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Interesting Facts Trivia Quiz

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A multiple-choice quiz by Shadowstrike. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Shadowstrike

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
151,354

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
4343

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Question 1 of 10

1. What was the name of the English missionary who to traveled to China in 1930 and jointly set up home in the Inn of the Eight Happinesses? Hint

Ingrid Bergman

Mary Smith

Josephine Kingston

Gladys Aylward

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Question 2 of 10

2. The human body contains enough iron to make what? Hint

A hammerhead

An anvil

A nail

A car engine

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Question 3 of 10

3. Genetically speaking, all humans are very similar to cabbages.

True

False

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Question 4 of 10

4. When we look at the sun from Earth, we are seeing it seven minutes ago.

True

False

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is shark skin composed of? Hint

Carbon

Fungus and an alga

Billions of microscopic teeth

Copper Nitrate

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Question 6 of 10

6. Florence Nightingale is best known for being a nurse in the Crimean War. But what was her profession? Hint

Nurse, nothing else

She was unemployed, but from a rich family

She was a suffragette

Statistician

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Question 7 of 10

7. How many moons does Earth have? Hint

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Question 8 of 10

8. More on sharks now. Which is one of a shark's extra abilities? Hint

All round vision

Being able to visit an octopus's garden

Sensing north and south, etc.

Going incredibly fast

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Question 9 of 10

9. Attacks on humans by bull sharks are sometimes mistakenly attributed to the Great White shark.

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. What is the lowest possible temperature, in theory? Hint

-273.C

-100.C

0.C

-456.C

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was the name of the English missionary who to traveled to China in 1930 and jointly set up home in the Inn of the Eight Happinesses?

Answer: Gladys Aylward

Ingrid Bergman played this amazing woman in the film 'The Inn of the Sixth Happiness'.

2. The human body contains enough iron to make what?

Answer: A nail

Show that nail more respect!

3. Genetically speaking, all humans are very similar to cabbages.

Answer: True

Yes, it's true, genetically speaking anyway. It is actually a fact that 59% of human deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is identical to that of a cabbage. Show that cabbage more respect!

4. When we look at the sun from Earth, we are seeing it seven minutes ago.

Answer: False

Completely, utterly incorrect. We see it eight minutes ago.

5. What is shark skin composed of?

Answer: Billions of microscopic teeth

Yes. that's what makes it so rough. The queen's footmen used to carry swords with sharkskin handles because a soldier with a bloody hand could always grip his weapon.

6. Florence Nightingale is best known for being a nurse in the Crimean War. But what was her profession?

Answer: Statistician

She was able to show statistics to those in power and convince them to send her over to the hospitals. She also wrote down the first recorded pie chart.

7. How many moons does Earth have?

Answer: 1

Cruithne, an asteroid that comes into a horseshoe shaped orbit around Earth once in 5000 years, is not a moon. Cruithne orbits in a horseshoe every 770 years but will only remain in that orbit for around 5,000 years and is a moon if your definition of a moon is a natural satellite.

There are a number of natural satellites around Earth. Some have been there for thousands of years; one estimate maintains nine specific natural satellites around Earth not including Cruithne which does not make a complete orbit of Earth.

8. More on sharks now. Which is one of a shark's extra abilities?

Answer: Sensing north and south, etc.

Yes, they sense all magnetic fields, even that of the Earth itself.

9. Attacks on humans by bull sharks are sometimes mistakenly attributed to the Great White shark.

Answer: True

Some reports indicate that attacks attributed to Great White sharks may in fact have been perpetrated by the Bull shark. The bull shark is considered to be one of the top three species responsible for unprovoked attacks on humans.

10. What is the lowest possible temperature, in theory?

Answer: -273.C

At this temperature, particles don't vibrate at all. This was discovered by a chap called Lord Kelvin, who called it Absolute Zero.

Source: Author Shadowstrike

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