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Obscure Trivia #2

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1. What is one unusual thing about the annual Fremont Solstice Parade in Seattle?
Almost everybody cross-dresses
Everybody walks backwards
Santa Claus makes an appearance
Most of the bicyclists are nude
2. In 1932, Australian soldiers went to war with …
New Zealand
Drug dealers
Emus
Fiji
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.
Huckleberry Finn
Robinson Crusoe
Sherlock Holmes
Elmer Fudd
4. The longest place name in the world (Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauo tamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu) is a hill in which country?
New Zealand
Wales
Tuvalu
Fiji
5. In which city was coffee banned in 1511, due to its imagined propensity for stimulating radical thinking?
Beijing
Delhi
Rome
Mecca
6. Which country entirely banned hula hoops over fears their use would stimulate passion?
North Korea
Vatican City
China
Indonesia
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?
Q
J
Z
X
New Jersey, New Mexico, and Arizona are examples of the other three.
8. A group of flamingos is most commonly called a …
Lawn ornament party
Flock
Flamboyance
Pink-out
9. The women in Amy Tan’s Joy Luck Club meet to play what game?
Bridge
Mahjong
Cribbage
Touch football
10. Which product was sold in the 1830s as a cure for diarrhea, indigestion, and jaundice?
Mayonnaise
Ketchup
Dijon mustard
Coca-Cola
11. About 50% of which country is covered by forest?
Canada
Russia
Germany
Latvia
12. The pink color of this country’s Lake Hillier remains unexplained by scientists.
Australia
Tanzania
Grenada
Narnia
13. Every month, Thames Water removes about a ton of something at its water treatment plants. What?
Copper coins
Pubic hair
Condoms
Bird feathers
14. Martin Van Buren was the only U.S. President for whom English was a second language. What was his first language?
Dutch
French
Spanish
German
15. Name the major city that is located on two continents.
Cairo
Yekaterinburg
Istanbul
Panama City
16. Name the largest organ in the human body.
Lung
Liver
Skin
Large intestine
17. HOMES is a mnemonic device used to remember what?
The names of the Great Lakes
The notes found on the lines of the treble clef
The order of mathematical operations
The colors of the rainbow
Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior.
18. What is stored in a camel’s hump?
Fat
Muscle
Maps and spare keys
Water
19. Besides her corruption, Imelda Marcos (former First Lady of the Philippines), is perhaps best known for her collection of …
Antique coins
Barbie dolls
Kitten figurines
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
Big toe
Sweatshirt
Sleeping chamber in an ancient Roman house
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