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A Bit of Everything Trivia Quiz

This is a POTPOURRI quiz----a real mixed bag of questions.

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

Author
TheLowSpark

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
994

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
7251

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. In which Marx Brothers movie did Groucho play Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff? Hint

Cocoanuts

Duck Soup

Horsefeathers

Monkey Business

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is the capital of Maryland? Hint

Annapolis

Hagerstown

Baltimore

Frederick

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which Geologic era means 'middle' or 'medieval'? Hint

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Cenozoic

Jurassic

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Question 4 of 10

4. What celebrity's original name was Vincent Furnier? Hint

Elvis Costello

David Copperfield

Vince Edwards

Alice Cooper

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Question 5 of 10

5. What country's flag is solid green with a big red circle in the middle? Hint

Zaire

Algeria

Bangladesh

Japan

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who said, 'I laugh because I must not cry'? Hint

Lord Byron

Ben Franklin

William Sumner

Abraham Lincoln

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Question 7 of 10

7. If you are in the Sunflower State, you are in.... Hint

Florida

Kansas

South Carolina

New Mexico

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which Beatle was born first? Hint

John Lennon

Paul McCartney

George Harrison

Ringo Starr

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Question 9 of 10

9. What does the word PRESBYOPIA mean? Hint

a form of farsightedness

a dietary deficiency disease

uncontrolled nausea and vomiting

a large stomach membrane

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Question 10 of 10

10. After Canada and Mexico, what country, that is not an island, is the nearest neighbor of the United States?

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In which Marx Brothers movie did Groucho play Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff?

Answer: Horsefeathers

He was the new president of Huxley College.

2. What is the capital of Maryland?

Answer: Annapolis

3. Which Geologic era means 'middle' or 'medieval'?

Answer: Mesozoic

Mesozoic time was called the 'age of reptiles' by naturalist Louis Agassiz, because a horde of reptilian life dominated land ,sea, and air.

4. What celebrity's original name was Vincent Furnier?

Answer: Alice Cooper

His father was a preacher!

5. What country's flag is solid green with a big red circle in the middle?

Answer: Bangladesh

6. Who said, 'I laugh because I must not cry'?

Answer: Abraham Lincoln

7. If you are in the Sunflower State, you are in....

Answer: Kansas

8. Which Beatle was born first?

Answer: Ringo Starr

{Ringo-7-7-1940;} {John-10-9-1940;} (died {Dec.1980);} Paul {6-18-1942;} George 2-25-1943

9. What does the word PRESBYOPIA mean?

Answer: a form of farsightedness

a form of farsightedness in which objects close to the eye may be seen only with difficulty.

10. After Canada and Mexico, what country, that is not an island, is the nearest neighbor of the United States?

Answer: Russia

Russia-Siberia's easternmost tip is just 56 miles from Alaska across the Bering Strait. And in the middle of the strait, Russia's Big Diomede Island and America's Little Diomede Island are just TWO miles apart.

Source: Author TheLowSpark

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