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You have been given the power of omnipotence for a day. You are a teacher and news networks challenge you to answer 25 questions posed to you by children aged 8-12. Are you up for the challenge?

A multiple-choice quiz by superferd. Estimated time: 10 mins.
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Author
superferd
Time
10 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
131,655
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
25
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
11 / 25
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6013
Last 3 plays: Guest 69 (8/25), Guest 176 (14/25), Guest 78 (11/25).
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Question 1 of 25
1. An 8-year-old girl named Suzie has her hand up and is being patient while everyone else is going "OOOHHH OOOHHH". You choose her and she asks: "Is there any animal that can get a sunburn besides a human?"
What is your answer?
Hint


Question 2 of 25
2. Next, you choose Frankie, who is 12 years old. He asks you, "What does 'Auld Lang Syne' mean and where did it come from?" What is your answer? Hint


Question 3 of 25
3. Next, you choose Sarah, who is 13 years old and she has a smirk on her face. She asks with skepticism in her voice, "In Abbott and Costello's 'Who's on First Routine', what is the name of the pitcher?" How do you respond to Sarah? Hint


Question 4 of 25
4. Next, you answer an excitable nine-year-old named Archie who asks you, "What was the score of the Georgia Tech-Cumberland college football game in 1916?" What do you tell Archie? Hint


Question 5 of 25
5. Pierre has been jumping out of his seat and you finally let him ask his question. He is 10 years old and asks, "Do fish sleep?" What do you tell him? Hint


Question 6 of 25
6. You know that Peggy Sue, age 11, watches a lot of movies. She has been somewhat patient and you finally choose her. She asks, "What is a close encounter of the third kind in real-life terms?" What do you tell Peggy Sue? Hint


Question 7 of 25
7. Jake has not raised his hand until now and finally does. He is twelve and is a pretty intelligent young man. You state that he can ask a question and he says, "True or false, teacher! Was there really a Typhoid Mary?"


Question 8 of 25
8. The cameras are rolling and you still see many waving hands. A girl named Lila, age 10 gets to ask the next question. "Were red "M+M's" ever really poisonous?", she asks. What do you tell Lila?


Question 9 of 25
9. Francisco, age thirteen, gets to ask the next question. "In the United States, how many miles apart are the two furthest points?" You clarify by asking him if he means the continental 48 states and he says, "Yes". The cameras hone in as you give your answer. Hint


Question 10 of 25
10. Darren, age 8, does not have his hand raised but is shy and looks as if he wants to ask a question. You choose him and he blushes but states that he does have a question. "What was the lowest, in America, that the minimum wage was ever recorded as?" he asks. What figure are you going to tell Darren? Hint


Question 11 of 25
11. Amanda, age 9, is next and says that she just finished reading a book. You ask her what book it is and she says, "Moby-Dick." She asks you, "What is the first line of the book?"

Answer: (Three Words: No punctuation needed)
Question 12 of 25
12. You decide to choose Mohammad, age twelve next, and he is beaming when you point at him. "What is the second longest river known to man in the world?" he asks and looks like he is satisfied that he has already tripped you up. How do you respond? Hint


Question 13 of 25
13. Ronald at nine years old is next and asks you what the first movie released in America with a PG-13 rating was. What is your answer? Hint


Question 14 of 25
14. Candice, age eight, is in the back of the room and you finally spot her. She also asks you a true/false question. "A real person adopted the Mother Goose persona."


Question 15 of 25
15. You have one more question and then get to take a break. Daniel, age eleven, asks you how many singles the Beatles released in their first year. What number do you tell Daniel, after clarifying that he meant their first year in the U.S. (1964)? Hint


Question 16 of 25
16. After a break, you return to the glare of the cameras and waving hands of the anxious children. You choose Sarah, age ten, next and she asks you, "Is there a bone in your body that does not connect with any other bones?" What do you tell Sarah? Hint


Question 17 of 25
17. Lawrence has been pouting, as he always wants to go first. He is eight years old and finally you ask him what his question is. Of course, it involves a first. "What was the first passenger airline?" he asks. Hint


Question 18 of 25
18. Edmund, age twelve, asks you another question. "Do identical twins have the same fingerprints?" he asks.


Question 19 of 25
19. Alan, age eleven, has put his hand up and down during the session as if he is pondering different questions. You call on him next. He asks you, "How many sub-cubes are there on a Rubik's Cube?" Hint


Question 20 of 25
20. Nathan, age eight, is next and asks what seems to be a simple question: "How long was the Hundred Years War?" The cameras zoom in as you give your answer. Hint


Question 21 of 25
21. Abe, age nine, says that he just finished a world history class and has a question for you. He asks, "What was the first nation that gave women the right to vote?" What is your answer? Hint


Question 22 of 25
22. Mikey has been banging on the desk, so you have been avoiding him. However, he finally raises his hand and you call upon him. He asks you "What is the name of the band that had the first video on MTV?" What do you tell this eight-year-old?

