The Daily Quiz for January 11, 2025

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1 / 10

What is the process by which plants release water vapor into the atmosphere?

Respiration

Transpiration

Photosynthesis

Plants lose around 97-99% of the water they absorb through this process, meaning only a small amount is actually used for growth!

2 / 10

What is Homer Simpson’s catchphrase?

Eat my shorts!

D'oh!

Ay caramba!

D’oh! has become so iconic that it was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2001.”

3 / 10

In Maryland, it’s illegal to take a lion to the movies.

True

False

This bizarre law actually exists in Maryland, though it’s unclear if anyone ever attempted it.

4 / 10

What year was the first successful summit of Mount Everest?

1945

1953

1960

Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first confirmed climbers to reach the summit.

5 / 10

What’s the correct spelling of a word meaning “to make something more concentrated”?

Condense

Condence

Condens

Condense comes from Latin “condensare,” meaning “to make very dense.”

6 / 10

What was the name of Dokken’s hit power ballad?

In My Dreams

Alone Again

It's Not Love

Alone Again was written by Don Dokken about the death of his mother when he was a child.

7 / 10

What causes the seasons on Earth?

Distance from the Sun

Earth's tilted axis and orbit around the Sun

The Moon's gravity

Earth’s axial tilt (obliquity) varies between 22.1 and 24.5 degrees over a cycle of about 41,000 years. It is currently at 23.44 degrees

8 / 10

Who performed the 1972 hit “Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl)”?

America

Bread

Looking Glass

Looking Glass an American pop rock band had their only major hit with this song.

9 / 10

Who directed the 1986 Vietnam War film “Platoon” which won Best Picture?

Francis Ford Coppola

Oliver Stone

Stanley Kubrick

Oliver Stone drew from his own experiences as a U.S. infantryman in Vietnam to create “Platoon”.

10 / 10

Which 1980 musical comedy features Jake and Elwood?

This Is Spinal Tap

Wayne's World

The Blues Brothers

The Blues Brothers set a record for the number of cars crashed in a single film at 103, which stood until 1998.

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