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Obscure Trivia #7

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. In Alabama, attaching a lantern to your vehicle makes it legal for you to …
Park on a highway without pulling on to the shoulder ✓
Drive in the wrong direction on a one-way street ✓
Park in a lovers’ lane ✓
Drive in heavy fog during a fog advisory ✓
This law has been on the books since pre-automobile days, when it perhaps made sense.
2. Which is not typically used to estimate the age of an adult lion?
Claw length ✓
Mane growth ✓
Teeth ✓
Nose color ✓
3. Gomutra is consumed in India (as a therapeutic element of Ayurvedic medicine) to treat psoriasis, leprosy, fevers, liver ailments, and cancer. What is gomutra?
Tiger organs ✓
Fermented snake ✓
Cow urine ✓
Macaque brains ✓
4. According to a 2023 YouGov survey, 13% of Americans believe U.S. Presidents should be allowed to …
Pardon themselves ✓
Decide how federal money will be spent ✓
Make laws ✓
Declare war ✓
5. How many U.S. state names contain only one consonant?
1 ✓
0 ✓
2 ✓
3 ✓
Iowa and Ohio.
6. The unincorporated community of Hell, home to a housing development called “Satan’s Hills,” is located in which U.S. state?
Florida ✓
Nevada ✓
Michigan ✓
Maine ✓
It should be noted that Hell sometimes freezes over during the winter.
7. A pack of apes is known as …
A shrewdness ✓
A wit ✓
An acuity ✓
A cleverness ✓
8. Which is the smallest country to have adopted two time zones?
Greece ✓
Palau ✓
Portugal ✓
Micronesia ✓
9. Kyiv : Kiev :: Gdańsk : ?
Danzig ✓
Gdynia ✓
Rothenburg ✓
Głogów ✓
10. Which of the following is not a U.S. federal observance day?
Stephen Foster Memorial Day ✓
National Defense Transportation Day ✓
George Washington’s Birthday ✓
Leif Erikson Day ✓
Stephen Foster Memorial Day is observed on January 13. National Defense Transportation Day is observed on the Friday that falls between May 15-21. Leif Erikson Day is observed October 9.
11. Which U.S. President served in Congress after his presidential term ended, and then suffered a fatal stroke on the floor of the House Chamber?
John Quincy Adams ✓
Martin Van Buren ✓
Andrew Jackson ✓
John Adams ✓
12. A pyrogen is something that …
Causes disease ✓
Causes a fire ✓
Causes fever ✓
Causes chemical changes in lit cigarettes ✓
13. A fear of bathing is called …
Ablutophobia ✓
Baniophobia ✓
Lavabophobia ✓
Ingerophobia ✓
14. Yuri Gagarin’s first meal in space was transported from earth in what form?
TV dinner trays ✓
Tubes ✓
Freeze-dried cubes that had to be reconstituted ✓
Freeze-dried powder that had to be reconstituted ✓
15. If you order Italian food that contains chiocciole, what will you be eating?
Chocolate ✓
Pineapple ✓
Shell pasta ✓
Garlic bread ✓
16. Which is the only U.S. state that borders more than two Canadian provinces?
Montana ✓
Maine ✓
North Dakota ✓
Minnesota ✓
British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan.
17. Glossolalia refers to …
A spelling bee ✓
A multi-language dictionary ✓
An expansive vocabulary ✓
Speaking in tongues ✓
18. What is unusual about the dance troupe named Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo?
All the roles are danced by men ✓
The dancers are all senior citizens ✓
Their artistic director has never been a dancer ✓
They only perform ballets by Russian composers ✓
19. What did American astronaut Gene Cernan write in the dust on the moon?
A heart with his and his wife’s initials ✓
His daughter’s initials ✓
A passage from the Book of Genesis ✓
The preamble to the Constitution ✓
20. Who was the first American to win a Nobel Peace Prize?
Theodore Roosevelt ✓
Donald Trump ✓
Barack Obama ✓
Woodrow Wilson ✓
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