On the Ultimate Quiz X

March 1, 2026

I can’t believe we have already done nine of these. In any event, here are another 20 questions. A grade of 80 could classify you as close to brilliant. Good luck.

  1. Which college that has a New York City borough’s name but is located in a different borough was recently reclassified as a university?
  2. Who said: “We all live with the objective to be happy; our lives are all different and yet the same”?
  3. Once again, what two traditional casino games offer the patron the best chance of winning?
  4. Name the author who recently initiated work on his second book concerned with geothermal energy.
  5. What beautiful city in Arizona lies between Flagstaff and Phoenix?
  6. Water freezes at what temperature?
  7. What are the chemical symbols for nitrogen and mercury?
  8. Name the second smallest country on planet Earth.
  9. Name the capitol of the second smallest country on planet Earth.
  10. What great statesman was often affectionately referred to as Winnie?
  11. Who owns the quote, “The experience gained by one failure is often the greatest value in pointing the way to the right path.”
  12. A cowboy rides into town on Friday. He stays three days and then rides out of town on Friday. How is this possible?
  13. What approximate period in time has been referred to by many as Greece’s Golden Age? Hint: It is in the B.C. era.
  14. When did the Irish War of Independence occur?
  15. Provide the date of the crash of the New York Stock Exchange that proceeded the Great Depression.
  16. Briefly describe FDR’s “The New Deal.”
  17. Who composed the “Iliad and Odyssey”?
  18. Who will celebrate his 92nd birthday next month?
  19. What year was Barack Hussein Obama reelected?
  20. What period in time did the great famine and massive immigration occur in Ireland?

ANSWERS:

  1. Manhattan University.
  2. Anne Frank who died at age 16 in a Nazi concentration camp.
  3. As noted in my book Winning at Casinos, they are blackjack (or “21”) and dice (or “craps”).
  4. Your favorite author, of course.
  5. Sedona, home to an absolutely breathtaking landscape. We visited there several times.
  6. 32°F or 0°C, but only at 1.0 atmospheric pressure.
  7. N and Hg, respectively.
  8. Monaco.
  9. A real tough one, Monte Carlo.
  10. Sir Winston Churchhill. I often refer to him as the man of the 20th century. I plan to do an article on him sometime during this summer.
  11. Our greatest president: George Washington.
  12. His horse is named Friday.
  13. Approximately 400 to 300 B.C.
  14. The years 1919-21, resulting in Ireland and Britain signing a treaty establishing the “Irish Free State,” but with six counties in Northern Ireland remaining under British rule.
  15. October 29, 1929.
  16. Its purpose was to assist in the recovery from the Great Depression and provide measures to ensure it not happening again.
  17. Homer.
  18. Once again, your favorite author.
  19. 2012.
  20. The middle of the 19th century, i.e., approximately 1850.

Visit the author at:

www.theodorenewsletter.com

and / or

Basketball Coaching 101 on Facebook

NEXT POSTINGS

APRIL 1:                    On the Solution

MAY 1:                      On Hello Baseball / Goodbye Basketball

JUNE 1:                      On Memorial Day XI

This entry was posted on Sunday, March 1st, 2026 at 10:00 am and is filed under East Williston, Gambling, Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Leave a comment