FunTrivia Hobbies Mix: Vol 22 Trivia Quiz

Answer: L

In chess, a knight moves in an "L" shape, two squares horizontally or vertically, and one square 90 degrees to that path. Knights move directly to their destination square and do not capture any pieces in their path, making it the only piece that "jumps" to its square.

Question by player ShadowStar889

Answer: They are porcelain.

Made around Delft, in the Netherlands, Delftware is a glossy pottery which is generally, though not always, blue and white. With a manufacturer located in Sevres, France, Sevres has been made continuously since 1740. Though the company produces other styles, Wedgwood is best known for its jasperware, which has a matte finish in several pastel colors, but in particular a shade of blue now known as "Wedgwood blue", decorated with white. Each of these brands of pottery possesses a very distinctive style and is highly valued.

Question by player LBaggins

Answer: Blue cheese

However, just because cheese is moldy does not mean it is edible. Please do not deliberately go home and eat moldy cheese.

Question by player emobutler16

Answer: Rum

Scotch, rye and bourbon are all distilled from fermented grain mash and are considered a type of whisk(e)y. Rum is distilled from sugar cane. The name rum quite possibly comes from the last syllable of the Latin word "saccharum" which means sugar.

Question by player dcpddc478

Answer: Snickers

Snickers has been a popular packaged confection of chocolate, peanuts, nougat, and caramel ever since its introduction in 1930, when Frank and Ethel Mars named the Snickers bar after their beloved family horse, who lived with the Mars family on their ranch called Milky Way.

At a time when most candy bars sold for a nickel in the USA, Snickers bars commanded all of 20 cents. In the UK and Ireland, it was known as the Marathon Bar until 1990.

Question by player gracious1

Answer: The word "plums" once described raisins

It is commonly believed that plum puddings became associated with Christmas in England (and its later member countries), in a tradition dating back to medieval times in that country. Whether or not this is fact is a matter for debate, but what is known for certainty is that, although containing no plums, the word "plums", right up to Victorian times in England, was used to describe raisins, ingredients with which plum puddings are heavily laden.

Question by player Creedy

Answer: tapioca pudding

Tapioca is another name for starch of the cassava plant and the pudding is served as a sweet dessert in various different kinds of milk or cream. There are various preparation processes used but one very common way results in lumpy rounded globules in a thick liquid or whitish suspension. Though it has a generally pleasant taste, this presentation has somewhat dubious visual appeal thus leading to less than flattering nicknames such as, fish eyes and glue, frogspawn, eyeball pudding or similar variations.

Though porridge and grits both have a similar consistency, the lumps in those are generally smaller are not quite so ... eyeball-like. They are also often served as a meal rather than as a dessert/snack. I have heard of fish eyes being eaten before, but either along with a whole fish or as a dried snack. I haven't come across real fish eyes in a cream sauce (and hope I never do)

Question by player namrewsna

Answer: Champagne

Part of hot air ballooning legend has to do with the Montgolfier brother who made the first public demonstration of hot air balloon flight in Paris on September 19, 1798. Upon the successful landing, the crowd indulged in champagne in celebration of the first known successful human flight, of which there is irrefutable proof.

Question by player dcpddc478

Answer: Trampling on by foot

The smallest potatoes are used in the manufacture of chuno, a dried potato product. After harvesting, they are spread over the ground and left to stay in freezing conditions overnight for at least three days. During the day they remain there to have the hot sun beating down on them.

The most unique part of the manufacturing process however is that, in between times, they are constantly trodden on by foot to remove any last moisture. On completion, they look like dried up sheep's dung, but are considered quite delicious in those areas of the world.

Question by player Creedy

Answer: Arts & Literature

The brown wedge signifies Arts & Literature whilst the blue wedge signifies Geography, the pink wedge signifies the subject of Entertainment and the orange wedge stands for Sports & Leisure.

Question by player scarlet1977