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

Author
bullymom

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
69,397

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
2133

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Question 1 of 10

1. In what part of the body would you find the Organ of Corti? Hint

Brainstem

Small intestine

Inner ear

Kidney

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which painter is usually associated with Tenebrism? Hint

Picasso

Raphael

Monet

Caravaggio

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who wrote the famous scientific work 'Almagest'? Hint

Newton

Ptolemy

Erasmus

Archimedes

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Question 4 of 10

4. In Europe, it was called the War of the League of Augsburg. What was it called in North America? Hint

King William's War

French and Indian War

Queen Anne's War

Seven Years' War

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Question 5 of 10

5. What's the world's largest flower? Hint

Silversword

Rafflesia

Saguaro cactus blossom

Sego lily

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of these buildings was NOT designed by Frank Lloyd Wright? Hint

Wainwright Building

Fallingwater

Guggenheim Museum

Tokyo's Imperial Hotel

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Question 7 of 10

7. What term describes a localized conglomerate of the gaseous and finely divided dust particles that are spread through interstellar space? Hint

Nova

Galaxy

Black hole

Nebula

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Question 8 of 10

8. Wilhelm Steinitz, Paul Morphy, Siegbert Tarrasch, and Emanuel Lasker were all famous _______. Hint

Poker players

Bank Robbers

Dramatists

Chess players

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Question 9 of 10

9. In 2014, over 1/4 of this country's power was generated (indirectly) by volcanoes. Which country is it? Hint

Sweden

United States

Thailand

Iceland

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Question 10 of 10

10. What's the only sea in the world bordered by ocean currents rather than by land? Hint

Ionian Sea

South China Sea

Sargasso Sea

Ross Sea

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In what part of the body would you find the Organ of Corti?

Answer: Inner ear

The Organ of Corti is part of the cochlea that transforms sound energy into nerve impulses and sends them to the brain.

2. Which painter is usually associated with Tenebrism?

Answer: Caravaggio

Tenebrism is a style of painting, popular in 17th-century Naples and Spain, that uses large areas of shadow and dark colors, sometimes with a shaft of light.

3. Who wrote the famous scientific work 'Almagest'?

Answer: Ptolemy

The 'Almagest' is the earliest and most famous work of Ptolemy, a Roman astronomer and mathmetician who lived in Egypt around 100 AD. Originally written in Greek, it was translated into Arabic and then into Latin. In it, Ptolemy proposes a geometric theory to account for the positions of the planets, sun, and moon.

4. In Europe, it was called the War of the League of Augsburg. What was it called in North America?

Answer: King William's War

This war, which lasted from 1689-97, was the first of a series of four wars between France and England fought in North America. The New England colonists and the Iroquois fought the French and their Algonquian allies in the north and in Canada. The war ended in 1697 with the Treaty of Ryswick.

5. What's the world's largest flower?

Answer: Rafflesia

This leafless tropical plant, which grows in Malaysia, is noted for its large, foul-smelling flowers. In fact, because they smell like dead animals, the flowers attract insects and predatory animals.

6. Which of these buildings was NOT designed by Frank Lloyd Wright?

Answer: Wainwright Building

The Wainright Building, a 10-story building in St. Louis, was designed by Wright's teacher, Louis Sullivan. It was completed in 1891.

7. What term describes a localized conglomerate of the gaseous and finely divided dust particles that are spread through interstellar space?

Answer: Nebula

Nebulae are clasified as planetary, diffuse, or supernova remnants.

8. Wilhelm Steinitz, Paul Morphy, Siegbert Tarrasch, and Emanuel Lasker were all famous _______.

Answer: Chess players

Morphy (1837-84) was the first great American chess {player;} the others were Europeans.

9. In 2014, over 1/4 of this country's power was generated (indirectly) by volcanoes. Which country is it?

Answer: Iceland

Iceland's position atop the Mid-Atlantic Ridge accounts for its unusual combination of volcanoes, geysers and glaciers. In Iceland, heat from volcanic activity is used to heat homes and power factories.

10. What's the only sea in the world bordered by ocean currents rather than by land?

Answer: Sargasso Sea

The Sargasso is a region of the western North Atlantic between West Indies and the Azores. The four North Atlantic currents- the Gulf Stream, the North Atlantic Current, the Canary Current, and the North Equatorial Current- flow clockwise around it.

Source: Author bullymom

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