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

Author
vegeta_nz

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
176,011

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
634

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Question 1 of 10

1. How many vowels are there in the Russian alphabet? Hint

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Question 2 of 10

2. What year did the Wars of the Roses start? Hint

1544

1454

1455

1456

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is the name of the world's rarest gem? Hint

Travertine

Diamond

Painite

Chalcopyrite

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Question 4 of 10

4. If I had althaiophobia what would I be afraid of? Hint

Marshmallows

String

Alcohol

Marriage

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Question 5 of 10

5. What name can be spelled using the first letters of five consecutive months of the year?

Answer: (boy's name)

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Question 6 of 10

6. What is the name of the world's largest flower? Hint

Rafflesia Arnold

Edelweiss

Welwitschia

Begonia

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Question 7 of 10

7. What does the name Briana mean? Hint

friendly

strong

invincible

weak and ill-tempered

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Question 8 of 10

8. On average people are afraid of spiders more than death.

True

False

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Question 9 of 10

9. An albatross can sleep while flying.

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. What was the first book ever to be written on a typewriter? Hint

Huckleberry Finn

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

A Dog Named Flanders

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. How many vowels are there in the Russian alphabet?

Answer: 10

There are 33 letters in the Russian alphabet. 10 vowels, 21 consonants and 2 other letters which are without sound.

2. What year did the Wars of the Roses start?

Answer: 1455

The Wars of the Roses were fought from 1455 to 1487 between the House of Lancaster and the House of York. The Lancastrians used a red rose as their symbol and the Yorkists used a white rose, thus naming it the Wars of the Roses.

3. What is the name of the world's rarest gem?

Answer: Painite

Only seven crystals of Painite have ever been found up until the year 2003.

4. If I had althaiophobia what would I be afraid of?

Answer: Marshmallows

To be afraid of alcohol is called Methyphobia.
To be afraid of string is called Linonophobia.
To be afraid of marriage is called Gamophobia.

5. What name can be spelled using the first letters of five consecutive months of the year?

Answer: Jason

They are July, August, September, October and November.

6. What is the name of the world's largest flower?

Answer: Rafflesia Arnold

The Rafflesia Arnold can grow to the size of an umbrella. It is native only to the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

7. What does the name Briana mean?

Answer: strong

Briana has Irish Gaelic origin.

8. On average people are afraid of spiders more than death.

Answer: True

Statistically people are more likely to be killed by champagne corks than a poisonous spider.

9. An albatross can sleep while flying.

Answer: True

There is an albatross colony in Dunedin, New Zealand. An albatross can have a wing span of over three metres. The royal albatross colony is found at Taiaroa Head on the peninsula and it is the only mainland breeding colony of albatross in the world.

10. What was the first book ever to be written on a typewriter?

Answer: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

This book was written by Mark Twain in 1876.

Source: Author vegeta_nz

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