My Head Hurts Trivia Quiz

Answer: Bulkhead

The most logical answer I was given as to why a wall is called a bulkhead was given to me by an older sailor who had been involved in shipbuilding his entire life. In shipbuilding, any wall or partition is referred to as a head (which is also slang for a Navy restroom).

The word bulk is from the Nordic word for cargo, which is bulki. Combining the two words bulki and head gives the word bulkhead.

Answer: Dublin, Ohio

Writing quizzes makes me hungry, so I was thinking of getting a hamburger for lunch, which prompted me to think about where certain hamburger companies are headquartered. Wendy's is an international burger chain with its corporate headquarters in Dublin, Ohio.

The other cities listed are also home to the headquarters for fast food restaurants. Taco Bell's headquarters are in Irvine, Krystal's headquarters are in Chattanooga and the Checkers/Rally's chain of drive through restaurants has its headquarters in Tampa. Quick trivia: the Checkers chain of restaurants was founded in my original hometown of Mobile, Alabama in 1986.

Many of my friends had their very first job operating the drive through of one of their restaurants.

Answer: Francois Mitterrand

Francois Mitterrand was the 21st President of France who served from 1981 to 1995. The abolishment of capital punishment was promulgated during October of 1981. The last person to be beheaded in France was a Tunisian man named Hamida Djandoubi who was executed for torturing and killing his girlfriend.

Answer: Adam Sandler

Brendan Fraser and Steve Buscemi played Chazz and Rex in the movie, but it was Sandler's performance as Pip which really stole the show in my opinion. "Airheads" was a movie about a trio named The Lone Rangers who were eager to get their demo tape played on the radio.

After several failed legitimate attempts, the band decides to break into a local radio station and hold the airwaves hostage until their song is played. Quick trivia: Lemmy from the band Motorhead makes a cameo appearance in the movie playing a newspaper editor.

Answer: US Marines

Leathernecks, jarheads and devil dogs are the three most common terms given to members of the US Marine Corps. Some people say the term jarhead comes from the helmets that Marines wore during World War II while others say that a Marine in full dress has limited head mobility, almost as if his head were in a jar.

Another explanation is that a Marine typically has a flat-top hair style which may give his head the appearance of an upside down jar. Either way, jarhead has become one of the more common names of a Marine, in fact, Hollywood even made a movie about the Marines titled "Jarhead" which starred Jake Gyllenhaal and Jamie Foxx.

Answer: All in the Family

During the show's run from 1971 to 1979, "All in the Family" was one of the more popular sitcoms of the decade. Caroll O'Connor played Archie Bunker, the rough-cut bigot who was the patriarch of the family. His wife Edith was played by Jean Stapleton.

Their daughter, Gloria, who was played by Sally Struthers, married a Polish-American hippie named Michael Stivic (as played by Rob Reiner). The conflict between the right-wing Bunker and the very liberal Stivic was usually the central theme to most episodes.

Many of the conflicts between Archie and Mike were relevant to social and political events of the day in the USA. The successful show led to several spin-off shows such as "Maude", "The Jeffersons" and "704 Hauser".

Answer: Fountainhead

"Fountainhead" is the first major work by Ayn Rand to gain mainstream success. It was made into a movie in 1949, starring Gary Cooper as the main character, Howard Roark. Howard, the protagonist of the story, is an architect who struggles with being a very individualistic person fighting against the collective mindset of the industry he aspires to be a part of.

The character of Howard Roark was at least partially influence by Frank Lloyd Wright, but the extent of comparison is often disputed.

Answer: Alligator

Although there were several military underwater crafts before the "Alligator", it is the "Alligator" which is designated as the first in the US Navy. Designed by Brutus de Villeroi, the "Alligator" was a submarine used during the American Civil War. The vessel was considered for many tactical operations, but for various reasons, the ship saw very limited activity. During a tow into South Carolina by the "Sumpter", bad weather and storms forced the "Allgator" to be cut off from the "Supmter". The fate of the "Alligator" is unknown to this day as she has never been recovered.

Answer: Jones

"Archie" was a very popular comic book and newspaper comic strip from the beginning way back in 1939. The comic book usually centered around the high jinks encountered by the teenagers while attending Riverside High or visiting the local malt shop. The comic book was made into a cartoon in 1968 and a live action television special in 1970. Quick trivia: the highest price ever paid for a non-superhero comic book is the first edition of "Archie" which sold for $167,300 in 2011.

Answer: Machine Head

"Machine Head" was the very successful album by Deep Purple which was released in 1972. The album peaked at number seven on the US Billboard 200 chart and remained on the chart for 118 weeks. The album has been certified as 2x Platinum in the US indicating sells in excess of 2,000,000 copies. Deep Purple was a band of ever revolving musicians, but this album featured my favorite line-up of Ritchie Blackmore on guitar, Ian Gillan on vocals, Jon Lord on keyboard, Ian Pace on drums and Roger Glover on bass guitar.

This line-up is often dubbed as Mark II of the Deep Purple personnel changes.