“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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Welcome to another quiz day.
Twenty more random questions to test your brain.
As usual the answers can be found waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating!
Enjoy and good luck.
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Q. 1: GEICO is a huge very well known auto insurance company, the second largest auto insurer in the United States, but what do the letters ‘G-E-I-C-O’ stand for?
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Q. 2: On a NY license plate, is New York on the top or bottom?
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Q. 3: In which ocean is the area known as Polynesia?
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Q. 4: During World War Two what proportion of German soldiers who died were killed on the Eastern Front?
a) 20% b) 40% c) 60% d) 80%
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Q. 5: Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara, the revolutionary hero, took part in guerrilla wars in Cuba and was killed fighting Bolivian troops, but what nationality was he?
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Q. 6: Whose high school nickname on the basketball team was “Barry O’Bomber”?
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Q. 7: What is the infinity sign called?
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Q. 8: How many sides are there on a standard pencil?
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Q. 9: What is the only English word with five consecutive vowels?
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Q. 10: Over 30 million people in the US and millions more in other countries “suffer” from Diastima. What is it?
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Q. 11: What country leader’s name has become synonymous as a person who betrays his or her own country by aiding an invading enemy, often serving later in a puppet government or as a fifth columnist?
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Q. 12: How did the famous ‘Tribeca’ area in Manhattan, New York get its name?
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Q. 13: Who were the unlikely twins in the 1988 movie of that name? (A point for each correct answer.)
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Q. 14: What mythological Greek god’s name was used in a famous disaster movie and its sequels and spin-offs?
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Q. 15: What is the origin of the name ‘Jeep’?
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Q. 16: Where does parma ham originate? (You need the name of BOTH the town and the country to score a point.)
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Q. 17: Only two states’ names in the US begin with double consonants, a point for each one you name correctly.
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Q. 18: The Terminator was sent from the future to kill who in the first of this series of movies?
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Q. 19: What is the name of the highest military decoration awarded for valour “in the face of the enemy” to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories?
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Q. 20: What was it that The Beatles wanted to hold in 1964?
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ANSWERS
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Q. 1: GEICO is a huge very well known auto insurance company, the second largest auto insurer in the United States, but what do the letters ‘G-E-I-C-O’ stand for?
A. 1: ‘GEICO’ stands for Government Employees Insurance Company.
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Q. 2: On a NY license plate, is New York on the top or bottom?
A. 2: It’s on the top.
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Q. 3: In which ocean is the area known as Polynesia?
A. 3: The Pacific Ocean.
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Q. 4: During World War Two what proportion of German soldiers who died were killed on the Eastern Front?
a) 20% b) 40% c) 60% d) 80%
A. 4: Answer d) 80%. For every five German soldiers who died in WWII, four of them died on the Eastern Front.
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Q. 5: Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara, the revolutionary hero, took part in guerrilla wars in Cuba and was killed fighting Bolivian troops, but what nationality was he?
A. 5: He was Argentinean.
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Q. 6: Whose high school nickname on the basketball team was “Barry O’Bomber”?
A. 6: “Barry O’Bomber” was the high school nickname of a fellow called Barrack Obama.
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Q. 7: What is the infinity sign called?
A. 7: The infinity sign is called a ‘lemniscate’.
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Q. 8: How many sides are there on a standard pencil?
A. 8: There are 6 sides on a standard pencil.
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Q. 9: What is the only English word with five consecutive vowels?
A. 9: “Queueing” is the only English word with five consecutive vowels.
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Q. 10: Over 30 million people in the US and millions more in other countries “suffer” from Diastima. What is it?
A. 10: Diastima is having a gap between your front teeth.
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Q. 11: What country leader’s name has become synonymous as a person who betrays his or her own country by aiding an invading enemy, often serving later in a puppet government or as a fifth columnist?
A. 11: Norweigan leader Vidkun Quisling collaborated with the invading German army during WWII. After the war he was put on trial and found guilty of embezzlement, murder and high treason and executed by firing squad at Akershus Fortress, Oslo, on 24 October 1945.
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Q. 12: How did the famous ‘Tribeca’ area in Manhattan, New York get its name?
A. 12: ‘Tribeca’ in Manhattan, New York stands for TRIangle BElow CAnal street.
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Q. 13: Who were the unlikely twins in the 1988 movie of that name? (A point for each correct answer.)
A. 13: The twins in the movie ‘Twins’ were Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito.
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Q. 14: What mythological Greek god’s name was used in a famous disaster movie and its sequels and spin-offs?
A. 14: Poseidon, as in ‘The Poseidon Adventure’ (1972), ‘Beyond the Poseidon Adventure’ (1979), ‘The Poseidon Adventure’ (2005) (TV Movie), and ‘Poseidon’ (2006).
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Q. 15: What is the origin of the name ‘Jeep’?
A. 15: The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the “General Purpose” vehicle, G.P.
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Q. 16: Where does parma ham originate? (You need the name of BOTH the town and the country to score a point.)
A. 16: Parma, Italy.
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Q. 17: Only two states’ names in the US begin with double consonants, a point for each one you name correctly.
A. 17: The only two states’ names in the US that begin with double consonants are Florida and Rhode Island.
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Q. 18: The Terminator was sent from the future to kill who in the first of this series of movies?
A. 18: Sarah Connor.
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Q. 19: What is the name of the highest military decoration awarded for valour “in the face of the enemy” to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories?
A. 19: The Victoria Cross.
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Q. 20: What was it that The Beatles wanted to hold in 1964?
A. 20: They wanted to hold ‘Your Hand’.
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