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Trivia Stew no. 2 Trivia Quiz

This is your second helping of stew. I hope you like the flavour!

A multiple-choice quiz by shady_shaker. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
shady_shaker

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
142,420

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1376

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. In which state was Britney Spears born? Hint

Mississippi

Tennessee

Kentucky

Georgia

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was the name of the boat on "Gilligan's Island"? Hint

SS Swordfish

SS Octopus

SS Harpoon

SS Minnow

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who composed the Brandenburg Concertos? Hint

J.S. Bach

Mozart

Handel

Brahms

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which of the following is not a novel by P.D. James? Hint

The Black Tower

Original Sin

A Taste for Death

Cause of Death

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Question 5 of 10

5. What type of sea creature is abalone? Hint

clam

squid

mollusc

fish

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which city is set to become Tanzania's next capital, replacing Dar-es-Salaam? Hint

Mbeya

Bukoba

Tabora

Dodoma

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who am I? I was born on November 7, 1943 in Fort McLeod, Alberta and later lived in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Hint

Jodi Mitchell

Joni Mitchell

Joni Mestrell

Jenny Minchell

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who first discovered that the earth revolves around the sun? Hint

Thomas Digges

Galilei Galileo

Nicolaus Copernicus

Tycho Brahe

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Question 9 of 10

9. What were the first two sites in the United States to be World Heritage listed? Hint

Independence Hall and Redwood National Park

Mammoth Cave National Park and Olympic National Park

Mesa Verde and Yellowstone National Park.

Grand Canyon National Park and Everglades National Park

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Question 10 of 10

10. What are the full given names of O.J. Simpson? Hint

Obadiah Joshua

Oliver John

Orenthal James

Orton Jack

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In which state was Britney Spears born?

Answer: Mississippi

Britney was born in the small Mississippi township of McComb in 1981, the second of three children. She first sang in public at her church's Christmas service when she was four. Her first album "Baby One More Time" was released in 1999.

2. What was the name of the boat on "Gilligan's Island"?

Answer: SS Minnow

"Gilligan's Island" screened from 1964 to 1967 on CBS. The cast included Bob Denver as Gilligan, Jim Backus as Thurston Howell III,
Tina Louise as Ginger Grant and Dawn Wells as Mary Ann Summers.

3. Who composed the Brandenburg Concertos?

Answer: J.S. Bach

Bach composed the six Brandenburg Concertos around 1708, and dedicated
them to Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg in 1721.

4. Which of the following is not a novel by P.D. James?

Answer: Cause of Death

"Cause of Death" was written by Patricia Cornwell, one of her Kay
Scarpetta mysteries.

5. What type of sea creature is abalone?

Answer: mollusc

Abalone is a uni-valve gastropod of the genus Haliotis. Its flesh
resembles that of clam meat. The shell lining is used to make buttons and other goods.

6. Which city is set to become Tanzania's next capital, replacing Dar-es-Salaam?

Answer: Dodoma

Tanzania's Legislative Offices are now located in Dodoma, and the
National Assembly convenes there regularly.

7. Who am I? I was born on November 7, 1943 in Fort McLeod, Alberta and later lived in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Answer: Joni Mitchell

Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell has had a distinguished musical career.
Born Roberta Joan Anderson, Joni overcame polio as a child. Perhaps
her best-known song "Big Yellow Taxi" was from her 1970 album,
"Ladies of the Canyon".

8. Who first discovered that the earth revolves around the sun?

Answer: Nicolaus Copernicus

Ptolemy had conceived the notion that the sun and other heavenly bodies revolve around the earth in the second century AD. Despite
certain misgivings his theory persisted until "The First Account of the Revolutionary Book by Copernicus" was published in 1740 by Rheticus, a friend of Copernicus.

9. What were the first two sites in the United States to be World Heritage listed?

Answer: Mesa Verde and Yellowstone National Park.

Located on the Monte Verde plateau in south-west Colorado, Mesa Verde
consists of some 4,400 ancestral Pueblo Indian dwellings, dating from
the 6th to the 12th centuries AD.

Yellowstone became the first National Park in the world when it was
established in 1872. Two-thirds of the world's geysers are to be found in Yellowstone.

The two sites were placed on the World Heritage Register in 1979.

10. What are the full given names of O.J. Simpson?

Answer: Orenthal James

Ex-American footballer O.J. Simpson was born in San Francisco in 1947.
He won the Heisman trophy as best college player of 1968. He played for the Buffalo Bills from 1969 to 1977 and for the San Francisco 49ers in 1978 and 1979. He was acquitted in October 1995 of his ex-wife's 1994 murder.

Source: Author shady_shaker

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