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Quiz about Miscellaneous Madness III
Quiz about Miscellaneous Madness III

Miscellaneous Madness III Trivia Quiz


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A multiple-choice quiz by tigey. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
tigey
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
116,250
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
2011
Last 3 plays: Guest 96 (6/10), Guest 175 (8/10), Guest 66 (5/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Billie Holiday was a: Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. "Green Dolphin Street" was: Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. What canal's building took the lives of over 100,000 workers and is the world's largest at just over 100 miles long? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Around 2000 BC, soap was used for: Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. An easy one for you---Who was the only United States president to win a Pulitzer Prize? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Which country in the world eats the most ice cream? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. What was the dog's name that first orbited Earth? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Originally what did "mind your p's and q's" mean? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Napoleon was very sick during the battle of Waterloo. What did he suffer from? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. 1. An example of the most intelligent dog would be?
2. An example of the least intelligent dog would be?
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Billie Holiday was a:

Answer: Singer

One of the greatest female jazz singers of all time. She had no training but developed a vivid and intensive style that even made some people cry. Billie said, "What comes out is what I feel". She led a sad life having come from grinding poverty only to fall victim to alcohol, heroin and fortune hunting men. She died in 1959 when she was only 44 years old.
2. "Green Dolphin Street" was:

Answer: All of these

For those who have not read Elizabeth Goudge's "Green Dolphin Street", you have really missed something! "Green Dolphin Street" was also the name of one of Chicago's greatest jazz nightclubs.
3. What canal's building took the lives of over 100,000 workers and is the world's largest at just over 100 miles long?

Answer: The Suez Canal

The Suez Canal ties the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. The Panama Canal extracted its cost also in the fact that approximately 5,600 workers died during its construction---many, many from yellow fever that was carried by mosquitos.
4. Around 2000 BC, soap was used for:

Answer: Medication

Soap was used for medication of wounds. It arrived on the scene with the earliest recordings being 2800 BC but it was not used for cleansing until thousands of years later. Ancient Greeks and Romans rubbed their bodies with olive oil and sand. Then they scraped the mixture off with a wooden scraper.

While the Romans did bathe, they added oils and other good things to the water....but not soap.
5. An easy one for you---Who was the only United States president to win a Pulitzer Prize?

Answer: John F. Kennedy

"Profiles in Courage" is John F. Kennedy's biography.
6. Which country in the world eats the most ice cream?

Answer: United States

Each US citizen eats about 23 quarts of ice cream a year according to the ice cream industry. The New Englanders eat more than anyone else in the country. The US favorites are vanilla and chocolate---what no tutti fruitti? During the Victorian period, it was considered immoral and not at all proper to drink soda water on Sundays.

Many towns even banned the sale of soda water. But we used our good old American ingenuity and concocted a delicacy of ice cream and syrup and because it could be eaten on Sunday, it was called a "sundae".
7. What was the dog's name that first orbited Earth?

Answer: Laika

"Laika" was the first dog to orbit Earth. It traveled aboard the Russian satellite, "Sputnik II". Laika in Russian means "the barker". I wonder who took it out for a walk?
8. Originally what did "mind your p's and q's" mean?

Answer: How pub barmen ran tabs

Years ago, it is said that the barmen in the pubs would keep track of the customers' drinks---run a tab---The barmen would run a tally of the pints (p's) and quarts (q's) that each customer purchased. If the tab ran too high, the barmen would issue the warning, "Mind your p's and q's!"
9. Napoleon was very sick during the battle of Waterloo. What did he suffer from?

Answer: Frequent bladder stone attacks

The myth that Napoleon suffered from hemorrhoids is often repeated however, there is no record of this. There is documentation that he suffered greatly from bladder stones. He was in poor health for years prior to the battle. The French were defeated soundly mainly because they were so outnumbered by the British and Prussian armies.
Did you know that Napoleon was 5 feet six inches tall?
10. 1. An example of the most intelligent dog would be? 2. An example of the least intelligent dog would be?

Answer: Golden Retriever - Pekingese

The Border collie, poodle, German shepherds, golden retriever and Doberman pinscher can usually understand a new command with five repetitions or less and, once they have learned it, will obey it the first time 95 percent of the time.

The basset hound, bulldog, bloodhound, chow chow and Pekingese usually takes 80 to 100 repetitions or more before they learn a new command. Once they have learned it, they will obey the command the first time less than 25 percent of the time.
Source: Author tigey

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