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Acrostic General Knowledge Quiz 2

Another acrostic, by request. In this quiz, the first letters of the answers to questions one to nine spell out the nine-letter answer to question number ten.

A multiple-choice quiz by ensiform. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
ensiform

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
53,825

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. Television. What TV show that premiered in 1980 starred Peter Scolari and a then-unknown Tom Hanks? Hint

My Friend Tony

Bosom Buddies

Band Of Brothers

Family Ties

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Question 2 of 10

2. World literature. What is the FIRST name of the Italian semiotics professor who wrote 'The Name Of the Rose', 'Foucault's Pendulum', and 'The Island Of the Day Before', in addition to many essays and theoretical works? Hint

Italo

Escobar

Ionesco

Umberto

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Question 3 of 10

3. Sports. What is the last name of the baseballer who ended his career with 660 home runs? Hint: Hey, he also has eleven Golden Gloves. Hint

Mays

Robinson

Ruth

Killebrew

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Question 4 of 10

4. Geography. What is the capital of Suriname? Hint

Cottica

Brokopondo

Paramaribo

Oroonoko

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Question 5 of 10

5. World history. Frederick Townsend Ward, an American mercenary of astonishing bravery and skill, took it upon himself to form the so-called 'Ever-Victorious Army' and attack what vast rebellious society in China? Hint

Yellow Turbans

Boxers

Black Hand

Taipings

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Question 6 of 10

6. Geography. Which of these four countries is the smallest in area? Hint

Thailand

United Kingdom

Japan

Iceland

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Question 7 of 10

7. Religion. What is the shortest book of the Old Testament, having just 21 verses? Hint

Micum

Habakkuk

Ezekiel

Obadiah

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Question 8 of 10

8. Art. What fifteenth-century Florence-born painter, known for his innovations in perspective and foreshortening, worked with frescoes, mosaics and stained glass, and created 'The Hunt' and 'The Battle Of San Romano'? Hint

Carpaccio

Tintoretto

Uccello

Zuccaro

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Question 9 of 10

9. Gastronomy. What term indicates thinly sliced pieces of meat, usually veal, sauteed and prepared in sauce? Hint

scaloppini

galantine

bollito misto

salmagundi

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Question 10 of 10

10. This word means: arrogantly assertive, crudely or loudly pushy.

Answer: (Made up of the first letters to the next nine answers.)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Television. What TV show that premiered in 1980 starred Peter Scolari and a then-unknown Tom Hanks?

Answer: Bosom Buddies

Hanks and Scolari starred as two advertising designers who pose as women so they can live in a cheap, 'women-only' apartment building. Oh, the zaniness!

Answer: Umberto

Umberto Eco, born in Alessandria in 1932, received his doctoral degree from the University of Turin in 1954, and has taught in Milan since then. Due mainly to the huge success of his first novel, he is one of the world's most famous scholars.

3. Sports. What is the last name of the baseballer who ended his career with 660 home runs? Hint: Hey, he also has eleven Golden Gloves.

Answer: Mays

Willie Mays, known as 'The Say Hey Kid,' won the National league Rookie of the Year award in 1951, and from then on the awards and record-breaking just kept coming. (Incidentally, Hank Aaron has 755 homers, Babe Ruth 714.)

4. Geography. What is the capital of Suriname?

Answer: Paramaribo

Situated on the Suriname River in the north, Paramaribo, first settled in the 1600s, became the capital of free Suriname in 1975.

Answer: Taipings

Ward's story is an amazing one. Not only was he a capable tactician and general who led the front lines armed only with a swagger stick, he formed his army of Chinese recruits in the face of criticism and derision from Western observers. After he was killed in battle, the British officer George 'Chinese' Gordon took over the 'Ever-Victorious Army.'

6. Geography. Which of these four countries is the smallest in area?

Answer: Iceland

Iceland is 103,000 sq km. The United Kingdom (that's not just England, but Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) is around 244,800 sq km. Japan is 377,830 sq km. Thailand is 514,000 sq km.

7. Religion. What is the shortest book of the Old Testament, having just 21 verses?

Answer: Obadiah

One of the Minor Prophets, this book sets up the land of Edom as the descendant of Esau, and Jerusalem as the descendant of Jacob. Therefore, the prophet says, Edom was wrong to stand idly by while its spiritual brother, Jerusalem, was vanquished. He predicts ruin for Edom ('thy reward shall return upon thine own head') and victory for Israel. Good stuff.

Answer: Uccello

Paolo Uccello (1397-1475) was under-appreciated in his lifetime, and few of his works survive. But his rich realism and experiments with foreshortening show he may have been ahead of his time.

9. Gastronomy. What term indicates thinly sliced pieces of meat, usually veal, sauteed and prepared in sauce?

Answer: scaloppini

The term (also scaloppini) is a diminutive of the Italian scaloppa, meaning thin slice. Bollito misto is a mixture of vegetables and meats. Galantine means served cold in aspic. And salmagundi is a salad of meat, eggs, anchovies and onions.

10. This word means: arrogantly assertive, crudely or loudly pushy.

Answer: bumptious

For example: The job applicant was rejected because he came off as bumptious rather than confident. (Bumptious originates from, they say, a blend of bump and presumptuous.)

Source: Author ensiform

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