Answer: (Two Words: First Word Is The)
Question 23 of 25
23. Desiree has waited very patiently and asks you the next question. She is twelve years old and wants to be in movies. She gives you a definition and you have to say what it is. "On the set of a movie, this is an assistant or apprentice to the head handyman. What is it?" Hint


Question 24 of 25
24. Patrice, age eleven, is next and she is known for thinking that she knows everything. You know there are only two questions left so you choose her next. "Where was the first person to die from a meteorite strike from?" she inquires. What is your response? Hint


Question 25 of 25
25. PHEW! One more question and you are off the hot seat. Armand is the last child with his hand raised. He is twelve years old. He asks you, "Who patented the flushing toilet bowl?" Giggles are heard throughout the class. What is your answer?

Answer: (Two Words: Full Name or Surname)

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1. An 8-year-old girl named Suzie has her hand up and is being patient while everyone else is going "OOOHHH OOOHHH". You choose her and she asks: "Is there any animal that can get a sunburn besides a human?" What is your answer?

Answer: Yes, pigs and horses

Pigs, like humans, have skin, which shows intolerance for the sun. Pigs do not have functional sweat glands and need to cool off in water or they can burn. This is especially true of potbellied pigs. Sun block can be used on pigs just as it is used on humans. This information was provided from "The Book of Answers" by Barbara Berliner.

Pink-skinned horses can get sunburned noses.
2. Next, you choose Frankie, who is 12 years old. He asks you, "What does 'Auld Lang Syne' mean and where did it come from?" What is your answer?

Answer: "Old Long Ago" from Scotland

The person who penned this phrase is Robert Burns of Scotland. It has been referred to as "The World's National Anthem". Its original intention was not to solely be sung at the beginning of the New Year. It has been described as the song that nobody really knows or understands. However, the direct translation from the Scottish language is "Old long ago".
3. Next, you choose Sarah, who is 13 years old and she has a smirk on her face. She asks with skepticism in her voice, "In Abbott and Costello's 'Who's on First Routine', what is the name of the pitcher?" How do you respond to Sarah?

Answer: Tomorrow

The player's names are in this order:
1st Base: Who Second Base: What Third Base: I Don't Know Shortstop: I Don't Give a Darn Catcher: Today Pitcher: Tomorrow Left Field: Why Center Field: Because Right Field: Not Mentioned in Routine.
Costello asks Abbott if there is a pitcher on this team. Abbott says "Sure" and Costello says "The Pitcher's Name?". Abbott answers with "Tomorrow" which is followed up by Costello asking, "You Don't Want to Tell Me Today?" The skit goes on and on and is the trademark of these comedians. Personally, I do not think it is that funny, but humor is a sense and everyone laughs at something different.
4. Next, you answer an excitable nine-year-old named Archie who asks you, "What was the score of the Georgia Tech-Cumberland college football game in 1916?" What do you tell Archie?

Answer: 222-0

The date of this historic game was October 7, 1916 and can be found in the "Guinness Book of World Records". There are several myths associated with this game as the story has changed over time. The game was played in Atlanta and the details can be found in a book called "You dropped it, You pick it up", which happens to be 222 pages long.

Interestingly enough, there has been a bigger blowout in college football history to date with Dickinson defeating Haverford 227-0.
5. Pierre has been jumping out of his seat and you finally let him ask his question. He is 10 years old and asks, "Do fish sleep?" What do you tell him?

Answer: Yes

Many fish "rest" or "sleep" during the day and are
active at night instead, but almost all fish sleep.
6. You know that Peggy Sue, age 11, watches a lot of movies. She has been somewhat patient and you finally choose her. She asks, "What is a close encounter of the third kind in real-life terms?" What do you tell Peggy Sue?

Answer: Actual physical contact with a UFO

Of course, there are great debates over whether or not UFOs have actually been seen by humans, but these terms are used in "real life". A 'close encounter of the first kind' is sighting a UFO and a 'close encounter of the second kind' is finding physical evidence of a UFO. The movie with Richard Dreyfuss does have him actually boarding a UFO and is in direct contact with aliens.
7. Jake has not raised his hand until now and finally does. He is twelve and is a pretty intelligent young man. You state that he can ask a question and he says, "True or false, teacher! Was there really a Typhoid Mary?"

Answer: True

"Typhoid Mary" was a woman named Mary Mallon and lived from 1870-1938. She lived in New York City and was an institutional and household cook and spread typhoid fever from house to house (it was thought by handling and serving uncooked food such as fruit etc.).

