Thematic Hair Trivia

1. Which celebrity famously caught his hair on fire while filming a commercial for a pop drink?

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Answer: Michael Jackson

In 1984, I was a young fan and remember hearing about this incident. Mega-popular Michael Jackson was filming a commercial for Pepsi-Cola at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. There were pyrotechnics involved in the shoot and he got too close to them and his jacket and hair caught on fire. Apparently the product he used in his hair contributed to his hair catching on fire. He was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and later moved to the Brotman Memorial Hospital Burn Center. He suffered second-degree burns on his scalp as a result of the accident.

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Answer: Trichology

The scientific study of hair began by various scientists approximately mid-way through the 19th century. Hair is composed of keratin, a fibrous protein. A hair is made up of the follicle itself, which is the base in which the hair grows, and the shaft that springs from that follicle. This shaft can be any thickness or shade. One interesting fact about the follicles of hair is that they are sometimes involved in the growing of skin over an injury.

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Answer: black hairy tongue

It's black. It's hairy - or at least it looks that way. It's a tongue. This distasteful sounding disease is actually caused by a fungus that grows on the surface of the tongue. Ptooeee! It is more prevalent with the elderly, antibiotic users, and smokers. Watch out octogenarian cigar aficionados who are taking penicillin!

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Answer: The Rachel

During the first two seasons of the sitcom "Friends" Jennifer Aniston set off an international hair trend with her shoulder length layered haircut. The cut was called "The Rachel" after her character on the show. "Glamour" magazine ranks this cut as the fourth best on their list of "The 100 Best Hairstyles of All Time". "Marie Claire" magazine has estimated that over eleven million women around the world got this cut. The style has made all kinds of other lists that discuss the influence of entertainment on fashion trends.

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Answer: Keratin

All are structural proteins however it is keratin which is the main one found in hair. It is also found in your nails and the outer layer of the skin. In other animals, keratin appears in horns, hooves, nails, claws, beaks, feathers and the baleen plates of whales. Spider and insect silk contains fibroins which are classed as keratins. Collagen is the main structural protein in connective tissue, elastin is an elastic connective tissue and fibrinogen circulates in the blood. If you suffer a wound, the fibrinogen is converted to fibrin to form the basis of blood clots in order to reduce the bleeding.

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Answer: Soy sauce

In 2013, it was revealed by a television journalist that a Chinese company, Hongshuai Soy Sauce, instead of using normal products derived from soy and wheat to make the product, was instead using hair obtained from barber shop and hairdressing salons. They were treating these bags full of human hair (rich in protein and L-cysteine) to extract the necessary ingredients to manufacture this normally tasty sauce. Even human hair obtained from hospital waste was being used. The company manufacturing this sauce has since been closed by the authorities BUT the practice of manufacturing the tasty product from human hair is said to still continue. Just to really get your appetite writhing in delight, L-cysteine, whether or not manufactured from human hair, is also used in the making of bagels, pizza dough, as a flavouring in cooked meats, and in cough expectorants.

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Answer: Frida Kahlo

During her life (1907-1954) Kahlo was most often recognized as the wife of Diego Rivera, renown Mexican muralist. She gained international fame on her own in the 1980s, mostly with her self portraits. In 2001 Kahlo became the first Hispanic woman to be featured on a U.S. postage stamp. Her life was chronicled in the movie "Frida" by director Julie Taymor ("Titus", "Across the Universe").

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Answer: Samson

The story of Samson is a sad one. Born with incredible strength, he was a judge who led the people of Israel for twenty years. He was betrayed by his wife Delilah who attempted to find out the source of his strength so that the Philistines could defeat him. He finally admitted to her that it was his locks that were the source of his strength and that they had never been cut. When she found out, captors were waiting and they cut his hair and gouged out his eyes. He was led in chains to Gaza where he was humiliated. He was tied to pillars which he brought down upon the entire building, having found strength one last time.

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Answer: Fertiliser and weed deterrent

Smart Grow in Florida imports hair from India and China (the leftover that isn't used in making soy sauce apparently) to make weed preventative mats which also fertilise the ground. The mind behind this invention is one Phil McCrory. During the days he worked as a hairdresser, McCrory used to ponder how all those shorn locks on the floor of his salon could be utilised. He eventually took bags of it home, stuffed it into stockings, and experimented as to how it could be used. Not only did he discover that his garden bloomed prolifically as a result, especially his roses, these mats are now used to soak up oils from large oil spills. Their efficiency in this regard is that they can be washed afterwards, wrung out, and then reused for further oil spills. Human hair, as a result, is now in high demand. Clothing and furniture made from human hair has already been trialled, as well as other products.

