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An Uncommonly Common Bond Quiz

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A multiple-choice quiz by JepRD. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
JepRD

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
414,650

Updated
Dec 03 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
684

Last 3 plays: Guest 98 (6/10), Guest 92 (4/10), Guest 12 (5/10).

Question 1 of 10

1. Auto magnate Henry, 38th US President Gerald and superstar actor Harrison all share this last name.

Answer: (Also a good place to cross a river)

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was the name of the 1995 album by alt rocking pioneers Throwing Muses? Hint

House Tornado

Limbo

University

Red Heaven

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is another word for "insignificant"? Hint

Sedulous

Cromulent

Nugatory

Lethologica

4. Russian scientist Constantin Perskyi is credited with a certain neologism first uttered in 1900 describing the transmission of images. What newly coined word became a dominant source of visual culture in the late 20th century? Hint

Anemometer

Foghorn

Television

Stereo

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Question 5 of 10

5. What did Karl Marx say is "the opium of the people"?

Answer: (Think churches, synagogues, mosques)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Developed in France in the first decade of the 20th Century, the Binet-Simon test is considered by many to be the first test to measure human ____________ . Hint

Intelligence

Fever

Eyesight

Feet

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Question 7 of 10

7. What is the nickname of the University of Tennessee sports teams?

Answer: (One plural word, and you won't get paid for your answer)

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Question 8 of 10

8. In 1958, a pancake cafe was founded in Burbank, California. The first few franchises were in California, but perhaps because the menu offered exotic pancake choices, such as Kauai coconut and Tahitian orange pineapple, the diner chain was named _____________ House of Pancakes. Hint

California

Neighborhood

Ray Kroc's

International

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Question 9 of 10

9. What is the name of the 2001 album released by The Specials? Hint

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Question 10 of 10

10. So what's the common denominator of the previous nine answers? You've got it in your hands. It's so close you can almost feel it. As the Brits say: "What are you playing at?"

Answer: (One word solution, sometimes written as two words)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Auto magnate Henry, 38th US President Gerald and superstar actor Harrison all share this last name.

Answer: Ford

In fact, the name Ford comes from an Old English word meaning "a shallow river crosswalk". Pitcher Whitey, model Eileen and Jesse James nemesis Robert also share the last name Ford.

2. What was the name of the 1995 album by alt rocking pioneers Throwing Muses?

Answer: University

Throwing Muses is a Rhode Island band fronted by stepsisters Kristin Hersch and Tanya Donelly. In 1995, Rolling Stone editor Anthony DeCurtis told NPR that "Throwing Muses was a precursor to the group of young bands led by women that have recently become popular." The national hit "Big Yellow Gun" came from the "University" album.

3. What is another word for "insignificant"?

Answer: Nugatory

The word comes from the Latin word "nugatorious", meaning "trifling, worthless". For example, "Pocket calculators rendered slide rules pretty much nugatory."

Answer: Television

By 2000, more than 98 percent of American homes contained at least one set. Many homes had two or more. The abbreviated form, TV, appeared circa 1948.

5. What did Karl Marx say is "the opium of the people"?

Answer: Religion

Here is the full 1844 quote from an introduction Marx wrote to a work of philosophical criticism: "Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people."

6. Developed in France in the first decade of the 20th Century, the Binet-Simon test is considered by many to be the first test to measure human ____________ .

Answer: Intelligence

Psychologist Alfred Binet developed an intelligence exam to help French educators know which students needed additional instruction. In America the test morphed into the Stanford-Binet IQ test, a form of which is still in use today.

7. What is the nickname of the University of Tennessee sports teams?

Answer: Volunteers

The State of Tennessee became known as the Volunteer State when a multitude of its young residents volunteered to fight in both the War of 1812 and the Mexican-American War in 1846. The University of Tennessee Volunteers -- named for the state's volunteer spirit -- play in the Southeastern Conference.

Answer: International

In 2007, the International House of Pancakes (IHOP) Corporation purchased Applebee's restaurants for a little more than $2 billion. Today IHOP has more than 1800 locations in the Americans, Asia and the Middle East. It is truly living up to its name.

9. What is the name of the 2001 album released by The Specials?

Answer: Archive

The New Wavish ska band was assembled in Coventry, England in 1977. They had several hits including "A Message To You Rudy" in 1979 and "Too Much Too Young" in 1980. Over the years they splintered into different groups, featuring various musicians. "Archive" was a compilation of some of their more successful tunes.

10. So what's the common denominator of the previous nine answers? You've got it in your hands. It's so close you can almost feel it. As the Brits say: "What are you playing at?"

Answer: FunTrivia

FunTrivia. Or Fun Trivia. The FunTrivia site we are playing at today was dreamed up in 1995 by Terry (1) FORD while he was a student at the (2) UNIVERSITY of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. The site, crammed with arguably (3) NUGATORY information -- divvied up into Topics, such as (4) TELEVISION and (5) RELIGION -- is also arguably a self-exploration of one's (6) INTELLIGENCE.

The amazingly complex site -- serving more than 2 million trivia lovers -- is fed and cared for by tireless (7) VOLUNTEERS with (8) INTERNATIONAL backgrounds. And to think it all started from Terry Ford's university project: the "(9) ARCHIVE for Useless Facts and Trivia". Long may it wave.

Source: Author JepRD

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