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Millionaire Game Show II Trivia Quiz

A mixed quiz in the 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' format. Content: general and miscellaneous.

A multiple-choice quiz by quizmiz. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
quizmiz

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
46,655

Updated
Jul 31 22

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
10 / 15

Plays
21753

Last 3 plays: Guest 101 (11/15), Hayes1953 (11/15), Guest 108 (12/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. What color is milk? Hint

green

white

blue

red

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Question 2 of 15

2. When it's pouring rain outside, people sometimes say 'it's raining cats and _____.' Hint

buckets

dogs

men

pennies

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Question 3 of 15

3. When you bait a hook and throw it into a stream or a lake, you are most likely trying to catch what? Hint

a fish

a cold

an old tire

a mermaid

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Question 4 of 15

4. If you can't supply what is best, a common expression says that 'you can't cut the ________.' Hint

pie

cream

mustard

butter

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Question 5 of 15

5. New York City is also known by what nickname? Hint

The Big Orange

The Big Apple

The Big Easy

The Big Traffic Jam

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Question 6 of 15

6. 'BTW' is a commonly seen acronym on computer bulletin boards and in chatrooms. What does 'BTW' stand for? Hint

bite the worm

bend the willow

by the way

buy the world

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Question 7 of 15

7. The largest of the Hawaiian Islands is: (Lifeline hint: James Michener wrote a book with this title.) Hint

Maui

Hawaii

Oahu

Molokai

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Question 8 of 15

8. Who is the only president who has ever paid off the US national debt? (hint: our 7th president; orphaned young; very poor; lived in a log cabin.) Hint

Andrew Johnson

John Quincy Adams

John Tyler

Andrew Jackson

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Question 9 of 15

9. What is pot-au-feu? Hint

gold at the end of the rainbow

a clumsy fool

homemade cigarettes

boiled meat and potatoes

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Question 10 of 15

10. What is the capital of Northern Ireland? Hint

Glasgow

Dublin

Belfast

London

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Question 11 of 15

11. When it was built in 1963, this became the largest radio (dish-antenna) telescope. It was surpassed in July 2016 by the FAST telescope in China. Where was the Arecibo telescope located? Hint

West Virginia

New Mexico

Puerto Rico

Germany

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Question 12 of 15

12. Who invented velcro? Hint

Sally Fox

Charles Macintosh

Sybilla Masters

George de Mestral

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Question 13 of 15

13. The book 'Wild Blue' by Stephen Ambrose is an account of B24 pilots over Germany during WWII. Who is featured as the main character of the book? Hint

Jimmy Carter

Gerald Ford

Hubert Humphrey

George McGovern

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Question 14 of 15

14. In the movie 'Gone In 60 Seconds' legendary car thief Memphis Raines (Nicolas Cage) must steal fifty cars in order to save his brother's life. What car does he steal last? Hint

Ford Shelby Cobra

Maserati 250F

Ford Shelby GT 500

Aston-Martin DBR3

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Question 15 of 15

15. In genetics, the definition of an allele typically includes what? Hint

the cause of different colors of flower petals in peas

different types of grapes

the reason for different body types in humans

the reason for large chromosomes in fruit flies

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What color is milk?

Answer: white

Milk is white because of the protein casein and also because the cream in milk contains a white-colored fat.

2. When it's pouring rain outside, people sometimes say 'it's raining cats and _____.'

Answer: dogs

3. When you bait a hook and throw it into a stream or a lake, you are most likely trying to catch what?

Answer: a fish

4. If you can't supply what is best, a common expression says that 'you can't cut the ________.'

Answer: mustard

5. New York City is also known by what nickname?

Answer: The Big Apple

The Big Orange is Los Angeles. The Big Easy is New Orleans. The Big Traffic Jam would be a good second nickname for New York City.

6. 'BTW' is a commonly seen acronym on computer bulletin boards and in chatrooms. What does 'BTW' stand for?

Answer: by the way

7. The largest of the Hawaiian Islands is: (Lifeline hint: James Michener wrote a book with this title.)

Answer: Hawaii

Hawaii aka 'The Big Island.' Maui is second. Oahu is third. Molokai is fifth. Missing is the fourth largest, 'The Garden Isle' aka what?

8. Who is the only president who has ever paid off the US national debt? (hint: our 7th president; orphaned {young; very poor;} lived in a log cabin.)

Answer: Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson was the US 7th president.

9. What is pot-au-feu?

Answer: boiled meat and potatoes

A French boiled dinner which literally means 'pot on the fire.'

10. What is the capital of Northern Ireland?

Answer: Belfast

11. When it was built in 1963, this became the largest radio (dish-antenna) telescope. It was surpassed in July 2016 by the FAST telescope in China. Where was the Arecibo telescope located?

Answer: Puerto Rico

Near Arecibo, PR, it was 1,000 feet in diameter and covered 25 acres. It was decommissioned in 2020. The other location choices all have or had large dish-antenna telescopes as well.

12. Who invented velcro?

Answer: George de Mestral

Out for a walk one day with his dog in the 1940's de Mestral (of Switzerland) noticed cockleburs stuck to the dog and to his own clothing upon returning home. Studied under the microscope, the burrs have a natural hook-like shape. The name 'velcro' comes from velour and crochet. Sybilla Masters was the first American inventor in recorded history. Charles Macintosh invented a way of waterproofing clothing. Sally Fox grows cotton which doesn't need to be dyed because it grows in beautiful browns, oranges and yellows, naturally.

13. The book 'Wild Blue' by Stephen Ambrose is an account of B24 pilots over Germany during WWII. Who is featured as the main character of the book?

Answer: George McGovern

Jimmy Carter was a navy man as well as our 39th president. He graduated 59th in a class of 820 from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. Gerald Ford our 38th president served in the navy during WWII as an aviation operations officer. Hubert Humphrey was our 38th vice president (to Lyndon Johnson).

14. In the movie 'Gone In 60 Seconds' legendary car thief Memphis Raines (Nicolas Cage) must steal fifty cars in order to save his brother's life. What car does he steal last?

Answer: Ford Shelby GT 500

The Shelby GT is named for famed auto racer Carroll Shelby.

15. In genetics, the definition of an allele typically includes what?

Answer: the cause of different colors of flower petals in peas

CONGRATULATIONS if you answered all 15 without a lifeline! You must be a true 'brainiac.' As you know, Allele is any of two or more alternative forms of a gene occupying a specific position on a chromosome; such as that which determines flower petal color in peas.

Source: Author quizmiz

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