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Answer: Les Miserables

The fictional character Fantine is a young woman in "Les Miserables" who becomes pregnant by a rich student. All kinds of misfortunes happen to her as she attempts to raise her child alone. She becomes a prostitute and sells her hair and her teeth in order to provide for her child. Her hair is sold in exchange for a wool skirt for her daughter. Fantine then succumbs to tuberculosis. In the 2012 movie adaptation of "Les Miserables", actress Anne Hathaway, who portrayed Fantine, cut her hair off in real life to give an authentic feel to the role. Apparently she cried at the extreme cut and donated her hair to charity.

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Answer: Nape of the neck

Hair taken from this area of the head can also be tested to reveal if its owner lacks any particular nutritional qualities necessary for good health. Surprisingly, quite a lot of hair is needed to test for either drugs or lack of necessary food properties, almost a spoonful in fact. As far as criminal tests are concerned, any results must be also backed up by blood and urine tests from the individual. This is because hair tests alone can reveal false positive findings. Many factors in the environment can contribute to the results. These include air pollution, various shampoos, cigarette smoke and dye.

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Answer: Teratoma

A teratoma is one of the strangest tumors known. It can be located almost anywhere in the body, and usually contains cells from all three germ layers of the body (endoderm, mesoderm, and ectoderm). They are thought to be present at birth, and are not often diagnosed until a secondary problem develops in the same area. They can rarely contain eyeballs or even limbs.

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Answer: Hair

The full title of this musical is actually "Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical" and it was first premiered on Broadway in 1968. The play depicted the hippie counter-culture, drug use, sexual exploration and anti-war sentiment and was very controversial. It was the first time completely naked actors and actresses had performed on a Broadway stage. The original Broadway production was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Musical and won a Grammy Award. A 2009 revival was produced and won a Tony for Best Revival of a Musical.

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Answer: Black

Approximately speaking, only one percent of the world's population has red hair, two percent has blond or blonde hair and the rest of that 97% is split between black in the majority, and then varying shades of brown. The United States, when compared against other nations, has the largest total number of redheads in the world, coming in between two to six percent at any given time, but Scotland has the largest percentage of redheads. This figure is an amazing thirteen percent.

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Answer: Samson

Delilah was a bad girlfriend, using pillow talk to discover the secret to Samson's strength: his hair. She ratted him out, and told the bad guys to come in the middle of the night and snip his seven locks. Samson's strength was normal now, so they blinded him and put him to work milling grain. The Philistines forgot to keep Samson "high and tight", so when his hair grew back, his legendary strength returned. He brought down the house by smashing the main columns of the temple, taking down his enemies along with himself.

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Answer: Mohawk

Kazuhiro Watanabe set a record for his very tall mohawk hairstyle. The mohawk measures almost forty-five inches high and takes a team of stylists two hours to get it to stand up. It takes a jar of gel and three cans of hairspray to sculpt it. Watanabe grew his hair for over fifteen years to achieve this feat.

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Answer: Red

Red hair is associated with the melanocortin-1 receptor (MC1R). The same gene mutation is associated with pale skin color and freckles which is common amongst individuals with red hair. It is the pigment pheomelanin that gives red hair its color. Red hair is most common in northern and western Europe, particularly in Celtic regions. Some famous redheads include Conan O'Brien, Susan Sarandon and Ed Sheeran.

From Quiz Why Do I See Hair Everywhere?

Answer: Only inside the hair follicle

Only that part of the hair in the scalp is considered 'alive' as there is no biochemical activity in the visible part. Hair is produced within a hair follicle. The cells at the bottom of the follicle are continually dividing and adding new cells to the hair shaft. As the older cells are pushed up, keratin filaments are incorporated into each hair cell. As the hair cells get towards the outer layers of skin, they lose their nuclei and organelles, metabolism stops and the cells are completely filled with keratin.

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Answer: Bone marrow

Marrow is the tissue on the inside of bones. It accounts for four percent of a body's weight, and produces 500 billion, yes billion, blood cells a DAY. Isn't that astonishing? It also links in with our lymphatic systems which help maintain the body's immune defences. Hair growth, which is just slower than bone marrow growth, takes place in three phases. These are the growth or anagen phase, the transition or catagen phase, and the resting or telogen phase. Each hair remains in the growth stage for approximately one thousand days, briefly in the transition stage, and for approximately one hundred days in the last stage. That final phase is when hairs naturally fall out.

