What Happened to "Him" Trivia Quiz

Answer: himation

Himation is a piece of cloth put over the left shoulder and then twisted around the body (not in use since the Byzantine period).

Shimmers is a verb describing a vibrating, gleaming light.

Chimerical refers to something imaginary, not at all real.

Shimmied has many meanings, one of which is a dance very popular in the 1920's. Other meanings have to do with a violent shaking movement.

Answer: teraphim

Teraphim refers to images or idols associated with respected gods of the household.

Thimerosal is the name of the controversial preservative often used in influenza vaccines.

Chimichanga is a tortilla, wrapped around a filling and fried.

Glutethimide is a powder which is a sedative.

Answer: chimaera

Chimaera (or chimera) has many meanings. It is simply a cartilaginous fish with close ties to the shark. However, in Greek mythology they were fire-breathing monsters. In medicine, chimera refers to people made up of two genetically different kinds of cells.

Chimera spelled this way also refers to an illusion, or a fantasy.

Phimotic is a description of an un-retractable foreskin.

Chimichanga is the name of a burrito, which is fried in deep oil.

Sashimi refers to finely sliced and uncooked sea food.

Answer: Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh is a state in Northern India. In the Western Himalayas, it is a very diversified state in terms of its geography and its peoples.

Teraphim is an ancient Hebrew term which refers to people who give good things, including wealth, peace of mind and comforts.

Himeji is a city in Japan, which has a very famous ancient castle from Japan's feudal days.

Thimblerig is both the name of a game with shells and a way of playing which tricks people by moving the position of the die or pellet so as to cheat someone.

Answer: shim

A shim is a narrow firm substance often of wood, metal or steel which is wedged in between surfaces in order to achieve a better balance.

A whimbrel is a bird, specially a kind of curlew.

"Abhimaan" is a famous 1973 Bollywood movie. There is a 1957 film with the same title.

Whimper refers to making crying sounds mournfully, keenly, brokenly, plaintively.

Answer: thimble

A thimble is used, obviously, in sewing; however, it also appears in nautical, printing, and construction vocabulary.

Tallithim are shawls worn by Jewish men during morning prayers. This shawl frequently has fringes on the corners.

Seraphim refers to the highest order of angels, in Isaiah's vision appearing above the throne of God.

Himself is a third person singular masculine objective pronoun.

Answer: whim

A whim is a sudden impromptu choice or urge.

A chime is an intricate musical instrument consisting of bells. An instrument with 23 of such bells is called a carillon.

Chyme is undigested food.

A shamash (plural: shamashim) is the sexton of a synagogue.

Answer: archimandrite

An archimandrite ("chief of a sheepfold") is the name for head of a monastery or monasteries, primarily in the Eastern Orthodox Church or the Eastern Catholic Church.

Chimla is a river in Ghana.

Heinrich Himmler is famous for having been the head of the SS in Nazi Germany.

The Midrashim are rabbinical, often legendary or symbolic, explications of Holy Writ.

Answer: thimble-weed

The thimble-weed or the tall anemone belongs to the buttercup family with a blooming time in June and July. It can get to be three feet high.

Yohimbine is an alkaloid which has been used for aphrodisiac, stimulant, and anti-diabetic purposes.

A chimney is a structure which vents hot smoke or gases to the outside.

Chimbote is a city north of Lima in Peru.

Answer: HIM

HIM is the name of a Finnish rock group. It is also the title of a play by ee cummings, the American writer, which was published in 1927.

Himself is a pronoun, masculine, used often to give emphasis as in "Robert admits that he himself that would not do that."

Chimps is a plural term used colloquially to refer to chimpanzees.

Ahimsa is a term coming from Sanskrit which describes an attempt to avoid causing physical injury. It is important in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.