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1. What is one unusual thing about the annual Fremont Solstice Parade in Seattle?
Almost everybody cross-dresses ✓
Most of the bicyclists are nude ✓
Everybody walks backwards ✓
Santa Claus makes an appearance ✓
2. In 1932, Australian soldiers went to war with …
New Zealand ✓
Fiji ✓
Drug dealers ✓
Emus ✓
It was a wildlife management mission. The emus were devastating crops in Western Australia’s Wheatbelt region.
3. More than 25% of Americans believe this fictional character was a real person.
Sherlock Holmes ✓
Robinson Crusoe ✓
Elmer Fudd ✓
Huckleberry Finn ✓
4. The longest place name in the world (Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauo tamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu) is a hill in which country?
New Zealand ✓
Fiji ✓
Tuvalu ✓
Wales ✓
5. In which city was coffee banned in 1511, due to its imagined propensity for stimulating radical thinking?
Mecca ✓
Beijing ✓
Rome ✓
Delhi ✓
6. Which country entirely banned hula hoops over fears their use would stimulate passion?
Indonesia ✓
North Korea ✓
Vatican City ✓
China ✓
Japan also forbade hula hoops, but only on public streets.
7. Which is the only letter that doesn’t occur in the name of a U.S. state?
J ✓
X ✓
Q ✓
Z ✓
New Jersey, New Mexico, and Arizona are examples of the other three.
8. A group of flamingos is most commonly called a …
Flock ✓
Lawn ornament party ✓
Flamboyance ✓
Pink-out ✓
9. The women in Amy Tan’s Joy Luck Club meet to play what game?
Cribbage ✓
Bridge ✓
Touch football ✓
Mahjong ✓
10. Which product was sold in the 1830s as a cure for diarrhea, indigestion, and jaundice?
Coca-Cola ✓
Mayonnaise ✓
Ketchup ✓
Dijon mustard ✓
11. About 50% of which country is covered by forest?
Latvia ✓
Germany ✓
Russia ✓
Canada ✓
12. The pink color of this country’s Lake Hillier remains unexplained by scientists.
Australia ✓
Tanzania ✓
Narnia ✓
Grenada ✓
13. Every month, Thames Water removes about a ton of something at its water treatment plants. What?
Pubic hair ✓
Bird feathers ✓
Copper coins ✓
Condoms ✓
14. Martin Van Buren was the only U.S. President for whom English was a second language. What was his first language?
German ✓
Spanish ✓
French ✓
Dutch ✓
15. Name the major city that is located on two continents.
Istanbul ✓
Yekaterinburg ✓
Cairo ✓
Panama City ✓
16. Name the largest organ in the human body.
Skin ✓
Large intestine ✓
Lung ✓
Liver ✓
17. HOMES is a mnemonic device used to remember what?
The order of mathematical operations ✓
The notes found on the lines of the treble clef ✓
The colors of the rainbow ✓
The names of the Great Lakes ✓
Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior.
18. What is stored in a camel’s hump?
Maps and spare keys ✓
Muscle ✓
Water ✓
Fat ✓
19. Besides her corruption, Imelda Marcos (former First Lady of the Philippines), is perhaps best known for her collection of …
Barbie dolls ✓
Kitten figurines ✓
Antique coins ✓
Shoes ✓
At one time, Imelda Marcos owned 3,000 pairs of shoes … purchased with government funds.
20. A hallux is more commonly known as a …
European robin ✓
Sleeping chamber in an ancient Roman house ✓
Big toe ✓
Sweatshirt ✓
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