FunTrivia People Mix: Vol 18 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Honolulu

Born Shannon Marie Kahololani Sossamon in 1978, Shannyn is of Hawaiian, French, Dutch, Irish, German and Filipino descent. Although born in Hawaii, she grew up in Reno, Nevada and moved to Los Angeles after high school. The 2001 film 'A Knight's Tale' was her breakthrough performance. Sossamon is also known for lead roles in '40 Days and 40 Nights' (2002) and 'The Rules of Attraction' (2002), before going on to co-star with Heath Ledger again in the unsuccessful 2003 film 'The Order'.

Question by player dsimpy

Answer: Slue-Foot Sue

Supposedly, Pecos Bill saw Slue-Foot Sue when she was riding a giant catfish on the Rio Grande and began courting her. Pecos Bill also used a rattlesnake, Shake, as a lasso, and rode the horse Widow-Maker. The legends about Pecos Bill are well worth reading.

Question by player lowtechmaster

Answer: Arrows

The surname Fletcher originated in the 14th century in the English language and a fletcher was an arrow maker. The word stemming from the French for fleche, which means arrow.

Question by player demurechicky

Answer: His left arm

Miguel de Cervantes lost his left arm in the battle of Lepanto in 1571 after being hit by three bullets, two to the chest and one which rendered his left arm useless. In 1585, his first novel "La Galatea" was published and in 1605 "Don Quixote" came out, and made him the greatest figure in Spanish literature.

Question by player Philip_Eno

Answer: Napoleon Bonaparte

Shrapnel's fortified artillery shell was cited by Sir George Wood, British Artillery Commander, as playing a key role in the British victory at the Battle of Waterloo.

Question by player DR.NO

Answer: Lung cancer

Jack Ruby runs Lee Harvey Oswald and Marilyn Monroe a close third in the popularity portfolio of conspiracy theorists within the USA. Hard facts concerning Ruby's adulthood are sparse. However, owing to the fact that he decided to gun down Lee Harvey Oswald in front of worldwide television cameras, his notoriety would appear to outweigh his non-existent charm and charismatic ebullience. Such delights were taken from the world at large on January 3rd 1967 when lung cancer ended his existence in Dallas' Parkland Hospital - ironically the same hospital where both Oswald and President Kennedy breathed their last.

Question by player nickdrew55

Answer: Persia

Omar Khayyam lived from 1048-1131 in what is now Iran. His interests included astronomy, philosophy, poetry and mathematics. For most of us, his best known work is "The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam", translated by Edward FitzGerald in 1859, which contains the famous line "the moving finger writes and, having writ, moves on".

Question by player rossian

Answer: a hot air balloon

The expedition did not go as planned. Shortly after departure, Andrée lost the lines that were to be used to regulate height and direction. He was drifted west and east by the wind, and because of loss of gas and ice forming on the balloon, finally was forced to land on the icefield.

In an attempt to return to Spitsbergen, Andrée and his two companions died on Kvitøya, exact reason unknown.

Question by player engels

Answer: The Booker Prize

English novelist Percy Newby was the first winner of the Booker Prize, in 1969, for his novel 'Something to Answer For'.
The Hugo Award for the year's best science fiction novel was first awarded in 1953, American Alfred Bester winning for 'The Demolished Man'. The Orange Prize for Fiction, awarded to the best English-language novel written by a woman, was first awarded in 1996, England's Helen Dunmore winning for 'A Spell of Winter'. The Nobel Prize for Literature was first awarded in 1901, with Frenchman Sully Prudhomme winning.

Question by player EnglishJedi

Answer: Father-daughter

Queen Mary I was the daughter of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon. She reigned in England and Ireland from 1553 until she died in 1558. She had succeeded her half-brother, Edward VI to the throne when he passed away due to illness. She spent her time during her reign trying to reverse the Protestant reforms that had been put in place by her father and her half-brother.

She had been baptized into the Catholic Church shortly after her birth, and remained devoted to that religion despite the new non-Catholic beliefs that were supported by both her father, and her half-brother.

In 1553, she had some Protestant leaders imprisoned. She went on to order the execution of over 280 Protestants over the course of her reign. Despite all of her attempts, the Protestant church survived the reign of the woman who would come to be called Bloody Mary, a nickname she earned from all of the deaths that she ordered during her reign.

Question by player Trivia_Fan54