A little general knowledge quiz - How well can you do?

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A little quiz. How well can you do without Googling?

1: Ballplayer Ted Williams was of __________ and _________ descent on his mother’s side?

2: Who “kilt a bar” in 1760?

3: What was Samuel Clemens response to the polygamist he was arguing with, who claimed there was nothing in the Bible forbidding a man from having more than one wife?

4: “It’s a mute point” – Why does this phrase make English teachers cringe?

5: What’s on the reverse side of the new Georgia quarter?
6: Penn State was inspired to create the Nittany Lion mascot after seeing what other rival schools mascot?
7: What are the only mammals that have a queen, drone and worker type social structure like bees, ants and termites?
8: What bait do you use in “noodling” for giant catfish?
9: What performer has the nickname “The Killer”?
10. What animals use the energy from hydrogen sulfide to synthesize the compounds they need to grow and reproduce? Where are they found?

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2: Who “kilt a bar” in 1760? Davy Crockett??

4: “It’s a mute point” – Why does this phrase make English teachers cringe? Should be “moot” point.

9: What performer has the nickname “The Killer”? Jerry Lee Lewis.

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  1. a peach

  2. none. You catch them with your hands.

  3. Sea worms. Around volcanic fissures at the bottom of the ocean. ( I’m guessing here.)

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2. Daniel Boone
4. Agree with gigi
5. Peach tree
8. None, you grab them
9. per gigi
10. They live by the ocean vents, black smokers. Seems like cyanobacteria, maybe.

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  1. Ted Williams mum was Mexican and uh, Basque maybe? I’m sure about the mexican, not so sure about the other.
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Davy Crockett died at the Alamo Ca. 1836, so he’s far too young to have “kilt a bar” in 1760.

For number 7 I’d guess prairie dogs, don’t know why (and only for social structure - I’m pretty certain no mammal has a queen that produces all of the offspring for its community).

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I believe it’s the naked mole rat. Saw them at the zoo - ugly mo’fo’s!

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Damn – beat me by eight minutes.

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#3 was something like “Matthew 6:24: No man can serve two masters…”

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  1. Was it Daniel Boone what kilt a bar?

  2. Should be “moot”

  3. a peach

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#6 Shitt on Pitt Panthers?

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1: (guessing) English and German?

2: Davey Crockett

4: ‘Moot’, not ‘mute’

5: (guessing) a peach tree?
7: Naked mole rats
10. Bacteria that live deep within the earth’s crust

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The notorious pirate Hans Sprungfeld?

The English?

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  1. Lots of people. (according to the song, Davey Crockett kilt him a bar when he was only three)

  2. One is enough for any man to bear?

  3. It should be moot, mute is both a mispronunciation and an incorrect usage?

  4. A pair of peaches?

  5. I believe you bait them with your hand, then as they clamp down you grab 'em.

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These are honest; didn’t scroll before answering.

  1. Ted Williams was part Native American, I think: Cherokee? (max half credit)
  2. Daniel Boone
  3. “No man may serve two masters.”
  4. Misuse of the word “moot”.
  5. A peach.
  6. ___ (got nuthin’)
  7. Humans -? I mean…
  8. ___ (got nuthin’)
  9. ___ (got nuthin’)
  10. Bacteria - hot ocean vents.
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  1. English and Native American
  2. Daniel Boone
  3. He asked if he could roshambo him for his second wife.
  4. Should be moot
  5. A design
  6. Princeton Tigers
  7. The platapus
  8. Mice
  9. “Killer” Kowalski
  10. energy from hydrogen sulfide to synthesize the compounds needed to grow and reproduce fish.
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Well done! First correct answers