FunTrivia Humanities Mix: Vol 16 Quiz

Answer: Poseidon

Poseidon was the son of Cronus and Rhea. His brothers were Zeus (god of the sky) and Hades (god of the underworld). Poseidon was the god of the sea.

Question by player PrincessS13

Answer: Mediterranean

The Mediterranean Sea is located on the southern coast of Europe, the north coast of Africa, and parts of western Asia. It is fed directly by the Atlantic Ocean. Its tropical climate contrasts northern Europe's cold regions, such as Scandinavia and Russia.

Question by player aya3098

Answer: a small community

The term hamlet is akin to a Germanic term for home or the French hamel, which is a village. In England, the term is traditionally used to refer to a community so small it doesn't have a church - if it has a church, it is called a village.

Question by player MyGirl2000

Answer: September

Like the three months following it, September's name comes from a Latin numerical prefix. 'Septem' is Latin for seven, because September was originally the seventh month in the ancient Roman calendar. January is named for the dual-faced Roman god Janus, the god of beginnings and transitions, and doors. March is named for the Roman god of war, Mars. June is named for the Roman goddess Juno, the wife of Jupiter.

Question by player Rizeeve

Answer: The Church

Fra Angelico was actually a Dominican monk. The walls of many monasteries were covered with his religious images - Madonnas and angels that have artistic brilliance and mastery of colour. Fra Giovanni da Fiesole (as he was born) became a monk at 19 and earned the alias Fra Angelico (angelic brother).

Question by player Tarkowski

Answer: a man, a fellow, a chap

Although the English word "cove" can mean a sheltered bay, an arched molding, or a hollow in a mountain, Wooster uses it colloquially to refer to his gentleman chums or to any male person. Charles Dickens uses it similarly in "Oliver Twist." In Australia, it may refer to the manager of a sheep station or to an overseer of convicted workers. It might derive from a Romany word "kova" meaning thing, person or creature. But most often, in this usage, it means a fellow, a bloke, a chap.


Question by player FatherSteve

Answer: The sentence is a palindrome.

Palindromes are spelled the same way backwards and forwards, like "radar" and "race car". Even though this is a sentence, comprised of multiple words, it is spelled the same way backwards and forwards ignoring punctuation).

Question by player billyhee

Answer: tigers

The phrase came from the song "I Dreamed a Dream" sung by Fantine. Randy Graff performed the song for the Original Broadway Cast recording. Randy also starred as Mrs. Cohen from the film adaptation of "Rent" (2005).

Question by player evil44

Answer: Right to left, top to bottom

Most of the languages across Northern Africa to the Middle East are based in Ancient Arabic. The spoken language varies across the region so much that in spoken form in one area may not be a recognizable dialect in another. However, it seems that the written language is the common core since it is recognizable anywhere in the region.

Some East Asian languages are read top to bottom then right to left. I suspect that many early scribes of Arabic were left handed so they wouldn't be dragging their writing hand across the wet ink of what they have just written.

Question by player mehaul

Answer: Roach

Roach are fish in the Cyprinidae family and are related to carp. They are found in large numbers in slow-moving rivers and lakes across Europe and Asia.
To roach a horse's mane means to shave it close to the main coat. This term is mostly used in the USA it is usually called hogging in the UK and other places.
A roach can also be the butt of a herbal cigarette.


Question by player mutchisman