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Daily Quiz 62

1 of 15

The chainsaw was originally invented in the late 1700s for use in what field?

  • Logging
  • Childbirth
  • Carpentry
  • Butchery

 

2 of 15

Which streaming series set a record as Netflix's most-watched English-language show with its tale of a wednesday-loving teen at a spooky academy?

  • Stranger Things
  • Wednesday
  • The Umbrella Academy
  • Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

 

3 of 15

What is the only letter not used in the spelling of any number from one to one hundred?

  • B
  • C
  • A
  • D

 

4 of 15

The Eiffel Tower grows taller in the summer because of what?

  • Tourist platforms added seasonally
  • Metal expanding in the heat
  • Rising groundwater beneath it
  • A retractable antenna

 

5 of 15

In the game of chess, which piece can never move in a straight line?

  • The rook
  • The queen
  • The knight
  • The bishop

 

6 of 15

The word "avocado" ultimately derives from an ancient Aztec word that also meant what?

  • Butter
  • Testicle
  • Green jewel
  • Alligator

 

7 of 15

Which country consumes more coffee per person than any other in the world?

  • Italy
  • Brazil
  • Finland
  • Colombia

 

8 of 15

The 1969 Woodstock festival was originally intended to be what?

  • A free concert for charity
  • A fundraiser to build a recording studio
  • A political protest rally
  • A television special

 

9 of 15

What animal has the longest known lifespan of any on Earth?

  • The Galapagos tortoise
  • The bowhead whale
  • The ocean quahog clam
  • The Greenland shark

 

10 of 15

In "The Shining," what single sentence does Jack type over and over on his manuscript?

  • "Here's Johnny"
  • "Redrum, redrum"
  • "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy"
  • "The Overlook welcomes you"

 

11 of 15

Which planet in our solar system rotates in the opposite direction to most others, so the Sun there rises in the west?

  • Mars
  • Mercury
  • Venus
  • Neptune

 

12 of 15

The term "spam," meaning junk email, was inspired by a sketch from which comedy group?

  • Saturday Night Live
  • Monty Python
  • The Marx Brothers
  • Mr. Show

 

13 of 15

Honey bees communicate the location of food to the hive primarily by doing what?

  • Releasing a scent trail
  • Performing a dance
  • Changing their buzzing pitch
  • Tapping their antennae in code

 

14 of 15

Which famous landmark was originally sold to the public as a temporary structure meant to be torn down?

  • The Statue of Liberty
  • The Eiffel Tower
  • Big Ben
  • The Golden Gate Bridge

 

15 of 15

What was unusual about the first webcam, created at the University of Cambridge in 1991?

  • It only worked at night
  • It was built to monitor a coffee pot
  • It could only capture a single color
  • It was the size of a refrigerator

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