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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
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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
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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?
4
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
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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




