FunTrivia General Knowledge Mix: Vol 24 Quiz

Answer: wings

The name "buffalo wings" does not suggest that these chicken wings taste or look like they came from a bison, but rather that they originated in Buffalo, New York. The Detroit Red Wings have played in the National Hockey League since 1926. Their red-and-white uniforms reinforce the team name. "Wings" was part of a trio of television programmes (with "Cheers" and "Fraser") created and produced by David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee.


Question by player FatherSteve

Answer: boxer

The word boxer can also mean someone who boxes items or makes boxes or a Chinese secret society.

Question by player MyGirl2000

Answer: Olympia

The original Olympic Games were held in Olympia, Greece, from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD. They were both religious and athletic in nature. The modern Olympics resumed in 1890 or 1894 or 1896, depending upon who one asks. The Opel Olympia was a family car produced by the German automaker Opel from 1935 to 1940, from 1947 to 1953 and again from 1967 to 1970. Unibody construction reduced the weight of the car compared to others.

The Olympia Brewing Company (1896-2003) built a brewery in Tumwater, Washington, U.S.

The Schmidt Family operated that brewery to produce Olympia Beer until the sale of the business to Pabst Brewing Company in 1983.

Question by player FatherSteve

Answer: seven

Earl Derr Biggers wrote the Charlie Chan mystery series. He also wrote a much different novel, "Seven Keys to Baldpate," which George M. Cohan turned into a successful stage play in 1913, Lux Radio Theatre turned into a radio play in 1938, and Lew Landers turned into a motion picture in 1947. It involves a cast of characters stranded in a snowed-in country lodge.

The seven deadly sins are also called the seven capital vices or the seven cardinal sins. There are variations but the most common list includes pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony and sloth. Such lists were composed by monastics and spiritual directors from the immediate subapostolic era forward.

The Star Trek character Seven of Nine was born Annika Hansen but her name was changed to Seven of Nine, Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix Zero One, when she was assimilated by the Borg. Jeri Ryan's portrayal of this "recovered" Borg was the subject of considerable controversy, given that she wore a skin-tight, very revealing costume. This was seen by some as a blatant ploy to attract 18-35 year old males to the show's audience.

Question by player FatherSteve

Answer: Eat it. It's a fruit.

The pitaya is a delicious fruit that grows on a type of cacti. In many countries it is more commonly known as dragonfruit, and is also called a strawberry pear. The fruit comes in many varieties, some sweet and some sour. The most common varieties are sweet with either white or red flesh.

Question by player Xanadont

Answer: Up to 27 feet (8.23m)

It was previously believed that a sneeze carried approximately 6 feet. But in 2020 (with its high prevalence of Covid-19), it was discovered at MIT using high-speed photography that particulates from a sneeze could travel at up to 100 mph (161 kph) up to 27 feet, and also that they could remain in the air for minutes, not seconds. Handy to know in a pandemic!

Question by player Quiz_Beagle

Answer: 1 (one)

The element hydrogen has the atomic number of "1". On "Star Trek: The Next Generation", Captain Picard often referred to Commander Riker as "Number One" (or first officer). Billy Martin's number of "1" as a player and manager of the New York Yankees was retired by the team in 1986. The song "One" appeared twice in the 1975 musical "A Chorus Line".

Question by player bernie73

Answer: They are varieties of wine grapes.

Malbec is a purple grape variety from Cahors in France, grown also in Argentina, the United States and Australia. Barbarossa is a red-pink grape from Italy; its name means "red beard" and derives from Frederick I, the Holy Roman Emperor in the 12th century, who had a red beard. Schönburger is a German grape used to produce white wines, and is cultivated also in British Columbia and in the US states of Washington and Oregon.

Question by player FatherSteve

Answer: Duckworth

Kendrick Lamar was born Kendrick Lamar Duckworth in Compton, in 1987. His work included the 2015 album, "To Pimp a Butterfly" and songs for the soundtrack of the 2018 movie "Black Panther".
Frank Duckworth, born in 1939 in Lancashire, was known for his work with Tony Lewis on formulating a way to decide the outcome of limited over cricket matches that are curtailed by rain or other issues. The Duckworth-Lewis method was later modified by Steven Stern.

Jack and Vera Duckworth were a popular couple on the UK TV show "Coronation Street" for over 30 years.

Question by player Upstart3

Answer: words

A logophile is a person with a love of words. The word is formed from the Greek 'logos' meaning word and 'phile' meaning love of a subject. The humorous 'logorrhea' is related and means 'flow of words' for someone who speaks too many of them, often in an uninterrupted manner!

Question by player MikeMaster99