Brain Busters 16
Put your best trivia players to the test in our continuing general trivia game series featuring fifteen harder-than-usual questions.
15 questions · Published December 23, 2024
Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. Before its most well-known side effect became its primary selling point, Viagra was originally developed to treat what?
Sildenafil, which is sold under the brand name Viagra (among others), was originally developed as a treatment for high blood pressure, and while the drug is still prescribed for that condition, it is most commonly used for its most famous side effect.
- Multiple Choice
2. Bergamot, commonly used as an aromatic extract, is a species of which fruit?
The fruit of bergamot oranges is not typically eaten, as it is more bitter than a grapefruit.
However, bergamot oil is highly prized for its use in perfumery.
- Multiple Choice
3. A group of which of these animals is collectively known as a "conspiracy"?
It is believed that the term "conspiracy" as it relates to a group of lemurs derives from the animal's social nature, their natural predilection to "conspire" against outside threats.
- Multiple Choice
4. Which of these is NOT an installment in the popular educational video game series "Carmen Sandiego"?
The long-running educational video game series asked "Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?" and "Where in America's Past is Carmen Sandiego?" but it did NOT ask "Where in History is Carmen Sandiego?"
- Multiple Choice
5. In miles per hour, approximately how fast does the Earth rotate at the equator?
The Earth spins on its axis an average of 1,000 miles per hour at the equator, and its speed gradually decreases moving towards the Earth's poles.
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