FunTrivia General Knowledge Mix: Vol 1 Quiz

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which is NOT a 'general' item?

Answer: Taste

"General Hospital" is a famous soap opera.

General Motors vehicles include Buick, Cadillac and Chevy vehicles.

General Mills is a large food brand, including Cheerios, Wheaties and Green Giant.

Question by player linkan

2. Where would you find a dipstick?

Answer: In a car

If you open the hood of your car you'll find a dipstick next to where you put oil in the car. it is a long thin metal strip sheathed like a sword in its holder; using a rag to wipe the oil off of the dipstick you then stick it back in the hole where you drew it out from. Pull it back out and take a look at where the oil now comes up to on the dipstick.

This will indicate how much oil you might need to put in.

Question by player Billkozy

3. What do an American aviatrix lost at sea in 1937, an American feminist whose name is attached to women's clothing reform, and the central character in a series of children's books about a housemaid who takes everything literally, have in common?

Answer: Amelia

Amelia Earhart (1897-1937) was an aviator, author, teacher, public speaker and all-around feminist. She was pals with Eleanor Roosevelt. Amelia Bloomer (1818-1894) was a writer and publisher (of a newspaper called "The Lilly") which supported temperance, suffrage and women's rights.

While she did not invent "bloomers", her personal adoption of them and support for them lent to their being associated with her name. Amelia Bedelia books have been written since 1963 by the originator Peggy Parish and, after she died in 1988, by her nephew Herman Parish. Similarly, they have been illustrated by Wallace Tripp, Fritz Siebel, Lynn Sweat, Lynne Avril and Barbara Siebel Thomas.

Question by player FatherSteve

4. We've all heard of suicide and homicide, but a much rarer occurrence is pseudocide. What is pseudocide? (Hint: It's like suicide, but not quite the same).

Answer: Faking your own death

Pseudocide is relatively rare and usually involves going into hiding, collecting on life insurance or avoiding debt.

Question by player deconstructor5

5. Most modern sponges are made of foam plastic, but what are natural sponges made of?

Answer: the fibrous skeleton of a sea creature

Sponges are animals from the Porifera. They are sessile creatures that live on the sea floor. Most have skeletons that are too rough to be useful, but two kinds, the Hippospongia and Spongia, are soft and fibrous. They have been used by people since ancient times, and by the mid-1900's were over-fished almost to the point of extinction. Natural sponges are still used, most often to apply cosmetics.

Question by player Flamis

6. What is 230 feet long, 20 inches high and includes 55 dogs, 202 horses and 626 people?

Answer: The Bayeux Tapestry

The Bayeux Tapestry was embroidered on linen in eight colours and depicts the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. The work was carried out in panels, which were then linked together to show the sequence of events leading to the Norman Invasion. The Battle of Hastings, in which King Harold was killed and William the Conqueror gained the English Crown is depicted in grisly detail. Even the appearance of Halley's Comet is included.

Question by player baldricksmum

7. The universal symbol for recycling, the radioactive hazard symbol, and the biological hazard symbol would all be considered which of these graphic formations?

Answer: trefoil

Trefoils are graphic formations that consist of three elements originating from a common center, which are often (but not always) symmetrical. The recycling symbol consists of three green arrows while the radiation and biological hazard symbols are composed of various rounded elements. Trefoils are also popular in architecture and in Christian theology, as the three elements can represent the Holy Trinity.

Question by player trident

8. An orbuculum is another name for what object?

Answer: Crystal ball

An orbuculum is the original name for a crystal ball. It is derived from the Latin crystallum orbis. The first crystal balls are believed to have been used by Celtic Druids in the first and second centuries AD. Crystal balls were a prominent sight in the Roman Empire and was used by soothsayers.

Question by player Joepetz

9. What does the acronym RADAR stand for?

Answer: Radio Detection and Ranging

The term RADAR was coined by the US Navy in 1940 while the British were using the acronym RDF for Range & Direction Finding.

Question by player MissleToe

10. In medieval Britain, the remains of what animal were sometimes placed in the walls of buildings to ward off evil spirits?

Answer: Cat

It is not known for certain how this practice originated. Some scholars believe that it may have been brought to Britain by Roman soldiers. The cats were not, in most cases, buried alive. They were killed and their remains allowed to dry before being interred.

The presence of a cat in the walls of a building was thought to ward off witches and evil spirits. In 2009, the remains of a 400 year-old cat were found in the walls of a cottage in Ugborough, Devonshire that was undergoing renovation. The practice of burying a cat in the walls of a building was not confined to Britain, but was commonplace throughout Europe, and examples have even been found in the United States.

Question by player daver852

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FunTrivia General Knowledge Mix: Vol 1 Quiz

A mix of 10 General Knowledge questions, submitted by 10 different FunTrivia players! The first few questions are easy, but the last couple are tough!

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