GO's TGIF Quiz

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Just a random set of questions for fun. I would request that only one answer per pperson per hour, so others can have some fun. I don’t care how you get the answers…google, wiki, phone a friend.

  1. Oil is the most traded commodity in the world. What is second?

  2. Complete the next name in this sequence: Sean, George, Roger, Timothy, _______?

  3. Who said, “I will astonish Paris with an apple!”?

  4. What do “Scoville Heat Units” measure?

  5. In World War I, which Central Power country was the first to sign an armistice?

  6. What was the original name of the New York Yankees?

  7. What is significant about the phrase, ‘My very eager mother just sewed us new pajamas”?

  8. What is unique about the King of Hearts?

  9. What famous sports team has had wining streaks of 1,270, 2,495 and 8,829 games?

  10. What is C[sub]6[/sub]H[sub]8[/sub]O[sub]7[/sub]?

  11. What is the full name of the famous club in New York City, CBGB & OMFUG?

  12. Who won a 1958 Golden Globe award for “Most Glamorous Actress”?

  13. The US finished the Panama Canal, but which country started the construction?

  14. Bionic, brunch, and jazzercise are examples of what?

  15. What does the “Super Outbreak” refer to?

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What do “Scoville Heat Units” measure?
–hotness of peppers/food
What is significant about the phrase, ‘My very eager mother just sewed us new pajamas”?
–mnemonic for remembering planets in our solar system

I could cheat and Google most if not all the rest, but won’t.

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Pierce

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  1. Oil is the most traded commodity in the world. What is second?
    Coffee

  2. What is C6H8O7?
    Citric acid

  3. Bionic, brunch, and jazzercise are examples of what?
    Portmanteau words

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Am I the only one who actually bothers to read an OP?

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  1. The king of hearts is the “suicide king” – his sword is held so that the blade goes behind his head, making it look like he’s stabbing himself.
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That’s correct, but it wasn’t what I was thinking when I wrote the question.

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  1. France started the Panama Canal.
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He’s the only king without a mustache.

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He’s the only king whose wife is mentioned in a Juice Newton song.

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The Harlem Globetrotters.

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Zsa Zsa Gabor, dah-ling.

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Aphrodite, no?

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No, otherwise all correct so far. Still awaiting answers:
3. Who said, “I will astonish Paris with an apple!”?

  1. In World War I, which Central Power country was the first to sign an armistice?

  2. What was the original name of the New York Yankees?

  3. What is the full name of the famous club in New York City, CBGB & OMFUG?

  4. What does the “Super Outbreak” refer to?

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Answering from memory (no googling) and without looking at other posts:

1. Oil is the most traded commodity in the world. What is second?
Copper

  1. Complete the next name in this sequence: Sean, George, Roger, Timothy, _______?
    Pierce

  2. Who said, “I will astonish Paris with an apple!”?
    Isaac Newton

  3. What do “Scoville Heat Units” measure?
    The “heat” of chili (chile) peppers

  4. In World War I, which Central Power country was the first to sign an armistice?
    Hungary

  5. What was the original name of the New York Yankees?
    No idea

  6. What is significant about the phrase, ‘My very eager mother just sewed us new pajamas”?
    The first letters of each word are the same as the first letters of the 9 planets of the solar system.

  7. What is unique about the King of Hearts?
    “Suicide King”?

  8. What famous sports team has had wining streaks of 1,270, 2,495 and 8,829 games?
    Atlanta Alcoholics?

  9. What is C6H8O7?
    Caffeine?

  10. What is the full name of the famous club in New York City, CBGB & OMFUG?
    Dunno

  11. Who won a 1958 Golden Globe award for “Most Glamorous Actress”?
    Greta Garbo?

  12. The US finished the Panama Canal, but which country started the construction?
    Spain

  13. Bionic, brunch, and jazzercise are examples of what?
    Neologisms

  14. What does the “Super Outbreak” refer to?
    A large scale viral pandemic?

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1. Oil is the most traded commodity in the world. What is second?
Coffee, correctly answered by gotpasswords

2. Complete the next name in this sequence: Sean, George, Roger, Timothy, _______?
Pierce, correctly answered by Robot Arm

3. Who said, “I will astonish Paris with an apple!”?
Cezanne

4. What do “Scoville Heat Units” measure?
The hotness or spicyness of food, correctly answered by RevTim

5. In World War I, which Central Power country was the first to sign an armistice?
Bulgaria, Sept. 29,1918

6. What was the original name of the New York Yankees?
The Hilltoppers

7. What is significant about the phrase, ‘My very eager mother just sewed us new pajamas”?
It’s a mnemonic to help remember the planets of our solar system, correctly answered by RevTim

8. What is unique about the King of Hearts?
Two things, it is the suicide King and it is the only King without a mustache, correctly answered by mrklutz and bouv

9. What famous sports team has had wining streaks of 1,270, 2,495 and 8,829 games?
The Harlem Globetrotters, correctly answered by Atticus Finch

10. What is C6H8O7?
Citirc Acid, correctly answered by gotpasswords

11. What is the full name of the famous club in New York City, CBGB & OMFUG?
Country, Bluegrass, and Blues and Other Music For Uplifting Gormandizers

12. Who won a 1958 Golden Globe award for “Most Glamorous Actress”?
Zsa Zsa Gabor, correctly answered by amaranta

13. The US finished the Panama Canal, but which country started the construction?
France, correctly answered by Crotalus

14. Bionic, brunch, and jazzercise are examples of what?
They are portmenteau words, correctly answered by gotpasswords

15. What does the “Super Outbreak” refer to?
It is the largest recorded tornado outbreak in the US, on April 3-4, 1974