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Quiz about NotVeryFamous Things About the Ordinary

Not-Very-Famous Things About the Ordinary Quiz

The quiz is basically mishmash of common things with not-very-famous interesting facts about them.

A multiple-choice quiz by leprosy. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
leprosy
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
222,817
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Very Difficult
Avg Score
4 / 10
Plays
841
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Question 1 of 10
1. The basic S.I. (International System) unit of mass - the kilogram - is based on the small cylinder alloy kept in the International Bureau of Weights and Measures. What metals make up the cylinder? Hint


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Question 2 of 10
2. Chester Carlson is the inventor of xerography now more known as photocopying. The first ever photocopy has which of these characters on it? Hint


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Question 3 of 10
3. What song was played on December 17, 1965 by the request of "Gemini 7" spacecraft astronauts? Hint


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Question 4 of 10
4. What country's name literally means "Land of the Honest People"? Hint


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Question 5 of 10
5. Anita and Arabella are the first two what to be sent into space? Hint


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Question 6 of 10
6. Why don't you want to have hircismus? Hint


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Question 7 of 10
7. Some food and drinks we intake contain radioactive materials. Coffee for instance contains radioactive phosphorous. What radioactive material is contained in milk? Hint


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Question 8 of 10
8. How did the lampfish get its name? Hint


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Question 9 of 10
9. The Great Pyramid of Khufu (or Cheops) in Giza, Egypt has astounding dimensional precision. The square base is originally 231 m on a side but is now down to the mean of 230.36 m. Based on the current mean measurement, by how much do the sides vary in length? Hint


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Question 10 of 10
10. Triton is a moon of Neptune. Io is a moon of Jupiter. Which of the following is the correct match of the moon to the main substance emitted by its volcano? Hint



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1. The basic S.I. (International System) unit of mass - the kilogram - is based on the small cylinder alloy kept in the International Bureau of Weights and Measures. What metals make up the cylinder?

Answer: platinum and iridium

 This kilogram prototype has long been used since 1889. This cyclinder has a diameter and height of 39 mm.
2. Chester Carlson is the inventor of xerography now more known as photocopying. The first ever photocopy has which of these characters on it?

Answer: 10-22-38 ASTORIA

 It is actually Otto Kornei, co-physicist of Carlson, who wrote the words in india ink on a glass microscope slide. These characters stand for the date (October 22, 1938) and the place (Astoria, Queens, New York) of the breakthrough invention.
3. What song was played on December 17, 1965 by the request of "Gemini 7" spacecraft astronauts?

Answer: I'll Be Home For Christmas

 "Gemini 7" is the fourth manned "Gemini" flight and the twelfth manned American flight. The astronauts are Frank Borman (command pilot) and Frank Lovell (pilot). Another interesting fact- the astronauts brought with them books. Borman brought "Roughing It" by Mark Twain while Lovell had "Drums Along the Mohawk" by Walter D. Edmonds.
4. What country's name literally means "Land of the Honest People"?

Answer: Burkina Faso

 President Thomas Sankara, on August 4, 1984, has changed the name from "Republic of Upper Volta" to Burkina Faso meaning "Land of the Upright People" in Mossi and Dioula, the two native languages of the country. It also means "Land of the Honest People" or "Land of the Incorruptible". Nagorno-Karabakh in Azerbaijani literally means "upper black garden" or "mountainous black garden". Lesotho on the other hand translates to "Land of the People who speaks Sotho". Paraguay literally is "water that goes to the ocean".
5. Anita and Arabella are the first two what to be sent into space?

Answer: spiders

 Spiders were sent into space by the proposal of high school student Judy Miles who wondered whether spiders could spin webs in space. These spiders were sent via "Skylab II". On the first day, Arabella didn't do so well due to weightlessness. But on the third day, they both spun webs just as good as they can do on Earth.

As expected, they spun finer webs but basically having same patterns as those on Earth.
6. Why don't you want to have hircismus?

Answer: Because it is a pair of stinky armpits!

 Technically defined, hircismus is an offensive odor of the axillae. Or in laypersons' terms, stinky armpits! Yuck.
7. Some food and drinks we intake contain radioactive materials. Coffee for instance contains radioactive phosphorous. What radioactive material is contained in milk?

Answer: strontium

 Strontium is absorbed by the body as if it were calcium. Stable strontium poses no harm to the human body. But radioactive strontium-90 can cause bone disorder and diseases such as bone cancer.
8. How did the lampfish get its name?

Answer: People literally used it as lamp.

 Interestingly, these fishes are so oily that Native Americans of Alaska dry the fish, insert a piece of bark, and used it as lamp. These fish is also known as candlefish with the scientific name "Thaleichthys pacificus".
9. The Great Pyramid of Khufu (or Cheops) in Giza, Egypt has astounding dimensional precision. The square base is originally 231 m on a side but is now down to the mean of 230.36 m. Based on the current mean measurement, by how much do the sides vary in length?

Answer: 15 cm.

 Amazingly, the sides vary by a mere 15 cm. The removal of the original polished casing stones is the reason for the reduction in size.
10. Triton is a moon of Neptune. Io is a moon of Jupiter. Which of the following is the correct match of the moon to the main substance emitted by its volcano?

Answer: Io - Sulfur; Triton - Nitrogen

 Triton's icy volcanoes emit liquid nitrogen, dust, and methane compounds while Io's emit sulfur and sulfur dioxide. I hope you enjoyed the quiz!
Source: Author leprosy

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