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Quiz about Mr Wrong
Quiz about Mr Wrong

Mr. Wrong Trivia Quiz


I went on a date with a guy who turned out to be Mr. Wrong, in more ways than one! He tried to impress me with his knowledge of trivia, but couldn't seem to get anything right. Join me on my nightmar-ish fictional date!

A multiple-choice quiz by guitargoddess. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
346,023
Updated
Jan 31 24
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
2690
Awards
Top 5% quiz!
Last 3 plays: runaway_drive (10/10), Guest 152 (8/10), Guest 97 (9/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. I should have known things weren't going to go well when Mr. Wrong proved his wrongness before we even went out. When asking me for my number, he told me what great admiration he had for the great Australian inventor Alexander Graham Bell, who invented the telephone in 1800s. Why was Mr. Wrong wrong in this case? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. When Mr. Wrong called me up to arrange our date, he again tried to show off his knowledge of trivia and again was wrong. When he suggested we see a movie, perhaps a new animated one, he was quick to tell me about the first commercially successful full length animated motion picture, "Pinocchio", which was released by Disney in 1937. Why was Mr. Wrong wrong? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. On the night of my date with Mr. Wrong, he arrived on my doorstep with a bouquet of tulips. He handed them to me and smugly said, "For you, the subject of Van Gogh's famous paintings from the 1880s!" I smiled and said nothing, but I knew he was wrong; why? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. As we were in the car driving to a restaurant, Mr. Wrong talked my ear off about cars and all he knew about them - which, as it turns out, was not much. He went on and on about Chevrolet's first car, the Model T, which was first produced in the US in the early 20th century. I knew for sure he was wrong about that; why? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. When we arrived at the restaurant, we were seated and ordered drinks. When a waiter brought them over, Mr. Wrong took a sip of his bourbon and told me about that that particular type of American whiskey is associated with a place in the state of Louisiana. I nodded along and ordered myself another drink that I had the feeling I was going to need. Why was Mr. Wrong wrong about the bourbon? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Over appetizers, we discussed foods that have odd or funny names. Mr. Wrong told me about one of his favourites, which was, according to him, the Italian soup called minestrone. "Did you know 'minestrone' means 'priest choker' in English? I mean, who comes up with these names!" he exclaimed. I chuckled but again knew he was wrong. Why, in this case? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. By the time our main courses arrived, the evening really felt like it was dragging on. As I cut into my bacon-wrapped filet mignon, Mr. Wrong observed that I like bacon (well, he was right about that one!). "Do you also like the actor Kevin Bacon? I like his movies. My favourite is "American Beauty". That won a Best Picture Oscar, you know. Best Picture of 1999." I mm-hmmed as I tried to eat quickly to get the meal over with. Why was he wrong this time? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. I tried to decline coffee and dessert in an attempt to end the evening, but Mr. Wrong insisted we stay for dessert so that he'd have a chance to tell me about his recent trip to Denmark. "I had a chance to see in person the famous statue of a fairy while in the capital city of Copenhagen," he told me. For goodness' sake, he can't even be right about places he's been and things he's seen in person! Why was he wrong in this case? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Finally, after one of the longest nights of my life, I was home. At my front door, resisting the urge to just run inside and lock the door, I turned to say goodnight and shake Mr. Wrong's hand. He jerked his hand away and said, "Ah, sorry, I'm not a handshaker. You know, like that Howard Cosell guy, who hosted that show with the briefcases. What was it called? Oh, yeah. "Deal or No Deal"!" I paused and replied, "Right. Okay then, good night!", going inside as I thought to myself that he was wrong yet again; why? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. A couple of days later, Mr. Wrong left me a voicemail to say what a good time he had with me. "I thought we really had chemistry," he said in his message, "I took a chemistry class once. My favourite element is water, which is good since I need it to live! Well, um, anyways, call me back". As I dialed his number to let him know I wasn't interested in going out again, I thought about how he was wrong again. Why? Hint



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1. I should have known things weren't going to go well when Mr. Wrong proved his wrongness before we even went out. When asking me for my number, he told me what great admiration he had for the great Australian inventor Alexander Graham Bell, who invented the telephone in 1800s. Why was Mr. Wrong wrong in this case?

