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Quiz about Chessarts Ninth Millionaire Quiz

Chessart's Ninth Millionaire Quiz


As always, the questions start easy and get harder as you go along. By request, my quizzes from here on will have a greater European orientation than past ones have had.

A multiple-choice quiz by chessart. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
chessart
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
63,779
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
8 / 15
Plays
8039
Last 3 plays: Guest 96 (4/15), alanspencer202 (10/15), Guest 175 (10/15).
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Question 1 of 15
1. Emperor, king, crested, and rock hopper are all types of what? Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. Who is the adventuresome writer whose books include 'The Call of the Wild', 'White Fang', and 'The People of the Abyss'? Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. Which of the following is NOT a Baltic country? Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. Which singer recorded 'Blues in the Night' in 1942, 'Fever' in 1958, and then won a Grammy in 1969 for 'Is That All There Is'? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. The movies 'Memento', 'Dead Again', 'Random Harvest' and 'Spellbound' each have a main character who is: Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. K is the chemical symbol for which element? Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. The term 'hat trick' orginated with which sport? Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. Which country has a one-house parliament called the Riksdag? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. Which of Henry VIII's wives bore him a surviving male heir? Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. Which boxer was known as 'the Manassa Mauler'? Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. When I won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962 I gained the rare distinction of being a multiple Nobel-winner, as I had received the prize for chemistry eight years earlier. Who am I? Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. The Latin phrase 'alma mater' is used to mean the school one has attended, but what is its literal meaning? Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. Which is the densest planet? Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. The Fields Medal is awarded for achievement in which area of endeavor? Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. Besides being the name of Cuba's major newspaper, 'Granma' is also the name for what? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Emperor, king, crested, and rock hopper are all types of what?

Answer: penguins

There are 17 species of penguins, with the Emperor Penguin being the largest.
2. Who is the adventuresome writer whose books include 'The Call of the Wild', 'White Fang', and 'The People of the Abyss'?

Answer: Jack London

3. Which of the following is NOT a Baltic country?

Answer: Austria

All three of the Baltic countries were forcibly incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1944, after the Soviet Union recaptured them from the Germans. All three were granted independence by the Soviet Union in September of 1991.
4. Which singer recorded 'Blues in the Night' in 1942, 'Fever' in 1958, and then won a Grammy in 1969 for 'Is That All There Is'?

Answer: Peggy Lee

Peggy Lee was a jazz and pop legend who was considered in the same league with Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald. RIP Peggy Lee, 1920-2002.
5. The movies 'Memento', 'Dead Again', 'Random Harvest' and 'Spellbound' each have a main character who is:

Answer: suffering from amnesia

The amnesiac characters are played by Guy Pearce, Emma Thompson, Ronald Colman, and Gregory Peck, respectively.
6. K is the chemical symbol for which element?

Answer: potassium

From the Latin 'kalium'.
7. The term 'hat trick' orginated with which sport?

Answer: cricket

A hat trick is the feat of taking three wickets with successive balls. The name is taken from an old custom of presenting a bowler who did this with a new hat. Today the term is also used in other sports, such as ice hockey.
8. Which country has a one-house parliament called the Riksdag?

Answer: Sweden

The Swedish Riksdag has 349 members, elected for four-year terms.
9. Which of Henry VIII's wives bore him a surviving male heir?

Answer: Jane Seymour

Catherine of Aragon also bore a live son to Henry VIII, but he died within a few weeks of his birth. It was Henry's third wife, Jane Seymour, who finally bore him a male heir. Unfortunately, she was unable to recover from the birth and died twelve days later.
10. Which boxer was known as 'the Manassa Mauler'?

Answer: Jack Dempsey

The name came from Dempsey's hometown of Manassa, Colorado, and his aggressive fighting style. Dempsey was heavyweight champin from 1919 to 1926, and may have been the first athlete to have world-wide recognition.
11. When I won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962 I gained the rare distinction of being a multiple Nobel-winner, as I had received the prize for chemistry eight years earlier. Who am I?

Answer: Linus Pauling

In a long presentation specch, the Nobel Committee cited his tireless work against the spread of nucler weapons, starting in 1946 when Albert Einstein formed the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists to educate the world about the atomic bomb, and he asked Pauling to be a member.
12. The Latin phrase 'alma mater' is used to mean the school one has attended, but what is its literal meaning?

Answer: nourishing mother

13. Which is the densest planet?

Answer: Earth

A number of missions are planned to discover more about Mercury. NASA plans to launch the Messenger mission in {2004;} it would reach Mercury in 2009 and orbit the planet for a year. Japan also hopes to launch its own Mercury mission in 2005, and the European Space Agency plans an amibitious 2009 mission which would involve a pair of orbiters and a surface probe. Perhaps these missions will shed light on the mystery of why Mercury consists mostly of metal.

However, Earth is more dense than Mercury.
14. The Fields Medal is awarded for achievement in which area of endeavor?

Answer: mathematics

The Fields Medal is awarded each four years. Established in 1932 in accordacne with the Will of John Charles Fields, it is considerd the Nobel Prize of Mathematics. In order to implement Fields' wish that the award honor not only exisitng mathematical work, but also the promise of future acheivment, recipients must be under the age of 40.
15. Besides being the name of Cuba's major newspaper, 'Granma' is also the name for what?

Answer: the boat Castro and his followers returned to Cuba in

Castro and 81 of his followers used a rundouwn yacht, named 'Granma', to travel from Mexico to Cuba, arriving on December 2, 1956. Wading ashore in broad daylight, a mile from the intended rendevous site and two days late, they were routed by Batista's forces.

The handful who survived, including the Castro brothers and Che Guevera, regrouped in the Sierra Maestra Mountains and accomplished their mission two years later when Batista abdicated on January 1, 1959.
Source: Author chessart

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