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Chessart's Eighth Millionaire Quiz

A variety of questions, hopefully something for everyone.

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

Author
chessart

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
60,565

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
8 / 15

Plays
9525

Last 3 plays: Hayes1953 (7/15), Guest 71 (0/15), Berg3113 (9/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. Brown, black, grizzly, and polar are all types of: Hint

lions

penguins

bears

whales

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Question 2 of 15

2. In Edgar Allan Poe's classic poem, 'The Raven', what does the raven repeatedly say? Hint

'Go away.'

'Nevermore.'

'I'm hungry.'

'This house is haunted.'

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Question 3 of 15

3. Who is the American patriot who ended his life with the words, 'I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.'? Hint

Patrick Henry

Paul Revere

Ethan Allen

Nathan Hale

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Question 4 of 15

4. Julius Caesar's three word report to the Senate, 'Veni, Vidi, Vici', means what? Hint

I left, I traveled far, I returned.

I am your new dictator for life.

I came, I saw, I conquered.

The Roman Empire is now complete.

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Question 5 of 15

5. The movies 'Body Heat', 'Hook', 'My Cousin Vinny' and 'Liar, Liar' all have a main character who is a: Hint

journalist

lawyer

teacher

father

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Question 6 of 15

6. Fe is the chemical symbol for which element? Hint

iron

potassium

sodium

silver

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Question 7 of 15

7. Which bandleader wrote and performed 'Mood Indigo', 'Sophisticated Lady', 'Take the A Train', and the score for the 1959 film 'Anatomy of a Murder'? Hint

Count Basie

Duke Ellington

Benny Goodman

Les Brown

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Question 8 of 15

8. The court-martial depicted in the film 'A Few Good Men' concerns an incident that occurred where? Hint

Guantanamo Bay Naval Base

Wolf Creek nuclear power plant

West Point Military Academy

on a nuclear submarine

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Question 9 of 15

9. Which newspaperman once ran for U.S. President as the nominee of the Democratic party? Hint

William Randolph Hearst

Henry Luce

William Allen White

Horace Greeley

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Question 10 of 15

10. Nobel Prize winning author Pearl Buck spent the first forty years of her life in what country? Hint

New Zealand

India

China

Japan

11. Who closed his weekly radio broadcasts with the line "Glad we could get together", and also appeared for many years in Timex commercials, claiming that the Timex watches could 'take a licking and keep on ticking'? Hint

Edward R. Murrow

John Cameron Swayze

Paul Harvey

John Charles Daly

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Question 12 of 15

12. Which was the first year in which more people crossed the Atlantic by plane than by boat? Hint

1948

1968

1938

1958

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Question 13 of 15

13. The two great heavyweight title fights between Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey in 1926 and 1927 both went the distance. Each fight consisted of how many rounds? Hint

twelve

twenty

fifteen

ten

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Question 14 of 15

14. At what age did actor Sydney Greenstreet appear in his first movie? Hint

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Question 15 of 15

15. When do the swallows traditionally return each year to the mission of San Juan Capistrano? Hint

September 21st

March 19th

April 15th

February 2nd

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Brown, black, grizzly, and polar are all types of:

Answer: bears

Zoologists traditionally recognize seven species of bears, eight if pandas are included. The Alaskan brown bear is not only the largest bear, it is the largest carnivore that lives on land.

2. In Edgar Allan Poe's classic poem, 'The Raven', what does the raven repeatedly say?

Answer: 'Nevermore.'

"Quoth the raven, 'Nevermore'."

3. Who is the American patriot who ended his life with the words, 'I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.'?

Answer: Nathan Hale

Hale was captured by the British on September 21, 1776, and promptly ordered to be hanged as a spy by General William Howe, the British commander. Only 21 years old at the time, Hale gave an inspiring speech ending with the famous line for which he is remembered.

4. Julius Caesar's three word report to the Senate, 'Veni, Vidi, Vici', means what?

Answer: I came, I saw, I conquered.

Caesar was returning to Rome in 47 B.C., after defeating Pharnaces II, King of Pontus (northwestern Turkey).

5. The movies 'Body Heat', 'Hook', 'My Cousin Vinny' and 'Liar, Liar' all have a main character who is a:

Answer: lawyer

All worthwhile films, they star, in the order given, William Hurt, Robin Williams, Joe Pesci, and Jim Carrey.

6. Fe is the chemical symbol for which element?

Answer: iron

From the Latin ferrum.

7. Which bandleader wrote and performed 'Mood Indigo', 'Sophisticated Lady', 'Take the A Train', and the score for the 1959 film 'Anatomy of a Murder'?

Answer: Duke Ellington

With almost 2,000 compositions to his credit, Ellington is said to be the most prolific American composer of the 20th century.

8. The court-martial depicted in the film 'A Few Good Men' concerns an incident that occurred where?

Answer: Guantanamo Bay Naval Base

A truly memorable film, especially the scene in which the Jack Nicholson character testifies. In January of 2002, Guantanamo Bay took on a new mission, that of holding Taliban and al-Qaeda prisoners taken in the war in Afghanistan.

9. Which newspaperman once ran for U.S. President as the nominee of the Democratic party?

Answer: Horace Greeley

Greeley wielded tremendous influence on American politics from his founding of the New York Tribune in 1841, until his death in 1872. He ran for President in 1872, losing to U. S. Grant, and then he died between the election and the voting in the Electoral College. Greeley is credited with popularizing the advice, "Go West, young man" which he gave in an 1865 editorial, although this saying was actually coined 14 years earlier by a newspaperman from Terre Haute, Indiana.

10. Nobel Prize winning author Pearl Buck spent the first forty years of her life in what country?

Answer: China

In awarding her the Nobel Prize for literature in 1938, the Academy cited her 'rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China'. In her acceptance speech, Buck called China her 'foster country'.

Answer: John Cameron Swayze

12. Which was the first year in which more people crossed the Atlantic by plane than by boat?

Answer: 1958

13. The two great heavyweight title fights between Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey in 1926 and 1927 both went the distance. Each fight consisted of how many rounds?

Answer: ten

In 1982 the World Boxing Commission limited all fights to 12 rounds; prior to that, title fights were usually scheduled for fifteen rounds. However, in the 1920's state law regulated the length of boxing matches, and the states where the two Dempsey-Tunney fights were held both limited the length to ten rounds.

14. At what age did actor Sydney Greenstreet appear in his first movie?

Answer: 61

Greenstreet had 40 years of experience as a stage actor, but his first movie role was his memorable portrayal of the engimatic villain Kasper Gutman in John Huston's 1941 classic 'The Maltese Falcon'. Leonard Matlin says that 'few actors have ever made such an impressive film debut.'

15. When do the swallows traditionally return each year to the mission of San Juan Capistrano?

Answer: March 19th

The annual event was publicized in the 1939 hit song, 'When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano', written by Leon Rene.

Source: Author chessart

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