Make the Scene with Green Trivia Quiz

Answer: The other man

The expression "the other man's grass is greener", "the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence" and variants thereof mean that whatever we don't have seems better and more desirable than whatever we do have. It's a foolish notion, but an all too common one.

In 1967, Petula Clark had a minor hit with "The Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener" by Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent. But of course the saying long predates Pet's song. The Roman poet Ovid (43 BC to 17 AD) wrote "Fertilior seges est alenis semper in agris" that is "the harvest is always more fruitful in another man's fields", also commonly given as "the harvest is always richer in another man's field.". In 1924, recording and radio star Billy Jones had a hit with "The Grass Is Always Greener in the Other Fellow's Yard" written by Raymond B. Egan and Richard A. Whiting. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Answer: Greenback

Also colloquially referred to as folding green, U.S. paper currency has been printed on special paper, manufactured by Crane & Co. of Dalton, Massachusetts since 1879.

The Kingston Trio sang a song about a "Greenback Dollar" in 1962.

The Scottish author D.E. Stevenson published her novel "Green Money" in 1939.

Answer: The Green Knight

The knight was Sir Gawain and the tale, fittingly, is called "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight." It was written in the Fourteenth Century by an anonymous poet, who also created a beautiful religious verse epic called "Pearl" and a few other shorter poems. "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" has been translated into modern English several times, including by J.R.R. Tolkien.

Thanks to player shvdotr for mentioning in a quiz that The Green Knight was a favorite character. He's a favorite character of mine too, but till then I hadn't considered putting him in a quiz question.

Answer: Green Eyes

Pianist Nilo Menéndez and tenor Adolfo Utrera (both from Cuba) wrote the bolero "Aquellos Ojos Verdes" in 1929. It proved to be Menéndez's only Cuban or international hit. Eddie Rivera and Eddie Woods supplied English lyrics in 1931, changing the title from "Those Green Eyes" to "Green Eyes", but the song languished until Jimmy Dorsey's orchestra recorded it in March of 1941. Released the next month, the record reached the Billboard charts on May 9, staying there for twenty-one weeks and peaking at No. 1.

"Green Eyes" was the B-side. The A-side, "Maria Elena", another Spanish song with English lyrics, charted on May 16, 1941 and stayed on the charts for seventeen weeks. It also peaked at No. 1.

"The Lady in Red" was made popular by Xavior Kugat. Both Tony Bennett and Bobby Vinton made successful records of "Blue Velvet." "Brown Eyed Girl" is perhaps Van Morrison's most recognizable song.

Answer: A bottle

Absinthe, created in the late eighteenth century in the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel by the French doctor Pierre Ordinaire, has long been known as the green fairy. Indeed, a distillery in the Czech Republic produces a brand actually called Green Fairy. In fact the spirit is usually green, but it may also be colorless. An anise-flavored spirit derived from several plants, including the flowers and leaves of Artemisia absinthium ("grand wormwood"), together with green anise, sweet fennel, and other medicinal and culinary herbs, Absinthe is a highly alcoholic spirit. It is 45-74% ABV or 90-148 proof in the U.S.

It became fashionable in bohemian circles in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, but gained a negative popular reputation as a powerful hallucinogenic. While recent research claims to have debunked this idea the glamour, or stigma, of absinthe lingers. By the 2020s, it was once again hip.

The Green Monster is an infamous wall at Fenway Park, the home of Baseball's Boston Red Sox. The Loch Ness Monster is known as Nessie. The monster most closely associated with Tokyo is Godzilla.

Answer: All of these

All these terms apply to someone who is new at something, a beginner or amateur.

Answer: Greenleaf

John Greenleaf Whittier (December 17, 1807 to September 7, 1892) was a poet and ardent abolitionist, who lived most of his life in his native Massachusetts. Greenleaf is an Anglicization of Feuillevert, a Huguenot name passed down in the family..

