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The Number 5000 Trivia Quiz

Hi! Thought I'd do a little research on the number 5000 and see what I could find to make a quiz about. Enjoy!

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

Author
moonrockie

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
61,233

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
1371

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which U.S. President's picture is on the 5000 dollar bill? Hint

Abraham Lincoln

Ulysses Grant

William McKinley

James Madison

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which member of the Big Band era had the hit song 'Pennsylvania 6-5000'? Hint

Dizzy Gillespie

Artie Shaw

Benny Goodman

Glenn Miller

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is often referred to as the Total Stock Market Index because it seeks to track the returns of practically all publicly traded U.S.-headquartered stocks? Hint

Nasdaq 5000

Standard and Poor's 5000

Wilshire 5000

Dow Jones 5000

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Question 4 of 10

4. How many hectares is 5000 acres? Hint

2023.45

2000

5000

3220.54

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is the Roman Numeral for 5000? Hint

V with a line over the top of it

there isn't one

LLLLL

CCCCC

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Question 6 of 10

6. In October 1998, two men embarked on a three year, 5000 mile expedition from Baja California to the Darien Gap rainforest of Panama. What was their means of transportation? Hint

pack mules

raft

sea kayak

hot-air balloon

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Question 7 of 10

7. A good starter system for basic email and web-surfing or for light duty home-office chores was the Presario 5000 series. Who made this computer system? Hint

Gateway

Compaq

Dell

Packard Bell

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who created the 201.5-meter long and 1.5-meter wide watercolor painting of 5000 carp? Hint

Cheong Thye Ming

Hai Shuet Yeung

Baojie Liu

Yongqun Guo

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who wrote the book '5000 Years of UFO's - Are We Really Alone?'? Hint

Carl Sagan

Jim Marrs

Jim Hickman

Robert Bigelow

10. This band was formed in 1990 in Boston, Massachusetts. The lead singer's name is Mike Cummings (Spider). He is the younger brother of Rob Zombie from the band White Zombie. What band is Spider a part of? Hint

POWERMATE 5000

POWERDUDE 5000

POWERMAN 5000

POWERBALL 5000

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which U.S. President's picture is on the 5000 dollar bill?

Answer: James Madison

Lincoln is on the {$5} bill, Grant is on the {$50,} and McKinley is on the {$500.} The {$5000} bill was discontinued in 1969 and is no longer being printed by the U.S. Mint, although it is still legal tender.

2. Which member of the Big Band era had the hit song 'Pennsylvania 6-5000'?

Answer: Glenn Miller

The title of the song was at one time Glenn Miller's phone number when he lived in an apartment in New York City.

3. What is often referred to as the Total Stock Market Index because it seeks to track the returns of practically all publicly traded U.S.-headquartered stocks?

Answer: Wilshire 5000

The Wilshire 5000 was started in 1974.

4. How many hectares is 5000 acres?

Answer: 2023.45

To find out, you multiply acres times .40469!

5. What is the Roman Numeral for 5000?

Answer: V with a line over the top of it

6. In October 1998, two men embarked on a three year, 5000 mile expedition from Baja California to the Darien Gap rainforest of Panama. What was their means of transportation?

Answer: sea kayak

The leader was Jean-Philippe Soule. The other member of the expedition was Luke Shullenberger. They set out to explore, learn and document the lifestyles and homelands of the last remaining indigenous tribes in Central America.

7. A good starter system for basic email and web-surfing or for light duty home-office chores was the Presario 5000 series. Who made this computer system?

Answer: Compaq

8. Who created the 201.5-meter long and 1.5-meter wide watercolor painting of 5000 carp?

Answer: Hai Shuet Yeung

The painting, 'Culture 5000', represents roughly each year since the dawn of Chinese civilization.

9. Who wrote the book '5000 Years of UFO's - Are We Really Alone?'?

Answer: Jim Hickman

Jim Hickman is one of the leading UFO researchers in the world, not to be confused with the Mets ball-player!

Answer: POWERMAN 5000

(I'd never heard of them until I started researching things about the number 5000...)

Source: Author moonrockie

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