Answer: Alexander Graham Bell was not Australian.

Alexander Graham Bell, commonly credited with the invention of the telephone, was born in Scotland. He also lived and worked in Canada and the US, but he had no connection to Australia. Other inventors, such as Elisha Gray and Thomas Edison, also had their hands in developing or improving the telephone, but Bell was definitely the first to receive a patent for the modern telephone, in 1876.
2. When Mr. Wrong called me up to arrange our date, he again tried to show off his knowledge of trivia and again was wrong. When he suggested we see a movie, perhaps a new animated one, he was quick to tell me about the first commercially successful full length animated motion picture, "Pinocchio", which was released by Disney in 1937. Why was Mr. Wrong wrong?

Answer: Disney's "Snow White" was the first full length animated motion picture.

1937's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", based on the classic Brothers Grimm tale, was Walt Disney Productions first full-length animated feature film and indeed the first significant successful film of its kind. For this reason, the film has been included on the US National Film Registry since 1989. "Snow White" took several years and a massive budget (for the time) to complete, but was very well received and started Disney's legacy of producing much-loved animated feature films.

"Pinocchio" was also released by Disney in 1940, after the success of "Snow White".
3. On the night of my date with Mr. Wrong, he arrived on my doorstep with a bouquet of tulips. He handed them to me and smugly said, "For you, the subject of Van Gogh's famous paintings from the 1880s!" I smiled and said nothing, but I knew he was wrong; why?

Answer: Sunflowers were featured in Van Gogh's famous painting.

The "Sunflowers" paintings are among Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh's more well-known works. The paintings belong to two series, the Paris "Sunflowers" and the Arles "Sunflowers". All were painted in the late 1880s, starting with the Paris series in 1887.
4. As we were in the car driving to a restaurant, Mr. Wrong talked my ear off about cars and all he knew about them - which, as it turns out, was not much. He went on and on about Chevrolet's first car, the Model T, which was first produced in the US in the early 20th century. I knew for sure he was wrong about that; why?

Answer: The Model T was a Ford car.

Ford's Model T wasn't really the first car they built (a few other Models such as F, N and S came before it), but it was the first that was successfully mass produced and the first that was really affordable to the average middle-class American family. 15 million of them were produced between 1908 and 1927, compared to just a few thousand at most of the predecessor models.

In reference to Henry Ford's famous quote about a customer being able to have his Model T in "any colour as long that he wants so long as it's black", it was actually only after 1914 that the cars became available only in black.
5. When we arrived at the restaurant, we were seated and ordered drinks. When a waiter brought them over, Mr. Wrong took a sip of his bourbon and told me about that that particular type of American whiskey is associated with a place in the state of Louisiana. I nodded along and ordered myself another drink that I had the feeling I was going to need. Why was Mr. Wrong wrong about the bourbon?

Answer: Bourbon is associated with Kentucky.

Bourbon whiskey was first produced in the 18th century and is associated primarily with the state of Kentucky. It wasn't the state of Kentucky when bourbon was first produced, though. The region was then known as Old Bourbon (named after a French royal family) and it covered area that today is part of Virginia and a lot of Kentucky.

As per many laws worldwide, common convention says that only whiskey produced in the United States may be labelled as 'bourbon'. While it can be made anywhere in the US to meet this criterion, most brands are made in Kentucky. Tourists in the state can visit six different distilleries on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail.

There are also further requirements for carrying the name of bourbon, such as the alcohol proof (80%), using at least 51% corn in the grain mixture (most contain a fair amount more than that), and the aging process (no specific length of time, but must be done in new, charred-oak barrels).
6. Over appetizers, we discussed foods that have odd or funny names. Mr. Wrong told me about one of his favourites, which was, according to him, the Italian soup called minestrone. "Did you know 'minestrone' means 'priest choker' in English? I mean, who comes up with these names!" he exclaimed. I chuckled but again knew he was wrong. Why, in this case?

Answer: 'Minestrone' does not translate to 'priest choker'.

