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Trivia Salmagundi 3 Trivia Quiz

My third mixed trivia quiz.

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

Author
tjoebigham

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
248,532

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

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871

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Question 1 of 10

1. What chemical was the first anti-knock additive for cars and once a U.S. State nickname? Hint

methane

mercury

benzene

iodine

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Question 2 of 10

2. What state is the only one that has a British Union Jack in the upper left corner of its flag? Hint

Florida

Hawaii

New Hampshire

New York

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Question 3 of 10

3. What soda drink was the first to be sold in the U.S.? Hint

ginger ale

Moxie

root beer

Coca-Cola

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Question 4 of 10

4. What Golden Age comic superhero got his power from saying a fictitious equation? Hint

Johnny Quick

Air Wave

Hourman

Doll Man

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Question 5 of 10

5. What inventor's father created plywood? Hint

Alfred Nobel

George Eastman

Thomas Edison

George Westinghouse

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Question 6 of 10

6. What mammal has the longest tail and sleeps about 20 minutes per day? Hint

pangolin

monkey

giraffe

anteater

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Question 7 of 10

7. What painter made Helga Testorf the subject of a now-famous series of works? Hint

Joseph Cornell

Andy Warhol

Andrew Wyeth

Maxfield Parrish

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Question 8 of 10

8. What U.S. ship was first to have a flush toilet aboard? Hint

Cleremont

Monitor

Flying Cloud

Charles W. Morgan

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Question 9 of 10

9. What do arctologists collect? Hint

icebergs

arc lights

arches

teddy bears

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Question 10 of 10

10. What animal comprises an oviary? Hint

sheep

bees

oxen

wasps

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What chemical was the first anti-knock additive for cars and once a U.S. State nickname?

Answer: iodine

Iodine, mixed with kerosene, was first used as an anti-knock additive, but was too expensive, so it was replaced by lead. South Carolina was once called the "Iodine State" before it was the "Palmetto State" because its fruits and vegetables were high in iodine. Then salt got iodized and the nickname changed.

2. What state is the only one that has a British Union Jack in the upper left corner of its flag?

Answer: Hawaii

Britain once ruled the Hawaiian Islands, which is shown by the Union Jack on Hawaii's flag, the only flag of all fifty states to do so!

3. What soda drink was the first to be sold in the U.S.?

Answer: ginger ale

Back in 1866, long before Moxie and Coke made the scene, Detroit pharmacist James Vernor created and sold ginger ale; it was called Vernor's Ginger Ale (duh!)

4. What Golden Age comic superhero got his power from saying a fictitious equation?

Answer: Johnny Quick

Johnny Quick was another super-speedster fashioned after the Flash; only journalist Johnny Chambers got his lightning speed after saying "3X2(9YZ)4A". Doll Man was precursor to the Atom, a mite-sized hero, Hourman drank a special chemical that gave him his powers for one hour and Air Wave used radio gimmickry in his crime fighting.

5. What inventor's father created plywood?

Answer: Alfred Nobel

Before Nobel created dynamite (and the famous prizes still bearing his name), his father glued wood sheets together to get one stronger piece of wood. The fathers of Eastman, Edison and Westinghouse were not inventors themselves.

6. What mammal has the longest tail and sleeps about 20 minutes per day?

Answer: giraffe

A giraffe's tail is about eight feet long and it sleeps in five-minute periods through the day, around 20 minutes in all.

7. What painter made Helga Testorf the subject of a now-famous series of works?

Answer: Andrew Wyeth

Warhol was America's premier Pop artist, Parrish worked mostly in illustration and Cornell specialized in assemblages. Andrew Wyeth, son of artist-illustrator N.C. Wyeth, made a series of works depicting his Chadds Ford, Pa. neighbor Testorf, which became renowned on their discovery.

8. What U.S. ship was first to have a flush toilet aboard?

Answer: Monitor

Robert Fulton made the "Cleremont", the "Flying Cloud" was the famed packet clipper and the "Morgan" was the renowned whaler. But it was the "Monitor" that boasted the first flush toilet on an American ship. John Ericcson's ironclad, which helped revolutionize naval warfare in the Civil War, sank after the war and was rediscovered in the 20th Century.

9. What do arctologists collect?

Answer: teddy bears

The Arctic got its name from the Greek for bear, possibly because the constellation Ursa Major is over the North Pole. Teddy bears got the name from the story that Teddy Roosevelt spared the life of a bear cub on one of his hunts.

10. What animal comprises an oviary?

Answer: sheep

Ovine means sheep!

Source: Author tjoebigham

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