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Carnivorous Quiz - It'll Consume You.

Try answering these questions. You probably won't be able to, because they're hard. Or, as the case may be, maybe you will answer them. Whatever. Go for it.

A multiple-choice quiz by bryantjake. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
bryantjake

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
40,483

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
10 / 20

Plays
1465

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Question 1 of 20

1. Which one of the following was not a colony from which South Africa was formed in 1908? Hint

Cape Colony

Orange Free State

Johannesburg Province

Transvaal

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Question 2 of 20

2. Who was the second U.S. President to wear a beard? Hint

Andrew Jackson

Abraham Lincoln

Ulysses S. Grant

Andrew Johnson

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Question 3 of 20

3. What is a parsec? Hint

A weight measurement of the Middle Ages

The dexterous tip of an elephant's trunk

A small, winged insect native to Africa

A Unit of Astronomical Distance

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Question 4 of 20

4. The world's deepest lake is . . . Hint

Baykal (Russia)

Caspian Sea (Asia)

Superior (US)

Lake Chad (Africa)

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Question 5 of 20

5. What is the capital of Australia? Hint

Perth

Sydney

Canberra

Melbourne

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Question 6 of 20

6. The ideal gas law, in chemistry, is . . . Hint

PT = RVn

PT = nRV in constant time

P = V(1 + r) raise do the nT power

PV = nRT

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Question 7 of 20

7. The top college in the Ivy League, alphabetically.

Answer: (Liberal Arts -- emphasis on 'Liberal')

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Question 8 of 20

8. This author, professor, and theologian was once a devout atheist, whose gradual conversion to Christianity is chronicled in 'Surprised by Joy'. Hint

Billy Graham

Clive Staples Lewis

Pat Robertson

Kofi Annan

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Question 9 of 20

9. What phrase is from Latin and means, literally, 'seize the night'.

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 10 of 20

10. What was the occupation of Anton Chekhov prior to his professional writing career? Hint

A Baker

A Doctor

A Writer

A Politician

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Question 11 of 20

11. Who said 'If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure'? Hint

Mao Tse Tung

Al Gore

Dan Quayle

Bob Dole

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Question 12 of 20

12. The religious leader of Tibet is known as the -

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 13 of 20

13. Which of these women was pictured on one dollar coins? Hint

Sacajawea

Margaret Thatcher

Dolly Madison

Elizabeth Dole

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Question 14 of 20

14. What is the unit of currency of China?

Answer: (one word (four letters))

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Question 15 of 20

15. The next term in the sequence 2 , 5, 11, 17, 23 is - Hint

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Question 16 of 20

16. The only non-vowel letter with which Japanese words can end is . . . Hint

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Question 17 of 20

17. The only palindrome among non-motorized watercraft is -

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 18 of 20

18. The athletic event founded and sponsored by media mogul Ted Turner is - Hint

The Ted Turner Foundation Golf Tournament

The Handicapped Olympics

The Goodwill Games

The New York City Sporting Consortium

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Question 19 of 20

19. Which part of the Tower of London is the oldest bit?

Answer: (two words)

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Question 20 of 20

20. Which word needs to fill the blank for Dana Carvey's impression of George H.W. Bush? "It would not be prudent at this ______." Hint

congress

time

juncture

place

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which one of the following was not a colony from which South Africa was formed in 1908?

Answer: Johannesburg Province

Johannesburg was (and is) a city . . . not a country, as were the other three. The four colonies which formed South Africa were:
Cape Colony, Natal, Transvaal, and Orange Free State.

2. Who was the second U.S. President to wear a beard?

Answer: Ulysses S. Grant

Lincoln was the first, and Grant the second.

3. What is a parsec?

Answer: A Unit of Astronomical Distance

Yeah - it's a unit of astronomical distance.

4. The world's deepest lake is . . .

Answer: Baykal (Russia)

Baykal, in Russia, is the world's deepest lake. Oh, and by the way, Lake Chad evaporates every summer.

5. What is the capital of Australia?

Answer: Canberra

Yes, it's Canberra - look at a map.

6. The ideal gas law, in chemistry, is . . .

Answer: PV = nRT

Yes, if you've taken chemistry, you should know that . . . but we're American, after all.

7. The top college in the Ivy League, alphabetically.

Answer: Brown

The Ivy League, an athletic conference, consists of eight top academic schools in the Northeast. They are, in alphabetical order, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, University of Pennsylvania, Yale.

8. This author, professor, and theologian was once a devout atheist, whose gradual conversion to Christianity is chronicled in 'Surprised by Joy'.

Answer: Clive Staples Lewis

Just in case you put Kofi Annan - he's the Secretary General of The United Nations, is hardly a theologian, not too much of a professor, and, from what we can tell, is not religious. So there.

9. What phrase is from Latin and means, literally, 'seize the night'.

Answer: carpe nocturn

From 'carpe', 'to seize' and 'nocturn', 'night'.

10. What was the occupation of Anton Chekhov prior to his professional writing career?

Answer: A Doctor

Chekhov, prior to his literary career, was a doctor. He credits his observational skills to his medical training.

11. Who said 'If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure'?

Answer: Dan Quayle

12. The religious leader of Tibet is known as the -

Answer: Dalai Lama

It's the Dalai Lama, and I allowed some errors in the spelling department . . . I can commiserate.

13. Which of these women was pictured on one dollar coins?

Answer: Sacajawea

Sacajawea, a Shawnee woman, guided the Louis and Clark expedition as it explored new frontiers through the western United States.

14. What is the unit of currency of China?

Answer: Yuan

Renminbi refers to the whole Chinese money system where is Yuan is the base unit of Renminbi. Yuan is used to denominate bills, and is the unit in which prices are measured.

15. The next term in the sequence 2 , 5, 11, 17, 23 is -

Answer: 31

Every other prime number . . .

16. The only non-vowel letter with which Japanese words can end is . . .

Answer: n

Yep. It's n.

17. The only palindrome among non-motorized watercraft is -

Answer: kayak

18. The athletic event founded and sponsored by media mogul Ted Turner is -

Answer: The Goodwill Games

19. Which part of the Tower of London is the oldest bit?

Answer: the White Tower

20. Which word needs to fill the blank for Dana Carvey's impression of George H.W. Bush? "It would not be prudent at this ______."

Answer: juncture

Source: Author bryantjake

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