UH - OH...... IT'S A POP QUIZ!!

BY DAN MILLER
(originally posted April 15, 2005)

So you thought you were through with school and pop quizzes?
Sorry, I want everyone to grab a piece of paper and a pencil..... close your books..... stay away from Google..... and don't look at the bottom of this page for the answers.

There'll be a total of 20 multiple choice questions. When you've answered all 20 questions, you may check the answers at the bottom.

Each question is worth 5 points, so you'll need 14 correct answers for a passing grade of 70.

Here we go.... and no fair peeking at your neighbor's computer:

1. According to the National Safety Council, what object is most often "choked on" by Americans?
a. chewing gum
b. a cigarette filter
c. a toothpick

2. Where was cowboy entertainer Tex Ritter when he died of a heart attack in 1974?
a. the Nashville jail
b. Baptist Hospital
c. backstage at the Ryman Auditorium

3. Who is the youngest person ever to hold the office of President of the United States?
a. John Kennedy
b. Bill Clinton
c. Theodore Roosevelt

4. What legendary country star made regular appearances on the daytime soap opera "One Life To Live"?
a. Buck Owens
b. Bill Anderson
c. Connie Smith

5. Before becoming a country star, this singer was a regular on the Lawrence Welk Show:
a. John Conlee
b. Barbara Mandrell
c. Lynn Anderson

6. Until 1796, the state of Tennessee was known as what?
a. Franklin
b. North Georgia
c. Elizabethton

7. The most common name in the world is:
a. Smith
b. Muhammad
c. Wang

8. Composer Wolfgang Mozart is buried where?
a. a Vienna cemetery
b. a Vienna mausoleum
c. around Vienna, but no one knows exactly where

9. In 16th century Turkey, anyone caught drinking coffee was sentenced to:
a. death
b. life in prison
c. slave labor at the palace of the ruler

10. "E" is the most frequently used letter in the English alphabet. The least used letter is:
a. "V"
b. "Z"
c. "Q"

11. What is the greatest distance between the eastern and western borders of Tennessee?
a. 480 miles
b. 390 miles
c. 655 miles

12. Bernard Schwartz became famous using the name:
a. Richard Burton
b. Frank Sinatra
c. Tony Curtis

13. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?
a. New York City
b. their birthplace
c. an ocean

14. On what day are the most collect phone calls placed?
a. Mother's Day
b. Thanksgiving
c. Father's Day

15. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time U.S. television was:
a. Fred & Wilma Flintstone
b. Ozzie & Harriet Nelson
c. Lucille Ball & Desi Arnez

16. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is:
a. 13 seconds
b. 22 seconds
c. 2 minutes

17. Which African animal has killed the most humans?
a. Lion
b. Elephant
c. Hippopotamus

18. Walt Disney had a lifelong fear of:
a. ducks
b. mice
c. deer

19. How much is the price tag on Minnie Pearl's famous hat?
a. $1.98
b. $2.99
c. 99 cents

20. What hamburger chain was launched in Chattanooga in 1932?
a. Wendy's
b. Krystal
c. Fat Burger

OK... put down your pencils.
You get 5 points for each correct answer.
If you have 14 correct, you'll pass with a score of 70.

THE ANSWERS:
1. (c) another reason not to have one sticking out of your mouth
2. (a) Tex was at the jail to bail out a band member
3. (c) Roosevelt was only 42 when he replaced President McKinley, who was assassinated
4. (b) Bill made several appearances on the soap
5. (c) Lynn Anderson
6. (a) that's right, we were the state of Franklin
7. (b) Muhammad
8. (c) as was the custom, Mozart was buried in an unmarked grave
9. (a) pretty tough.... they obviously really didn't like coffee
10. (c) I would have guessed Z too, but it's apparently Q, though I've never counted.
11. (a) 480 miles, a nice little day trip
12. (c) Tony Curtis
13. (b) there's no place like close to home
14. (c) everybody wants Daddy to pay the bills
15. (a) at least it was animated
16. (a) some chickens might fly longer in private, but nobody's seen it
17. (c) amazingly, Hippos can run faster than humans... and occasionally catch them
18. (b) in spite of Mickey
19. (a) she bought her first one in Aiken, South Carolina
20. (b) they also have the Choo Choo

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