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Quiz about The Number Eight
Quiz about The Number Eight

The Number Eight Trivia Quiz


Ten questions all related somehow to the number eight.

A multiple-choice quiz by AdamM7. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
AdamM7
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
351,618
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
1566
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. Starting from the planets closest to the sun and working outwards, which is the eighth planet? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Argentina is the eighth largest country in the world (by area). It contains the most southern city in the world. What is it? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Queen Victoria ruled England during which of these years ending in the digits "88"? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. The eighth letter in the Greek alphabet is also used in mathematics to denote an unknown angle. What is it? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. What is the eighth prime number? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. What is an "After Eight"? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. What word completes the title of a 2006 adventure film directed by Frank Marshall, "Eight ___"? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Which of the following songs was recorded by the Beatles? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Which religious festival lasts for eight days? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. The 2008 Beijing Olympics opened on the 8th August (08/08) at 8:08:08pm. Which country topped the medal table (by earning the most gold medals)? Hint



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1. Starting from the planets closest to the sun and working outwards, which is the eighth planet?

Answer: Neptune

The order of the planets is: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Mnemonics are a common way of remembering this - even if the mnemonic hasn't been updated since Pluto became a dwarf planet (e.g. "My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming Planets")!

Neptune was named after the Roman god of the sea. It is the fourth largest planet (by diameter), and it takes 164.8 Earth years for it to orbit the sun. It was discovered in 1846 along with its largest moon (Triton), but the other 12 known moons of Neptune were not discovered until the 20th or 21st century.
2. Argentina is the eighth largest country in the world (by area). It contains the most southern city in the world. What is it?

Answer: Ushuaia

Reykjavik, Iceland is the northernmost capital city in the world. Gisborne, New Zealand is the furthest city in the east. Fairbanks in Alaska is the westernmost city in the world.

Ushuaia is the capital of the Argentinian province Tierra del Fuego Province. It sits on the southern coast of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego - an island owned partly by Chile and partly by Argentina. To the north of Ushaia are the Martial Mountains, and to the south is the Beagle Channel.
3. Queen Victoria ruled England during which of these years ending in the digits "88"?

Answer: 1888 A.D.

Victoria was the English queen from 1837 to 1901. By the end of her time on the throne, Queen Victoria's reign was the longest of any British monarch. During 888 A.D., Alfred the Great was ruling England. In 1188, Henry II was in power and Elizabeth I was on the throne in 1588.

Queen Victoria married Prince Albert in 1840. He died 21 years later. She was depressed and would do nothing but mourn for a long time after that, but managed to come to terms with his death and appeared in public again.
4. The eighth letter in the Greek alphabet is also used in mathematics to denote an unknown angle. What is it?

Answer: Theta

Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. The phrase "Alpha testing" is used in computer programming to describe the phase software goes through when the creators test it out themselves.

Omega is the last (24th) letter of the Greek alphabet. It is the symbol for an ohm - the unit of electrical resistance.

Pi is the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet. It is most commonly used today as the mathematical number that represents the ratio of a circle's cicumference to its diameter, roughly 3.14159.

In Athens, Theta was once used to represent death, as it vaguely resembles a skull. It was used to warn people the same way that the skull and crossbones symbol does today.
5. What is the eighth prime number?

Answer: 19

A prime number is a number divisible by exactly 2 numbers: 1 and itself.

2 is the first prime number, 8 is not a prime number at all (it is divisible by 1, 2, 4 and 8) and 73 is the 21st prime number.

The first eight prime numbers are: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17 and 19.
6. What is an "After Eight"?

Answer: A chocolate mint

After Eights are described by Nestle as "mint[s] enrobed in dark chocolate". They are after-dinner mints, hence the name ("eight" refers to the time - 8 p.m.). They were first sold in 1962, and they are still very popular today.
7. What word completes the title of a 2006 adventure film directed by Frank Marshall, "Eight ___"?

Answer: Below

The 2006 American film "Eight Below" was written by David DiGilio and stars Paul Walker, Moon Bloodgood, Bruce Greenwood and Jason Biggs. The movie is about eight dogs who were left to fend for themselves in Antarctica after their owner was forced to leave them behind. It focuses mainly on the dogs' story of survival.
8. Which of the following songs was recorded by the Beatles?

Answer: Eight Days a Week

The song "Eight Days a Week" has been covered many times - by The Supremes, Billy Preston, The Runaways and many other people. However, the original was recorded by the Beatles in 1964.

"Eight Miles High" was sung by The Byrds, "Figure of Eight" is a song from Paul McCartney's album "Flowers in the Dirt" and "Pieces of Eight" was a song by Styx contained in their album of the same name.
9. Which religious festival lasts for eight days?

Answer: Hanukkah

Hanukkah is a Jewish festival, lasting for eight days and eight nights. It starts on the 25th day of Kislev in the Hebrew calendar, but in the Gregorian calendar, it starts between late November and late December.

Lent lasts for 40 days - the 40 days directly before Easter.

Advent starts on the fourth Sunday before Christmas Day and lasts until 24th December. This means it can start anywhere between November 27th and December 3rd, but it always lasts much longer than eight days.

The religious festival known as the 12 Days of Christmas lasts for (surprise, surprise) 12 days - the 12 days directly after Christmas, with Christmas counting as day 1.
10. The 2008 Beijing Olympics opened on the 8th August (08/08) at 8:08:08pm. Which country topped the medal table (by earning the most gold medals)?

Answer: China

China, the host country, won the 2008 Olympics with 51 gold medals and 100 medals in total. The United States got more overall medals (110), but did not top the table because only 36 of those medals were gold.

Great Britain was fourth with 19 gold medals, South Korea ended up in seventh with 13 gold and Japan ended up in eighth place with nine gold.
Source: Author AdamM7

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