, the most celebrated physician in antiquity and traditionally regarded as 'the father of medicine'.
Source: Author anagram2

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