FunTrivia World Mix: Vol 16 Trivia Quiz

Answer: New Zealand

Built on a dairy farm and land reclaimed from Manukau Harbour, Auckland Airport is one of New Zealand's largest employers and contributes about $14 billion annually to the economy. The airport is capable of about 45 flight movements per hour on its main runway, and in 2011 it was the fourth busiest in the whole of Australasia. About 70% of New Zealand's international visitors come through Auckland.

Question by player gracious1

Answer: Alcatraz

Today, Alcatraz is a tourist attraction, but many of the Recreation Area rangers, who conduct tours of Alcatraz, refuse to come near this area. Cell Block "D" was used for solitary confinement, and inmates were forced to stand naked, in total darkness, for days.

A ghostly presence was rumoured to stalk the area and attempt to strangle the unfortunate inmates.

Question by player bubbatom1

Answer: Édouard Daladier

Daladier was probably more aware than Chamberlain of the perils of the British 'appeasement' policy, and rightly predicted Hitler's sinister motives. He remained in the top position until 1940, and stayed in politics until 1958. He died in 1970.

William Lyon Mackenzie King was Canadian PM for a whopping 21 years, over three terms. Robert Menzies was another long-term PM, serving in the position of Prime Minister of Australia for 18 years, in two terms. Neville Chamberlain was the British PM, until he was replaced by the indomitable wartime leader, Winston Churchill.

Question by player ozzz2002

Answer: Kronborg

Located in Denmark, on the northeastern tip of the island of Zealand, Kronborg Castle was built in the late 16th century on the site of a medieval fortress named Krogen ("the hook"). In the Middle Ages, the Kingdom of Denmark extended on both sides of the Øresund, the strait that today forms the border between Denmark and Sweden; another fortress, Helsingborg Castle, was situated on the opposite side of the sound, which is at its narrowest in that particular point. Together those castles controlled access to the Baltic Sea, exacting payment of dues by all ships that wished to enter or leave the sea through the sound.

The magnificent Renaissance castle's main claim to fame, however, rests on its role as the setting for William Shakespeare's "Hamlet".

In fact, the name "Elsinore" is the anglicized form of Helsingør, the town surrounding the castle. The three remaining options, among the world's most famous castles, are all found in the United Kingdom: Alnwick is in Northumberland, in north-eastern England, Caernarfon in Wales, and Balmoral (the British royals' summer residence) in Scotland.

Question by player LadyNym

Answer: Maxwell House

Theodore Roosevelt originated this slogan after drinking a cup of Maxwell House coffee while visiting late Andrew Jackson's estate, The Hermitage. After that, Coca-Cola used the same slogan during the 1910s.

Question by player DogtheMighty

Answer: a cemetery

The Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague has twelve layers of earth (and caskets) placed on top of each other due to its small area. Jewish religious law forbids the destruction of Jewish tombstones, so when space runs low, the tombstones are removed, a layer of soil placed on top of the current cemetery, and all subsequent tombstones are replaced.

The result has become a very crowded graveyard as caskets have been buried on top of each other, but with the tombstones all placed on the top layer of soil.

Question by player trident

Answer: Clorox

Abel M. Hamblet coined the word "Clorox" from "chlorine" and "sodium hydroxide."
Purex became a competitor in the 60s.

Question by player queproblema

Answer: Acculturation

The first recorded use of the term "acculturation" was by John Wesley Powell in 1880. People more commonly think of acculturation as involving the minority adapting to the majority, but the reverse can also happen. While some equate acculturation with assimilation, acculturation often involves more of a two-way exchange than assimilation.

Question by player bernie73

Answer: They are made from human skin

Big Nose George Parrott was an outlaw who was lynched by hanging. No one claimed his body, so Dr John Osborn decided to study his brain to see if it differed from a non-criminal one. He found no real differences, and this is when things went really strange.

The doctor sent skin from the corpse's chest and thighs to a tannery and had shoes made from it. The doctor actually wore the shoes. He ultimately went in to politics and became assistant Secretary of State.

Question by player Trufflesss

Answer: Wedding

The shivaree (also chivaree, from the French "charivari") took place the night after a wedding, with friends, family, and neighbors gathered outside the newlyweds' place of lodging to surprise them with a cacophonous "serenade"! The makeshift "instruments" could include pots, pans, loud voices and whatever else would cause a commotion.

The rite might conclude with a song or two, and some refreshments. Of course, though generally given in a spirit of goodwill, shivarees and the accompanying pranks weren't always enjoyed so thoroughly by the couple.

Question by player darthrevan89