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Quiz about More Superlatives from World Almanac

More Superlatives from World Almanac Quiz

More random trivia from the World Almanac

A multiple-choice quiz by tugboat512. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
tugboat512

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
24,819

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

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1297

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Question 1 of 10

1. Besides the United States and China, which country could count one of their buildings in the top ten highest office buildings in 2000? Hint

Singapore

Germany

South Korea

Malaysia

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who is on the $500,000,000 bill, the largest Treasury note produced? Hint

William McKinley

Benjamin Franklin

Woodrow Wilson

James Madison

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which state released the most toxins into the air in millions of pounds in 1998? Hint

Oregon

Texas

Pennsylvania

Colorado

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who was the first Attorney General of the United States? Hint

Edmund Randolph

Janet Reno

Edwin Stanton

Robert Kennedy

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Question 5 of 10

5. What state had the highest SAT scores in the 1999-2000 school year? Hint

Nebraska

North Dakota

Colorado

New Jersey

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Question 6 of 10

6. What show set a record for the longest running Broadway show, and ended in 2000?

Answer: (What a bunch of animals!)

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Question 7 of 10

7. In which state in 2000 could a female be married at the youngest age without parental consent? Hint

California

New York

Mississippi

Alabama

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Question 8 of 10

8. In 2000, what was the largest international bank according to assets? Hint

Credit Suisse Group-Switzerland

Citigroup-USA

Deutsche Bank AG-Germany

Fuji Bank-Japan

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which country had the largest number of refugees officially accepted into its borders in 1999? Hint

China

Iran

Canada

South Africa

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Question 10 of 10

10. What was the first motion picture to win all five major Oscars (best picture, actor, actress, director and screenplay)? Hint

It Happened One Night

Gone With the Wind

Gigi

Titanic

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Besides the United States and China, which country could count one of their buildings in the top ten highest office buildings in 2000?

Answer: Malaysia

Malaysia incidentally had the two tallest buildings in the world at one point, the Petronas Towers.

2. Who is on the $500,000,000 bill, the largest Treasury note produced?

Answer: William McKinley

Don't ask me why.

3. Which state released the most toxins into the air in millions of pounds in 1998?

Answer: Texas

Texas is far and away the heaviest polluter in this category with 259 million pounds. The next highest is Louisiana with 175 million pounds.

4. Who was the first Attorney General of the United States?

Answer: Edmund Randolph

5. What state had the highest SAT scores in the 1999-2000 school year?

Answer: North Dakota

Strange but true! Of course, only 4 percent of high school graduates took the test!

6. What show set a record for the longest running Broadway show, and ended in 2000?

Answer: Cats

Cats stopped on Sept. 10, 2000, after 7485 shows.

7. In which state in 2000 could a female be married at the youngest age without parental consent?

Answer: Mississippi

Old stereotypes sometimes never die. A young lady can get married at 15 in Mississippi if she wants to. In Alabama and California, she has to wait until 18.

8. In 2000, what was the largest international bank according to assets?

Answer: Deutsche Bank AG-Germany

The Deutsche Bank had over 843 billion dollars in their records.

9. Which country had the largest number of refugees officially accepted into its borders in 1999?

Answer: Iran

1.6 million people crossed into the country, mostly from Afghanistan and Iraq.

10. What was the first motion picture to win all five major Oscars (best picture, actor, actress, director and screenplay)?

Answer: It Happened One Night

Clark Gable won actor, Claudette Colbert won actress, Frank Capra won director. Other movies to accomplish this feat include "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975) and "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991).

Source: Author tugboat512

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