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The Ultimate Mixing it Up Quiz | Mixed


This is a revised and updated version of one of the weekly quizzes which used to be on the site. The questions are a mix from different categories.
This is a renovated/adopted version of an old quiz by author snowbird

A multiple-choice quiz by rossian. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
rossian
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
21
Updated
Jan 15 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
801
Last 3 plays: shvdotr (7/10), Guest 75 (1/10), Guest 107 (7/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Which of these breeds of dog is also known as the bark lion sentinel dog? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. The martial art Jeet Kune Do, also known as 'the way of the intercepting fist' is associated with which of these?


Question 3 of 10
3. What sport originated in 12th century France as the 'game of the palm'? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Which country music singer, who died in 2020, was the son of a cotton sharecropper, and had some success in baseball before establishing his successful music career? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. In 1968 the USS Pueblo was in the headlines when it was captured by which country? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. In the human body, what does the genome contain? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Where did the Campbells massacre the MacDonalds in 1692? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. What occurs twice a year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the equator marking the longest and shortest days of the year?


Question 9 of 10
9. The US city of Orange is located in which state? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. The Alamogordo Bombing Range was the site of the first atomic bomb test in the USA. What code name was given to the event? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which of these breeds of dog is also known as the bark lion sentinel dog?

Answer: Lhasa Apso

The dog breed originated in the Himalayas in the Tibet region of what is now China. The Lhasa part of the name derives from the capital of the region. The breed is believed to date back hundreds of years and was not regularly found in the west until the first quarter of the twentieth century. It was used as a guard dog for monasteries, which is where the nickname arose.
2. The martial art Jeet Kune Do, also known as 'the way of the intercepting fist' is associated with which of these?

Answer: Bruce Lee

According to Bruce Lee's website, the principles of Jeet Kune Do are 'simplicity, directness and freedom'. He devised this as a personal philosophy of his beliefs and was reluctant to give his views a name before accepting that one was needed. Jeet Kune Do became the official name in 1967, and involves elements of yin and yang along with accepting no limitation on what can be achieved. Lee's view was that martial arts did not need 'rules' and that practitioners should employ whatever was most effective at any stage.
3. What sport originated in 12th century France as the 'game of the palm'?

Answer: Tennis

Known as 'jeu de paume' in French, this game still exists in a form close to its origins and known as 'real tennis' . This doesn't mean 'authentic' - its meaning is actually royal tennis, and the game is still played at Hampton Court Palace in the UK, where Henry VIII is known to have played in the sixteenth century.

The more commonly played and known version of tennis is lawn tennis, which has evolved into a different format completely, although the scoring system which we're all used to dates back to the original game.
4. Which country music singer, who died in 2020, was the son of a cotton sharecropper, and had some success in baseball before establishing his successful music career?

Answer: Charley Pride

Charley was born in 1934 and was one of eleven siblings. His first ambition was to become a professional baseball player, and he was an accomplished pitcher until injury meant he could not continue. Alongside his sporting activities, Pride had always sung and was often asked to sing prior to games to entertain the spectators. By 1965 he had been signed by RCA Victor, and by 1971 had achieved eight number one hits on the US Billboard Hot Country songs. Further big country music hits continued throughout the 1970s and 1980s. 'Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'' is probably his best known hit, as it made a breakthrough onto the mainstream charts in 1971.
5. In 1968 the USS Pueblo was in the headlines when it was captured by which country?

Answer: North Korea

The incident was a major event of the time, and the ship is still in North Korea's capital, Pyongyang, in the first quarter of the twenty-first century, where it is used as a museum ship. The Pueblo was a spy ship, and had been tasked with carrying out surveillance of the Soviet Navy in the Tsushima Strait and intercepting communications from North Korea.

In January 1968, North Korean forces boarded Pueblo claiming that she was in their waters - naturally, this was disputed by the USA. The crew, one of whom had been killed during the capture, were kept as prisoners of war and were tortured, psychologically and physically.

They were eventually released in December 1968.
6. In the human body, what does the genome contain?

Answer: DNA

A genome is the name describing an organism's genetic make up and was coined by the German botanist Hans Winkler in 1920. The genome contains the complete set of DNA which gives each of us our individuality. It is based on the term "gene", itself only in use since 1909, derived from a Greek word referring to procreation.
7. Where did the Campbells massacre the MacDonalds in 1692?

Answer: Glencoe

This event was something of a leftover from the Jacobite rising of 1689, which had attempted to reinstate King James II as King of England. As a Catholic, he had been deposed in favour of his Protestant daughter, Mary II and her husband William III. The Scottish clans were required to swear allegiance to the new monarchs, and the MacDonalds had failed to do so. Using this as an excuse, the Campbells, with government forces, many of whom had been billeted with the MacDonalds, turned on their hosts killing many of them. Estimates of the numbers killed range from 25 to 40.

The other options are all famous Scottish battles.
8. What occurs twice a year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the equator marking the longest and shortest days of the year?

Answer: solstice

The description refers to the summer and winter solstices. In the northern hemisphere, the winter solstice occurs in December, normally on either the 21st or 22nd. The earth's pole is tilted away from the sun, so the day is at its shortest. The opposite occurs in June, if you're in the northern half, when the longest day falls between 20th and 22nd of the month. The nearer you are to the north pole, the longer the day is.

Equinox is when the day and night are roughly equal. This occurs in March and September.
9. The US city of Orange is located in which state?

Answer: Texas

The city of Orange is the capital of Orange County and has the distinction of being the most easterly city in Texas. When it was founded it was named Greens Bluff but was renamed as Madison in 1840 to honour the president of this name. Following confusion with a similarly named Texas region the name of Orange was adopted in 1858.

It was originally known for timber production, but is better known for the chemical industry in the twenty-first century. Its location as a port on the Gulf of Mexico makes it vulnerable to hurricanes, with Rita (2005), Ike (2008) and Harvey (2017) all having caused problems for the city.
10. The Alamogordo Bombing Range was the site of the first atomic bomb test in the USA. What code name was given to the event?

Answer: Trinity

The bombing range is situated about 200 miles from Loa Alamos in New Mexico. On 16 July 1945 a plutonium device was exploded, turning the surrounding desert into a green glass which was named trinitite. The explosion was followed a wave of heat. The test was given the code name of 'Trinity' and was part of the wider Manhattan Project involving the scientist Robert Oppenheimer, who came up with the code name.

It was the start of the nuclear age, proving the efficacy of nuclear bombs which were soon to be used to such devastating effect on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan.
Source: Author rossian

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