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
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Her lemonade was tied to a salmonella outbreak
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She didn’t have the right permit
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She was price gouging
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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?
New Hampshire
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Maine
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California
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Washington
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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?
Zachary Taylor
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James Knox Polk
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William Henry Harrison
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John Tyler
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Tyler died in 1862, before he began his term in the Confederate legislature. (Source: Library of Congress Blogs)
4.Brasil : Brazil :: Lietuva : ?
Lesotho
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Lithuania
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Slovenia
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Latvia
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(Source: worldatlas.com)
5.According to legend, which deposed English king was killed by having a red-hot poker thrust up his anus?
Edward II
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Edward I “Longshanks”
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Charles I
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Richard II
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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?
Ogre Green Creamy Filling
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Devil’s Food
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Red, White & Blue
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Mixed Berry
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(Source: taquitos.net)
7.Which U.S. state is the only one whose official drink is an alcoholic beverage?
Texas
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New Mexico
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West Virginia
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Alabama
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Conecuh Ridge Alabama Fine Whiskey. (Source: Reader’s Digest)
8.Fleas can jump distances that are how many times their body length?
200
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400
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100
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50
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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?
3.5
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4
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1
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5
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(Source: natgeokids.com)
10.How many times more than humans are giraffes likely to be struck by lightning?
30
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15
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10
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50
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(Source: BBC Science Focus)
11.Mercury and Venus are the only two planets in our solar system with no …