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Quiz about Totally Useless and Obscure 1

Totally Useless and Obscure 1 Trivia Quiz

These questions are really obscure and specific and are exceedingly difficult. Don't be worried if you're stuck: the questions are tough!

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

Author
cognator

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
47,929

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
8 / 15

Plays
4473

Last 3 plays: Hayes1953 (5/15), Guest 174 (9/15), Guest 175 (9/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. From what language did the word 'robot' come? Hint

Latin

Russian

Greek

Czech

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Question 2 of 15

2. Who was Morgan le Fay? Hint

An enchantress

All of these

The aunt of Sir Gawaine

One of the villains in Arthurian legend

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Question 3 of 15

3. What NHL team was swept by Detroit in the 1952 Stanley Cup Finals? Hint

Montreal Canadiens

Toronto Maple Leafs

New York Rangers

Montreal Maroons

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Question 4 of 15

4. What tree's bark is fire resistant? Hint

Elm

Oak

Redwood

Cedar

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Question 5 of 15

5. Italian for which of these names gave us the word 'zany'? Hint

Joe

Bill

John

Bob

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Question 6 of 15

6. The star Upsilon Andromedae has how many planets revolving around it? Hint

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Question 7 of 15

7. In the large string of colours in a 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' song, which colour comes tenth? Hint

Ruby

Mauve

Violet

Olive

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Question 8 of 15

8. 'Life, the Universe, and Everything' was written by which author? Hint

Douglas Adams

Thomas Jones

James Douglas

Gordan Korman

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Question 9 of 15

9. What was King Arthur's last name? Hint

Orkny

Pentagon

Pendragon

Orkney

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Question 10 of 15

10. What is the answer to life, the universe, and everything, according to the 'Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy' series? Hint

Happiness

Kindness

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Question 11 of 15

11. If you met the President of the USA face-to-face, what would be the proper name to address him or her by? Hint

Your Honour

Sir

Your Grace

Mr. President or Madam President

12. The equation E=mc squared expresses how much energy (E) is produced in Joules when a piece of matter of mass m (in kilograms) is turned into energy. Which equation expresses how much matter can be produced from energy? Hint

M=ec squared

M=e divided by c squared

M=e divided by c

M=e divided by the square root of c

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Question 13 of 15

13. When the church breaks into two or more factions, what is this divide called? Hint

Chaos

Reformation

Schism

Clash

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Question 14 of 15

14. Who is responsible for calling the First Nations of North America 'Indians'? Hint

Ferdinand Magellan

James Cook

Christopher Columbus

Jacques Costeau

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Question 15 of 15

15. In what lake near Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, does a famed 'sea serpent' supposedly reside?

Answer: (Starts with 'Lake')

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. From what language did the word 'robot' come?

Answer: Czech

Robot came from Czech 'robota', which meant 'forced labor' or 'drudgery'.

2. Who was Morgan le Fay?

Answer: All of these

3. What NHL team was swept by Detroit in the 1952 Stanley Cup Finals?

Answer: Montreal Canadiens

4. What tree's bark is fire resistant?

Answer: Redwood

5. Italian for which of these names gave us the word 'zany'?

Answer: John

Back in the day, Giovanni, Italian for John, was used as a word for a man off the street, or a simpleton - much like today's "average Joe." Giovanni eventually became the English "zany."

6. The star Upsilon Andromedae has how many planets revolving around it?

Answer: 4

Extrasolar planets - that is, ones orbiting stars other than our own sun - are discovered by careful observation of these stars. Some stars appear to "wobble," indicating one or more large objects are orbiting around them. Upsilon Andromedae has a complex orbit that scientists believed that could best be explained with a three-planet model.

However, in 2010 a fourth planet was discovered in orbit around the star.

7. In the large string of colours in a 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' song, which colour comes tenth?

Answer: Olive

It was
red and yellow and green and brown and
scarlet and black and ochre and peach and
ruby and olive and violet and fawn and
lilac and gold and chocolate and mauve and
cream and crimson and silver and rose and
azure and lemon and russet and grey and
purple and white and pink and orange and
blue.
If you wanted to know.

8. 'Life, the Universe, and Everything' was written by which author?

Answer: Douglas Adams

'Life, the Universe, and Everything' is the third of five books in the inaccurately named 'Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' trilogy.

9. What was King Arthur's last name?

Answer: Pendragon

Though Arthur was related to the Orkneys, Uther Pendragon, his father, passed on his last name to Arthur.

10. What is the answer to life, the universe, and everything, according to the 'Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy' series?

Answer: 42

The question was 'What is six times nine?' which is, of course, wrong. In the TV series, when Arthur Dent discovers with Ford Prefect the question (using homemade Scrabble pieces randomly picked out of a bag), he says "I always knew there was something fundamentally wrong with the universe."
The books offer a different reason for this discrepancy, which is that if the Question and Answer are both known for the same universe, it is immediately destroyed and replaced by something even more inexplicable.

11. If you met the President of the USA face-to-face, what would be the proper name to address him or her by?

Answer: Mr. President or Madam President

Your Honour is used for judges, your Grace for dukes and duchesses, and Sir for knights.

Answer: M=e divided by c squared

C represents the speed of light, or about 300 000 000 meters per second. Unfortunately, since this is so huge, it takes an enormous amount of energy to make a very small amount of matter. Conversely, it only takes the annihilation of an incredibly small amount of matter to create a catastrophic amount of energy.

This is the principle behind both nuclear weapons and the process through which the sun produces energy.

13. When the church breaks into two or more factions, what is this divide called?

Answer: Schism

The most important schism of the Christian church was, of course, the Reformation, which broke it into the Catholic and Protestant sects.

14. Who is responsible for calling the First Nations of North America 'Indians'?

Answer: Christopher Columbus

When Columbus landed in America, he thought he had gone all around the world and gotten to where he wanted -- India! Interestingly, though, this may not be what you think; at the time, India was the name given to all of Southeast Asia, and the land of India was called Hindustan.

15. In what lake near Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, does a famed 'sea serpent' supposedly reside?

Answer: Lake Okanagan

Other Canadian monsters of legend include Cadborosaurus, from Cadboro Bay in Victoria and Sasquatch - aka Bigfoot - of the Rocky Mountains.

Source: Author cognator

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