FunTrivia Humanities Mix: Vol 22 Quiz

Answer: Inside of an egg

Albumen is the proper name for an egg white. It provides protection for the egg yolk and nutrition for the growing embryo.

Question by player dcpddc478

Answer: wine storage

To press wearables is a process of eliminating wrinkles usually involving heat. To press a person to speak is sometimes needed for their opinion or to comment on a particular matter. The press, or newspapers and journalism, is collectively known as the fourth estate. There is a wine press to smash grapes but it is not used for storage of the juice.

Question by player njbruce

Answer: Cats

Created by Andrew Lloyd Webber and based on a T.S. Eliot poetry collect, "Cats" is both beloved and met with disdain (though rarely by the same people). Although polarizing, it became one of the longest-running Broadway shows of all time, lasting eighteen straight years in New York (longer in London!).

It featured a variety of unique 'Jellicle' cats, many with absurd names like Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat, Old Deuteronomy, and the magical Mr. Mistoffelees.

Question by player kyleisalive

Answer: your knees

Patellae is the Latin plural for "patella", which is your kneecap.

Question by player shvdotr

Answer: Ireland

Also known as Gan Ceann ("without a head" in Irish), the Dullahan is a headless figure (generally described as male) riding a black horse, and carrying his head under his arm. This frightening creature, said to be the embodiment of an ancient Celtic god, Crom Dubh ("Black Crom"), roams the countryside after dark, looking for lives to take.

Whenever he stops, his severed head, whose mouth sports a terrifying grin, will call out the name of the person whose life is about to end. The only way to avoid these summons is to stay indoors after sunset, especially on certain feast days, and carry golden objects for protection.

This legend may have been one of the sources of inspiration for Washington Irving's story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1920).

Question by player LadyNym

Answer: waterproof boots reaching the chest

The subtitle of Gierach's book is "A John Gierach Fly-Fishing Treasury". He writes extensively about catching fish or, at least, trying to catch fish. Anglers (as well as duck hunters, and certain workmen) use waders to stay dry while standing or walking in water. Typical waders are made of rubber, but newer ones are made of neoprene or other high-tech water-impervious fabrics.

They begin with a boot and extend up to mid-thigh (called thigh waders) or the chest (called chest waders) or even whole body waders with watertight sleeves.

Question by player FatherSteve

Answer: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris

On this date, a full peal of bells was heard from the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris. The cathedral's original bells were removed and melted down to make cannonballs during the French Revolution. The bells were later replaced but these were of very poor quality and were never in tune ... until now. Nine bells have been replaced, eight of which were cast in the Normandy town of Villedieu-des-Poelles, a town famous in Europe for its expertise in working with copper, and the ninth was cast in the Netherlands and transported to Paris.

The bells were blessed on the 2nd of February 2013 by Cardinal Andre Armand Vingt-Trois and all are named after saints and other prominent figures from the Catholic Church. These nine new bells have joined the cathedral's oldest surviving bell, named 'Emmanuel', and will provide this historic building with its first full complement of 10 bells in over two hundred years.

Question by player SisterSeagull

Answer: Bowls

Bowls have been around for thousands of years and can be made from a myriad of materials. Phiales are a type of shallow ancient Greek bowl, usually made of ceramic or metal. Tureens are broad, deep bowls usually used for soup. Pateras are broad shallow bowls, often of Roman origin, that are usually used for religious rituals.

Question by player dcpddc478

Answer: The Royal Ballet School

The Royal Ballet School moved to Richmond Park in 1955 and teaches students, from 11-16, all forms of dance, not just classical ballet. Irish, Scottish, contemporary and Morris dancing are all included in the curriculum. Ballet repertoire, solo dance and pas de deux are studied by the senior students of the age group, who also are taught fitness and upper body conditioning.

Question by player ceetee

Answer: Oxen

Now used to define any extensive sacrifice or slaughter, the word "hecatomb" derives from the Greek "hecaton" for "hundred" and "bous" for "oxen".
The ritual offerings of 100 oxen (or cattle) were intended to win the favour of the gods or to appease their wrath, and were held during solemn public ceremonies with music and processions. The ancient Olympic games always included the sacrifice of 100 oxen to Zeus on the middle day of the Festival.


Question by player Arlesienne