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Quiz about Cats Miscellany
Quiz about Cats Miscellany

Cat's Miscellany Trivia Quiz


This is a continuation of 'Cat's Mixed Bag'. It's a quizzie revisited - same topics, new questions! Much luck to all!

A multiple-choice quiz by catnippin. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
catnippin
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
57,961
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
4 / 10
Plays
526
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Question 1 of 10
1. In the 18th century, most French buttons displayed scenes of romance or the arts, while English buttons tended toward scenes of _____. Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What pedigreed breed of dogs is known to have 'extra toes'? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. In the making of apple cider, the fruit is crushed in a cider mill. The crushed pulp is known as _____. Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Woodsy Owl 'works' for the U.S. Forest Service. Under what agency of the U.S. government does the Forest Service fall? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. The first known instrument to use the free vibrating reed principle, which is the basis of the accordion's sound production, was made in China. What was it called? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. In the Unix world of computing, to report on the amount of space left on the file system, the command to use is _____. Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Each of the following is a relational database management system (RDBMS) that uses SQL (structured query language) EXCEPT for which one? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. The wonderful concoction of Marshmallow Fluff and peanut butter is a tasty sandwich known as the _________.

Answer: (Starts with F...)
Question 9 of 10
9. The only carousel owned by the U.S. Government on behalf of its people is located along the Potomac River at a place called _______. Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. How does the world's largest rodent, the capybara, protect itself when it hears danger coming? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. In the 18th century, most French buttons displayed scenes of romance or the arts, while English buttons tended toward scenes of _____.

Answer: country life

England developed techniques for stamping, molding, and casting buttons. It pioneered the mass production of buttons, making them available to almost everyone and not just the rich and famous.
2. What pedigreed breed of dogs is known to have 'extra toes'?

Answer: Norwegian Lundehund

The Lundehund is a spitz type of dog. Fishermen on the coast of Norway used these dogs to catch puffins which would tunnel in the rocky cliffs. The polydactyl (6-toed) dogs were able to climb the rocky cliffs and were adept at digging in the tunnels.
3. In the making of apple cider, the fruit is crushed in a cider mill. The crushed pulp is known as _____.

Answer: pomace

4. Woodsy Owl 'works' for the U.S. Forest Service. Under what agency of the U.S. government does the Forest Service fall?

Answer: Department of Agriculture

Woodsy has been America's environmental champion since 1970!
5. The first known instrument to use the free vibrating reed principle, which is the basis of the accordion's sound production, was made in China. What was it called?

Answer: the cheng

Around the year 3000 BC, the legendary 'Yellow Emperor' Huang Di is said to have sent noted scholar Ling Lun to the western mountain regions of his domain to find a way to reproduce the song of the phoenix bird. Ling Lun returned with the cheng (or sheng) which had between 13 and 24 bamboo pipes, a small gourd which acted as a resonator box and wind chamber, and a mouthpiece.
6. In the Unix world of computing, to report on the amount of space left on the file system, the command to use is _____.

Answer: df

The 'ps' command gives information about processes that are running, the 'ls' command lists the files under the current working directory, and 'du' gives the number of kilobytes used by each subdirectory.
7. Each of the following is a relational database management system (RDBMS) that uses SQL (structured query language) EXCEPT for which one?

Answer: Lotus Notes

8. The wonderful concoction of Marshmallow Fluff and peanut butter is a tasty sandwich known as the _________.

Answer: fluffernutter

9. The only carousel owned by the U.S. Government on behalf of its people is located along the Potomac River at a place called _______.

Answer: Glen Echo Park

The park is run by the National Park Service and is located a couple of miles NW of Washington DC on the banks of the Potomac River. The Glen Echo carousel is called a 'menagerie carousel' because it has many different animals. There are 40 horses, 4 rabbits, 4 ostriches, giraffe, deer, lion, and tiger standing in three concentric circles.

It was manufactured by the Dentzel Carousel Company.
10. How does the world's largest rodent, the capybara, protect itself when it hears danger coming?

Answer: dives into the water and hides like a coward

Capybaras hide in floating vegetation. Its enemies include the anaconda, the puma, ocelot, and eagle.
Source: Author catnippin

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