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World and Universe Challenge Trivia Quiz

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

Author
yugyag

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
218,352

Updated
Mar 29 24

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
974

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What is a frequential emission emanated from a star billions of light years away, that allows humans to trace a map of the stars called? Hint

supernova

light flux

quasar

planet

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is the main elemental component of lead in a pencil? Hint

lead

einsteinium

sodium

carbon

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is the dendroaspis polylepus better known as? Hint

sea anemone

cycad

black mamba

walrus

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Question 4 of 10

4. This beautiful maiden despaired at her inability to coerce her soul into her lover's. Wagner wrote an opera based on this story. Who is the maiden? Hint

Juliette

Charlotte

Isolde

Kate

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Question 5 of 10

5. What colour is the sky? Hint

Blue

black

Turquoise

Azure

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Question 6 of 10

6. If the word ghoti is pronounced like FISH, then ghlewch is spoken as? Hint

smooch

glook

fleck

fluke

7. If the time difference between Seattle and South Africa is 9 hours, and a flight from South Africa TO Seattle takes 13 and a half hours, if I leave South Africa at 09:15, what time do I arrive in Seattle (Seattle time)? Hint

13:45

09:30

07:45

13:15

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Question 8 of 10

8. What illness do you get if you eat human brain? Hint

Incaglumen hyposphaxia

Influenza

Kuru

Scarlet fever

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Question 9 of 10

9. How many classified planets were there in our solar system at the end of the twentieth century? Hint

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Question 10 of 10

10. What is the real reason people in outer space die when their oxygen supply runs short? Hint

petrification

lack of oxygen

carbon monoxide poisoning

depressurizing of the lungs

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is a frequential emission emanated from a star billions of light years away, that allows humans to trace a map of the stars called?

Answer: quasar

The quasar is a frequential emission from a large star that allows us to determine the location of galaxies.

2. What is the main elemental component of lead in a pencil?

Answer: carbon

Lead in a pencil does not really contain the element lead. Instead, a graphite compound dust is used for the pencil.

3. What is the dendroaspis polylepus better known as?

Answer: black mamba

The black mamba is one of the most venomous snakes in the world. It is also equipped with remarkable speed and is known to be very aggressive. It is only found in Southern Africa.

4. This beautiful maiden despaired at her inability to coerce her soul into her lover's. Wagner wrote an opera based on this story. Who is the maiden?

Answer: Isolde

The opera Tristan and Isolde is about the love shared between two people who feel that it is impossible to truly love in this realm. They feel restricted by the mere symbolism of the word "and" that has to fall between them. This opera also gave rise to the famous "Tristan" chord.

5. What colour is the sky?

Answer: black

Although the sky seems blue to the eye, its true colour is deceiving as the dust particles trapped in the ionosphere cause the light rays to refract. The strongest colour in the spectrum of light is blue, which obviously outweighs all the other colours to our eyes.

6. If the word ghoti is pronounced like FISH, then ghlewch is spoken as?

Answer: fluke

The gh from rough sounds like an "f", the "O" in women sounds like an "i" (eye), the "ti" in nation sounds like sh. In the same way, the gh is applied, l is l, and ew from threw, added to ch from psycho gives: FLUKE.

Answer: 13:45

Because Seattle is West of South Africa, one simply subtracts Nine hours from the arrival time in South African time. Hence, 09:15 + 13:30 = 22:45 - 9 =13:45

8. What illness do you get if you eat human brain?

Answer: Kuru

In the cannibalistic areas of the world this disease has been picked up. The word "Kuru" literally means :The shakes. The cannibal gets a fever that makes the person shake uncontrollably and lasts until the day they die.

9. How many classified planets were there in our solar system at the end of the twentieth century?

Answer: 9

There is a new dwarf planet, Eris. Pluto was downgraded from being a planet to a dwarf planet in 2006.

10. What is the real reason people in outer space die when their oxygen supply runs short?

Answer: carbon monoxide poisoning

Before the body dies from a lack of oxygen, the carbon dioxide produced from our exhaling changes to carbon monoxide which poisons the body.

Source: Author yugyag

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