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"World War Z" by Max Brooks Trivia Quiz

No one else has made a quiz based on Max Brooks' wonderful book, "World War Z" so I thought it'd be good for my first quiz. I hope you like it!

A multiple-choice quiz by mspenguin. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
mspenguin

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
281,650

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
292

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 103 (4/10), Guest 72 (7/10), Guest 170 (5/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. According to the Introduction, what is NOT one of the names that the Zombie War goes by? Hint

The Dark Years

The Crisis

The Evil Menace

The Walking Plague

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was the official name of the remote village in China where Kwang Jing-shu saw his first outbreak? Hint

New Dachang

It had no official name

Old Dachang

Chongqing

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which of the following is NOT an ingredient in "peacetime root beer"? Hint

sassafras from Japan

licorice from France

molasses from the United States

balsam oil from Peru

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Question 4 of 10

4. What does DeStRes stand for? Hint

Department of State Requisitions

Department of Statistical Reinforcements

Department of Strategic Resources

Department of State Requirements

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Question 5 of 10

5. How did Sensei Tomonaga Ijiro become blind? Hint

He was born blind

He was stabbed through the eye in a barroom brawl

A childhood injury while playing baseball

He was looking toward Nagasaki, Japan when the bomb dropped.

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who is Max Brooks' famous father? Hint

Mel Brooks

Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.

Albert Brooks

Garth Brooks

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Question 7 of 10

7. What is the common American military term for the zombies? Hint

Zack

Ghouls

Z-men

Zark

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Question 8 of 10

8. Phalanx, though advertised as a vaccine against the Walking Plague, would actually only prevent diphtheria.

True

False

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Question 9 of 10

9. According to Michael Choi, who really lost the Zombie War? Hint

Dolphins

Zombies

Humans

Whales

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Question 10 of 10

10. What is the term applied to survivors who became so warped, psychologically, that they behaved like zombies, even though they weren't actually infected? Hint

Ferals

Quislings

Fakers

Quirks

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Mar 31 2024 : Guest 103: 4/10
Mar 25 2024 : Guest 72: 7/10
Mar 20 2024 : Guest 170: 5/10
Mar 17 2024 : Guest 207: 3/10
Mar 12 2024 : Guest 163: 7/10
Mar 07 2024 : Guest 50: 1/10
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. According to the Introduction, what is NOT one of the names that the Zombie War goes by?

Answer: The Evil Menace

It has also been referred to as "World War Z" "Z War One" and "The Zombie War".

2. What was the official name of the remote village in China where Kwang Jing-shu saw his first outbreak?

Answer: It had no official name

The villagers former home, Old Dachang, was torn down and rebuilt as a tourist museum.

3. Which of the following is NOT an ingredient in "peacetime root beer"?

Answer: sassafras from Japan

The recipe was framed above the desk of Arthur Sinclair, Junior. During the war, he was the director of the U.S. government's DeStRes.

4. What does DeStRes stand for?

Answer: Department of Strategic Resources

This department was started in order to aid American citizens in getting back on their feet and back to work.

5. How did Sensei Tomonaga Ijiro become blind?

Answer: He was looking toward Nagasaki, Japan when the bomb dropped.

Surviving Japanese victims of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings are referred to as "hibakusha" and are considered unclean by many and have faced much discrimination due to the misconception that radiation sickness is hereditary or contagious.

6. Who is Max Brooks' famous father?

Answer: Mel Brooks

Mel Brooks is a multi-award winning director, writer, composer, lyricist, actor, comedian and producer. Some of his best films are:

"Spaceballs", "Robin Hood: Men in Tights", "Dracula: Dead and Lovin' It" and "High Anxiety".

Max is his only child with actress Anne Bancroft whom he was married to until she died in 2005.

7. What is the common American military term for the zombies?

Answer: Zack

I don't believe the book ever says why exactly they started calling the enemy, Zack. One can probably assume that it is because it also starts with Z, as zombie does, and the U.S. military's habit of naming their enemies, as in "Charlie" during the Vietnam War.

8. Phalanx, though advertised as a vaccine against the Walking Plague, would actually only prevent diphtheria.

Answer: False

Phalanx would protect against rabies. When the first outbreaks started, the governments of the world were telling people it was a weird strain of jungle rabies.

9. According to Michael Choi, who really lost the Zombie War?

Answer: Whales

Between bombs exploding in and over water and millions of survivors taking to the sea to live, the whales didn't stand a chance.

10. What is the term applied to survivors who became so warped, psychologically, that they behaved like zombies, even though they weren't actually infected?

Answer: Quislings

Quislings are people whose minds have broken down and they behave like zombies, attacking people by biting them as well as moaning. Ironically, real zombies can still tell the difference and will attack quislings even though they don't attack other zombies.

The main ways that military personnel were able to distinguish quislings from real zombies was by heat-detecting equipment and also by watching their eyes. Real zombies don't blink.

Source: Author mspenguin

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