Minestrone is indeed an Italian vegetable-based soup, but it does not mean 'priest choker' in English. Strozzapreti is the Italian dish which translates to 'priest choker' in English, but it's not really just one dish; there are regional variations. One dish called strozzapreti is a simple hand-made rounded medium-length pasta noodle.

Another form of strozzapreti is a ricotta-cheese based gnocchi (in contrast to potato-based gnocchi), usually with spinach included. So where does the name come from? There are a few different ideas, no one knows for sure. One popular reasoning behind the name comes from the fact that to make the hand-rolled pasta, you have to pinch or 'choke' the rope of dough into pieces.
7. By the time our main courses arrived, the evening really felt like it was dragging on. As I cut into my bacon-wrapped filet mignon, Mr. Wrong observed that I like bacon (well, he was right about that one!). "Do you also like the actor Kevin Bacon? I like his movies. My favourite is "American Beauty". That won a Best Picture Oscar, you know. Best Picture of 1999." I mm-hmmed as I tried to eat quickly to get the meal over with. Why was he wrong this time?

Answer: Kevin Bacon was not in "American Beauty".

Kevin Bacon is really an actor, but it was Kevin Spacey who starred in the Best Picture of 1999, "American Beauty". Spacey also won a Best Actor Oscar for the same film (in addition to a previous win for "The Usual Suspects"). As for Mr. Bacon, he has starred in such films as "Mystic River", "Footloose" (the original) and "The River Wild". Throughout his lengthy career, he has received many awards, including SAG awards and Golden Globes.
8. I tried to decline coffee and dessert in an attempt to end the evening, but Mr. Wrong insisted we stay for dessert so that he'd have a chance to tell me about his recent trip to Denmark. "I had a chance to see in person the famous statue of a fairy while in the capital city of Copenhagen," he told me. For goodness' sake, he can't even be right about places he's been and things he's seen in person! Why was he wrong in this case?

Answer: The famous Copenhagen statue is a mermaid.

The statue is called the Little Mermaid, based on the classic fairy tale. Completed in 1913, sculptor Edvard Erikson had two models to base his work on: ballerina Ellen Price for the face and his own wife Eline for the body. A major tourist attraction, the Little Mermaid is also unfortunately a major attraction for vandals. Among countless incidents, she lost her head in 1964 and a new one had to be created.

It was cut off again in 1998, but it was returned and reattached.
9. Finally, after one of the longest nights of my life, I was home. At my front door, resisting the urge to just run inside and lock the door, I turned to say goodnight and shake Mr. Wrong's hand. He jerked his hand away and said, "Ah, sorry, I'm not a handshaker. You know, like that Howard Cosell guy, who hosted that show with the briefcases. What was it called? Oh, yeah. "Deal or No Deal"!" I paused and replied, "Right. Okay then, good night!", going inside as I thought to myself that he was wrong yet again; why?

Answer: Howard Cosell was not the host of "Deal or No Deal".

Canadian comedian/actor Howie Mandel became the host of the American and Canadian versions of "Deal or No Deal", which aired various versions around the world as well. The American series premiered in 2005, followed by a syndicated daytime version in 2008. Mandel has been very open about his mysophobia (germaphobia), the reason behind his refusal to shake hands with anyone. On "Deal or No Deal", he most often opted to 'fist bump' with contestants rather than shake their hands.

Howard Cosell was a sportscaster, known for providing play-by-play on "Monday Night Football". He died in 1995.
10. A couple of days later, Mr. Wrong left me a voicemail to say what a good time he had with me. "I thought we really had chemistry," he said in his message, "I took a chemistry class once. My favourite element is water, which is good since I need it to live! Well, um, anyways, call me back". As I dialed his number to let him know I wasn't interested in going out again, I thought about how he was wrong again. Why?

Answer: Water is chemical compound, not an element.

Water isn't a chemical element itself, it's a compound composed of two chemical elements in a 2:1 ratio - H2O, of course. This means it contains two atoms of H (hydrogen) and one atom of O (oxygen). While water is a liquid at room temperature, it becomes a gas as it evaporates and a solid (ice) as it freezes.

There are many elements that are gases in their room temperature state, and humans certainly do need water to live.
Source: Author guitargoddess

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