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Polymathisms Trivia Quiz

Just about everything, including the kitchen sink!

A multiple-choice quiz by lloorri. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
lloorri

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
36,952

Updated
May 13 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
2347

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What degree of latitude divides the United States and Canada? Hint

82nd parallel

60th parallel

49th parallel

53rd parallel

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Question 2 of 10

2. Whom did Jodie Foster portray in the movie 'The Silence of the Lambs'? Hint

Carol Standley

Clarissa Strong

Clarice Starling

Clara Lindstrom

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Question 3 of 10

3. Riddle of the sphynx: What walks on four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon and three at night? Hint

dingo

Moses

pharaoh

man

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is the name of Woody Allen's wife? Hint

Li-ling

Soo-Li

Soon-Yi

Margaret Chapman

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Question 5 of 10

5. What book did the killer of John Lennon quote from? Hint

Torah

Bible

Catcher in the Rye

Koran

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who invented bi-focal glasses? Hint

Albert Einstein

Benjamin Franklin

Copernicus

Vladimir Nabokov

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Question 7 of 10

7. What part of the human body does Hamlet hold in his hands and speak to in the graveyard? Hint

toe

foot

skull

leg

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Question 8 of 10

8. The word 'animal' is derived from the Latin word 'anima' which means what? Hint

Breath

movement

life

soul

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Question 9 of 10

9. Where did they move the London Bridge to? Hint

Saskatoon

Manchester

Arizona

Vermont

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Question 10 of 10

10. According to popular myth, in which direction would the water swirl when going down the kitchen sink in Hamilton, Ontario? Hint

clockwise

down

counter-clockwise

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What degree of latitude divides the United States and Canada?

Answer: 49th parallel

We are the Great White North, but not too far North!

2. Whom did Jodie Foster portray in the movie 'The Silence of the Lambs'?

Answer: Clarice Starling

Hannibal sure was hungry for her!

3. Riddle of the sphynx: What walks on four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon and three at night?

Answer: man

Man crawls in infancy, walks upright during adulthood and walks with a cane when he is older.

4. What is the name of Woody Allen's wife?

Answer: Soon-Yi

She was his previous wife's adopted daughter!

5. What book did the killer of John Lennon quote from?

Answer: Catcher in the Rye

The author, JD Salinger became a recluse following the huge success of the novel.

6. Who invented bi-focal glasses?

Answer: Benjamin Franklin

7. What part of the human body does Hamlet hold in his hands and speak to in the graveyard?

Answer: skull

It belonged to the court jester.

8. The word 'animal' is derived from the Latin word 'anima' which means what?

Answer: Breath

9. Where did they move the London Bridge to?

Answer: Arizona

10. According to popular myth, in which direction would the water swirl when going down the kitchen sink in Hamilton, Ontario?

Answer: clockwise

The Coriolis Effect is real, but it only affects large events (for example, air masses such as cyclones) over long periods of time and distance: the effect is not enough to hold sway over things such as kitchen sinks, no matter where in the world they are.

Other things (defections in the ceramic, the pull of the drain, or the direction in which the water enters the sink) are what cause these devices to "swirl" in one direction or the other.

Source: Author lloorri

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