Thematic Bones Trivia

1. In the original "Star Trek" (TV and movies), why does Captain James T. Kirk call Chief Medical Officer Leonard H. McCoy "Bones"?

From Quiz All About Bones

Answer: it is military slang for doctor

Starfleet adopts many nautical terms. In 19th century U.S. military history, a ship's doctor was referred to as "sawbones" as amputation was the most frequent treatment for shattered limbs. An alternative explanation is that McCoy was divorced before joining Starfleet and "The ex-wife took the whole damn planet in the divorce. All I got left is my bones." This latter explanation does not appear until the 2009 J.J. Abrams "Star Trek" motion picture.

From Quiz The Bone Identity

Answer: Endoskeleton

Human beings - as most warm blooded animals - have an endoskeleton which means the bones (and cartilage) develop deep under the skin and/or within the body tissue. Bones give the body its shape, provide support and protection and are essential for locomotion. Also, bones produce red and white blood cells and store minerals.

From Quiz Skull and Crossbones

Answer: Jolly Roger

It is of course the Jolly Roger beloved of pirate-themed literature and films such as 'Pirates of the Caribbean'. In J M Barrie's 'Peter Pan', the 'Jolly Roger' was the name of Captain Hook's pirate ship. In historical times, the Jolly Roger as a flag was flown to identify pirate ships and thus to hopefully intimidate their intended victims into an early surrender. Although it was often flown just as a plain black flag in the 17th and 18th centuries, the Jolly Roger we are more familiar with depicts a white skull above two crossed long bones against a black background (called a field). The actual origin of the name seems lost in obscurity, but early pirates also flew a plain red flag called the Joli Rouge (pretty red). Another possibility is that the name stems from 'Old Roger', an antiquated name for the Devil.

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Answer: DeForest Kelley

Kelley played Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy from 1966 to 1969 in "Star Trek. Jeffrey Hunter played Captain Christopher Pike. James Doohan played Chief Engineer Montgomery "Scotty" Scott and George Takei played Helmsman Hikaru Sulu.

From Quiz The Bone Identity

Answer: Annaba

Annaba, with its ideal location and fertile climate, has been the conquest of many nations. It was during the French rule which began in 1832 that Annaba was called Bône. After the conclusion of the Algerian War of Independence in 1962, Bône became Annaba.

From Quiz Skull and Crossbones

Answer: John Napier

Scottish mathematician and physicist John Napier (1550-1617) invented a type of board-based abacus or counting frame which was named after him. He was the 8th Laird of Merchistoun, and Edinburgh Napier University was named after him. He was a prominent mathematician in his time and contributed greatly to the subject. He is also known for his discovery of logarithms, and popularised the mathematical use of the decimal point.

From Quiz Never Smile at a Crocodile

Answer: Aardvark

Aadvark teeth have no enamel on their surfaces, and have a unique structure made up of microtubules in the pulp, made up of a substance called vasodentin. A baby aadvark has teeth at the front and back of its jaw, but as it matures the front ones fall out and an adult will only have teeth at the back of the jaw. These grow throughout its life.

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Answer: Denzel Washington

The film was adapted from a book by Jeffery Deaver. Rhyme's female partner, Amelia Donaghy, is played by Angelina Jolie. Queen Latifah co stars as Rhymes' nurse.

From Quiz All About Bones

Answer: a collector of household discards

A rag-and-bone man was a person who went door to door collecting discarded rags, bones, bottles, bits of metal and anything else of (small) value. Other names for people who did this work include ragpicker, ragman, and junkman. Successful rag-and-bone men used a horse and cart; less successful ones used handcarts or carried their finds on their backs. "Steptoe and Son" was a British television situation comedy about a bone-and-rag man. It was the basis for the American television programme "Sanford and Son."

From Quiz Skull and Crossbones

Answer: Cordelia Gray

Crime novelist Dame P D James is perhaps better known as the author of books featuring her poetry-loving detective Adam Dalgliesh, but in addition to the fourteen novels featuring him she has also written two novels starring London private detective Cordelia Gray. 'An Unsuitable Job for a Woman', published in 1972, introduced the character, and 'The Skull Beneath the Skin' followed ten years later. The books featuring private detective and ex-governess Miss Maud Silver were written by Patricia Wentworth. Precious Ramotswe is Alexander McCall Smith's Botswana-based private detective and Miss Jane Marple is Agatha Christie's elderly spinster turned amateur detective, her second most famous character after Hercule Poirot.