It is suggested that she did not know she was a carrier of the disease. She was not outwardly sick and was only a carrier, but was tried and sentenced to isolation on North Brother Island.
8. The cameras are rolling and you still see many waving hands. A girl named Lila, age 10 gets to ask the next question. "Were red "M+M's" ever really poisonous?", she asks. What do you tell Lila?

Answer: No

In 1976, there was a rumor that quickly spread that "Red Dye number 2" had a carcinogenic element and effect to it. Red "M+M's" were taken off the market even though they were never made with "Red Dye number 2." They have since been re-introduced.
9. Francisco, age thirteen, gets to ask the next question. "In the United States, how many miles apart are the two furthest points?" You clarify by asking him if he means the continental 48 states and he says, "Yes". The cameras hone in as you give your answer.

Answer: 2,835 miles

In the "contiguous" United States, the two furthest parts from each other are Cape Flattery, Washington and a point on the Florida south coast of Miami. This obviously does not take into consideration the Florida Keys, Alaska, and Hawaii which are all separated from the mainland.
10. Darren, age 8, does not have his hand raised but is shy and looks as if he wants to ask a question. You choose him and he blushes but states that he does have a question. "What was the lowest, in America, that the minimum wage was ever recorded as?" he asks. What figure are you going to tell Darren?

Answer: 25 cents

On October 24th, 1938 the minimum wage was instituted in America at 25 cents. This was a result of the Fair Labor Standards Act. One year later, it was raised to 30 cents.
11. Amanda, age 9, is next and says that she just finished reading a book. You ask her what book it is and she says, "Moby-Dick." She asks you, "What is the first line of the book?"

Answer: Call me Ishmael

The author of this book is Herman Melville. There is some debate however as to whether or not there was a dedication to Nathaniel Hawthorne originally at the beginning which was omitted. The book was published in 1851 and is required reading in many US schools to this day.
12. You decide to choose Mohammad, age twelve next, and he is beaming when you point at him. "What is the second longest river known to man in the world?" he asks and looks like he is satisfied that he has already tripped you up. How do you respond?

Answer: The Amazon River

The longest river on a map of the world is the Nile in Africa at 6,695 km. Right behind it is the Amazon River in South America at 6,516 km. There is some debate as to whether the Mississippi in North America or the Yangtze in Asia is third. http://www.scottishindoorbowls.org.uk/river.htm lists the Yangtze third at 6,380 km and the Mississippi fourth at 6,019 km (although from other sources I have seen it flip-flopped).

The Ob-Irtysh, in Asia is 5th at 5,570 km.
13. Ronald at nine years old is next and asks you what the first movie released in America with a PG-13 rating was. What is your answer?

Answer: Red Dawn

Released in 1984, "Red Dawn", directed by John Milius was considered too violent for a PG rating but did not have strong enough content for an R rating and thus PG-13 was born. It is said to have 134 acts of violence in it per hour or 2.23 acts of violence per minute. Patrick Swayze was the main star.
14. Candice, age eight, is in the back of the room and you finally spot her. She also asks you a true/false question. "A real person adopted the Mother Goose persona."

Answer: True

"Mother Goose" was actually Elizabeth Goose, wife of Isaac Goose and mother to sixteen children. Ten of these were adopted and she bore six of her own. She released a book of rhymes in 1719 called "Mother Goose's Melodies for Children" and it was published by her son-in-law. However, no copy of this book has ever been found.
15. You have one more question and then get to take a break. Daniel, age eleven, asks you how many singles the Beatles released in their first year. What number do you tell Daniel, after clarifying that he meant their first year in the U.S. (1964)?

Answer: 29

Amazingly enough, the Beatles released a whopping 29 releases in one year. They were: "I Want to Hold Your Hand", "She Loves You", "Please Please Me", "I Saw Her Standing There", "My Bonnie", "From Me to You", "Twist and Shout", "Roll over Beethoven", "All My Loving", "Can't Buy Me Love", "Do You Want to Know a Secret?", "You Can't Do That", "Thank You Girl", "Love Me Do", "There's a Place", "Why?", "P.S. I Love You", "This Boy", "Ain't She Sweet", "A Hard Days Night", "I Should Have Known Better", "And I Love Her", "If I Fell", "I'll Cry Instead", "I'm Happy Just to Dance With You", "Matchbox", "Slow Down", "I Feel Fine" and "She's a Woman". Fourteen of these were records and several had B-sides to them. (Information provided from Beatles Anthology). The Beatles would release several more songs as time went on with different messages as they shed their clean-cut image and went searching for themselves.
16. After a break, you return to the glare of the cameras and waving hands of the anxious children. You choose Sarah, age ten, next and she asks you, "Is there a bone in your body that does not connect with any other bones?" What do you tell Sarah?

