Thematic Heads Trivia

1. Brain Teasers: Find the hidden head-related word in this sentence: Miriam listens carefully while her papa tells her there are many words related to 'head'.

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Answer: pate

paPA TElls - PATE There are indeed both several synonyms for 'head' and a number of related words. One of these is 'pate', most often encountered in the expression "bald pate", meaning both the head and, specifically, the crown of the head. Other head-related words are skull and cranium, while informal synonyms include noggin, nut and noodle.

From Quiz A Head Start

Answer: sharks

The family Sphyrnidae of the order Carcharhiniformes (the ground sharks) comprises the genus Sphyrna (the hammerhead sharks) and the genus Eusphyra (winghead shark). These cartilaginous fish are characterized by the distinctive shape of their heads, named "cephalofoils", and reminiscent of a hammer; this peculiar head shape gives the fish enhanced binocular vision, enabling them to see above and below them at all times. The winghead shark (Eusphyra blochii) of the Indo-Pacific region boasts the largest cephalofoil. Hammerhead sharks are found in warmer coastal waters, though they will occasionally migrate to cooler regions during the summer. All species of hammerhead shark are at least vulnerable, and some of them - such as the largest species, the great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran) - are critically endangered (IUCN, 2019) because they are intensively fished for their fins, considered a delicacy in parts of East and Southeast Asia. Though the larger species of hammerhead shark are potentially dangerous, these creatures have been very rarely involved in attacks on humans, and none of the 17 documented unprovoked attacks was fatal. Those unique animals, considered divine by native Hawaiians, are clearly in much greater danger from humans than the other way round.

From Quiz Not Tonight, I Have a Headache...

Answer: Cephalgia

A headache is defined as pain anywhere in the head or neck. So, if you think someone is a pain in the neck, that person is really a headache. The brain doesn't feel pain caused from a headache because it lacks pain receptors. The pain instead is felt by sensitive structures around the brain, such as muscles, nerves, arteries, veins, sinuses and so on.

From Quiz "HEAD"s up! Word Game

Answer: Head Games

Foreigner was a band started in 1976 in New York City. Original band members were Mick Jones, Ian McDonald and Lou Gramm. Other studio albums include "Double Vision" and "4", which included the song "Urgent".

From Quiz A Head Start

Answer: English Civil War

Roundheads, or Parliamentarians, were the supporters of the Parliament of England, who fought against the Cavaliers (or Royalists), the supporters of King Charles I, during the English Civil War (1642-1651). While the Royalists believed in absolute monarchy and the divine right of kings, the Roundheads aimed at handing supreme control of the country to the Parliament. While the name "Roundheads" refers to the custom by Puritan men of wearing their hair closely cropped, in contrast with the courtly fashion for long ringlets, not all Roundheads were Puritans, and many of them belonged to the Church of England; their supporters, however, were all staunchly anti-Catholic. Especially during the Civil War, the term "Roundhead" was used in a derogatory sense by the opposite faction, and Parliamentarians were discouraged from using it amongst themselves; on the other hand, Royalists proudly embraced the term "Cavaliers".

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Answer: headhunter

In modern times, the term headhunter is often used to describe a group of recruiters whose main purpose is to find employees for another company. A headhunter was also a person who partook in the cultural practice from ages back, where a person would kill another and save the decapitated head. Pleasant!

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Answer: The star turn or main attraction

A headliner is a performer who gets top billing, is at the top of a venue's program, and heads the lineup. The headliner is usually very well known (a star), with name recognition that will draw custom to the venue.

From Quiz A Head Start

Answer: John Keats

Written in 1818, and published in 1820, John Keats' narrative poem "Isabella, or the Pot of Basil" counts 63 stanzas of 8 lines each. It is based on a story in Giovanni Boccaccio's "Decameron", known as "Lisabetta da Messina" (IV, 5). The daughter of a wealthy family, Lisabetta falls in love with Lorenzo, a young man who works for her three brothers. When the three greedy, violent men learn of the affair, they murder the young man, spreading the rumour that Lorenzo has been sent on a work-related trip. However, Lorenzo's ghost appears to Lisabetta in a dream, revealing the truth, and telling her where his murderers have hidden his body. The young woman finds the body and cuts off its head, and once back home buries it in a pot of fragrant basil, which she waters with her tears. Unfortunately, the brothers steal the pot, finding the head inside it: afraid of retribution, they get rid of the head, and flee to Naples - leaving the unfortunate Lisabetta to sicken and die, pining for her lost love. This tragic love story was a very popular subject for Pre-Raphaelite painters: the most famous depiction, by William Holman Hunt (1867), shows Isabella embracing the pot, which is decorated with skulls. One of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales, "The Elf of the Rose" (1839), was also inspired by Lisabetta's tale.

