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Knowledge Master #1 Trivia Quiz

Try your hand at the first test of general knowledge!

A multiple-choice quiz by biohazard930. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
biohazard930

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
149,474

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

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917

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Question 1 of 10

1. In what year did the U.S. congress pass the act to build the Panama Canal? Hint

1922

1900

1902

1910

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Question 2 of 10

2. About nine out of every ten diamonds traded have been said to have been traded through which Belgian city? Hint

Brussels

Brugge

Mons

Antwerp

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was convicted and executed for the kidnapping and killing of Charles Lindbergh's baby? Hint

Scopes

Lewis

Hauptmann

Rogers

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which collection of poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay won her the Pulitzer Prize for literature in 1923? Hint

Chicago Poems

The Wasteland

The Harp Weaver

John Brown's Body

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which ship was sunk on Feburary 3, 1917, within an hour's warning? Hint

Housatonic

USS Maine

Lusitania

Titanic

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which strait divides the island of Singapore from Malaysia? Hint

Tatar Strait

Palk Strait

Sunda Strait

Jahore Strait

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which military general first tried to prove to the U.S. the power of airplanes in combat by sinking a captured German sub? Hint

Billy Mitchell

Pancho Villa

Dwight Eisenhower

Diego Rivera

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Question 8 of 10

8. What was Pearl Buck's 1913 novel, which featured Wang Lung as its main character?

Answer: (Three Words)

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Question 9 of 10

9. What is the atomic symbol for Unununium?

Answer: (Atomic Symbol)

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who defeated the Muslims at the battle of Tours? Hint

Charles Martel

Nebuchanezzar

Charlemagne

Napoleon Bonaparte

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In what year did the U.S. congress pass the act to build the Panama Canal?

Answer: 1902

The U.S. took up the project after the French gave up on it due to diseases like yellow fever.

2. About nine out of every ten diamonds traded have been said to have been traded through which Belgian city?

Answer: Antwerp

Antwerp is a premiere diamond trading city about 40 kilometers north of Brussels.

3. Who was convicted and executed for the kidnapping and killing of Charles Lindbergh's baby?

Answer: Hauptmann

Even though no one is for sure who committed this crime, Hauptmann was brought to justice for it.

4. Which collection of poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay won her the Pulitzer Prize for literature in 1923?

Answer: The Harp Weaver

"The Wasteland" is by T.S. Eliot. "John Brown's Body" is by Stephen Vincent Benet. "Chicago Poems" was written by Carl Sandburg.

5. Which ship was sunk on Feburary 3, 1917, within an hour's warning?

Answer: Housatonic

The Lusitania was sunk in 1915 off the coast of Ireland.
The Housatonic was sunk in 1917, and was a major push for the U.S. entering WWI.

6. Which strait divides the island of Singapore from Malaysia?

Answer: Jahore Strait

The Jahore Strait can also be called the Johor and Johore Strait.

The Tatar Strait lies between the island of Sakhalin and the Russian mainland. The Sunda strait lies between Indonesia's islands of Sumatra and Java. The Palk Strait runs between India and Sri Lanka.

7. Which military general first tried to prove to the U.S. the power of airplanes in combat by sinking a captured German sub?

Answer: Billy Mitchell

He was later court-martialed for his actions and he resigned from the military.

8. What was Pearl Buck's 1913 novel, which featured Wang Lung as its main character?

Answer: The Good Earth

"The Good Earth" is about a poor Chinese farmer who faces many hardships, but relies on his land, and becomes rich.

9. What is the atomic symbol for Unununium?

Answer: Uuu

Unununium is one of several artificially produced elements whose half-lifes are only but a few miliseconds.

10. Who defeated the Muslims at the battle of Tours?

Answer: Charles Martel

It has been said that if this did not happen, a large percentage of North America would be Muslim today.

Source: Author biohazard930

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