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Interesting Facts Quiz #1

Have you been paying attention to JetPunk's interesting facts? Prove your knowledge by filling in the blanks.
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Last updated: July 8, 2019
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First submittedMarch 19, 2019
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Only 7 prisoners were inside the _______ when it was stormed during the French Revolution
Bastille
People from ____ are known as Muscovites
Moscow
Marie Curie was both the first woman to win a _____ ____ and the first person of any
gender to win twice
Nobel Prize
The colossal _____ has the largest eyes of any animal
Squid
Lake ______ is both the deepest and the oldest lake in the world
Baikal
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
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
The only U.S. presidents to run essentially unopposed were
George Washington and _____ ______
James Monroe
________ _____ is the daughter of actor Jon Voight
Angelina Jolie
_____'s Law states that number of transistors on a microchip doubles every 12–24 months
Moore's
____ _. ___________ 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
Ceres is the largest ________ in the solar system.
For fifty years, it was considered to be the eighth planet.
Asteroid
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
Of all the people in the Bible, __________ had the longest life span: 969 years
Methuselah
In the story "The Sign of Four", Sherlock Holmes was a frequent drug user who injected a
seven percent solution of _______
Cocaine
The official name of _______ is Krung Thep Maha Nakhon
Bangkok
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
Some people have claimed that the CIA plotted to assassinate Fidel Castro
using an exploding ____
Cigar
All people of European or Asian descent have some ___________ DNA
Neanderthal
In Vietnam, the Vietnam War is known as the ________ War
American
iPenguin
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Level 40
Mar 19, 2019
Wow! It's so cool that my idea got turned into an actual quiz that can give points! You also improved my original quiz by a lot!
redsplat
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Level 74
Mar 19, 2019
Nice one iPenguin! Fun stuff.
communisteggplant
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Level 73
Mar 19, 2019
Too interesting. Dull facts quiz next time please.
vermiciousknid
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Level 88
Apr 12, 2019
lol
TenThousand
+4
Level 76
Mar 20, 2019
What a wonderful idea!
Djilas
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Level 82
Mar 20, 2019
Too fact-centric
angrobper14
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Level 84
Mar 20, 2019
Good idea! I would suggest the yellow box treatment for the answers, though.
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Mar 20, 2019
Why do people say George Washington ran unopposed when other people were running and received electoral votes?
Froststar101
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Level 74
Mar 20, 2019
Because Washington received an electoral vote from EVERY elector in both 1788 and 1792, so he was clearly the consensus choice for president and I think it's fair to say that he was effectively unopposed. Prior to the twelfth amendment, electors cast two votes and the person with the second highest total became vice president. Yes, there were other candidates, but I think the intended meaning is clear.
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Jul 8, 2019
Being elected unanimously is not the same thing as being unopposed. There would have to have been no other candidates to vote for to accurately say he ran unopposed.
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Jul 8, 2019
Not incidentally John Quincy Adams ran against James Monroe in 1820. He received 1 electoral vote to Monroe's 231. In the election of 1789 Washington received 69 electoral votes. John Adams got 34. But that was because each elector was allowed to vote twice. Still, Adams was in the running against Washington, as were several other candidates who received fewer votes.
Froststar101
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Level 74
Aug 5, 2020
John Quincy Adams did not run in 1820. The Federalists did not nominate any candidate, and there was no organized opposition to Monroe and no campaign. Every elector was either pledged to or ultimately voted for Monroe, even the Federalist slate that won the popular vote in Massachusetts. Democratic-Republican electors pledged to Monroe won 80% of the popular vote. Adams was serving as secretary of state in Monroe's administration; it's not true that he ran against Monroe just because he received one electoral vote. Monroe absolutely was unopposed.
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Sep 13, 2023
Added "essentially" to the question to match what Wikipedia says.
Carry
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Level 63
Mar 21, 2019
Interesting quiz. I like it.
IsleAuHaulte
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Level 89
Mar 22, 2019
Was Monica Lewinsky ever seen with Castro?
Insaniot
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Level 59
Mar 31, 2019
I’m surprised at how many of these I knew, and I’m especially surprised at how many of these where I just immediately knew the answer. Probably because I had seen them so many times before and just had them subconsciously memorized.
Geographystar
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Level 67
Jul 8, 2019
An interesting fact that i would like to see in the interesting facts list is that NONE of the presidents on mt rushmore had middle names! Really, I checked, none of them do.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Jul 8, 2019
I'll check it out and maybe add it to the list. Thanks for the suggestion.
Geographystar
+1
Level 67
Jul 8, 2019
Thanks!
Walacama
+1
Level 81
Jul 10, 2019
Tis' true.
dogmeat
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Level 67
Jul 9, 2019
i would never have got wizard of oz or Monroe, N.E.V.E.R.

Only got Rockefeller coz it autopopulated

Walacama
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Level 81
Jul 10, 2019
I thought the Vietnam War in Vietnam was called "The Resistance War Against America"
Shade9099
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Level 67
Apr 19, 2021
Accept meteor for asteroid please!
RobNobody
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Level 76
Feb 21, 2022
Ceres could only be called a meteor if it were heated to incandescence while traveling through Earth's atmosphere, in which case we'd have much more to worry about than proper terminology in an online quiz.

I think what you're looking for is the word "meteoroid," which are rocky/metallic objects considerably smaller than asteroids (currently defined as smaller than about one meter in diameter.) The exact line dividing meteors and asteroids is a bit fuzzy and open to redefinition, but since Ceres is by far the largest asteroid, at about 940,000 meters in diameter, it's not even remotely close to that line and so "meteoroid" would also be an incorrect answer.

AJS
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Level 80
May 30, 2021
Isn't Ceres a dwarf planet these days?
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
May 30, 2021
Yes. But it is also an asteroid.
Johnskinz
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Level 43
Jun 22, 2021
Needs a bit more time but loved the quizz.
AntiMatter8192
+1
Level 68
Jan 17, 2023
"For fifty years, it was considered to be the eighth planet."

Ceres should have been considered the 9th planet since Neptune had been discovered a century earlier.

Neodymium
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Level 59
Jan 24, 2023
The one thing that makes me happy is seeing my dividends come in-Rockefeller, Intresting Quotes (or something like that)
FatSpartanJediLlama
+1
Level 67
Feb 1, 2023
15/20
McKenzieFam
+1
Level 63
Dec 13, 2023
oops tried Halley's *Comment*

must been spending too much time in comment sections

tizzlizz
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Level 56
Dec 29, 2023
I couldn't find any reference between Icarus and the eruption. In my head I was thinking of the Icarus myth (flying too close to the sun) but couldn't remember the name. Santorina/volcano/myth google got the below from ontherocksantorini:

Mythology says that the eruption of the Santorini volcano is described by the Greek myth of Phaethon, son of the Sun and Klymeni, who asked his father for permission to ride his chariot. However, he failed to control the wild horses of the chariot, resulting in a change of course with disastrous results.

MrFatFat
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Level 20
Apr 15, 2024
Right after this quiz, I got the one about Mark Twain as my interesting fact.
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