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Obscure Trivia #13

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. Police in Coralville, Iowa shut down a four-year-old’s lemonade stand because …
Her lemonade was too tart ✓
She was price gouging ✓
Her lemonade was tied to a salmonella outbreak ✓
She didn’t have the right permit ✓
The permit would have cost $400. At $.25 per glass, she would have had to have sold 1,600 glasses to break even (not counting supplies and labor). (Source: The Gazette, 2 Aug 2011)
2. The unincorporated community of Forks of Salmon is located in which U.S. state?
California ✓
New Hampshire ✓
Maine ✓
Washington ✓
The name comes from the community’s position in between the north and south forks of the Salmon River. (Source: Wikipedia)
3. Which former U.S. President, representing Virginia, voted to secede from the U.S. at the Peace Conference of 1861, before being elected to the Confederate House of Representatives?
James Knox Polk ✓
Zachary Taylor ✓
John Tyler ✓
William Henry Harrison ✓
Tyler died in 1862, before he began his term in the Confederate legislature. (Source: Library of Congress Blogs)
4. Brasil : Brazil :: Lietuva : ?
Slovenia ✓
Lithuania ✓
Lesotho ✓
Latvia ✓
(Source: worldatlas.com)
5. According to legend, which deposed English king was killed by having a red-hot poker thrust up his anus?
Richard II ✓
Edward I “Longshanks” ✓
Edward II ✓
Charles I ✓
At Berkeley Castle on 21 September 1327. Sources: Historic UK, St Neots Museum.
6. Which of the following is NOT a variety of Hostess Twinkies?
Devil’s Food ✓
Mixed Berry ✓
Ogre Green Creamy Filling ✓
Red, White & Blue ✓
(Source: taquitos.net)
7. Which U.S. state is the only one whose official drink is an alcoholic beverage?
West Virginia ✓
Texas ✓
Alabama ✓
New Mexico ✓
Conecuh Ridge Alabama Fine Whiskey. (Source: Reader’s Digest)
8. Fleas can jump distances that are how many times their body length?
100 ✓
200 ✓
50 ✓
400 ✓
This is equivalent to a human jumping as high as the Empire State Building. (Source: Fact Animal)
9. Laid end-to-end, how many times could an adult’s blood vessels circle the equator?
4 ✓
3.5 ✓
1 ✓
5 ✓
(Source: natgeokids.com)
10. How many times more than humans are giraffes likely to be struck by lightning?
15 ✓
30 ✓
50 ✓
10 ✓
(Source: BBC Science Focus)
11. Mercury and Venus are the only two planets in our solar system with no …
Land ✓
Inhabitants ✓
Atmosphere ✓
Moons ✓
(Source: The Fact Site)
12. Rodents can’t …
See well during the day ✓
Reproduce in captivity ✓
Vomit ✓
Hear the human voice ✓
(Source: Forest Preserve District Will County)
13. A coalition is a group of what animal?
Bison ✓
Cheetahs ✓
Orangutans ✓
Panthers ✓
(Sources: Arapahoe Libraries, African Safaris Ltd)
14. Rice crackers studded with baked-in wasps are sold in …
Indonesia ✓
Vietnam ✓
Malaysia ✓
Japan ✓
The crackers, called jibachi senbei, contain digger wasps. (Sources: Atlas Obscura, Hostel World)
15. What is it called when you just can’t remember that word that’s on the tip of your tongue?
Lethologica ✓
Temporary amnesia ✓
Senility ✓
Lethonomia ✓
(Source: wordfinder.yourdictionary.com)
16. A 2009 study suggested that the game Tetris can reduce …
Hunger ✓
The ability to sleep ✓
Weight ✓
Trauma ✓
(Source: Reader’s Digest)
17. How many US states do not officially observe Daylight Saving Time?
0 ✓
1 ✓
2 ✓
3 ✓
Arizona (with the exception of the Navajo Nation) and Hawaii. (Sources: Delaware Online, The Hill)
18. What is the average time, in years, it takes to grow a Christmas tree?
5 ✓
7 ✓
15 ✓
10 ✓
(Sources: realchristmastrees.org, Michigan State University)
19. Anthropophobia is a fear of what?
Ancient objects ✓
People ✓
Cartoon animals that behave like humans ✓
Dead bodies ✓
(Source: Cleveland Clinic)
20. Which country has more pyramids than any other?
Sudan ✓
Mexico ✓
Egypt ✓
Peru ✓
(Sources: Science Alert, Reader’s Digest, Wikipedia)
2 Comments
JonesBones
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Level 40
Nov 30, 2023
Nice to see some German vocabulary in here.
arjaygee
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Level 66
Nov 30, 2023
German vocabulary?
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