Answer: Yes, it is called the Hyoid.

The Hyoid bone is located in the throat and is not attached to any other bones. It supports the tongue and its muscles. It is "U" shaped and consists of 5 parts: a body, two greater cornua, and two lesser cornua.
17. Lawrence has been pouting, as he always wants to go first. He is eight years old and finally you ask him what his question is. Of course, it involves a first. "What was the first passenger airline?" he asks.

Answer: The Saint Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line

On January 1,1914 the first passenger airline took flight from Tampa, Florida to St. Petersburg, Florida, crossing the twenty-mile wide Tampa Bay. The trip cost $5.00. The aircraft was called a Benoit flying boat.
18. Edmund, age twelve, asks you another question. "Do identical twins have the same fingerprints?" he asks.

Answer: No

Identical twins come from the same egg, as opposed to fraternal twins and have amazing similarities. However, even though their genetic makeup is almost identical, fingerprints are not considered by some scientists to be purely genetic. In other words, environmental factors may trigger differences.

In any case, just like there are no two snowflakes that are alike... no two sets of fingerprints are alike either (not even in the case of identical twins).
19. Alan, age eleven, has put his hand up and down during the session as if he is pondering different questions. You call on him next. He asks you, "How many sub-cubes are there on a Rubik's Cube?"

Answer: 26

The Rubik's Cube, which exploded as one of the most popular toys in the 1980s, was invented by Erno Rubik. He was a teacher of architecture and design at the School for Commercial Arts in Budapest. The dimensions of the cube are 3 X 3 X 3 equaling 27 - but with no centre cube, you take one away, leaving 26.
20. Nathan, age eight, is next and asks what seems to be a simple question: "How long was the Hundred Years War?" The cameras zoom in as you give your answer.

Answer: 116 years

This war was between England and France for the right to control France. It began in 1337 and ended in 1453, totaling 116 years. There were a few peaceful intervals during this time. The French eventually ousted the English from their land, all but Calais which remained English for a while longer.
21. Abe, age nine, says that he just finished a world history class and has a question for you. He asks, "What was the first nation that gave women the right to vote?" What is your answer?

Answer: New Zealand

On September 19, 1893, New Zealand set a precedent by giving women the right to vote. Ninety thousand women voted in the first election. Switzerland waited until 1971 to give women the vote.
22. Mikey has been banging on the desk, so you have been avoiding him. However, he finally raises his hand and you call upon him. He asks you "What is the name of the band that had the first video on MTV?" What do you tell this eight-year-old?

Answer: The Buggles

A British duo named "The Buggles" released "Video Killed the Radio Star" on a new station called MTV on August 1st, 1981. This was aptly named; as videos are now a part of modern day culture and pure "radio stars" are a thing of the past.
23. Desiree has waited very patiently and asks you the next question. She is twelve years old and wants to be in movies. She gives you a definition and you have to say what it is. "On the set of a movie, this is an assistant or apprentice to the head handyman. What is it?"

Answer: Best Boy

This can be a male or a female but the designation is "Best Boy", regardless. A "Gaffer" is otherwise known as the chief electrician and a "Key Grip" is the head handyman. I apologize, but I had to throw one joke in there (sorry Mr. Haim).
24. Patrice, age eleven, is next and she is known for thinking that she knows everything. You know there are only two questions left so you choose her next. "Where was the first person to die from a meteorite strike from?" she inquires. What is your response?

Answer: Ottoman Empire

The first documented death from above was in 1888. Documents found from the Turkish (Ottoman) Empire record that a man in what is now Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, was struck from above and another man was injured. The two men were walking along a hill on August 22 and there were many fiery objects that fell from above killing the man and injuring his friend.

Other observers nearby reported seeing the fireball in the sky. This was only discovered in 2020 due to a language barrier.
25. PHEW! One more question and you are off the hot seat. Armand is the last child with his hand raised. He is twelve years old. He asks you, "Who patented the flushing toilet bowl?" Giggles are heard throughout the class. What is your answer?

Answer: Thomas Crapper

Giggles burst out even more as the children hear the answer but the truth is the truth. This was a widely debated myth at one time but now it is documented that Thomas Crapper was born in 1836 and brought major advancements to the plumbing industry. He holds nine patents and passed away in 1910.
You go to bed that evening and wake up the next day and have suddenly forgotten everything you had known. You decide that it was fun to be "King for a Day" and go on with your merry life.
I used various sources for this quiz and I hope you enjoyed it. I did extensive research to make sure everything was accurate, but if I have made an error, please let me know!
Source: Author superferd

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