Only IQ Geniuses Ace This Quiz! Will You?
Written by Daniel Rackley
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Sometimes, life can be a bit of a grab bag and you don't know what's going to come at you next. This means that you have to try and learn as many things as you can. Take this quiz and see if you know as much as you think you need to know!
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Question 1
Having more songs in the top 100 than any other artist in the history of charting, and selling over $22 million in merchandise in addition to record sales, Elvis bought an 18-room mansion for he and his parents. What was it called?
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AGraceland
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BNeverland
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CHavenwood Estates
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DThe Palace
Graceland
Graceland was named after Grace Toof, the daughter of the original owner. It is a 500-acre farm located eight miles south of Memphis. It only cost $100,000 - a mere pittance by today's standards. Although it was not his only residence, it was the one that Elvis and his parents, and later on his Aunt Delta, would call home for the rest of their lives.
Question 2
Can you identify this debonair Scotsman?
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APierce Brosnan
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BGeorge Hamilton
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CSean Connery
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DGeorge Lazenby
Sean Connery
Academy Award-winning Scotsman Sean Connery is best known for playing 007 in the first five James Bond films (and two later reprisals of the role).
Question 3
Of the 35 self-portraits this celebrated artist produced during his career, all but six were done during the two years he lived in Paris (when he could not afford a model).
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APaul Gauguin
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BGeorges Seurat
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CVincent Van Gogh
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DPaul Cezanne
Vincent Van Gogh
“I prefer painting people’s eyes to cathedrals,” Van Gogh once wrote to his brother Theo. “However solemn and imposing the latter may be — a human soul, be it that of a poor streetwalker, is more interesting to me.”
Question 4
Which amphibians are known to have wart-like bumps covering their skin?
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AToads
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BCaecilians
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CSalamanders
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DNewts
Toads
Many toads have skin covered in warts, however these warts are not contagious contrary to popular belief.
Question 5
When President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, his vice president was sworn in on Air Force One. Who was the 36th president of the United States?
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ADwight Eisenhower
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BRichard Nixon
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CLyndon B. Johnson
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DJimmy Carter
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson was the 36th president of the United States. He was later elected president in his own right and served as Commander in Chief until 1969.
Question 6
Which organ is housed within the cranial cavity?
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AHeart
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BStomach
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CLungs
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DBrain
Brain
The term cranial relates to the bones that enclose the brain. The heart and lungs are found within the thoracic cavity and the stomach is located in the abdominal cavity.
Question 7
How are tree frogs able to climb trees?
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ASticky mucus on their feet
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BExtreme gripping strength
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CSmall claws
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DMolecular bonds
Sticky mucus on their feet
Tree frogs have pads that produce a mucus that adheres to trees and other objects.
Question 8
Nicknamed the Phoenix City, what is the capital of Poland?
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ALondon
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BBerlin
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CMinsk
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DWarsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital city of Poland. It is nicknamed the Phoenix City due to the number of times that it has been damaged or destroyed, then rebuilt in its history, always again becoming the center of social, political, economic, scientific, and cultural life in Poland.
Question 9
Napoleon was defeated at what battle in 1815?
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AYpres
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BVerdun
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CBunker Hill
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DWaterloo
Waterloo
Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo in the Netherlands by British and Prussian forces.
Question 10
What are hormones?
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AHydrological signals
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BEtheric messengers
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CElectrical signals
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DChemical messengers
Chemical messengers
Hormones are chemical messengers that elicit responses from parts of the body. For example, insulin is a hormone released by the pancreas into the blood. When insulin reaches the liver, it stimulates the liver to remove sugar from the blood.
Question 11
Which of these muscles can you use to wrinkle your forehead?
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ADeltoid
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BGastrocnemius
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CFrontalis
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DMasseter
Frontalis
Your forehead is located on the front(alis) of your face.
Question 12
Who holds the record for the most playoff wins?
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APeyton Manning
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BTom Brady
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CJoe Flacco
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DCam Newton
Tom Brady
Brady has won 25 playoff games, the next closest is Joe Montana with 16.
Question 13
Not only was he a poet, this Lord died in the war for Greek independence. Name that "gloomy egoist".
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ALord Bryan
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BLord Byron
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CLord Bach
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DLord Bates
Lord Byron
Lord Byron is considered a poetic revolutionary in the Romantic Movement, but he also fought in the war for Greek independence from the Ottoman Empire. He died there, living his words: "The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain."
Question 14
What is an embolism?
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AA cancer of red bone marrow
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BA circulating blood clot that becomes lodged in a vessel
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CA dilated blood vessel
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DThe accumulation of plaque in arteries
A circulating blood clot that becomes lodged in a vessel
When this circulating blood clot (an embolus) becomes lodged in a vessel it can completely or partially obstruct flow of blood and the result can be severe tissue damage or even death.
Question 15
What is the primary purpose of a frog croak?
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ATo attract insects that they then eat
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BTo attract a mate
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CThey sing to their young as part of parenting
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DTo scare away predators
To attract a mate
Only male frogs vocalize, and they do so to attract female mates.
Question 16
Which of the following promotes blood clotting?
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APlasma
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BPlatelets
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CRed blood cells
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DWhite blood cells
Platelets
Platelets, fragments of larger cells called megakaryocytes, promote blood clotting.
Question 17
Which blonde beauty married Paul Newman in Las Vegas on January 29, 1958, just months before winning her Best Actress Oscar for 'The Three Faces of Eve'?
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AShirley MacLaine
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BLana Turner
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CJoanne Woodward
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DDeborah Kerr
Joanne Woodward
The dazzling Hollywood couple of Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman starred in ten films together over the course of a 50-year marriage. When asked about the secret to their longevity, Woodward once replied, “Sexiness wears thin after a while and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh every day? Ah, now that’s a real treat.”
Question 18
Another easy one. Which of these cells respond to an infection?
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APlasma
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BPlatelets
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CRed blood cells
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DWhite blood cells
White blood cells
White blood cells, leukocytes, play a major role in fighting infection.
Question 19
This 1884 self-portrait is by one of the key artists of Impressionism, famous for his exquisite paintings of the water-lily pond at his home in Giverny.
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AHenri Matisse
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BClaude Monet
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CAuguste Renoir
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DPaul Cezanne
Claude Monet
Impressionist master Claude Monet (1840-1926) is most famous for his series of paintings depicting the same site during different seasons and times of day to show the changing light and atmosphere, such as <i>Water Lilies</i>. Other series include <i>Haystacks</i> (1890-91) and <i>Rouen Cathedral</i> (1894).
Question 20
According to legend, the Trojan War was fought between the Greeks and the Trojans in the 1180s BC. The war began when Paris, a Trojan, stole a Greek general's wife. What was her name?
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AArtemis
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BHelen
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CVeronica
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DAphrodite
Helen
According to legend, Helen, sometimes called Helen of Troy, was kidnapped by Paris and taken to Troy, launching the Trojan War.
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