FunTrivia Humanities Mix: Vol 11 Quiz

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1. If someone were phishing me, which of these things might they be trying to obtain?

Answer: My sensitive information

Between e-commerce, online banking and social media, it's become a lucrative trade to try to attempt to obtain information like passwords, addresses, phone numbers, card numbers and so on. Both individuals and businesses are targeted by such schemes, with the FBI warning of $2.3 billion losses between 2013 and 2016 due to business e-mail scams alone. Practices such as using two-factor authentication, exercising wariness over contained links in e-mails and being cautious of messages and attachments from unknown e-mail addresses can help to reduce the likelihood of being phished.

Question by player malik24

2. What is the term used for artificial limbs and body parts, that comes from the Greek word meaning addition?

Answer: Prosthesis

Prosthetic devices have been used since ancient times for feet, legs, toes, all sorts of body parts. In modern times, there are prosthetics that range from limbs and teeth to something as astounding as penile implants.

Question by player oldstuff28

3. Franz Liszt wrote the Mephisto Waltzes, but who or what is Mephisto?

Answer: A demon featured in the Faust legend

Mephisto (or Mephistopheles) is a demon in German folklore and he first appears in the story of Faust wagering his soul with the Devil. Originally he was a servant of Satan, living in Hell, but over the time the name came to be used as an alternative name for Satan himself.

Question by player Dando

4. In British English, which of these items does not have a 'cellar' named after it?

Answer: Bear

Houses built in Britain around the 19th century may have a coal cellar beneath them with a chute leading from outside. Coal would be dropped down the chute and piled up in the room under the house. Wine was - and still is - stored in cellars to ensure the liquid isn't affected by light or heat.

A salt cellar doesn't normally refer to a whole room: it is a container for salt on a dinner table.

Question by player AcrylicInk

5. This contemporary American painter had a unique painting method. He laid the canvas on the floor and poured and dripped liquid paint on it from a can. He died in 1956 in a car accident. Which painter was it?

Answer: Jackson Pollock

Jackson Pollock's wife, Lee Krasner, was also an influential abstract expressionist painter. She was portrayed by Marcia Gay Harden in the movie "Pollock". The actress won an Oscar in 2001 for her interpretation.

Question by player Vilna

6. In which of these would you normally expect to see a coal miner?

Answer: Colliery

A colliery, in most parts of the English-speaking world, refers to the mine workings, above and underground, and its supporting buildings. The Colosseum in Rome is a large amphitheatre, which was used for many types of entertainment, including gladiatorial battles.

A colloquium is a meeting of groups of academics and a columbarium is used to store the ashes of cremated bodies.

Question by player rossian

7. What is self-immolation, a practice often used as an act of protest or martyrdom?

Answer: Setting oneself on fire

Self-immolation is the centuries-old act of setting oneself on fire. It is an act seen more often in Asian cultures than in cultures from other continents. Buddhist monks were known to use this practice during the Vietnamese War to protest the regime and to ensure their passage into a higher level of life or martyrdom. Sati is a type of self-immolation that was seen in some Hindu cultures and involved the placing of the widow, with or without her consent, on her husband's funeral pyre in order to keep her chaste.

Question by player dcpddc478

8. The Notre Dame Cathedral is a noted Catholic church and a fabulous landmark to visit if you are near the Seine in Paris. It was built from 1163 to 1345. With what architectural style was this magnificent Parisian Church constructed?

Answer: Gothic

Notre Dame de Paris is still a functioning church, whose name means "Our Lady of Paris". The flying buttresses that reinforce the cathedral's stability are the main features that classify it as a Gothic structure.

Question by player TeepoGage0214

9. Which of the following musicals was NOT a movie first before becoming a stage musical?

Answer: Bye Bye Birdie

"Bye Bye Birdie" opened on Broadway in 1960, and starred Dick Van Dyke and Chita Rivera. The movie version, also starring Dick Van Dyke, was made three years later.

Question by player jabb5076

10. "The Katzenjammer Kids" was an American comic strip, arguably the first. But what is the meaning of "katzenjammer" as suggested by the words from which it is derived?

Answer: Discordant clamour

"Katzen" means cats and "jammer" means wailing. In contemporary German use, it refers to a hangover.

Katzenjammer is also the name of a British piano musical comedy duo (four hands, one piano), and a Norwegian folk group, among other things.

Question by player TCEB

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A mix of 10 Humanities questions, submitted by 10 different FunTrivia players! The first few questions are easy, but the last couple are tough!

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