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Pull it From a Hat Quiz

Just little bits of this and that, lets see if YOU can make a 100!

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

Author
treegal

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
28,026

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1389

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What is the 2nd highest mountain in the world?

Answer: (A letter and a number)

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Question 2 of 10

2. How many squares on a chessboard? Hint

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Question 3 of 10

3. What poet wrote the following poem? Beauty crowds me till I die Beauty mercy have on me. If I die before I wake, Let it be in sight of thee? Hint

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Shel Silverstein

Emily Latrusse

Emily Dickinson

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is this called? Amanda's Animals All Ate Apples and also angered an awesome animal? Hint

Synonyms

Onomotopoeia

Alliteration

Homophones

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is the capital of Congo? Hint

La Paz

Brazzaville

Santiago

Nairobi

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Question 6 of 10

6. In the Harry Potter series, where does Harry purchase his books? Hint

Wormwood

Flourish and Botts

Hogwarts

Privet Drive

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Question 7 of 10

7. In Calvin and Hobbes, what does Calvin get turned into for a day with his transmogrifing gun? Hint

Hobbes

Clone

Cat

Owl

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who wins the contest of the Golden Apple, with Paris being the judge? Hint

Aphrodite

Hera

Athena

Artemis

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which of these is not a story of Greek myth? Hint

Why a peacock has its feathers

Why we have echoes

Why Ivy grows up

Why Narcissus bend over

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who is the star of 'Wait Until Dark'? Hint

Katherine Hepburn

Geena Davis

Bette Davis

Audrey Hepburn

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the 2nd highest mountain in the world?

Answer: K2

The highest mountain in the world is Mount Everest.

2. How many squares on a chessboard?

Answer: 64

Same as a checkerboard!

3. What poet wrote the following poem? Beauty crowds me till I die Beauty mercy have on me. If I die before I wake, Let it be in sight of thee?

Answer: Emily Dickinson

My fave of Emily D's poems is 'A Light Exists in Spring'.

4. What is this called? Amanda's Animals All Ate Apples and also angered an awesome animal?

Answer: Alliteration

Although alliteration NORMALLY means initial consonants, it can (and according to the Oxford dictionary does) refer to any initial letters. Assonance normally refers to vowel sounds in the middle of words (as opposed to initial sounds).

5. What is the capital of Congo?

Answer: Brazzaville

6. In the Harry Potter series, where does Harry purchase his books?

Answer: Flourish and Botts

7. In Calvin and Hobbes, what does Calvin get turned into for a day with his transmogrifing gun?

Answer: Owl

8. Who wins the contest of the Golden Apple, with Paris being the judge?

Answer: Aphrodite

This caused the Trojan War.

9. Which of these is not a story of Greek myth?

Answer: Why Ivy grows up

10. Who is the star of 'Wait Until Dark'?

Answer: Audrey Hepburn

Source: Author treegal

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