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

Author
gearloose

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
22,491

Updated
Jul 16 22

# Qns
10

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Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. The first unsupercharged motorcycle to travel at 150 mph was in 1948. What make was the motorcycle? Hint

Excelsior Super X

Triumph Speed Twin

The Vincent Black Shadow

Brough Superior SS100

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Question 2 of 10

2. Known as the wittiest dramatist of the 1890s, he was imprisoned for his homosexuality after a famous trial; who was he? Hint

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Francis Bacon

Cecil Beaton

Oscar Wilde

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Question 3 of 10

3. 'You ain't heard nothin' yet', who said these immortal words? Hint

Cecil B. De Mille

Charlie Chaplin

Al Jolson

Mack Sennet

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Question 4 of 10

4. Marguerite and Armand was the first ballet created for? Hint

Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev

Martha Graham and Jerome Robbins

Margot Fonteyn and Robert Helpman

Isadora Duncan and Rudolf Nureyev

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Question 5 of 10

5. If an Australian is having 'A Blue' what is he or she doing? Hint

Having a really low day

Having a disagreement

Making love

Getting a haircut

6. This game has 11 per side but only 7 can play at one time. You score by putting the ball into your opponent's goal, one team must wear blue caps and the other must wear white caps. It is a major foul to kick or strike an opponent. Hint

Water Polo

Lacrosse

Polo

Bandy

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Question 7 of 10

7. It is said that kissing me will give you the gift of eloquent speech, what am I? Hint

The weeping wall

The Blarney Stone

The painting of the Mona Lisa

A Four leaf clover

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which European country is divided by the Pindus Mountains? Hint

Greece

Malta

Italy

Spain

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Question 9 of 10

9. I was born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, later I became a famous actor, who am I? Hint

Michael Caine

Roger Moore

Bob Hoskins

Dudley Moore

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Question 10 of 10

10. Bullfighting in Spain had some bad news in 1999, what was it? Hint

The bulls horns have been weakened .

The bulls are forcefully filled with gallons of water before a fight .

The matadors swords have been tipped with a quick acting poison

Some bulls are drugged prior to a fight

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The first unsupercharged motorcycle to travel at 150 mph was in 1948. What make was the motorcycle?

Answer: The Vincent Black Shadow

The rider Rollie Free made the run wearing only a bathing suit and running shoes. Phil Vincent was the man behind the famous 'Black Shadow '. The engines were 998 cc V twins set at 50 degrees with overhead valves. Vincent went into liquidation 1949 but kept producing bikes until 1955.

The 1948 'Black Shadow' was its peak of excellence and if you own one today then you own one of the most beautiful and sought after motorcycles ever made, a true legend.

2. Known as the wittiest dramatist of the 1890s, he was imprisoned for his homosexuality after a famous trial; who was he?

Answer: Oscar Wilde

Wilde was also a leading poet of the English aesthetic movement. He was a master of paradox and a believer of art for art's sake.

3. 'You ain't heard nothin' yet', who said these immortal words?

Answer: Al Jolson

The line by Al Jolson became immortal as the first sound dialogue to be heard in a feature film, the film was of course 'The Jazz Singer'.

4. Marguerite and Armand was the first ballet created for?

Answer: Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev

Frederick Ashton used music by Franz List and decor by Cecil Beaton to recreate the story of the Lady of the Camelias.

5. If an Australian is having 'A Blue' what is he or she doing?

Answer: Having a disagreement

A blue can range from 'a bit of a blue with the trouble and strife = an argument with the wife', and all shades right up to 'a ding dong blue with someone' = which could mean coming to blows.

Answer: Water Polo

7. It is said that kissing me will give you the gift of eloquent speech, what am I?

Answer: The Blarney Stone

Blarney Castle is outside the Irish city of Cork in the village of Blarney. It is not exactly known how the custom originated, it is believed that kissing the Blarney Stone will bless the person with 'the gift of the gab'. 'There is a stone there/That whoever kisses/Oh, he never misses/To grow eloquent./'Tis he may clamber/To a lady's chamber/Or become a member/Of Parliament.'

8. Which European country is divided by the Pindus Mountains?

Answer: Greece

9. I was born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, later I became a famous actor, who am I?

Answer: Michael Caine

10. Bullfighting in Spain had some bad news in 1999, what was it?

Answer: Some bulls are drugged prior to a fight

It has been found that at least 20 percent of all bulls have been drugged before a fight, loading the odds very much in favour of the bullfighters.

Source: Author gearloose

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