Useless Trivia Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Whose ashes were buried in a Pringles can after some were placed inside one at his request?
Fred Baur, who designed the can
Alexander Liepa, who helped develop the chip
Julius Pringle, the brand's fictional mascot
Gene Wolfe, who helped engineer a cooking process
2. What is the traditional typographic name for the dot above a lowercase i or j?
Cedilla
Serif
Tittle
Tilde
3. On which planet does one rotation take longer than one trip around the Sun?
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
4. A clockmaker labels a dial using standard Roman numerals. Which number has no standard Roman numeral of its own?
Five
Ten
Fifty
Zero
5. How many hearts does an octopus have?
One
Two
Four
Three
6. A food label calls a strawberry a botanical berry. Which correction is most accurate?
It is an aggregate accessory fruit, not a true botanical berry
It is a drupe because its seeds are on the outside
It is a pome because its flesh surrounds a central core
It is a legume because it develops from a flowering plant
7. The small cap at the end of a shoelace has broken, causing the lace to fray. What is that cap called?
Eyelet
Toggle
Ferrule
Aglet
8. You examine the tiny pocket inside the front pocket of a traditional pair of jeans. What was it originally designed to hold?
Coins
A key
A pocket watch
A matchbox
9. A wildlife researcher finds droppings shaped like small cubes. Which animal most likely left them?
Porcupine
Beaver
Badger
Wombat
10. After rain falls on dry ground, you notice a distinctive earthy smell. What is that scent called?
Geosmin
Petrichor
Humus
Ozone
11. On a very hot day, how does the Eiffel Tower's height typically change because its iron expands?
It becomes slightly shorter
It becomes slightly taller
It alternates between taller and shorter each hour
It remains exactly the same
12. A zoo exhibit is limited to mammals capable of true powered flight rather than gliding. Which animal belongs in it?
Flying squirrel
Bat
Sugar glider
Colugo
13. Which bird can sustain backward flight under its own power?
Kingfisher
Swift
Hummingbird
Kestrel
14. The two Ms in the name M&M's come from which surnames?
Mars and Murrie
Mars and Milton
Milton and Murrie
Morgan and Mars
15. A botanist reviews a fruit salad containing bananas, strawberries, raspberries, and cherries. Which ingredient is botanically classified as a berry?
Raspberry
Strawberry
Banana
Cherry
16. Which mythical creature is Scotland's national animal?
Unicorn
Griffin
Kelpie
Dragon