POP QUIZ

Think you're smart?

Take the pop quiz! First, I suggets you go through and answer all the questions you think you know, and then you are allowed to look up the others. It is unacceptable to talk with others taking this quiz, but you can use the general internet.

You have until 9:00 PM EST to submit your answers to my email, arrow.of.day@gmail.com. While that's four hours away, I suggest that you give yourself a comfortable one-hour challenge to see if you can get it done.

All accepted quizzes (before 9 PM) are then corrected. The first place winner has the most questions correct, on down. Grand prize winner is the first 100% correct quiz. All answers are subject to our interpretation.

Good luck.

-Ze Baron

Tammy (rk2this)'s 15 Questions:

1.)This US state's name means 'People of the south wind'. The buffalo and the honeybee are just two of its symbols. It is located equidistant from the Pacific and the Atlantic Ocean. Susanna Salter (the first woman mayor in the US) was elected mayor of a city in this state.

2.)True or false: All US Presidents have worn glasses.

3.) "Do, or do not. There is no try" was a mystical phrase used in which classic film?

4.)What is alektorophobia?

5). What is the name of the first book by Darwin that directly dealt with evolution?

6.) True or false: Cats can steal the air from a baby's mouth.

7.) Complete the state motto of Pennsylvania: Virtue, Liberty and _________ .

8.) What does a "Mohel" do ?

a.perform marriages

b.perform circumcisions

c.slaughter sheep

d.design Mohair coats

9). The food colorants, cochineal and carmine, are made from what?

a.a type of root

b. flower petals

c. beetles

d.beet powder

10).What is the origin of the color ‘magenta?”

11.)On “The Simpsons,” where did “Santa’s Little Helper” come from?

12.) This fictional teacher calls Harry Potter "a nasty little boy who considers rules to be beneath him" and taunts him during lessons.

13.)What is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature?

14.) What is the common name for the class Aves, which consists of over 8,500 living species?

15.) How many hubcaps does Steve McQueen's car lose in the famed chase scene from Bullitt?

Ze Baron's 15 Questions:

1. What is the official name for Mormon underwear, and what does it signify?
2. Interlingua, a language developed by the International Auxiliary Language Association, is designed to be easily learned by people with what language family as their native tongue?
3. What is the main difference between strategic bombing and tactical bombing?
4. What’s Alexander the Great’s epitaph…in Latin?
5. Who was George Washington’s Secretary of War?
6. What’s the bow number of the ship on which the Japanese surrendered in WWII?
7. Radiocarbon dating is workable up to about how many years old?
8. What two leaders of what two countries negotiated the Louisiana Purchase?
9. What’s the highest point in the continental United States?
10. Describe the Sampson option in general terms.(A sentence, more or less.)
11. Why can’t the Vatican, a sovereign country, sign the UN Human Rights Declaration?
12. What is the only nation that is completely landlocked by one other nation?
13. Name two of the four (excluding the Holy See) small nations in Europe.
14. What animal are the Canary Islands named after?
15. On Ze Baron’s Multiply page, his location is listed as Antarctica. If you ask him how it is in Antarctica, and he tells you it’s wonderful, except for the polar bear and penguin poop in the yard, how can you tell he doesn’t live there?