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Quiz (and answers) from Winter 2010


1: From The Simpsons, what is the name of Maggie's unibrowed nemesis?

Gerald 

2: Name the They Might Be Giants song featuring a Johnny Cash sound clip.

Boat Of Car 

3: The element with an atomic weight of 100 is named after what famous scientist?

Enrico Fermi 

4: Which planet of the solar system has the most mass?

Jupiter 

5: What is the Family and Genus of the common Loon?

Gaviidae Gavia 

6: What does pH stand for?

pouvoir Hydrogen 

7: What is the name of the dimpled area on the upper lip just under the nose?

filtrum 

8: The meme of Chuck Norris Facts was exploited in a commercial for what product?

Mountain Dew 

9: Big wheels never quit; they ______.

retire 

10:
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ABCDE
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11: Odd one out:
Aphex Twin
Flea
Moby
Ringo Starr

Flea 

12: 6 CO2 + 6 H2O -> C6H12O6 + 6O2 describes what chemical reaction?

photosynthesis 

13: kg*m^2 / s^2*A = ?

Wb 

14: In a looping flash animation first published on September 2nd, 2003, what three nouns comprise the entirety of the animation song's lyrics?

badger mushroom snake 

15: One of the first Internet Memes, The Hampster Dance, features a musical sample of a song written for what Walt Disney cartoon?

Robin Hood 

16: What character, in a mistranslation, is subtitled to have first uttered "do not want"?

Darth Vader 

17: Numismatists rejoice: before decimalization, how many British farthings were in a half crown?

120 

18: Which one does not belong? saxophone, flugelhorn, moog organ, theremin.

flugelhorn 

19: How many words are in the first sentence of the Declaration of Independence?

71 

20:


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21: What three countries have international two-letter abbreviations that do not share any letters in common with its English spelling?

CH, DZ, KH 

22: Uif botxfs up uijt rtftujpo jt "lmjohpo".

klingon 

23: What is the result of 147^63891 %11?


24: Who beat out Larry Kahn in October 2001 to become the World Singles Tiddlywinks Champion?

Dave Lockwood 

25: The following score is from what popular song?


We Are the Champions 

26:  

 

27:
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i3a 

28: ...?

Ne 

29: A bristly Blue Whale might be known as a _________ ________.

setaceous cetacean 

30: You must know the source of this question to find the answer.

Simpsons