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Obscure Trivia #12

Select the correct answer from the choices provided … if you dare.

Some questions may be in this format:

A : B :: C : ?

This is known as an analogy. It is read as “A is to B as C is to what? So, the answer to the analogy “dog : canine :: cat : ?” is “feline.” Canine has the same relationship to dog as feline has to cat.

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1. Why do roosters tilt their heads back when they crow?
It makes them taller and more attractive to females ✓
To ensure their crowing travels the greatest possible distance ✓
Nobody knows ✓
To keep from going deaf ✓
Roosters’ crowing averages over 100 decibels, which is roughly the same as running a chainsaw. Tilting their heads back closes the ear canal completely. (Sources: phys.org (Why roosters don't go deaf from their own loud crowing); Claes, R., Muyshondt, P.G.G., Dirckx, J.J.J., & Aerts, P. (2018). Do high sound pressure levels of crowing in roosters necessitate passive mechanisms for protection against self-vocalization? Zoology 6(126), 65-70.
2. Camp David, the Presidential retreat, used to be called something else. What?
Arcadia ✓
Shangri-La ✓
Salmon Pines ✓
Utopia ✓
The site was originally built by the WPA as a camp for government employees in 1938. Franklin Roosevelt later appropriated it for Presidential use, naming it Shangri-La. Dwight Eisenhower, who had originally intended to divest the government of “needless luxuries,” had a change of heart after visiting the lodge. He renamed it “Camp David,” after his grandson. (Source: Library of Congress Blogs)
3. Which brand was NOT owned by tobacco giant Philip Morris Cos. (now The Altria Group)?
General Foods ✓
Kraft ✓
Nabisco ✓
Keebler ✓
Keebler Company has been owned by Ferrero SpA since 2019. Philip Morris acquired General Foods Corporation in 1985, Kraft Foods Inc. in 1988, and Nabisco Holdings Corp. in 2000. (Sources: altria.com; encyclopedia.com, Tampa Bay Times (Jun 26 2000); Wikipedia)
4. An individual suffering from boanthropy believes they are …
Always ill ✓
Adopted ✓
A bovine ✓
A snake ✓
Some modern-day psychologists think that King Nebuchadnezzar II of the Neo-Babylonian Empire was boanthropic (see Daniel 4:33). (Sources: cbtcognitivebehavioraltherapy.com; Doverspike, W. F. (n.d.). How to understand boanthropy, lycanthropy, and zoanthropy: bipolar disorder, delusional disorder, or schizophrenia?
5. Finnish inventor Eric Tigerstedt was awarded a patent for what he called a “pocket-size folding telephone with a very thin carbon microphone". In what year?
1899 ✓
1970 ✓
1917 ✓
1981 ✓
(Source: Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias)
6. How many U.S. state names have two of the same vowel in a row?
1 ✓
0 ✓
3 ✓
2 ✓
Hawaii and Tennessee. (Source: geeksforgeeks.org)
7. A clowder is a group of three or more …
Cats ✓
Doves ✓
Butterflies ✓
Ferrets ✓
A group of cats can also be called a clutter, a glaring, or a pounce. (Source: cooindacatresort.com.au)
8. Hákarl, an Icelandic dish, is prepared by burying the rotting carcass of an animal in a shallow pit and pressing it with stones so the poisonous internal fluids can be drained out making the meat safe to eat. After this, it’s hung out to dry before being cut into strips and served. What creature is used to make Hákarl?
Shark ✓
Reindeer ✓
Walrus ✓
Seal ✓
Anthony Bourdain described Hákarl as “the single worst, most disgusting and terrible tasting thing” he’d tried. (Source: hostelworld.com)
9. What causes the dwarf planet Pluto to wobble?
The gravitational pull of its moon Charon ✓
Sunspots ✓
Constant bombardment by meteors ✓
Low gravity from being so far from the sun ✓
(Source: science.nasa.gov)
10. Which of these actors never played the role of Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot in a commercially released film?
David Suchet ✓
Albert Finney ✓
Peter Ustinov ✓
Charles Laughton ✓
(Source: agathachristie.com)
11. How many different Standard Time offsets from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) are used in the 50 United States and the District of Columbia (excluding U.S. territories and dependencies)?
7 ✓
6 ✓
5 ✓
8 ✓
Standard Time offsets are -10 (Hawaii Standard Time), -9 (Alaska Standard Time), -8 (Pacific Standard Time), -7 (Mountain Standard Time), -6 (Central Standard Time), and -5 (Eastern Standard Time). (Source: timeanddate.com)
12. What is one difference between human blood and avian blood?
Bird blood contains much lower concentrations of glucose ✓
Birds don’t have white blood cells ✓
Bird platelets have no nucleus ✓
Red blood cells in birds have a nucleus ✓
(Source: Scanes, C. G. (2022). Blood. In C. G. Scanes & S. Dridi (Eds.), Sturkie’s Avian Physiology (7th ed., pp. 293-326). Academic Press.)
13. Spectrophobia is a fear of …
Mirrors ✓
Ghosts ✓
Rainbows ✓
Daylight ✓
Also called eisoptrophobia and catoptrophobia. (Sources: Cleveland Clinic, betterhelp.com, Wikipedia)
14. In New Jersey, it is illegal to wear a bullet-proof vest while …
Committing a moving violation ✓
Committing a murder ✓
Pumping gas ✓
Exercising ✓
(Source: N.J.S.A. 2C:39-13 (1999))
15. If a bingo caller announces “Jimmy Choo,” what number should you look for on your bingo card?
N-32 ✓
N-42 ✓
G-52 ✓
I-22 ✓
(Source: playtoday.co)
16. The unincorporated community of Monkey’s Eyebrow is located in which U.S. state?
Arkansas ✓
West Virginia ✓
Kentucky ✓
Alabama ✓
(Source: Wikipedia)
17. Which ancient Roman festival probably influenced Halloween?
Saturnalia ✓
Fontinalia ✓
Paganalia ✓
Feralia ✓
For the festival of Feralia, Romans commemorated benevolent ancestors by leaving offerings of food at their graves. This festival was probably combined with the Celtic Samhain in the British Isles. (Sources: Burke Museum, history.com)
18. Éire : Ireland :: Dhivehi Raajje : ?
Maldives ✓
East Timor ✓
Solomon Islands ✓
Brunei ✓
(Source: worldatlas.com)
19. Australia is wider than …
The moon ✓
Europe ✓
Venus ✓
Mars ✓
Although the moon’s land area is larger, its diameter is a mere 3,476 km, compared to Australia’s width of about 4,000 km. (Source: snopes.com)
20. Which of these is NOT one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
Colossus of Rhodes ✓
Great Sphinx of Giza ✓
Hanging Gardens of Babylon ✓
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus ✓
The complete list: Colossus of Rhodes, Great Pyramid (not the Sphinx) of Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, and Lighthouse of Alexandria. (Source: albany.edu)
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