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Obscure Trivia #16
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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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.
This is a challenging quiz, but I can almost guarantee you will learn something from it.
Constructive criticism is welcome. Subscribe to get a notification when I release a new quiz.
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Last updated: April 29, 2024
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1.
In New Hampshire, it can be illegal to …
paint your house a garish color
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collect seaweed after dark
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damage a historic barn
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fail to wear hunter orange while hunting
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2.
Five U.S. Presidents wore a beard. Whose is purported to have been the longest?
Ulysses S. Grant
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Abraham Lincoln
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James A. Garfield
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Rutherford B. Hayes
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Source: Library of Congress Blogs
3.
The potassium found in bananas makes them …
radioactive
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more nutritious than citrus fruits
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deadly if eaten in too great a quantity
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delicious
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Sources: EPA, Medical News Today.
4.
A demonym for people from Burkina Faso is …
Burkinan
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Burkinabè
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Fasi
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Burkinian
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Source: Wikipedia.
6.
In 1981, Village Lake in Richland County, South Carolina was called what in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Dams and Reservoirs List?
Lake Dependency
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Addiction Lake
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Alcohol and Drug Abuse Lake
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Treatment Center Lake
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Source: Wikipedia
7.
What is the most trafficked wild mammal globally?
Elephant
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Tiger
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Pangolin
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Panda
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Source: World Wide Fund for Nature.
8.
Before they settled for making ice cream, what did Ben & Jerry plan to make and sell?
Deli salads
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Bagels
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24/7 breakfasts
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Hamburgers
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Source: Ben & Jerry’s.
9.
As of 2023, how heavy was the largest chocolate bar ever made?
About 6,250 pounds
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About 3,010 pounds
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About 12,500 pounds
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About 24,000 pounds
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Source: Guinness World Records.
10.
United Kingdom : Anglo- :: Albania : ?
Albanio-
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Albanian-
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Albano-
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Albo-
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Source: Wikipedia.
11.
Bird’s nest soup, a popular dish in Southeast Asia, is made from the nests of swiftlets. Swiftlets make their nests from …
twigs and roots
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aromatic leaves
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their excrement
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their saliva
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Source: Hostelworld.
12.
Who kept the remains of what they believed to be their spouse’s heart in their desk?
Bram Stoker
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Mary Shelley
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Mary Astor
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Edgar Allan Poe
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Source: Museum of Idaho.
13.
Which playing card suit is traditionally the only one whose king card is not pictured with a mustache?
Clubs
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Spades
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Hearts
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Diamonds
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Source: Facts.Net.
15.
If you have been diagnosed with hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia, what are you afraid of?
Long words
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Horses
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Large animals
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Monster movies
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Source: Verywell Mind.
16.
Spacecraft have visited how many of the known planets in our solar system?
10
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8
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4
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6
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Source: Space Facts.
17.
Babies can shed tears …
one month after birth
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24 hours after birth
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at birth
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one week after birth
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Source: National Geographic Kids.
18.
In 2012, what did Boeing use instead of passengers to test its in-flight wi-fi?
Potatoes
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Mannequins
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Chimpanzees
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Crash test dummies
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19.
Brown City, Flushing and Colon are cities in …
New York
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Arizona
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Michigan
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Nevada
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Source: Babbel.
20.
If you have absquatulated, what have you done?
Skedaddled
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Taken up residence on a property you don’t own or rent
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Stolen a large amount of money
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Something that would be inappropriate to mention in a JetPunk quiz
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Source: Wiktionary.
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