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Totally Miscellaneous Trivia! IV Quiz


Fourth in a series. This one is longer and maybe harder?

A multiple-choice quiz by lfhaines. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
lfhaines
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
98,090
Updated
Jan 12 23
# Qns
20
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
9 / 20
Plays
1257
Last 3 plays: sarahpplayer (14/20), Guest 175 (7/20), Guest 81 (9/20).
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Question 1 of 20
1. On United States roads, what is the solid white line on the right of the slowest lane called? Hint


Question 2 of 20
2. What was the name of the RCA mascot dog? Hint


Question 3 of 20
3. What is a lupanar (used in French and Spanish)? Hint


Question 4 of 20
4. Why are keyboard keys arranged the way they are instead of in alphabetical order? Hint


Question 5 of 20
5. Which element is added to steel to make it stainless? Hint


Question 6 of 20
6. Which three letters were the last to be used in the English alphabet? Hint


Question 7 of 20
7. Which of the following foods or parts of foods is not poisonous? Hint


Question 8 of 20
8. Where did famed terrorist Abu Nidal die in 2002? Hint


Question 9 of 20
9. When a ship rings "2 bells" what time is it? Hint


Question 10 of 20
10. How many nieces and nephews does Queen Elizabeth II have from her side of the family? Hint


Question 11 of 20
11. Name the person who was Vice President of the United States from March 4, 1853 to March 3, 1857? Hint


Question 12 of 20
12. What were the Girl Scouts called when they were founded in 1912? Hint


Question 13 of 20
13. Who was the founder of the Jehovah's Witnesses? Hint


Question 14 of 20
14. What do Michael Curtiz, John Schlesinger and Franklin Schaffner have in common? Hint


Question 15 of 20
15. How many air miles are there between Bangkok and Warsaw? Hint


Question 16 of 20
16. Which of the following words did NOT start as an acronym? Hint


Question 17 of 20
17. What year did the first successful jet powered aircraft flight take place? Hint


Question 18 of 20
18. Who was the architect who designed the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri? Hint


Question 19 of 20
19. What do Helen Hokinson, Mike Judge and Pat Oliphant have in common? Hint


Question 20 of 20
20. Which of the following is not a newspaper in San Diego County in California? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. On United States roads, what is the solid white line on the right of the slowest lane called?

Answer: Fog line.

It keeps you in the lane during fog, I suppose.
2. What was the name of the RCA mascot dog?

Answer: Nipper.

Nipper was a fox terrier and was inspired by a painting called "His Master's Voice" by Francis Barraud. Interestingly the original painting included the casket of Barraud's brother, who had owned Nipper.
3. What is a lupanar (used in French and Spanish)?

Answer: A brothel.

For example, in Spanish "barrio de los lupanares" is a red-light district.
4. Why are keyboard keys arranged the way they are instead of in alphabetical order?

Answer: To allow the maximum typing speed possible.

Original keyboards were in alphabetical order but the mechanical arms of the typewriting kept jamming. The current keyboard pattern was designed to prevent these mechanical conflicts, by placing commonly used letters at a greater distance from each other.
5. Which element is added to steel to make it stainless?

Answer: Chromium.

Actually, the chromium (as chromium oxide) is a coating on the surface of the steel.
6. Which three letters were the last to be used in the English alphabet?

Answer: W, J and V.

J and V finally appeared around 1630. Before the late 1700's, spelling was not important as long as a person could pronounce the word.
7. Which of the following foods or parts of foods is not poisonous?

Answer: The green parts of a carrot above the root.

Apricot pits contain a chemical which turns to cyanide during digestion. Potatoes are a member of the deadly nightshade family. Rhubarb leaves are toxic only if eaten in large quantities and are corrosive to the stomach!
8. Where did famed terrorist Abu Nidal die in 2002?

Answer: Iraq.

The Iraqis claim he committed "suicide" by pumping four well-aimed shots into himself. What a guy!
9. When a ship rings "2 bells" what time is it?

Answer: 1:00, 5:00 or 9:00.

Wouldn't it be easier to just use a regular clock? Anyway, one bell is 12:30 p.m., two bells is 1:00 p.m., three bells is 1:30 p.m. etcetera every half hour until 8 bells indicates that it is 4:00 p.m. then we start all over again!

This use of bells for time keeping orginated when one of the ship's boys would have the duty of watching an hourglass taking half an hour and the turning it when the sand had run out. When he turned the glass, he struck the bell as a signal that he turned the hourglass. This evolved into the tradition of ringing the bells one through 8 through a four hour "watch".
10. How many nieces and nephews does Queen Elizabeth II have from her side of the family?

Answer: 2.

They are David, Viscount Linley (b. 1961) and Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones (b. 1964) both children of her sister Princess Margaret (1930-2002).
11. Name the person who was Vice President of the United States from March 4, 1853 to March 3, 1857?

Answer: William R. King.

Vice President King served under President Franklin Pierce.
12. What were the Girl Scouts called when they were founded in 1912?

Answer: American Girl Guides.

The name was changed in 1913.
13. Who was the founder of the Jehovah's Witnesses?

Answer: Charles Russell.

Originally incorporated as the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania in 1884, the name was changed to Jehovah's Witnesses in 1931.
14. What do Michael Curtiz, John Schlesinger and Franklin Schaffner have in common?

Answer: They each won an Oscar for best director.

Curtiz in 1943 for "Casablanca". Schlesinger in 1969 for "Midnight Cowboy" and Schaffner in 1970 for "Patton".
15. How many air miles are there between Bangkok and Warsaw?

Answer: 5,033.

I am not sure how many flights per day make that run!
16. Which of the following words did NOT start as an acronym?

Answer: MARS

Laser = Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation; Scuba = Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus; Radar = RAdio Detection And Ranging.
17. What year did the first successful jet powered aircraft flight take place?

Answer: 1939.

The flight took place August 27, 1939 in Germany. The aircraft was a Heinkel He 178.
18. Who was the architect who designed the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri?

Answer: Eero Saarinen.

Eero Saarinen designed the Gateway Arch and the Trans World Flight Center in New York City.
19. What do Helen Hokinson, Mike Judge and Pat Oliphant have in common?

Answer: They are well known cartoonists.

Hokinson (1900 - 1949) = "The New Yorker"; Judge (b. 1962) = "Beavis and Butt-head" and "King of the Hill"; Oliphant (b. 1935) = Political cartoons.
20. Which of the following is not a newspaper in San Diego County in California?

Answer: San Diego Register.

The San Diego "Daily Transcript" is the business and legal newspaper, the San Diego "Union Tribune" is the major San Diego newspaper and the "North County Times" covers most of the nothern county and southern Riverside County.
Source: Author lfhaines

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