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Another Miscellaneous Trivia Quiz

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This trivia quiz covers a wide variety of topics. For the most part, they are very difficult questions so don’t feel bad if you don’t score very well. I purposely went for the obscure so I doubt that anyone will get a perfect score.

Good luck.

  • Question of

    The shortwave radio station operated by the USA is known as

    • Radio America
    • Radio USA
    • Voice of America
    • America On the Air
  • Question of

    A word which names a type of sound by emulating it is known as

    • sononym
    • onomatopoeia
    • emunym
    • echonym
  • Question of

    People who train the breed of dog known as the Belgian Malinois train them to obey commands in which language?

    • English
    • French
    • Flemish
    • Dutch
  • Question of

    Sir John Bowring who was the governor 1854 to 1859 was acquainted with approximately 200 languages. Of these, how many was he fluent in (approximately)?

    • 100
    • 125
    • 150
    • 175
  • Question of

    The term deuterocanon refers to books which are in the Roman Catholic Bible but not in the Protestant Bible. Which of these books is not part of the deuterocanon?

    • Tobit
    • 1 Enoch
    • Judith
    • Sirach
  • Question of

    Which of the following is not found in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales?

    • The Priest’s Tale
    • The Miller’s Tale
    • The Friar’s Tale
    • The Monk’s Tale
  • Question of

    Jimi Hendrix caused a stir when he opened for which band at several of their concerts?

    • Freddie and the Dreamers
    • Herman’s Hermits
    • Paul Revere and the Raiders
    • The Monkees
  • Question of

    While running for president in 1968, Richard Nixon surprised America by appearing on which popular television show?

    • The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
    • Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In
    • The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
    • The Dean Martin Show
  • Question of

    If you wanted to heae The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, which city should you go to?

    • Chicago
    • Memphis
    • New Orleans
    • Nashville
  • Question of

    The United States issued its first postage stamps in 1847. There were two different values. What did they cost?

    • 1¢ & 2¢
    • 2¢ & 5¢
    • 3¢ & 5¢
    • 5¢ & 10¢

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Written by Gary J Sibio

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