Wits and Wagers Exam Questions with Verified Answers (Correct
Update)
Question 1: What percent of U.S. presidents have served in a war?
Answer: 45%
Question 2: Of U.S. men age 65 or older, what percent are employed?
Answer: 27%
Question 3: In what year were the Voyager missions first launched to explore the planets
beyond Mars?
Answer: 1981
Question 4: How many matches did Muhammad Ali win during his professional boxing career?
Answer: 38
Question 5: J.R.R. Tolkien sold the Lord of the Rings film rights in 1968. In dollars, what was
the selling
price?
Answer: one million dollars
Question 6: In what year did Michelangelo finish painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
Answer: 1450
Question 7: In what year was a smiley face first used to express emotion on a computer screen?
Answer: 1982
Question 8: In what year did McDonald's introduce the Big Mac nationwide?
Answer: 1968
Question 9: In what year was Velcro invented?
Answer: 1941
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, Question 10: How many James Bond novels did Ian Fleming write?
Answer: 12 novels
Question 11: In what year did the first pizzeria open?
Answer: 1830
Question 12: In inches, how tall was the shortest mature man in recorded medical history?
Answer: 22 inches
Question 13: In how many movies did Elvis Presley appear in?
Answer: 31
Question 14: In what year did superman make his first appearance in a comic book?
Answer: 1938
Question 15: What was the value of the most expensive prize ever offered on The Price It Right?
Answer: $157,300 sports supercar
Question 16: How many pounds does an empty Boeing 747 weigh?
Answer: 404,600 lbs
Question 17: How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?
Answer: 364
Question 18: In feet, what is the highest recorded jump by a dolphin?
Answer: 15 ft.
Question 19: In minutes, what is the combined length of the 3 Lord of the Rings movies without
credits?
Answer: 178 minutes
Question 20: In what year did the first Muppet Show air?
Answer: 1976
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Update)
Question 1: What percent of U.S. presidents have served in a war?
Answer: 45%
Question 2: Of U.S. men age 65 or older, what percent are employed?
Answer: 27%
Question 3: In what year were the Voyager missions first launched to explore the planets
beyond Mars?
Answer: 1981
Question 4: How many matches did Muhammad Ali win during his professional boxing career?
Answer: 38
Question 5: J.R.R. Tolkien sold the Lord of the Rings film rights in 1968. In dollars, what was
the selling
price?
Answer: one million dollars
Question 6: In what year did Michelangelo finish painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
Answer: 1450
Question 7: In what year was a smiley face first used to express emotion on a computer screen?
Answer: 1982
Question 8: In what year did McDonald's introduce the Big Mac nationwide?
Answer: 1968
Question 9: In what year was Velcro invented?
Answer: 1941
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, Question 10: How many James Bond novels did Ian Fleming write?
Answer: 12 novels
Question 11: In what year did the first pizzeria open?
Answer: 1830
Question 12: In inches, how tall was the shortest mature man in recorded medical history?
Answer: 22 inches
Question 13: In how many movies did Elvis Presley appear in?
Answer: 31
Question 14: In what year did superman make his first appearance in a comic book?
Answer: 1938
Question 15: What was the value of the most expensive prize ever offered on The Price It Right?
Answer: $157,300 sports supercar
Question 16: How many pounds does an empty Boeing 747 weigh?
Answer: 404,600 lbs
Question 17: How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?
Answer: 364
Question 18: In feet, what is the highest recorded jump by a dolphin?
Answer: 15 ft.
Question 19: In minutes, what is the combined length of the 3 Lord of the Rings movies without
credits?
Answer: 178 minutes
Question 20: In what year did the first Muppet Show air?
Answer: 1976
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