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A General Quizzle of Your General Knizzle 2.0

To paraphrase Fats Waller, if you have to ask what this quiz is about, you'll never know.

A multiple-choice quiz by stuthehistoryguy. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
stuthehistoryguy

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
190,295

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
681

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Question 1 of 10

1. The other day a fellow I know went into a coffee shop and ordered a "breve". His friend looked on in horror, cautioned the breve-drinker about negative repercussions for his health, and ordered a latte for himself. Which of the following was the difference between their drinks? Hint

The breve was heated to scalding temperatures over 200 degrees F; the latte was steamed to a more modest 140 degrees F

The breve was made with much more espresso coffee than the latte

The breve was made with cream; the latte was made with milk

A breve was made by dissolving sugar in the hot espresso before adding the milk; a latte has no sugar unless requested

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which of the following duos have been featured together on two United States Statehood Quarters? Hint

George Washington and Thomas Jefferson

Lewis and Clark

Orville and Wilbur Wright

Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which of these psychedelic pieces is not a Beatles tune? Hint

One Rainy Wish

Strawberry Fields

Something

Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which of these religious nonconformists was not burned at the stake? Hint

French visionary and military leader Joan of Arc

English Bible translator William Tyndale

Bohemian reformer Jan Hus

Hungarian murderess Elizabeth Bathory

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who is the only major league baseball pitcher to hurl a no-hit game on opening day? Hint

Johnny Vander Meer

Sandy Koufax

Bob Feller

Nolan Ryan

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of these 1941 films won the Academy Award for Best Picture? Hint

Sergeant York

Citizen Kane

How Green Was My Valley

The Maltese Falcon

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of these names does not belong with the others? Hint

Clifford Geertz

Dick Weber

James G. Frazer

Margaret Mead

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which of the following is not a way to destroy vampires according to most works in Balkan folklore? Hint

Have a cat jump over the suspected vampire's body

Cut out the vampire's heart and burn it

Have a priest give the vampire absolution from its sins

Drive a stake through the vampire's body into the ground, holding it in its grave

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which of these groups was not widely persecuted by the Nazi regime in Germany and the occupied countries? Hint

Gypsies

Roman Catholics

Communists

Homosexuals

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Question 10 of 10

10. It is common knowledge that Jackie Robinson integrated major league baseball in 1947 by joining the Brooklyn Dodgers. What African-American musician "integrated jazz" in 1936 by joining a major all-white band? Hint

Count Basie, by joining Tommy Dorsey's orchestra

Teddy Wilson, by joining Benny Goodman's small group

Louis Armstrong, by joining Paul Whiteman's band

Ben Webster, by joining Glenn Miller's group

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Answer: The breve was made with cream; the latte was made with milk

Heating any dairy drink over 180 degrees F will burn the milk. Both lattes and breves can be made with as much or as little espresso or sugar as the customer wants.

2. Which of the following duos have been featured together on two United States Statehood Quarters?

Answer: Orville and Wilbur Wright

They are the sole focus of North Carolina's Statehood Quarter (which celebrates being the site of their first flight) and they share space with astronaut (and Senator) John Glenn on Ohio's entry, which celebrates the state's "aviation pioneers".

3. Which of these psychedelic pieces is not a Beatles tune?

Answer: One Rainy Wish

"One Rainy Wish" is a cut from Jimi Hendrix's 1968 album "Axis: Bold as Love".

4. Which of these religious nonconformists was not burned at the stake?

Answer: Hungarian murderess Elizabeth Bathory

Bathory was convicted of having untold scores of young women bled to death for rituals that supposedly preserved her own youth. Her punishment was solitary confinement for the rest of her life.

5. Who is the only major league baseball pitcher to hurl a no-hit game on opening day?

Answer: Bob Feller

Feller accomplished this feat in 1941. Ryan holds the record for no-hitters in a career with seven, while Koufax is in second place with four. Vander Meer pitched two consecutive no-hit games in 1938.

6. Which of these 1941 films won the Academy Award for Best Picture?

Answer: How Green Was My Valley

"Sergeant York" did win for Best Actor (Gary Cooper), and "Citizen Kane" picked up statuettes for co-writers Orson Welles and Joseph Mankiewicz. Though nominated in three categories, "The Maltese Falcon" got shut out. "How Green Was My Valley's" controversial Oscar can be seen today at the Lilly Library and Museum at the University of Indiana--Bloomington.

7. Which of these names does not belong with the others?

Answer: Dick Weber

Frazer, Mead, and Geertz are all giants in the field of anthropology. Richard "Dick" Weber was one of the all-time great professional bowlers.

8. Which of the following is not a way to destroy vampires according to most works in Balkan folklore?

Answer: Have a cat jump over the suspected vampire's body

On the contrary, a cat or other animal jumping over a dead body is widely believed to disrupt the spirit's voyage and turn the corpse into one of the undead!

9. Which of these groups was not widely persecuted by the Nazi regime in Germany and the occupied countries?

Answer: Roman Catholics

Hitler signed a concordat (peace agreement) with the Vatican in 1933, and many of the fascist governments which became allies of Nazi Germany (including regimes in Spain, Italy, and Croatia) held Roman Catholicism as a central tenet.

Answer: Teddy Wilson, by joining Benny Goodman's small group

This group, which included Goodman himself on clarinet and Gene Krupa on drums, would later grow to include Charlie Christian on guitar and Lionel Hampton on vibraphone.

By the way, the introduction to this quiz is a paraphrase of something Louis Armstrong is reputed to have said when asked to define swing: "If you have to ask, you'll never know." This bon mot has also been ascribed to Fats Waller.

Source: Author stuthehistoryguy

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