A Variety of 'Bubbles' Trivia Quiz

Answer: Coal

Bubbleologists combine science with art in their performances. They create bubbles in every imaginable size, shape and color. They make bubbles within bubbles, mega, spinning, floating and helium smoke filled bubbles, and many that would seem impossible, including encasing a person in a bubble.

The largest bubble recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records was around an elephant - now that was one mega bubble. Another interesting fact is that bubbles burst when they hit a dry surface not a wet one.

Answer: Cabbage

The primary vegetables are usually potatoes and cabbage but any leftover vegetables can be added. They are mixed together and can be made into patties or put in the pan as is and fried in butter until lightly browned on both sides.

Answer: Donald A Glaser

Physicists successfully used the bubble chambers to study subatomic particles. The tiny bubbles which formed around the ions in the hydrogen were helpful in their research during the 1950s and 1960s but they became obsolete as faster alternatives were developed. Mossbauer, Chamberlain and Wigner each won the Nobel prize around the same time as Glaser.

Answer: Betta

Once the female releases the eggs and they are fertilized by the male she is removed from the tank. The eggs are protected by the bubble nest and if one egg floats down from the nest the male picks it up and 'spits' it back into the bubbles. He guards the eggs until they hatch and when they become free swimming he needs to be removed as he may eat them.

Answer: Pink

Dubble Bubble became so popular that it was supplied to the military in their rations during World War II. Almost 100 years after it's accidental creation Dubble Bubble claims to be the #1 selling twist-wrap gum and now comes in various flavors: Pink Lemonade, Sour Cherry, Blue-Razz, Watermelon and Apple.

Answer: Tapioca

The ingredients for bubble tea are strong cold black tea, with milk to taste, plus honey or sugar to sweeten and crushed ice. Fruit of your choice is added to this along with 'pearls' if desired. My favorite is mango with 'pearls' - it's delicious.

Answer: Pears

Appropriately a bar of Pears soap was painted into the picture, and this was one of the first of many paintings to be used to promote the pureness of Pears soap which is made of glycerine. The grandson of the artist became so well known through the advertisement that he was known as 'Bubbles' for the rest of his life.

Answer: Chimpanzee

'Bubbles' was adopted from a Texas research facility and travelled often with his owner and even went to Japan with him. Since 2005 "Bubbles" has been living at the Center for Great Apes in Florida and he is said to have a very sweet nature and gets on well with the other chimpanzees.

Answer: Dreams

'I'm forever blowing bubbles, Pretty bubbles in the air,
They fly so high, Nearly reach the sky,
Then like my dreams they fade and die.
Fortunes always hiding, I've looked everywhere,
I'm forever blowing bubbles, Pretty bubbles in the air.'

For almost 100 years this song has been covered by many individuals including Vera Lynn, Doris Day, Dean Martin and even Harpo Marx who produced bubbles from his clarinet while he played this tune.

Answer: Aircraft

At the time of World War I most planes only had a small windshield and no canopy to protect the pilot, but as planes began to fly faster and higher canopies were designed for protection. Eventually a bubble canopy was designed without the original supports and seams of the first canopies, giving the pilot 360 degrees visibility which was essential during World War II.