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Things I Learned at School 3 Trivia Quiz

Just how much did you pay attention to what your teachers were saying? One question for each school subject.

A multiple-choice quiz by pia_fraus. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
pia_fraus

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
87,396

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
1548

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Question 1 of 10

1. Literature. Who wrote about a handsome young man and his portrait that grows older with time while the man himself stays young? Hint

Joseph Conrad

Victor Hugo

Oscar Wilde

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Question 2 of 10

2. Music History. George Gershwin's 'Summertime' is a part of which opera?

Answer: (Three Words, ____ and ____)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Chemistry. A positive ion is called what? Hint

Anion

Cathode

Anode

Cation

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Question 4 of 10

4. Mathematics. What do you call this: a, a+b, a+2b, a+3b, ..., a+(n-1)b? Hint

arithmetic series

arithmetic sequence

Fibonacci sequence

geometric mean

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Question 5 of 10

5. Physics. Which country was Albert Einstein (1879-1955) born in? Hint

Belgium

Switzerland

Germany

Austria

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Question 6 of 10

6. Art History. Which artist is famous for cutting off his own ear? Hint

Paul Gauguin

Vincent van Gogh

Paul Cezanne

Pablo Picasso

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Question 7 of 10

7. Biology. Which one of these is NOT an organelle of a fully functioning cell? Hint

Lymphocyte

Endoplasmic Reticulum

Mitochondrion

Lysosome

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Question 8 of 10

8. History. Which of these world-famous buildings of London was designed by Sir Christopher Wren? Hint

Houses of Parliament

Westminster Abbey

St Paul's Cathedral

Buckingham Palace

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Question 9 of 10

9. Geography. Which of these rivers does NOT flow through India? Hint

Ganges

Salween

Krishna

Mahanadi

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Question 10 of 10

10. English. An easy one (at least to those for whom English is the native language) to end this quiz. Type the plural of the word 'phenomenon'.

Answer: (One Word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Literature. Who wrote about a handsome young man and his portrait that grows older with time while the man himself stays young?

Answer: Oscar Wilde

'The Picture of Dorian Gray' (1980) is based on the Faustian motif - the willingness to sell one's soul to the Devil for earthly vanity.

2. Music History. George Gershwin's 'Summertime' is a part of which opera?

Answer: Porgy and Bess

"Summertime and the livin' is easy,
fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high.
Oh, your daddy's rich and your ma's good-lookin'
so hush little baby, don't you cry."

3. Chemistry. A positive ion is called what?

Answer: Cation

A cation is an atom or a group of atoms that has lost one or more electrons.

4. Mathematics. What do you call this: a, a+b, a+2b, a+3b, ..., a+(n-1)b?

Answer: arithmetic sequence

5. Physics. Which country was Albert Einstein (1879-1955) born in?

Answer: Germany

He became a Swiss citizen in 1901 and an American citizen in 1940. He died in the United States.

6. Art History. Which artist is famous for cutting off his own ear?

Answer: Vincent van Gogh

Van Gogh (1853-1890) was a true genius, but during his lifetime he managed to sell only one of his works.

7. Biology. Which one of these is NOT an organelle of a fully functioning cell?

Answer: Lymphocyte

Lymphocytes are a type of white blood cell.

8. History. Which of these world-famous buildings of London was designed by Sir Christopher Wren?

Answer: St Paul's Cathedral

The original church was destroyed in the great fire of 1666. St Paul's Cathedral as we know it today was designed by Wren in 1710.

9. Geography. Which of these rivers does NOT flow through India?

Answer: Salween

The Salween river flows through China and Myanmar (Burma).

10. English. An easy one (at least to those for whom English is the native language) to end this quiz. Type the plural of the word 'phenomenon'.

Answer: phenomena

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