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Easy Peasy Trivia Quiz

Some knowledge of Australia and outer space would be an advantage...

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

Author
Paparazzo

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
59,723

Updated
Dec 27 22

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
11 / 20

Plays
3532

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 20

1. When was Adolf Hitler born? Hint

April 1, 1891

April 20, 1889

July 4, 1890

September 11, 1894

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Question 2 of 20

2. What is the highest mountain in Australia? Hint

Mt Kosciuszko

Mt Dijacopdat

Mt Boomerang

Mt Wagga Wagga

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Question 3 of 20

3. What is the capital of Tibet? Hint

Nunawading

Linkhasa

Lhasa

Oren-Baku

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Question 4 of 20

4. What city was taken off the list of cities for the atomic bomb eventually dropped on Nagasaki weeks before? Hint

Kyoto

Yokohama

Tokyo

Nagoya

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Question 5 of 20

5. What four-letter-acronym acting academy in Australia did Mel Gibson learn his acting skills at? Hint

NDIA

ADIN

DNAI

NIDA

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Question 6 of 20

6. If we could travel to the nearest star system (Proxima Centauri) at the speed of light, how long would it take to get there? Hint

3.4 years

4.3 years

40 years

8 months

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Question 7 of 20

7. What city was awarded the Olympic games for 2008? Hint

Kyoto

Athens

Beijing

Singapore

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Question 8 of 20

8. The Great Pyramid of Cheops on the Giza plateau is closest to which of these heights? Hint

500 feet

600 feet

400 feet

700 feet

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Question 9 of 20

9. Who was the Prime Minister of Australia at the end of 2001? Hint

John Howard

Sir Les Patterson

Ned Kelly

Kerry Packer

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Question 10 of 20

10. In the game of cricket, what does LBW stand for? Hint

Loose Ball Wide

Leg Before Wicket

Long Bowling Walk

Leg Badly Wrecked

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Question 11 of 20

11. The platypus belongs to which genus of animal? Hint

marsupial

reptile

amphibian

monotreme

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Question 12 of 20

12. How far is the earth from the moon? Hint

135,000 miles

720,000 miles

325,000 miles

239,000 miles

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Question 13 of 20

13. If you weighed 90 kilograms on Earth (190 lbs), what would you weigh on Mars? Hint

180 kilos

the same

45 kilos

30 kilos

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Question 14 of 20

14. Who was the first man in space? Hint

John Glenn

Boris Spassky

Alan Sheppard

Yuri Gagarin

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Question 15 of 20

15. What is IBM an acronym for? Hint

International Base Money

Intel Based Machine

International Business Machines

Internal Binary Module

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Question 16 of 20

16. What were the last words of Australian bush-ranger Ned Kelly before he was hanged? Hint

Such is life

Nice noose

What a jip

Mind the neck, boys

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Question 17 of 20

17. A coprophiliac has a passion for what? Hint

copper

faeces

copha

police

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Question 18 of 20

18. What is Times New Roman? Hint

Lots of roman soldiers

A font

A newspaper

a car

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Question 19 of 20

19. What is the highest mountain in New Zealand? Hint

Mt Cook

Mt Kiwi

Mt Ruapehu

Mt All Black

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Question 20 of 20

20. How far is the Sun from Earth? Hint

47 million miles

93 million miles

68 million miles

156 million miles

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. When was Adolf Hitler born?

Answer: April 20, 1889

Lucky for us...

2. What is the highest mountain in Australia?

Answer: Mt Kosciuszko

Named after a Polish freedom fighter.

3. What is the capital of Tibet?

Answer: Lhasa

Lhasa contains the former palace of the Dalai Lama, Potola Palace.

4. What city was taken off the list of cities for the atomic bomb eventually dropped on Nagasaki weeks before?

Answer: Kyoto

Another city, Kokura, was a target, but there was too much cloud cover, and the bomber went on to Nagasaki.

5. What four-letter-acronym acting academy in Australia did Mel Gibson learn his acting skills at?

Answer: NIDA

National Institute of Dramatic Art, Sydney.

6. If we could travel to the nearest star system (Proxima Centauri) at the speed of light, how long would it take to get there?

Answer: 4.3 years

Travelling at just over 186,000 miles per second doesn't get you far in space...

7. What city was awarded the Olympic games for 2008?

Answer: Beijing

Assisted by Australian know-how, rather ironic after losing out to Sydney for 2000.

8. The Great Pyramid of Cheops on the Giza plateau is closest to which of these heights?

Answer: 500 feet

About 483 ft, give or take a bit. And it is supposed to represent a scale model of the northern hemisphere of the earth, on a 1:43,200 scale. Believe it or not!

9. Who was the Prime Minister of Australia at the end of 2001?

Answer: John Howard

10. In the game of cricket, what does LBW stand for?

Answer: Leg Before Wicket

Apart from being caught or bowled, the leg below the knee can block the ball from hitting the wicket, resulting in the batsman being declared out.

11. The platypus belongs to which genus of animal?

Answer: monotreme

Only one other animal shares this distinction - the Echidna.

12. How far is the earth from the moon?

Answer: 239,000 miles

And it takes 5 days to get there, due to different gravitational influences exerted by both the Earth and the Moon.

13. If you weighed 90 kilograms on Earth (190 lbs), what would you weigh on Mars?

Answer: 30 kilos

About half the size of earth, but only one-third the gravity.

14. Who was the first man in space?

Answer: Yuri Gagarin

He was later killed in an air crash.

15. What is IBM an acronym for?

Answer: International Business Machines

One of the few early survivors from the dawn of personal computing.

16. What were the last words of Australian bush-ranger Ned Kelly before he was hanged?

Answer: Such is life

Now a national icon in Australia.

17. A coprophiliac has a passion for what?

Answer: faeces

18. What is Times New Roman?

Answer: A font

Perhaps the most commonly used font in the world today.

19. What is the highest mountain in New Zealand?

Answer: Mt Cook

On the South Island, named after Captain James.

20. How far is the Sun from Earth?

Answer: 93 million miles

And the light you can see and feel is already nine minutes old.

Source: Author Paparazzo

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