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9 for 10 - A Last Quiz


At last, a quiz about coming to an end. The first letters of the answers to numbers 1-9 spell the answer to the last question.

A multiple-choice quiz by minch. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
minch
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
217,916
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
1495
Question 1 of 10
1. A well known quote is to do with guys who finish last. So the question is: What sort of guys finish last? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Complete the title of the 1987 Oscar winning movie "The Last ---"

Answer: (One Word)
Question 3 of 10
3. Which of these artists did not paint a picture called "The Last Judgement"? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Someone who wins, after seemingly losing, is said to have had the last one of these.

Answer: (One Word)
Question 5 of 10
5. Complete the title of this Irish folk tune. "The Last Rose of ----".

Answer: (One word)
Question 6 of 10
6. What is the last name of the author of "The Last of Mr. Norris"? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. James Fenimore Cooper novel " The Last of the ---" Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. What is the last letter of the Greek alphabet? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Which of these is a port in the state which calls itself the Last Frontier? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. The first letters of the answers to the first nine questions give the answer to the last question. Who wrote "The Last of the Red Hot Lovers"?

Answer: ( Two words first and last name)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. A well known quote is to do with guys who finish last. So the question is: What sort of guys finish last?

Answer: nice

This quote is attributed to Leo Earnest Durocher, nicknamed The Lip, who was a baseball player and manager. He started his career in 1925, playing for the New York Yankees. His last position was as manager for the Houston Astros from 1972-1973.
2. Complete the title of the 1987 Oscar winning movie "The Last ---"

Answer: Emperor

Bernardo Bertolucci won the award for best director for this 1987 movie. The movie portrayed the life of the last Chinese Emperor, Henry P'u Yi, of the Qing dynasty, who was born in 1906.
3. Which of these artists did not paint a picture called "The Last Judgement"?

Answer: Ingres

Several famous artists created paintings entitled "The Last Judgment", but Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres was not one of them. Ingres, a Frenchman born in 1780, was known for his neo-classical works.
4. Someone who wins, after seemingly losing, is said to have had the last one of these.

Answer: laugh

Other last clichés which could fit this letter include 'on its last legs', 'the last lap' and 'last but not least'.
5. Complete the title of this Irish folk tune. "The Last Rose of ----".

Answer: Summer

Thomas Moore wrote to this Irish tune, usually played on the violin.

'Tis the last rose of Summer,
Left blooming alone;
All her lovely companions
Are faded and gone;
6. What is the last name of the author of "The Last of Mr. Norris"?

Answer: Isherwood

Christopher Isherwood wrote two books of short stories in the thirties. "The Last of Mr Norris" and "The Berlin Stories". These were adapted as a play "I Am a Camera and a musical "Cabaret". His last book was "People One Ought to Know" published in 1982.
7. James Fenimore Cooper novel " The Last of the ---"

Answer: Mohicans

"The Last of the Mohicans is one the five books of the Leatherstocking Tales". These tales were written in the first half of the 19th century. As well as novels he also wrote non-fiction including travel books.
8. What is the last letter of the Greek alphabet?

Answer: omega

Omega is the last letter in the 24 letter Greek alphabet. It is the equivalent of the O in the English alphabet. The last letter in the English alphabet is Z (zed or zee).
9. Which of these is a port in the state which calls itself the Last Frontier?

Answer: Nome

Nome, on the Seward Peninsula was founded as a gold rush town in 1896.
The Iditarod sled dog race that starts in Anchorage finishes in Nome.
10. The first letters of the answers to the first nine questions give the answer to the last question. Who wrote "The Last of the Red Hot Lovers"?

Answer: Neil Simon

"The Last of the Red Hot Lovers", premiered in New York in 1969. Two of Neil Simon's plays "The Odd Couple" and "Lost in Yonkers" won Tony awards. The latter also won a Pulitzer Prize.
Source: Author minch

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