From Quiz Never Smile at a Crocodile

Answer: Second incisors in the upper jaw

A baby elephant will have 'milk tusks' which fall out in during its first year of life to be replaced with the adult tusks; these are actually the second incisors in the upper jaw. The tusks grow continuously throughout the elephant's life. There are then three premolars and three molars in each side of the upper and lower jaws. These twelve premolars, and later in life, twelve molars, are used in sets. As each tooth at the front wears away, the ones behind it move forward in the jaws. All together, they will last around 60 years, and once the last set is too worn for the elephant to consume sufficient food it will die. The oldest recorded elephant reached 82 years of age, but she lived in captivity. Elephants are also prone to various tooth diseases, abscesses and the like, and these can also lead to the death of the animal.

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Answer: Fever of the Bone

"Fever of the Bone" is one in a series of crime novels which have been televised in the UK as "Wire in the Blood". "The Bone Vault" was written by Linda Fairstein. "City of Bones" is by Michael Connelly and "Bone Song" is the work of John Meaney.

From Quiz All About Bones

Answer: a cemetery

Long before there were any airplanes to be parked, the term "boneyard" was used as a colloquialism for a cemetery. The earliest published example is in 1839. Graveyards were at one time marked with skull and crossbones. The connection is plain.

From Quiz The Bone Identity

Answer: Trombone

The trombone is distinctive among musical instruments due to its slide - a telescoping mechanism that changes the length of the air column, thus changing the pitch of the instrument as it is being played. Not all trombones have the slide but most of them do. Other nicknames, besides bone, for the trombone include: T'bone, sackbut and slush pump.

From Quiz Skull and Crossbones

Answer: orbits

The orbits are two sockets in the skull which contain the eyes and their various attachments such as nerves, muscles, blood vessels etc. In humans they comprise seven bones. Because the structure and function of the eye is so complex, it is a vital structure as it surrounds the eye and offers some protection from injury.

From Quiz Never Smile at a Crocodile

Answer: Narwhal

Monodon monoceros translates to English as "one tooth, one horn". The vast majority of male narwhals have one long spiral tusk, in their upper left jaw. Every single one ever found has been a left handed helix, and it is thought that there is no such thing as a 'right handed' narwhal tusk. There are rare cases where the creature's upper right incisor has grown into a tusk too, giving it a pair, and even one single instance of a female narwhal with a pair of tusks. In ancient times, the tusks of narwhals were thought to be unicorn horn, with various mystic powers attributed to them; they changed hands for vast sums of money.

From Quiz Don't Be Bone Idle - Try This Quiz!

Answer: The Killers

"Bones" is a track from the Killers' second album "Sam's Town" and was written by Brandon Flowers (lead singer), Mark Stoermer (bass) and Ronnie Vannucci (drums). The video that accompanied the song was the first music video directed by Tim Burton.

From Quiz All About Bones

Answer: radio disc jockey

Bobby Jones started hosting a country-western music radio programme in Austin, Texas, but was moved by his national parent company Clear Channel (now iHeart Media) to Nashville. He came to greater prominence as a contestant on "Dancing with the Stars" (where he and his partner Sharna Burgess won first place) and as a judge on television's "American Idol."

From Quiz Skull and Crossbones

Answer: Leonard McCoy

The character of Leonard McCoy, played by actor DeForest Kelley (1920-1999), was the Starship Enterprise's chief medical officer, hence the nickname 'Bones'. 'Bones' is a common nickname for doctors and is believed to have originated in the 19th century in the US military from the earlier British slang term 'sawbones' for a surgeon, a word created by Charles Dickens in 'The Pickwick Papers', published in 1837.

From Quiz Never Smile at a Crocodile

Answer: It had molars and canines like a mammal

All the other known Crocodilian species, both fossilized and alive today, have conical teeth which are all the same. Pakasuchus is unique in that it had mammalian dentition. Scientists also think that it might have been actually able to chew food, with a mobile lower jaw; this is unheard of in modern reptiles.