Legolas is a Sindaran prince, his father being Thranduil, King of the Woodland Realm of Northern Mirkwood, who was introduced though unnamed as 'the Elvenking' in "The Hobbit". His name means 'greenleaf', and he is sometimes addressed and referred to as Legolas Greenleaf.

Answer: Their hemoglobin is based on copper rather than iron.

Much though it pains me to do so, I must point out that this explanation won't wash. If the oxygen-bearing molecule in Vulcan and Romulan blood was based on copper, it would be hemocyanin, not hemoglobin, and the resulting blood would be blue. When iron binds to oxygen in hemoglobin, it absorbs mostly blue light, so it appears bright red whereas, when copper binds to oxygen in hemocyanin, it absorbs mostly red light and thus appears blue.

A potentially life-threatening condition called methemoglobinemia can cause hemoglobin to appear green or blue. The genetic form of this condition is caused by an inherited deficiency in the enzyme responsible for converting methemoglobin (a form of hemoglobin with a different oxidation state) back to the normal form of hemoglobin. Specifically, conversion of some or all of the four iron species from the reduced ferrous (Fe2+) state to the oxidized ferric (Fe3+) state causes reduction of the oxygen-carrying capacity of circulating hemoglobin. This results in high levels of methemoglobin, which is a greenish-blue color, in the blood.

Congenital methemoglobinemia is rare, though it does occur in Navajo and Athabaskan Alaskans. However, the majority of cases result from exposure to certain drugs or toxins, most frequently local anesthetics (such as benzocaine) as well as a distressingly long list of others including exhaust fumes.

Healthy green blood can exist and does...in skinks. The term skink (family Scincidae) refers to any of about one thousand, two hundred seventy-five species of lizards that live worldwide, but are especially diverse in Southeast Asia and its associated islands, the deserts of Australia, and the temperate regions of North America. Typically around four and a half inches (twelve centimeters) long, most skinks are secretive ground dwellers or burrowers.

Their green blood is due to a buildup of biliverdin, a green bile pigment that is formed by the breakdown of a ring-shaped iron-containing molecular component of hemoglobin called heme (haem), that is necessary to bind oxygen in the bloodstream. Although humans also produce biliverdin, our metabolic processes send it and other breakdown products through the digestive system and ultimately to the intestines to be excreted. Since skinks do not excrete biliverdin, it builds up and causes the blood to appear green.

I'm no scientist, but it seems to me that unless Vulcan and Romulan metabolism is very similar to the skink's, there's no way their blood can be green. Except, of course, we know it is. The fact is taken for granted in numerous movies and books. So, it's just something we accept, as we accept tricorders and borgs. But remember, if Mr. Spock lived in our universe, his blood would be blue.

Answer: John Marcone

Chicago PD Lt. Karrin Murphy and Knight of the Cross Michael Carpenter both have blue eyes, while Susan Rodriguez, a reporter and Harry's sometime love interest, has brown ones. Crime lord "Gentleman" John Marcone, Harry's nemesis and occasional ally, has an unsettling gaze and quite a complex personality that Harry really doesn't understand.

Answer: All of these reasons

Going by several names - night-vision device (NVD), night optical/observation device (NOD) and night-vision goggle (NVG)- a modern night-vision device is an optoelectronic device that improves the user's night vision by enhancings ambient visible light and converting near-infrared light into visible light. This is known as image intensification (I2). Night vision devices may be passive, relying solely on ambient light, or active, using an infrared illuminator to visualize the environment better. Such devices may be handheld, like binoculars, or mounted like goggles on a helmet.

First used in World War 2, night-vision systems have vastly improved in power and accuracy since that time, while coming down greatly in price. So, while still associated with the armed forces and law enforcement, they are now ubiquitous in civilian society as well.

Studies have shown that the human eye is most sensitive to light wavelengths near 555 nanometers. Thus green is the most comfortable color to look at for long periods in the dark, while not needing to be as bright as multicolor displays for accurate, detailed perception. For this reason, green presents a night vision device user with the most accurate and user-friendly picture possible, while allowing for the most efficient possible battery use.