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Quiz about Acrostic General Knowledge
Quiz about Acrostic General Knowledge

Acrostic General Knowledge Trivia Quiz


In this quiz, the first letters to the answers of questions 2-10 spell out the nine-letter answer to question one.

A multiple-choice quiz by ensiform. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
ensiform
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
53,766
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
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3879
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Question 1 of 10
1. This word means: a protection or safety. It is also a metallic element.

Answer: (The answer is made up of the first letters of the next nine questions.)
Question 2 of 10
2. Television. 'Family Matters' was a spinoff of what other ABC show? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. World history. What historical figure is said to have cut the Gordian Knot? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. US history. Who was the sixteenth president of the United States? Last name only. Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Music. What Captain and Tenille song won the 1975 Record of the Year Grammy? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Sports. What horse won the first Eclipse Horse of the Year Award in 1971? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Film. What was the LAST name of the fallen actress Gloria Swanson played in Sunset Boulevard? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. World literature. What Norwegian playwright wrote A Doll's House (1879) and An Enemy Of the People (1882)? Last name only, obviously. Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. World literature. Welsh poet Dylan Thomas is most famous for what poetic play? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Mythology. This king of Phrygia is much more famous for a wish that turned into a curse, but he was also given donkey's ears by Apollo for his poor judgement of a musical contest. Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. This word means: a protection or safety. It is also a metallic element.

Answer: palladium

For example: The liberty of the Press is the Palladium of all the civil, political and religious rights of a democratic society.
2. Television. 'Family Matters' was a spinoff of what other ABC show?

Answer: Perfect Strangers

'Perfect Strangers' (1986-1993) starred Bronson Pinchot as Balki, a humorous immigrant, and Mark Linn-Baker as his cousin Larry. A minor character, Hariette Winslow, got the spin-off. 'Family Matters' (1989-1998) centered on the Winslow family and their annoying neighbor, Steve Urkel.
3. World history. What historical figure is said to have cut the Gordian Knot?

Answer: Alexander the Great

It was said that the person who cut it would be Lord of All Asia --- which Alexander very nearly was.
4. US history. Who was the sixteenth president of the United States? Last name only.

Answer: Lincoln

Lincoln served March 4, 1861 to April 14, 1865, presiding over the Civil War.
5. Music. What Captain and Tenille song won the 1975 Record of the Year Grammy?

Answer: Love Will Keep Us Together

'Love' was on the Captain's 1975 album Love Will Keep Us {Together;} the song was co-written and performed by Neil Sedaka, and appeared on his 1975 album Sedaka's Back, but the Captain's version won the 1975 Record of the Year.
6. Sports. What horse won the first Eclipse Horse of the Year Award in 1971?

Answer: Ack Ack

Ack Ack also won Best Sprinter that year.
7. Film. What was the LAST name of the fallen actress Gloria Swanson played in Sunset Boulevard?

Answer: Desmond

Norma Desmond. 'I am big. It's the pictures that got small.'
8. World literature. What Norwegian playwright wrote A Doll's House (1879) and An Enemy Of the People (1882)? Last name only, obviously.

Answer: Ibsen

Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906).
9. World literature. Welsh poet Dylan Thomas is most famous for what poetic play?

Answer: Under Milk Wood

Thomas is also known for his poems 'Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night' and 'And Death Shall Have No Dominion.'
10. Mythology. This king of Phrygia is much more famous for a wish that turned into a curse, but he was also given donkey's ears by Apollo for his poor judgement of a musical contest.

Answer: Midas

Midas was the one who asked that everything he touch turn into gold, which of course did him no good when his food and his daughter turned to gold, too.
Source: Author ensiform

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