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Quiz about Nothing but Zero
Quiz about Nothing but Zero

Nothing but Zero Trivia Quiz


All the questions here involve nothing whatsoever...

A multiple-choice quiz by austinnene. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
austinnene
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
375,353
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
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Avg Score
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Question 1 of 10
1. Which giant American company has marketed a product with the word "Zero" in its name? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What color is a Zero candy bar (before you bite into it)? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Which famed mystery writer authored the work "Towards Zero", published in 1944? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. "Zero Dark Thirty" is a movie that focuses on what real-life black op? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Who or what was Zero, as in the exclamation, "Gloriosky, Zero!" Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. What is a zero-sum budget? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. In 1975, who apparently knew a lot about zero, since he had a hit song with the recurring line, "Nothin' from nothin' leaves nothin'"? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. To what American humorist, once a columnist for "The Miami Herald", is attributed this quotation?

"Cigarette sales would drop to zero overnight if the warning said 'CIGARETTES CONTAIN FAT'".
Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Zero Mostel was an American comedic actor. In which of the following productions did he have a starring role? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. "Black holes are where God divided by zero". What relatively famous theoretical physicist is often credited with this remark? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which giant American company has marketed a product with the word "Zero" in its name?

Answer: Coca-Cola

Coke Zero came out in 2005. It was an effort by the company to get men to drink diet sodas, which had heretofore been consumed mostly by women. In the United Kingdom, the product has been nicknamed "Bloke Coke".
2. What color is a Zero candy bar (before you bite into it)?

Answer: white

The Zero Bar was introduced by the Hershey Company way back in 1920. It is filled with peanuts, nougat, caramel, and covered in white fudge. Yummy.
3. Which famed mystery writer authored the work "Towards Zero", published in 1944?

Answer: Agatha Christie

"Towards Zero" is a Superintendent Battle mystery--a police superintendent who is a recurring protagonist in a number of Christie tales. It was first published in the UK and the US in 1944.
4. "Zero Dark Thirty" is a movie that focuses on what real-life black op?

Answer: The mission to kill Osama Bin Laden

"Zero Dark Thirty" came out in 2012. It told the story of the culmination of the decade-long effort to locate and kill Osama Bin Laden after the attacks on the US in September 2001.
5. Who or what was Zero, as in the exclamation, "Gloriosky, Zero!"

Answer: Annie Rooney's dog

"Little Annie Rooney" was the title of a comic strip in King Features publications. She was an orphan, but she had a dog, Zero, and a favorite exclamation: "Gloriosky!" The strip debuted in 1927, shortly after "Little Orphan Annie" appeared in the "Chicago Tribune" papers and became wildly popular. Orphan Annie had a dog, Sandy, and a favorite exclamation, "Leapin' Lizards". So, we have two orphaned girls whose given names are the same and who both have dogs and habitual epithets, but surely there could have been no attempt by King Features to imitate the "Chicago Tribune".
6. What is a zero-sum budget?

Answer: One where income plus outgo totals zero

Zero-sum, or zero-based budgets, which became popular in the latter half of the twentieth century, begin with a projection of the cost that must be incurred for the individual or business to accomplish whatever goals have been identified for the budget period. Once the cost of achieving each goal is identified, funds are then allocated to each one.

The process is complete when all funds have been allocated, resulting in a difference of zero between income and expenditures.
7. In 1975, who apparently knew a lot about zero, since he had a hit song with the recurring line, "Nothin' from nothin' leaves nothin'"?

Answer: Billy Preston

Billy Preston started his music career early--he was in his mid-teens when he played with Little Richard professionally. He played on some of the tracks of The Beatles' "Abbey Road", played in their final live performance, and portrayed Sergeant Pepper in the film of the same name. "Nothing from Nothing" was arguably Preston's biggest hit.
8. To what American humorist, once a columnist for "The Miami Herald", is attributed this quotation? "Cigarette sales would drop to zero overnight if the warning said 'CIGARETTES CONTAIN FAT'".

Answer: Dave Barry

Dave Barry is the son of a minister, born in New York State in 1947. He started writing humor columns in a small Pennsylvania newspaper in the early 1970s, and eventually joined the staff of "The Miami Herald", where he wrote a nationally syndicated humor column until 2005. In 1988 he won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary. He has authored a number of books, and has had his works used in television and movies.

Barry also plays in a unique band-infrequently--called The Rock Bottom Remainders, comprised of writers and such, which has featured Matt Groening, Roy Blunt, Jr., Barbara Kingsolver, Stephen King, and Amy Tan--among many others.
9. Zero Mostel was an American comedic actor. In which of the following productions did he have a starring role?

Answer: Fiddler on the Roof

Mostel played Tevye in the Broadway production of "Fiddler on the Roof". He is also known for his work in "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" and "The Producers". He was one of the actors blacklisted in the forties, being well-known for his left-leaning political orientation.
10. "Black holes are where God divided by zero". What relatively famous theoretical physicist is often credited with this remark?

Answer: Albert Einstein

Einstein's 1916 Theory of Relativity predicted the existence of black holes (although it was not the first time the phenomenon was postulated). Einstein himself reportedly did not believe in them despite his own work's pointing to their existence.

Although the "dividing by zero" remark is often attributed to Einstein, the comedian Stephen Wright is also sometimes given credit for it.
Source: Author austinnene

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