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Hodge Podge Trivia Quiz

Ten subjects, ten questions. Get them all right and you deserve to be on a game show.

A multiple-choice quiz by wonka. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
wonka

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
10,804

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
537

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Question 1 of 10

1. MUSIC. This music instrument consists of a device that emits radio waves. A player moves his hands to make different sounds. What's the instrument? Hint

Hermator

Oscillator

Theramin

Intrapolator

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Question 2 of 10

2. PHYSICS. What was the unlikely location for the first atomic reactor? Hint

An abandoned squash court

An abandoned warehouse

An emptied out swimming pool

A downtown loft

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Question 3 of 10

3. ENGLISH. This journalist has covered everything from the Super Bowl to the 1972 Presidential Election and has a fictional lawyer by the name of Lazlo. Who is he? Hint

Alfred P Neuman

Paul Trembacki

Hunter S. Thompson

Dave Barry

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Question 4 of 10

4. CHEMISTRY. Who created the first version of the Periodic Chart of the elements? Hint

Newton

Rutherford

Mendeleev

Bohr

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Question 5 of 10

5. HISTORY. In the American Civil War, this general was in charge of the Confederate cavalry. He was at the Battle of Yellow Tavern while on patrol. Who was he? Hint

Longfellow

Pickett

Armistead

J. E. B. Stuart

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Question 6 of 10

6. MATH. This term indicates that given a number, you are supposed to divide one by that number. What is the term? Hint

Numerator

Integral

Interpolation

Reciprocal

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Question 7 of 10

7. CURRENT EVENTS. Which Israeli is said to have sparked the current unrest between Israel and Palestine by attending a sacred Muslim site? Hint

Ariel Sharon

Yaser Arafat

Ehud Barak

Benjamin Netanyahu

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Question 8 of 10

8. ART. This sculptor, architect, and painter's most famous work is his bronze statue 'David'. Who is he? Hint

Michelangelo

Leonardo

Donatello

Raphael

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Question 9 of 10

9. MOVIES. In naming AFI's 100 top movies in 1998, only one sequel made the list. What was it? Hint

The Empire Strikes Back

The Godfather Part II

Aliens

Rocky II

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Question 10 of 10

10. COLLEGES. I go to a college where the first man walked on the moon. I am a Boilermaker. What college do I attend?

Answer: (One Word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. MUSIC. This music instrument consists of a device that emits radio waves. A player moves his hands to make different sounds. What's the instrument?

Answer: Theramin

It was used to make the weird electric sounds for horror films like 'Bride of Frankenstein'.

2. PHYSICS. What was the unlikely location for the first atomic reactor?

Answer: An abandoned squash court

Mr. Fermi built the first atomic reactor in an abandoned squash court under the bleachers of the University of Chicago's football stadium.

3. ENGLISH. This journalist has covered everything from the Super Bowl to the 1972 Presidential Election and has a fictional lawyer by the name of Lazlo. Who is he?

Answer: Hunter S. Thompson

It's all about 'Fear and Loathing'. Nothing else comes a distant second.

4. CHEMISTRY. Who created the first version of the Periodic Chart of the elements?

Answer: Mendeleev

Mr. Mendelev made the first Periodic Chart and then had an element named after him, Mendelevium.

5. HISTORY. In the American Civil War, this general was in charge of the Confederate cavalry. He was at the Battle of Yellow Tavern while on patrol. Who was he?

Answer: J. E. B. Stuart

J. E. B. Stuart was often called General Robert E. Lee's eyes, running reconnaisance and raid missions through the war.

6. MATH. This term indicates that given a number, you are supposed to divide one by that number. What is the term?

Answer: Reciprocal

I hate math. Think algebra sucked, try multivariate differential equations.

7. CURRENT EVENTS. Which Israeli is said to have sparked the current unrest between Israel and Palestine by attending a sacred Muslim site?

Answer: Ariel Sharon

Guy creates disturbance, causes people to distrust current Prime Minister, gets himself elected Prime Minister. Hmmmm.

8. ART. This sculptor, architect, and painter's most famous work is his bronze statue 'David'. Who is he?

Answer: Donatello

Donatello's David was bronze, unlike Michealangelo's famous work by the same name. If you noticed that all the choices combined make up the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, give yourself an extra 5 points and then go out and get a life.

9. MOVIES. In naming AFI's 100 top movies in 1998, only one sequel made the list. What was it?

Answer: The Godfather Part II

The film, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, placed at number 32 on the list and remained in that position when the list was updated in 2007. The original, "The Godfather", rose from number 3 in the original list to number 2 in the tenth anniversary edition.

10. COLLEGES. I go to a college where the first man walked on the moon. I am a Boilermaker. What college do I attend?

Answer: Purdue

Yes, I go to the most twisted school in Indiana where we riot anytime we win a basketball game and we walk by our college namesake's grave on our way to class.

Source: Author wonka

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