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Answer: Sackbut

Sackbut means pull and push which is basically what you have to do to play a trombone. A theorbo is a plucked string instrument. The lautenwerck was a European keyboard instrument of the time. The crumhorn was used in the 14th to 17th centuries in Europe and was wooden.

From Quiz All About Bones

Answer: the front of one into the side of the other

A T-Bone automobile accident is one in which the front end of one vehicle contacts the side (driver's or passenger's) of another vehicle. The result is called T-Bone because the resultant wreckage, seen from above, often describes the capital letter T. Other terms for a T-Bone accident are broadside and side-impact collision. It is impossible to say who is at fault in a T-Bone accident without knowing much more about it. Such accidents are particularly dangerous in that automobiles afford relatively less protection from impact from the side.

From Quiz The Bone Identity

Answer: Dice

Excavations have unearthed dice that are known to date before recorded history. Certainly, games that include dice are mentioned within the very earliest records of human interaction. Very early forms of dice were made of bone material. Specifically, the knucklebone (often of hoofed animals) was a natural choice due to its cube shape. Through the centuries dice became more likely to be made of ivory, wood or plastic, yet the nickname "bones" still remained.

From Quiz Skull and Crossbones

Answer: rowing

Sculling is a form of rowing with two oars per person. The oars are referred to as sculls, as are the boats themselves. It can be for one, two, four or eight participants, and is one of the oldest Olympic sports. The world's most successful Olympic rower is the UK's Sir Steve Redgrave, who began his career in sculls. He won five successive Olympic Gold Medals from 1984-2000 (when he retired) as well as many other medals.

From Quiz All About Bones

Answer: She's a forensic anthropologist

In the TV series "Bones" (2005-2017), Emily Deschanel plays a forensic anthropologist partnered with FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth played by David Boreanaz. There is comedy mixed with the police procedural aspects of this programme. The premise is that a forensic anthropologist is able to lend scientific expertise to the investigation of crimes involving human remains. Dr. "Bones" Brennan works for the Jefferson Institute Medico-Legal Lab, which is fictional but possible.

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Answer: Etruscans

In 400-500 B.C. Aristotle and Hippocrates were commenting about the practice of wrapping gold wire and cat gut around teeth to close a gap. According to the AAO (American Association of Orthodontics), individuals uncovered from this era showed attempts to correct dental problems. Just in case you wondered, the Etruscans were a military, wealthy and refined civilization that lived before their assimilation by the Romans circa 300 BC (reference Titus Livcus (Livy) and Servius Tullius (historical documents.)

From Quiz Skull and Crossbones

Answer: ear

The smallest bone in the human body is called the stirrup or stapes. It is situated in the middle ear, one of three tiny bones called ossicles, consisting of the malleus, incus and stapes, the Latin names for hammer, anvil and stirrup. The muscle serving the stapes, called the stapedius muscle, is the smallest muscle in the human body, measuring only a little over one millimetre long. There are 206 bones in the adult human body.

From Quiz Never Smile at a Crocodile

Answer: Piranhas

Piranhas have interlocking teeth, with a central cusp that is larger than the surrounding ones; this gives them their characteristic triangular appearance. Contrary to the various stories and folklore about them, piranhas are not the bloodthirsty, vicious killers they are portrayed. Although they can be a nuisance to anglers, damaging bait, catch, and equipment, they do not "swarm" and attack humans or large animals.

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Answer: Emily Deschanel

Emily Deschanel starred in "Cold Mountain", "Glory Road" and "My Sister's Keeper." Zooey Deschanel, Emily's sister, is an actress/musician and singer. Melina Kanakaredes is in C.S.I. New York and Emily Proctor is in C.S.I. Miami.

From Quiz All About Bones

Answer: two bones clacked against each other

The bones are a folk musical percussion instrument made of wood or, originally, from the rib bones of a cow or pig. Modern bones are made of wood (often shaped to look like real rib bones); spoons are sometimes substituted. A pair are held in one hand and caused to clack one into the other. Some players place them on either side of the middle finger; there are other methods and who is to say whose is correct?

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