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Quiz about Yet More Random Musings

Yet More Random Musings Trivia Quiz

If you are game for some interesting, and more importantly *different*, trivia, this quiz might just have the remedy for your desires...good luck and have fun!

A multiple-choice quiz by thejazzkickazz. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
thejazzkickazz
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
124,340
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
5 / 10
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1172
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Question 1 of 10
1. If you are a cat owner, you are no doubt familiar with the more common name for the term 'trichobezoar'. What is the more familiar term?
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Question 2 of 10
2. It seems that each great city of Europe has an equally fantastic cathedral. Moscow has St. Basil's, London St. Paul's and Paris has Notre Dame. Which city sports the wonderful gothic construct known as St. Vitus's Cathedral?
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3. Many of you are probably familiar with the logo for the NBA (National Basketball Association) which contains a silhouette of a basketball player. But whose figure was used to create this silhouette?
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Question 4 of 10
4. The term 'eidetic imagery' most closely correlates with which of the following phenomena?
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5. Which of the following names would be most associated with a scientific device known as a 'Punnett Square'?
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Question 6 of 10
6. In which country did a 'Papa' hand over the leadership reins to a 'Baby'?
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Question 7 of 10
7. Which of these major cities in the United States was named for a revered general of the ancient Roman republic?
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Question 8 of 10
8. What would eventually become the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1935 was founded in 1908 by the attorney general serving under Teddy Roosevelt. This attorney general was the last American descendant of which regal European family?
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Question 9 of 10
9. The stars in our heavens have energized many an imagination throughout the various world cultures, and constellations have been developed in dozens of these cultures based on star formations and groupings. An example of this is the grouping of stars we call the 'Big Dipper'. What is another name, originating in England, for this constellation?
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Question 10 of 10
10. One of the best-loved authors of the 20th century, John Steinbeck, told of an incident wherein his dog chewed up the original manuscript of one of Steinbeck's most cherished classics. Which of Steinbeck's books comes to us as a 'second edition', thanks to his dog Toby?
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. If you are a cat owner, you are no doubt familiar with the more common name for the term 'trichobezoar'. What is the more familiar term?

Answer: Hairball

 Anyone who knows some Greek should have recognized the prefix 'tricho', which means 'hair'. A 'bezoar' is an accumulation of some foreign substance in either the stomach or intestines. A common problem in felines, trichobezoars have also been found on rare occasions in humans, especially with young girls who have the nasty habit of chewing or sucking on their hair! Anyone who has a really nasty trichobezoar story please feel free *not* to let me know about it!
2. It seems that each great city of Europe has an equally fantastic cathedral. Moscow has St. Basil's, London St. Paul's and Paris has Notre Dame. Which city sports the wonderful gothic construct known as St. Vitus's Cathedral?

Answer: Prague

 The construction of St. Vitus's Cathedral began in 1344 during the reign of Charles IV. This wonderful cathedral contains several chapels, including one dedicated to the patron saint of the Czechs, St. Wenceslas. I would rank St. Vitus's Cathedral among my top five in all of Europe...go have a look.
3. Many of you are probably familiar with the logo for the NBA (National Basketball Association) which contains a silhouette of a basketball player. But whose figure was used to create this silhouette?

Answer: Jerry West

 Jerry West, the great Laker guard, is immortalized for all time in the dribbling logo of the NBA. Incidentally, his silhouette was also used as the logo for the West Virginia Mountaineers basketball team, of which he was a member in the 1950s.
4. The term 'eidetic imagery' most closely correlates with which of the following phenomena?

Answer: Photographic memory

 The term 'eidetic' comes from the Greek 'eidos' meaning 'to see form'. The eidetic imagery experiment entails having a subject stare at a picture with a number of details for several seconds before it is removed from view. The subject is then asked to describe and identify elements of the picture. People with very high retention rates of imagery (and language) are said to 'eidetikers'.

This very small portion of the population has the distinct advantage of never having to study for tests!
5. Which of the following names would be most associated with a scientific device known as a 'Punnett Square'?

Answer: Gregor Mendel

 Think of a square divided into four equal sections, kind of like a small checkerboard. Within each square are listed the four different genetic combinations of two parents, in the form of capital and lower case letters. The possible offspring of the two parents can be determined using this grid, following along the experimental lines of the great geneticist/monk Gregor Mendel and his work with pea varieties during the 19th century.
6. In which country did a 'Papa' hand over the leadership reins to a 'Baby'?

Answer: Haiti

 'Papa Doc' and 'Baby Doc' Duvalier served as successive dictators of Haiti during the mid-20th century. Their given names were François and Jean Claude, respectively, and they were indeed father and son. The father, François, was indeed a physician, thus the name 'Doc'.
7. Which of these major cities in the United States was named for a revered general of the ancient Roman republic?

Answer: Cincinnati

 The 'Queen City', a lovely town on the Ohio River aka Cincinnati, was named for a Roman general of particular heroism. Cincinnatus, the general in question, was called upon to lead Roman troops into battle even though he previously had resigned from the Roman senate in shame. Nominated as dictator with extraordinary powers, he fulfilled his mission and then relinquished his new-found powers.

Many compared George Washington to Cincinnatus...craving power, both could easily have attempted to declare themselves king, but they apparently understood Lord Acton's precept about 'absolute power corrupting absolutely'!
8. What would eventually become the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1935 was founded in 1908 by the attorney general serving under Teddy Roosevelt. This attorney general was the last American descendant of which regal European family?

Answer: Bonaparte

 Roosevelt's attorney general was Charles J. Bonaparte, grandnephew of Napoleon via the French Emperor's younger brother Jérôme. Jérôme Bonaparte, a French naval lieutenant, fled to the United States after an engagement with the British in the West Indies. He landed in Baltimore where he met his sweetheart Elizabeth, and they had one son. Charles was one of two grandsons, neither of whom had any offspring.
9. The stars in our heavens have energized many an imagination throughout the various world cultures, and constellations have been developed in dozens of these cultures based on star formations and groupings. An example of this is the grouping of stars we call the 'Big Dipper'. What is another name, originating in England, for this constellation?

Answer: The Plough

 The Big Dipper, also known as 'Ursa Major' (The Great Bear) to the ancient Greeks (and, incidentally, also to the Native Americans), has numerous identities. The French call it a 'casserole', while the Chinese traditionally have seen it as a celestial chariot of sorts.

In medieval Europe it was a horse-drawn wagon, and the English traditionally refer to it as a plough. I always saw it as a letter 'P'.
10. One of the best-loved authors of the 20th century, John Steinbeck, told of an incident wherein his dog chewed up the original manuscript of one of Steinbeck's most cherished classics. Which of Steinbeck's books comes to us as a 'second edition', thanks to his dog Toby?

Answer: Of Mice and Men

 Toby, a setter pup at the time, gave the first draft of 'Of Mice and Men' a good going over before Steinbeck discovered the situation. Toby was given a light spanking and Steinbeck later suggested that the dog did him a favor. It seems that the critics panned his work, guaranteeing in Steinbeck's eyes that the work was potentially a classic! I hope you enjoyed this little meander through the rocky trivia plain, please visit my other quizzes if you enjoyed this one...thanks!
Source: Author thejazzkickazz

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