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12/04/24 Grif.Net – Who Is Right? (+ Answers to “E-Z Quiz”)

12/04/24 Grif.Net – Who Is Right? (+ Answers to “E-Z Quiz”)

TEACHER: Ellen, give me a sentence starting with "I&quo=
t;.

 

ELLEN: I IS…

 

TEACHER: No, Ellen. Always say, "I AM."=

 

ELLE=
N: But it doesn’t sound right.

 

TEACHER: Say, “I AM” like=
I taught you.

 

ELLEN: Okay. I AM the ninth letter of the alphabet.

 

~~QUIZ ANSWERS=
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1. =
Who, in 1903, was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?

Answer: Marie Curie

 

2. What year did the Berlin Wall fall?=

Answer: 1989

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3. The shooting of whom, in 1914, started World=
War I?

Answer: Archduke Franz Ferdinand

 

4. What i=
s the highest-grossing Broadway show of all time?

Answer: The Lion King

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5. What is the smallest planet in our s=
olar system?

Answer: Mercury

 

6. At a restaurant, y=
ou’ll see deer meat on the menu under what name?

Answer: Venison

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7. Where was the hottest-ever temperature on Earth rec=
orded, per the World Meteorological Organization?

Answer: Death Valley, California (where it hit 134F in July 1913=
)

 

8. W=
hat was the first book published by Jane Austen?

Answer: Sense and Sensibility

 

9. Which two countries have the longest=
shared international border?

Answer: Canada=
and the U.S.

 

10. What is the deadliest animal in the world?

Answer: The mosquito

 

11. When is the first night of Hanukkah in 2024?

Answer: Christmas (Dec 25th)=

 

12. In Gre=
ek mythology, who was known as the messenger of the gods?
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Answer: Hermes (Greek. Later, Romans borrowed him and called =
him Mercury)

 

13. What major country has the highest percentage of citizens over t=
he age of 65?

Answer: Japan (tiny Monaco act=
ually has highest percentage, but not a “major” country)

 

14. Area 51 =
is in which U.S. state?

Answer: Nevada

 

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15. What U.=
S. fast food chain is credited with introducing the first drive-through win=
dow to the masses?

Answer: In-N-Out Burger

 

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Dr Bob Gri=
ffin

[email protected] www.grif.net

"Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!"

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