FunTrivia General Knowledge Mix: Vol 21 Quiz

Answer: Beaver

A beaver is a big semiaquatic rodent that is mostly nocturnal. They are known for building dams and cutting down trees with their sharp teeth.

A beavertail is a fried dough pastry stretched out to look like the tail of a beaver and are topped with an assortment of condiments. The name was first trademarked in Ontario, Canada in 1978.

Theodore 'the Beaver' Cleaver was a seven-year-old boy on the American television series 'Leave it to Beaver'. The show ran from 1957-1963.

Question by player lout62001

Answer: eggs

"Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, all the king's horses and all the king's men, couldn't put Humpty together again". As well as starring in the nursery rhyme, Humpty also appears in "Through the Looking-Glass" by Lewis Carroll. Easter eggs can be boiled and decorated hen's eggs or made of chocolate.

Question by player lonely-lady

Answer: a website

Myspace (formerly spelled "MySpace") is a social networking service which focused on music and pop culture. It was launched in 2003 and grew so rapidly that in 2009 it already reached the 100 million milestone of registered users worldwide. However, with the rise of Facebook in the 2010s, Myspace lost significance especially among young people.

A series of new owners tried to stop the trend with new features and a couple of relaunches but the site has never found its way back to old glory.

Question by player wellenbrecher

Answer: Tabitha

Tabitha King, wife of the master of horror Stephen King, has at least ten published books to her name in both fiction and non-fiction sections. Tabatha Stephens's first appeared in Series Two of the gently amusing, long-running ABC sitcom "Bewitched", as daughter of the world's most glamorous witch Samantha and world's most fawning father Darrin. Tabitha (Dorcas) is referenced in the Book of Acts of the Bible, and Tabitha London is an exclusive and expensive range of fashion handbags founded by Tabitha Somerset Webb in 2003.

The name Tabitha is of Hebrew origin, and in Aramaic means gazelle.

Question by player nickdrew55

Answer: Bees

Apiphobia is a fear of bees, arachnophobia is spiders, chilopodophobia is centipedes, and entomophobia is beetles.

Question by player JaffacakeMan

Answer: Babbitt

Sinclair Lewis' novel "Babbitt" was a critical view of life in middle class 1920s America. This novel along with his other famous novel, "Main Street", led to Lewis being the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1930. Dustin Hoffman played Charlie Babbitt in "Rain Man" in 1988 and won the Oscar for Best Actor in this role, to go along with his best actor Oscar for "Kramer Vs Kramer".

Question by player wonkatriv

Answer: Owls

There are about two hundred different species of owls. They are considered to be nocturnal and are birds of prey characterized by their large eyes.

In Roman mythology, the owl of Minerva was considered a sacred bird. It was used as a symbol of knowledge and wisdom linking Minerva's title as the goddess of wisdom.

The Temple Owls are the athletic teams that represent Temple University. The owl has been the symbol and mascot since their establishment in the 1880s.

Question by player lout62001

Answer: Rumored to be the son of Louis XVI

The Dauphin is the title given the oldest son of the King of France, and thus heir to the throne. During the French Revolution, the Dauphin was imprisoned in the Bastille in Paris. As the story goes, a jailer felt sorry for the little boy, who had taken ill, and arranged to have him swapped with a street urchin.

The Dauphin was then supposedly smuggled safely out of the country to Canada and never seen again.

Question by player curdman

Answer: Lily

Lily is a flower that symbolizes innocence, purity and beauty. Lily is a popular girl's first name. Lily Tomlin is the name of a known comedian.
Rose, Daisy and Petunia are other flower names.

Question by player MyGirl2000

Answer: Bodegas

Bodega means "storeroom" or "cellar" in Spanish. The key features of bodegas, or any corner store, are being located in neighborhoods where people live and being open long hours, often 24 hours. Bodegas blossomed in NYC in the 1940s and 1950s, when a wave of Puerto Rican immigrants settled in the area.

The Puerto Rican population and the number of bodegas are shrinking in NYC, and many of the bodegas that remain are now run by people of other ethnic groups, which are newer waves of immigrants.

Question by player wjames