Statistics for Interesting Facts Quiz #1

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FactAnswer% Correct
People from ____ are known as MuscovitesMoscow
87%
Only 7 prisoners were inside the _______ when it was stormed during the French RevolutionBastille
84%
Marie Curie was both the first woman to win a _____ ____ and the first person of any
gender to win twice
Nobel Prize
75%
Mark Twain was born two weeks after the appearance of ______'_ _____ in 1835 and died
one day after it returned 75 years later
Halley's Comet
63%
The colossal _____ has the largest eyes of any animalSquid
58%
Lake ______ is both the deepest and the oldest lake in the worldBaikal
56%
Ceres is the largest ________ in the solar system.
For fifty years, it was considered to be the eighth planet.
Asteroid
54%
In the story "The Sign of Four", Sherlock Holmes was a frequent drug user who injected a
seven percent solution of _______
Cocaine
52%
____ _. ___________ was the first person to have a net worth in excess of $1 billion USD.
His company, Standard Oil, had a monopoly on the U.S. oil industry.
John D.
Rockefeller
49%
________ _____ is the daughter of actor Jon VoightAngelina Jolie
47%
Some people have claimed that the CIA plotted to assassinate Fidel Castro
using an exploding ____
Cigar
46%
The Greek island of Santorini was devastated by a huge volcanic eruption around 1600 BC.
Some people think this eruption inspired the myth of ________.
Atlantis
42%
In Vietnam, the Vietnam War is known as the ________ WarAmerican
41%
Technically speaking, Alaska is both the westernmost and the easternmost U.S. state.
Some of the ________ Islands are so far west that they extend into the Eastern Hemisphere.
Aleutian
35%
Of all the people in the Bible, __________ had the longest life span: 969 yearsMethuselah
33%
All people of European or Asian descent have some ___________ DNANeanderthal
30%
The official name of _______ is Krung Thep Maha NakhonBangkok
28%
According to some people, Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon" was written as an alternate
soundtrack to the movie "___ ______ __ __". The band denies it.
The Wizard of Oz
20%
The only U.S. presidents to run essentially unopposed were
George Washington and _____ ______
James Monroe
17%
_____'s Law states that number of transistors on a microchip doubles every 12–24 monthsMoore's
15%

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