Mixed Interesting Trivia

1. What rock is Uluru or Ayers Rock (Australia) made of?

From Quiz Useless Useful Trivia: Part 6

Answer: Sandstone

Uluru is a sandstone monilith measuring 384m high, rising 863m above sea level and with a total circumference of 9.4 km. Most of its bulk is lying underground. The word monolith is derived from Greek meaning "single stone". There are many monoliths around the world including Sugerloaf Mountain (Brazil), El Capitan (California, USA) and the Rock of Gibraltar.

From Quiz Terribly Trivial Trivia

Answer: A kind of stew

Our word hodgepodge is derived from the Middle English word "hotchpotch," which was a kind of stew made from a variety of different ingredients. Hotchpotch dates to the 14th century; the first known use of hodgepodge was in 1643.

From Quiz Facts From Around The Globe

Answer: 3 x 10^8 m/s

3 x 10^8 = the speed of light which is the same as the speed of radio waves. In the 1860s James Clerk Maxwell predicted the existence of radio waves. Nikola Tesla was the first person to actually discover radio waves but unfortunately he did not have the funds to prove it. It was an Italian named Guglielmo Marconi who sent and received the first radio signal in Italy in 1895. The first successful transatlantic radiotelegraph message was in 1902.

From Quiz Dankcmo's Random Quiz

Answer: Carlton Fisk

Fisk's dramatic homerun is one of the most well known moments in baseball. He seemed to will the ball to stay fair, waving his arms as he galloped down the first base line. The Red Sox went on to lose game 7 and the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds, extending their championship drought, which was broken only in 2004 with a dramatic eight game winning streak after dropping the first three games of the American League Championship Series to their hated rivals, the New York Yankees.

From Quiz Useless Trivia Indeed 4

Answer: Lee Corso

Corso played college football with Burt Reynolds at Florida State University. He also received four varsity letters in both football and baseball at Florida State and is a member of the FSU Hall of Fame. Lee Corso began broadcasting on ESPN in 1987.

From Quiz Useless Information

Answer: Universal Postal Union

This agency specialises in uniting members within a single postal territory.

From Quiz Just a Second

Answer: Venus

Lying between Earth and Mercury, Venus is almost the same size and weight as Earth and is known as the earth's twin. Mercury is closest to the sun, Mars is fourth and Neptune is eighth.

From Quiz Random Bits Of Trivia Vol. 6

Answer: The middle of someone's forehead

A "Bindi" is the colored dot worn on the forehead of women of the Hindu faith.

From Quiz My School Week

Answer: Curre!

Curro means "I run", currunt means "they run" and "Currite!" is what you say if you want to tell more than one person to run.

From Quiz Random Bits of Trivia Vol. 4

Answer: horse racing

Eddie Arcaro has to date jockeyed more winning horses than anyone else in Triple Crown races. The Kentucky Derby 5 times and the Preakness and Belmont 6 times each, for a total of 17.

From Quiz Things I Know That You Should Know As Well

Answer: prostitute

Be careful with this one, in English we use chicken to mean wimp. Poule means girl or literally hen. It is a slang term for prostitute.

From Quiz A Bit Of This, A Bit Of That

Answer: 3

First, the 1933-34 season, then the 1937-38 season, and finally the 1960-61 season. Of course, the sport is (ice) hockey.

From Quiz Ashley's General Knowledge Part 2

Answer: Bryan Robson

Bryan Robson scored against France in the 1982 World Cup which was held in Spain. England went on to win the match 3-1. The quickest goal scored against England was in 1993 by Davide Gualtieri of the minnows from San Marino who scored a goal in 8.3 seconds.

From Quiz General Knowledge for the Boffins

Answer: Uganda

Idi Amin was a brutal dictator of Uganda in the 1970s. He was widely held responsible for the deaths of up to 400,000 Ugandans and was later in exile in Saudi Arabia. In July 2003 it was reported that he was in a coma and his family asked for the Ugandan government to allow him back peacefully.

From Quiz Nothing Is Hard 30

Answer: Northern Ireland

Tyrone is the largest of the six counties of Northern Ireland.

From Quiz General Knowledge No. 1

Answer: SS Melody Maker

'HMS Beagle' was the ship used by Charles Darwin. 'The Olive' was the ship used by Popeye. 'The Mayflower' was the ship used by the Pilgrim Fathers. Pinky and Perky were characters created by Jan and Vlasta Dalibor. They were on UK television from 1957 to 1972.

From Quiz Random Bits Of Trivia Vol. 1

Answer: Missouri

The 'New Madrid' fault is a serious enough threat to have a multistate consortium increase public awareness and safety. There have been several high magnitude earthquakes in this often forgotten quake zone.

From Quiz Quizomaniacs

Answer: Papa Bouba Dioup

France was ousted out of the Championship without even making it to the Second Round. Senegal made it to the quarterfinal stage. France couldn't even score a single goal in the Cup.

From Quiz Miscellaneous Trivia

Answer: Q

P is the 16th, R is the 18th, and N is the 14th.

From Quiz Stuff That Is Stuff About Other Stuff

Answer: Texas

Alaska is the largest state, with 591,004 square miles. Texas is second largest with 266,807 square miles.

From Quiz Miscellaneous Madness VII

Answer: Abucatl

It is said that Montezuma served the avocado to Cortez. The Aztecs call it "abucatl" which was their word for testicles---not because they resembled testicles but because they believed the avocado caused sexual passion. The French also believed that the avocado was an aphrodisiac. Whether this is true or not, it is an important meat substitute in parts of the world and in other parts, it becomes a dessert. Go figure!

From Quiz Miscellaneous V

Answer: Ike Clanton & Friends

It only took a few seconds for the Earp side to kill three of their opponents and for two of the Earp brothers to be wounded. In this case, the town of Tombstone did not appear to value the "protection" of the noble lawman, Wyatt Earp and sympathies tended to run with the "outlaw" Clanton. In fact, there was a serious attempt to lynch the Earps and Holliday for their part in the fight and it wasn't long until they left town.

From Quiz Nothing Is Hard 21

Answer: 0

January, March, May, July, August, October and December have 31 days, April, June, September and November have 30 days, whereas February has 29 days. No months have ONLY 28 days in a leap year. But, all months have 28 days in a leap year! Leap years come once every four years. The Summer Olympics are held in leap years, too!

From Quiz Trivial Stuff 5

Answer: California

California has 53 seats in U.S. House of Representatives. New York has 27, Texas has 36 and Pennsylvania has 18.

From Quiz Nothing Is Hard 10

Answer: Denmark

The first magnetic recording was made in Denmark in the year 1898.

From Quiz Where in the World Part 2

Answer: Philadelphia

Tom Hanks won his first Oscar for this one. He played a gay man with AIDS. Antonio played his lover. Denzel was his lawyer. "The Streets of Philadelphia" was the theme, by none other than Bruce Springsteen.

From Quiz Nothing Is Hard 9

Answer: Typhus fever

Jail fever is just another word for typhus fever. It is caused by organisms called rickettsiae.

From Quiz Mixed Baggage

Answer: earthshine

For a few days before and after New Moon this doubly reflected earthshine is powerful enough to make the entire moon visible.

From Quiz A Special Quiz

Answer: Cassandra

Her warning about the Trojan Horse went unheeded. Oops!

From Quiz Nothing Is Hard 5

Answer: piano

A harpsichord is smaller and lighter than a piano and has one to three keyboards and the strings of a harpsichord are plucked. The strings of a piano are struck.

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