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Miscellaneous IV
See if you can beat your previous scores on any of the other Miscellaneous quizzes!
Quiz ID:
#28687
Fun:
(2.32)
Difficulty:
(1.52)
Category:
Other
Created By:
1smart_okie
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#1 Snakes and lizards shed and replace their entire skin many times throughout their life. What is the name for this process?
Shedding
Skinning
Molting
#2 Identify the movie that won the 2009 Academy Award for "Best Picture".
Slumdog Millionaire
The Proposal
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#3 Name the nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania that underwent a partial meltdown in 1979.
Long Island
Five Mile Island
Three Mile Island
#4 This American author was born on September 21, 1947, in Portland, Maine. He was an English teacher until the success of his novel, "Carrie", allowed him to write full time. Identify this author.
Your Answer:
2 words, 11 letters. There is also an alternate answer.
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#5 Identify the historical highway that connected St. Louis to Los Angeles. This highway was closely associated with the words "get your kicks on Route _____".
Your Answer:
1 word, 2 letters. There are 2 alternate answers.
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#6 What three-letter word is spoken by a movie director whenever he wants the actors to stop acting during a scene.
Your Answer:
1 word, 3 letters.
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#7 What is the minimum number of seconds that a bull rider must stay on the bull in a sanctioned event in order to achieve a qualified ride in which a score is determined?
Your Answer:
1 word, 5 letters. There is also an alternate answer.
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#8 What gemstone is the birthstone for July? It has a hardness of nine on Mohs Scale of Hardness and is composed of aluminum oxide.
Opal
Ruby
Diamond
#9 Identify the name of the symbol that was used by the National Socialist Party of Germany during the 1930's and 1940's.
Your Answer:
1 word, 8 letters. There are 2 alternate answers.
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#10 What company dropped Michael Phelps as one of its advertising icons after pictures surfaced on the Internet showing him using a marijuana bong?
Kellogg
Subway
Wheaties
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