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Answer: angora goats

Angora Goats are shorn twice a year, each producing an average of about 17 lbs (6.5 kg) of mohair each year. The fibers are used for clothes wear, carpets, fabrics, dolls' wigs, and more. The mohair suit Elton sings about is somewhat pricey, but silky to the touch.

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Answer: Hair dryer

French hairstylist Alexander Godefroy invented the hair dryer in 1890. That first hair dryer was a large contraption that was a bonnet attached to the pipe of a gas stove. The patrons of his hair salon had to sit under the bonnet in order to benefit from the heat. The first patented hair dryer in the United States was in 1911 and the patent was awarded to Gabriel Kazanjian. Further improvements upon this invention included a portable hair dryer that was invented in the 1920s. The first portable hair dryers were heavy and cumbersome to use.

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Answer: Russia

Peter the Great of Russia introduced the tax in 1698 during his push to modernise the country along western and central European lines. The tax was one of several targetted at the Boyars, Russia's elite nobility who opposed his agenda. Those paying the tax were required to carry a beard token to prove that they had paid. In 1535, Henry VIII of England is said to have introduced a beard tax, which was graduated according to one's social status. Elizabeth I of England reintroduced the tax during her reign.

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Answer: Blonde

The average number of hairs on the head of blond people is 146,000. Their hair is finer than a black head of hair, so more is needed to give the impression of body and bounce. People with black hair have, on average, 110,000 strands. Brunettes come with 100,000 strands per head, while redheads, with the thickest strands, only need 86,000 strands to produce their mops. Other facts on hair are that cross sections of hair strands of people of Asian descent are circular in shape, people of African descent have hair that has oval cross sections, and the strands of European hair are either round or oval.

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Answer: Minoxidil

Minoxidil is most commonly known as the topical drug Rogaine. Its ability to regenerate hair was first discovered with patients receiving the medication for low blood pressure. They grew hair as a side effect. Most patients using topical Minoxidil do experience hair growth, but the gains vanish within months after treatment stops.

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Answer: Rula Lenska

These commercials were EVERYWHERE. People always made fun of the ads because Lenska was a complete unknown in the US at the time. Well, that's why she always started each ad by saying "Hi, I'm Rula Lenska"! If she were already famous, she wouldn't have had to. Duh. Lenska is still acting in the UK, where she was born.

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Answer: The Thing Called Love

"The Thing Called Love" is a movie about aspiring songwriters in Nashville and centers around the young people who are trying to make it there. The character Miranda Presley, played by Samantha Harris, is a young woman who moves from New York City to Nashville and while there gets caught up in a love triangle with two other aspiring songwriters. She writes and performs a very funny song called "Big Bar Hair" with the lyrics "gonna torture my hair, gonna burn it blond" about women who tease their hair into big heights. This film was River Phoenix's final film performance before he died.

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Answer: Cleaning up oil spills

Although hair does not absorb oil, the oil clings to the hair and so in effect hair acts as a sponge. Mats made from human hair clippings were used in the 2007 Cosco Busan oil spill in San Francisco to help mop up the bunker oil spilled. The mats were then seeded with oyster mushrooms which digested the oil, providing an eco-friendly way of dealing with the environmental problem. The idea came to an Alabama hairdresser when he saw oil-soaked otters on TV following the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska. For the other applications, these have been done although not apparently trialled by NASA. In the case of the soy sauce, a Chinese company got into trouble in 2004 for doing this as only wheat, bran and soybean can be used legally.

From Quiz Tender Love and Hair

Answer: Shaving

The ladies still beat the gentlemen though when it comes to taking care of hair in one way or another. The average woman spends almost two hours per every working week on styling and blow drying their tresses, up until the age of sixty-five. That's a lot of time taken over an average lifespan, and the total works out about seven months.

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Answer: tribbles

Tribbles are small, cute and cuddly - unless you're a Klingon. They purr like happy cats. Just one problem... they multiply faster than a bunch of bunnies. Famous tribble episodes include "The Trouble With Tribbles" from the original series, and "Trial and Tribble-ations" from "Star Trek Deep Space Nine".

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Answer: Poison

There were a lot of popular heavy metal big hair bands in the 1980s including Bon Jovi, Motley Crue, Warrant, Skid Row and Twisted Sister. Poison was one of those bands. They formed in Pennsylvania in 1983 and were originally called Paris. They have sold over forty-five million records worldwide and had many hits including "Every Rose Has Its Thorn", "Unskinny Bop" and "Talk Dirty To Me."

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