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Quiz about General HS Knowledge
Quiz about General HS Knowledge

General HS Knowledge Trivia Quiz


Think back to your days in high school and all of the knowledge your teachers swore would become useful one day, which you knew you would never use, and DON'T.

A multiple-choice quiz by umpolo. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
umpolo
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
185,938
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
3480
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Question 1 of 10
1. History - John Hancock was the first person to sign the United States Declaration of Independence.


Question 2 of 10
2. Basic Chemistry - Which of the following is NOT a noble gas? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Basic Biology - What is the process called when a cell divides, the duplicated genetic material creating two identical daughter cells? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. History 101 - Christopher Columbus actually discovered what is now known as the United States of America.


Question 5 of 10
5. Basic Biology - Theoretically, silicon, instead of carbon, could have been the base element for all life on Earth.


Question 6 of 10
6. English 101 - Who wrote "The Jungle"? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Basic Grammar - From the following sentence, which of the words selected is a noun?
"I hit a home-run yesterday at batting practice."
Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. English 101 - What type of word imitates the sound it makes (e.g. splash)? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Geometry - Which of the following is not true of the term "pi"? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. History 101 - Which American president was responsible for the New Deal? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. History - John Hancock was the first person to sign the United States Declaration of Independence.

Answer: True

The 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence included two future presidents, three vice presidents, and ten members of the United States congress.
2. Basic Chemistry - Which of the following is NOT a noble gas?

Answer: Oxygen

The noble gasses are helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon and radon. Noble gasses have a closed-shell configuration with an oxidation number of 0, which prevents them from readily forming compounds.
3. Basic Biology - What is the process called when a cell divides, the duplicated genetic material creating two identical daughter cells?

Answer: Mitosis

Meiosis is actually where the cell divides into four nuclei with half of the genetic material instead of two with the same amount of material. Mendelian genetics proves that the parents pass along their traits to their offspring and cytokenesis is the last stage of mitosis.
4. History 101 - Christopher Columbus actually discovered what is now known as the United States of America.

Answer: False

He actually landed in the Bahamas first, then went on to discover Cuba and La Espanola, and then Haiti. During his four voyages he never landed on what is today the United States of America.
5. Basic Biology - Theoretically, silicon, instead of carbon, could have been the base element for all life on Earth.

Answer: True

"Carbon-based life forms" is a popular line in a lot of sci-fi movies, but the silicon based blob from Star Trek is a possibility. The atomic structure of both carbon and silicon are very dissimilar to the noble gasses as they have the highest potential to form compounds.
6. English 101 - Who wrote "The Jungle"?

Answer: Upton Sinclair

Sinclair Lewis wrote "Elmer Gantry", C.S. Lewis wrote the Narnia Chronicles, and Samuel Beckett wrote "Waiting for Godot".
7. Basic Grammar - From the following sentence, which of the words selected is a noun? "I hit a home-run yesterday at batting practice."

Answer: practice

"I" is a pronoun, "hit" is a verb, and "batting" is an adjective.
8. English 101 - What type of word imitates the sound it makes (e.g. splash)?

Answer: onomatopoeia

A metaphor is an understanding of one concept using another (time is running out); an oxymoron is the use of contradictory terms to create a new meaning (awfully good); and a simile is a comparison of two things (Her heart is a soft as a pillow.)
9. Geometry - Which of the following is not true of the term "pi"?

Answer: It follows rho in the greek alphabet

Pi actually follows Omikron and is the 16th letter in the Greek alphabet.
10. History 101 - Which American president was responsible for the New Deal?

Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt

The New Deal marked the beginning of an era where the federal government decided to take some responsibility for managing the economy through farm subsidies, minimum wage laws, and social security.
Source: Author umpolo

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