Four Pete's Sake! Trivia Quiz

Answer: Clover

Legend says that each leaf of a four-leaf clover represents something significant. These are faith, hope, love and luck. Four-leaf clovers are not easy to find in a patch of clover considering there is approximately ten thousand three-leaf clover per one four-leaf clover.
In the earlier times of Ireland, Druids believed that carrying a shamrock (four-leaf clover) helped them see evil spirits approaching. For them, it was believed that there was a magical protection from the shamrock and that it also warded off bad luck.

Answer: Six

A four-sided plane figure has four sides and four angles. The six non-irregular quadrilaterals are the square, rectangle, rhombus, kite, parallelogram and trapezoid (trapezium).

Answer: No

It is said that the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse will be summoned and will ride out upon four different colored horses. These horses will be white, red, black and pale. Interpretations of this differ but for the most part it is believed that these Horsemen symbolize Conquest, War, Famine and Death, in that order. Christians believe that these Four Horsemen will start an apocalypse on the world and they will be the ones to announce the final judgment day.

Answer: Sing a Song of Sixpence

"Sing a Song of Sixpence" is an English nursery rhyme believed to have originated in the eighteenth century. The first verse of the most common modern version is:

"Sing a song of sixpence,
A pocket full of rye.
Four and twenty blackbirds,
Baked in a pie."

In 1744 the first verse appeared in "Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book".

Answer: Two times two

The factors of the number four are one, two and four but the prime factors are two multiplied by two. Factoring is taking numbers that you can multiply together to get another number. The prime factors of an integer are the prime numbers that need to be multiplied together to make that integer's value.

Answer: 4-H Club

The 4-H Club is sponsored by the Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture in the USA. This club offers youths instructions in both home economics and agriculture. 4-H stands for the representation of personal development focused on head, heart, hands and health.

There are 4-H clubs in more than eighty different countries worldwide. The motto of the 4-H is "To make the best better" and their slogan is "Learn by doing".

Answer: Four Seasons

Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons have been a popular band since 1960. Their hit song "Sherry" peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1962. Again in 1962 their hit "Big Girls Don't Cry" also peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. More hits include "Rag Doll" (1964), "Working My Way Back to You" (1966) and "Walk Like a Man" (1963).

The musical play "Jersey Boys", which opened in 2005 is based on the lives of The Four Seasons.

Answer: Tetrahedron

Three faces of a tetrahedron meet at each vertex (point or corner). There are six edges and four vertices to a tetrahedron. A good example of a tetrahedron is a pyramid.

Answer: The Canadian Tenors

The Canadian Tenors, also referred to as The Tenors, are a vocal quartet who evolved from the creation of Jill Ann Siemens in 2003.
Their first holiday album "The Perfect Gift" was released in 2009 and was certified platinum by Music Canada. This album peaked at number seven on the Top Holiday Albums Chart in the USA in 2010. The Canadian Tenors sang Leonard Cohen's song "Hallelujah" at the Emmy Awards in 2011.

Answer: James Madison

James Madison, Jr. was born at Belle Grove Plantation near the town of Port Conway, Virginia on the fifth of March, 1751. He was the oldest son of Nelly and James Sr. and had eleven siblings.
James Madison was the fourth President of the US, from March 4, 1809 to March 4, 1817. He was instrumental in the drafting and creation of the United States Constitution so is often referred to as the "Father of the Constitution". He also played a key part in the authoring of the United States Bill of Rights. Madison was preceded by Thomas Jefferson and succeeded by James Monroe.