Eclectic Medley Trivia Quiz

Answer: September

Released in 1978, it became one of the most iconic songs from Earth, Wind and Fire. It was added to the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry in 2018 for preservation of culturally significant works and was number 65 in Rolling Stone's "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list, updated in 2021. You probably have heard it in countless weddings, parties and commercial advertisements.

Answer: Onslaught

It is common in comics to show the high level of power of a new villain by having them effortlessly defeat a well-established strong character or two. Well, Onslaught's earlier appearances depicted it besting the physically nigh-unstoppable Juggernaut and one of the greatest telepaths in the Marvel universe, Jean Grey, after they both refused to be recruited by it. That was a very high bar the writers set and it took the collaboration of many heroes for them to come out victorious in the later engagements with this incredibly dangerous villain.

Answer: Joe-1

A few days later, on September 3, a weather-monitoring, American WB-29 airplane carrying special filters that could pick up radiological debris in its air sampling gathered the evidence that triggered many more corroborating flights. After much scientific consultation, a speech on September 23 from President Truman announced to the world that the Soviet Union had carried out such a test.

The Americans were surprised that the Soviet Union was already capable of making and testing nuclear bombs and in return, the Russians were astonished that the Americans had developed the technology to check for tell-tale detonation particles in the air. Unfortunately, all that confusion led to the Cold War intensifying from there on.

Answer: Washington, D.C.

More than 200,000 people participated in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom where the speech took place, in front of the Lincoln Memorial.

Answer: Very weak immune systems

The quarian people come from a planet with very little in the way of pathogens and they have lived for many years in spaceships away from their homeworld. Due to these factors, their immune systems are very compromised and they tend to get sick if intimately in contact with any other race or exposed to a non-sterile environment.

The only time Tali'Zorah's face is revealed in the main three games is in a photo she gifts the main character if her romantic event tree is pursued by the player-character. Bioware, the developer, had internal discussions throughout the series of whether to reveal her face or not, but their final decision of using a slightly modified stock photo of a real-life model was deemed disappointingly lazy by many fans. Fortunately, in 2021's "Mass Effect Legendary Edition", she was given an original look that was far better received.

Answer: The IT Crowd

Joining him in the main cast are Maurice Moss played by Richard Ayoade and Jen Barber played by Katherine Parkinson. Moss is his fellow IT tech down in their secluded department where few people come to bother them. Things change the day Jen joins them as their supervisor, having bluffed her way into the position with little to no IT knowledge, to their utter disbelief; however, she soon becomes their best help in resolving the many awkward social situations they stumble into.

Answer: Names of flowers

In the book, the main shatterling characters belong to the Gentian line, otherwise referred to as the House of Flowers.

"House of Suns" was a nominee for the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 2009.

Answer: An automatic tea-making machine and alarm clock

For when you want to suddenly rise from slumber with a raucous alarm and recover from the rude awakening with a freshly-brewed hot tea.

Answer: Essen

The Essen Spiel is the convention that most board game fans follow closely as new games are announced and release dates for hotly anticipated games are given. If you happen to be one of the more than 100,000 people attending yearly, you might even snag a copy of a new game ahead of the rest of the world!

Answer: Switzerland

Allegra! Less than 0.5% of Switzerland speaks Romansh, and they are mostly concentrated on the canton of Graubünden, otherwise known as the Grisons. It was officially recognized as a national language in 1938.