FunTrivia General Knowledge Mix: Vol 30 Quiz

Answer: Grover

Wilder's play "Our Town" is set in a theatre in the town of Grover's Corner, which the Stage Manager says is in New Hampshire but which, according to the map coordinates of 42 degrees 40 minutes north latitude and 70 degrees 37 minutes west longitude which he gives, would be located in the surf of the Atlantic Ocean in Massachusetts.

The 22nd and 24th President of the United States was Stephen Grover Cleveland. He chose to be known by his middle name. He was the only president ever to serve two nonconsecutive terms in the White House. Grover is a Muppet (with no last name) who says he is a "cute, furry little monster".

In 1971, a book "starring" Grover was published: "The Monster at the End of This Book" (which remains in print).

Question by player FatherSteve

Answer: They appeared to be naked

Dhaka muslin was so exquisite and delicate that it was given names such as woven wind, evening dew, and flowing water. In a process almost lost forever, it was manufactured only from plants grown by the Meghna river in India, taking months to weave, horrendously labour intensive - and costing the earth to purchase (up to 56,000 pounds per yard in 2021 monetary value). Such was its delicate transparency, however, it absolutely shocked society of the time. "Women" bellowed the clerics from their pulpits, "are appearing in public - NAKED!" With previous fashions made from a thicker material called bombazine, cartoonists of the day had fun with Dhaka muslin - labelling it as "bum-be-seen".

Question by player Creedy

Answer: in a beehive

Royal jelly is a secretion produced by nurse bees. It is fed to all of the larvae in the hive. Larger amounts are fed for a longer time to those larvae who will develop the organs (ovaries) necessary to become a queen bee. Royal jelly is used in alternative medicine and is consumed as a dietary supplement. Alternative medical treatments using royal jelly are called apitherapy.

There is little evidence-based scientific evidence of its efficacy.

Question by player FatherSteve

Answer: tombstone

Tombstone, Arizona, was a boom town from 1877 to 1890 due to silver mining in the area. At one point, there were 110 saloons, innumerable brothels and four churches. Modernly, Tombstone's less than two thousand residents host just under half a million tourists per year.

The Tombstone Pizza Company was independently founded but sold to Kraft Foods in 1986 and to Nestle in 2010. A stone or other durable marker on a grave is called variously a tombstone, gravestone, headstone or marker. They are a common part of both Jewish and Christian funerary practices.

Question by player FatherSteve

Answer: Type of swimwear

The burkini, sometimes also spelled as burqini, is a type of swimwear. It was designed by an Australian named Aheda Zanetti to provide a means for Muslim women to be able to enjoy being in the water or learn swimming without having to give up their religious traditions. The name itself was formed by joining the words burqa (a garment worn by Islamic women) and bikini. The burkini is a light garment which covers the entire body except for the face, hands and legs.

In recent times there have been instances in France and other places where women have been pulled up for wearing the burkini at public beaches. From the early 20th century, where women were fined for revealing too much, to these incidents, where they got into trouble for wearing too much, the world appears to have come a full circle. Public interest in what women wear, at the beach or otherwise, never wanes.

Question by player zorba_scank

Answer: Horse

Hercules was the horse in the British TV comedy 'Steptoe and Son' and Bullseye was the horse in 'Toy Story 2'. Copenhagen was the mount of the Duke of Wellington and Bucephalus (or Bukephalos - meaning 'Oxhead' in Macedonian) was the horse of Alexander the Great.

Question by player Quiz_Beagle

Answer: Clock making

French chemist and pharmacist Moissan became an apprentice clockmaker while his family was living in Meaux, but when they moved to live in Paris in 1870, he was unable to achieve the grades required to attend university. Instead he joined the army before enrolling at the Ecole Superieure de Pharmacie de Paris in 1871.
He qualified as first-class pharmacist in 1879 and by 1886 was Professor of Toxicology, the same year that he managed to isolate fluorine.
For this feat he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1906 but died in 1907, shortly after receiving it, possibly from appendicitis but possibly from the repeated exposure to fluorine during his studies.


Question by player 480154st

Answer: Canada

The ceremony was being held to honour the British soldiers who were killed during the Easter Rising in Dublin in 1916. When a protestor tried to interrupt, he was hustled away by Kevin Vickers, Canada's ambassador to the Republic of Ireland. Mr Vickers made even greater headlines in 2014 when he confronted an armed man wielding a rifle in Ottawa's House of Commons.

The man had earlier shot dead a guard at the national war memorial. Mr Vickers, a former Mountie, was sergeant-at-arms, and shot at the man, who was killed; the fatal shot is thought to have been fired by a police officer. Mr Vickers was awarded the 'Star of Courage' for his actions.

Question by player darksplash

Answer: Tuberculosis

Christmas seals were first introduced in Denmark in 1904. The seals look like stamps, but are not valid for postage. They first appeared in the United States in 1907, and Canada in 1908. After tuberculosis was largely eradicated in western nations, the funds raised by the sale of Christmas seals were used to fight other respiratory diseases.

Question by player daver852

Answer: Garuda Indonesia

Garuda Indonesia is one of the oldest airlines in Indonesia. Named after the mythical bird Garuda, it was founded in 1949 (two years after independence from the Dutch).

Question by player ahbearbear