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1. In the Dr. Who story "The Pirate Planet", the character Romana, played by Mary Tamm, wears a pink top over a bodysuit. What color is this bodysuit?
If you've committed the unforgiveable sin of not memorizing every detail of this classic of Western Civilization, this is also the color usually associated with the anti-Leninist forces in the 1918 Russian civil war. Or the color of clouds on a sunny day.
2. What is the fourth word of Shakespeare's play "Henry V"?
If for some reason you are one of the few English speakers unable to recite all of the Bard's plays verbatim, this is also the figure invoked in most classical epics. As these epics are recited often, these nine ladies of Greek legend are overworked indeed!
3. In 1921, the Soviet Union announced a new wave of reforms which curtailed crop seizures and promoted increased free enterprise. What is the abbreviated name usually given to these reforms?
If this question is a little obscure or boring, this abbreviation is also the first three letters of the country that boasts Mount Everest. I realize that this is a pretty pathetic hint, but it ought to get you through.
4. What is the only man-made object visible from space?
Whoa! Actually, this oft-cited object is *NOT* any more visible than a lot of anthropogenic features. Somehow, I don't think the folks who built this barrier to invasion from the North had aerial visibility in mind, though. They were too worried about Mongolians.
5. Most people have two hands. One is commonly called their right hand. What name, in English, is normally given to the other?
6. Which of these countries was not a signatory to the 1829 Treaty of Adrianople?
Oh, I see! Questions about "who did what on what date" bore you to tears? All right, then, which of these countries never had its very own hereditary monarchy? (Being ruled by an imperial power prior to national independence doesn't count. Neither does Elvis.)
7. What is the product of the ten-thousandths place digit of pi multiplied by the times Ty Cobb won the American League batting title?
You know, some folks out there might actually like that one, which says a lot about people who take trivia quizzes on the Internet. Heck, I wouldn't be surprised if 3/5 of quiz takers got this right without a hint! Coincidentally, the percentage that equates with 3/5 is the same number as the answer to this question!
8. How many people was Serbian vampire Arnold Paole credited with killing in Dr. Joseph Fluckinger's report of 1732?
OK, that's awful. This question comes from my own very specialized research, and the language of this report is so confusing that the quiz-taker may not even be able to answer the question with the document right in front of him or her. For asking a question like this, I ought to be drawn and quartered. What number, pray tell, is commonly associated with "quartering"? (This just happens to be the number of Paole's victims, by the way.)
9. What is the meaning of life?
OK, that's not exactly trivial, and ergo makes a bad trivia question. How about: What is the "answer to the Ultimate question of Life, the Universe and Everything" according to 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'?
Still too profound, huh? All right, then: What was Jackie Robinson's number for the Dodgers? That may not be easy, but it's at least trivial (albeit still somewhat profound).
10. So now you have endured the world's worst trivia quiz. You've seen the obvious, the vague, and the painfully obscure. This question will attempt to be all of these.
Who is the author of this quiz?
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