Kentucky Kwiz | April 2018
Kentucky Kwiz | April 2018
- 1.
The town of Irvine, named after Col. William Irvine, hosts which edible festival during the last weekend of April?
- A.
The Mountain Meatball Festival
- B.
The Mountain Mushroom Festival
- C.
The Mountain Mozzarella Festival
Correct Answer
B. The Mountain Mushroom FestivalExplanation
B. Mushrooms are all the rage in Estill County.Rate this question:
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- 2.
Why is Early Times, produced by Brown-Forman, branded as a whisky instead of a bourbon?
- A.
Because it’s produced in Nebraska
- B.
Because it’s only 11.75 corn
- C.
Because some of the spirits used are aged in used barrels
Correct Answer
C. Because some of the spirits used are aged in used barrelsExplanation
C. Bourbon must be aged in new white-oak barrels.Rate this question:
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- 3.
Or years, fans of the Boston Red Sox believed the team was cursed by the spirit of Babe Ruth after his disrespectful 1919 trade to the New York Yankees. The Hanshin (Japanese) Tigers believe they were cursed for 18 years because a life-sized statue of which Kentuckian was thrown into the Dotonbori River during a 1985 fan celebration?
- A.
Muhammad Ali
- B.
Samurai Tom Cruise
- C.
Colonel Harland Sanders
Correct Answer
C. Colonel Harland SandersExplanation
C. When the Colonel was recovered from the river in 2009, the Tigers started winning again.Rate this question:
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- 4.
When John Y. Brown Jr. married former Miss America Phyllis George in 1979, which minister performed the ceremony?
- A.
Norman Vincent Peale
- B.
The Rev. Billy Graham
- C.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson
Correct Answer
A. Norman Vincent PealeExplanation
A. The author of The Power of Positive ThinkingRate this question:
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- 5.
Alexander Scott Bullitt (1761-1816), the namesake of Bullitt County, named his 1,000-acre farm after which fictional British farm?
- A.
Summitt
- B.
Oxmoor
- C.
Cuthbert
Correct Answer
B. OxmoorExplanation
B. The Oxmoor mall on Shelbyville Road in Louisville is built on a portion of the original Bullitt farmRate this question:
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- 6.
Which of the constantly revolving actors to portray Col. Harland Sanders in KFC commercials was actually born in Kentucky, a claim even the Colonel can’t make?
- A.
Norm McDonald
- B.
Darrell Hammond
- C.
Rob Riggle
Correct Answer
C. Rob RiggleExplanation
C. Lt. Col. Robert Allen Riggle Jr. was born in Louisville on April 21, 1970.Rate this question:
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- 7.
Bruce Tinsley, the creator of the comic strip Mallard Fillmore, holds a political science degree from Bellarmine University. He was recruited because his strip was seen as a conservative response to which other well-known strip?
- A.
Doonesbury
- B.
Beatle Bailey
- C.
Garfield
Correct Answer
A. DoonesburyExplanation
A. While Garry Trudeau’s longtime strip chronicles the adventures of an array of characters, it is seen as having a liberal viewpoint.Rate this question:
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- 8.
With an elevation of 4,145 feet, the highest point in Kentucky can be found on which mountain?
- A.
Whoopee Hill
- B.
Sugarloaf Mountain
- C.
Black Mountain
Correct Answer
C. Black MountainExplanation
C. Black Mountain is located in Harlan County near the Kentucky-Virginia border.Rate this question:
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- 9.
Which is the official fruit of Kentucky?
- A.
Strawberries
- B.
Blackberries
- C.
Blueberries
Correct Answer
B. BlackberriesExplanation
B. Blackberries edged out blueberries by a free throw.Rate this question:
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- 10.
Haley Anne Strode is an actress best known for her roles in ABC’s The Astronauts Wives Club who grew up on her family’s farm on the Ohio River near which western Kentucky city?
- A.
Beaver Dam
- B.
Princeton
- C.
Owensboro
Correct Answer
C. OwensboroExplanation
C. Owensboro is on the river, and the other two are not.Rate this question:
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