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Answer: headache

This is a very common condition, usually indicated by pain in the upper and lower neck, as well as all throughout the head. It is often treated by aspirin or ibuprofen. Some of the quizzes on FunTrivia cause me to have this condition!

From Quiz A Head Start

Answer: cheese

Though head cheese is one of those foods that many people love to hate, variants of it are enjoyed all over the world. The name "cheese" is deceptive, as there is no dairy involved in the preparation of this dish, but relates to the visual appearance of many versions of this dish, made in a rectangular mould and sliced before serving like cheeses often are. As is the case of most dishes prepared with offal, head cheese is a peasant food, originated in times when most parts of a slaughtered animal were utilized. Only the fleshy parts (including the tongue) are used in the making of head cheese: first the brains and eyes are removed, then the head is simmered to produce a stock that will congeal into a jelly. Various spices and seasonings are added to the stock; the dish is usually served cold, with fresh or pickled vegetables, sauces, and other accompaniments. Head cheese is especially popular in Europe, and also found in countries influenced by European culture, such as the US, Canada, and Latin America; similar dishes exist in China and Korea. Some kinds of head cheese - such as the Central Italian "coppa di testa" - come in the shape of highly seasoned cold cuts, served thinly sliced, usually with bread, or as part of an "antipasto" (appetizer) platter.

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Answer: Head Lake

Not only is there a community in Ontario, Canada named Head Lake, but there is also a lake and a river with the same name. I had never heard of this, but maybe you had?

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Answer: The Monkees

Released November 6, 1968, "Head" is a purportedly plotless experiment in pop art, a collection of musical encounters and adventures, including a wild west sequence, a desert war sequence, a Confederate war sequence, and a science fiction sequence. Yet there is a theme, if not a plot. Throughout the film Peter Tork, Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz and Mike Nesmith search for meaning in a world they cannot understand. They disagree with much of what is happening around them, and try to figure out how to escape the oppression they feel, which is symbolized by a big black box in which they are seemingly imprisoned. Eventually they appear, seemingly from nowhere, to disrupt a bridge opening ceremony. Where did they come from? Why? There is no answer.

From Quiz A Head Start

Answer: Slovenia

Standing at an elevation of 2,863 m (9,395 ft), Triglav (named "Terglau" in German and "Tricorno" in Italian) is the highest peak of the Julian Alps, and the highest mountain in Slovenia; it was also the highest mountain in Yugoslavia before Slovenia became independent in 1991. Slovenia's only national park, named after the mountain, was established in 1981. The name Triglav, meaning "three-headed one" in Old Church Slavonic, refers to the mountain's three peaks, which are depicted on Slovenia's coat of arms. Triglav lies in the northwestern part of the country, close to the border with Italy and Austria. Sadly, the glacier on the northeastern side of the mountain has almost completely disappeared. The Slavic deity Triglav (or Troglav) is believed to have no connection to the mountain; there are, however, other places in Central and Eastern Europe named after this deity. Triglav was depicted as a man with three heads - possibly representing the realms of sky, earth and underworld, or (like the Hindu Trimurti) the three major gods of the Slavic pantheon. Unfortunately, most statues of the god were destroyed during Christianization. Another early Slavic deity, Svantovit, was depicted with four heads.

From Quiz Not Tonight, I Have a Headache...

Answer: Endorphins

Endorphins are "endogenous opioid peptides that function as neurotransmitters". They are produced by the body's "pituitary gland and hypothalamus during times of exercise, or an exciting or painful event, after eating spicy foods (shudder) and whilst making love and having an orgasm". Oh dear, that explains a lot.

From Quiz "HEAD"s up! Word Game

Answer: headquarters

This word can be used for military facilities or companies. It is where the essential activities of the business or organization take place.

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Answer: Costume design

Born Edith Claire Posener on October 28, 1897 in San Bernardino, California, Edith head is the most honored female costume designer in Academy Award history. She worked with most of the leading ladies of Hollywood's golden age, and some of the leading men. She designed Dorothy Lamour's trademark sarong, first seen in the 1936 film "The Jungle Princess". When in 1967, after forty-four years, Paramount Pictures declined to renew her contract, Head accepted Alfred Hitchcock's invitation to work with him at Universal. In later years, she did television work, for example designing the costumes for the character of Endora (played by Agnes Moorehead) on the 1960s program "Bewitched". she earned her eighth and final Academy Award for her work on the 1973 film "The Sting", though her last film project was "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" starring Steve Martin and Carl Reiner, released in 1982. In the late 1970s, she designed the women's uniform for the United States Coast Guard, an assignment she considered a highlight in her career and for which she received the Meritorious Public Service Award. Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential costume designers in film history, Edith Head died October 24, 1981 in Los Angeles, California from myelofibrosis, an incurable bone marrow disease.

From Quiz A Head Start

Answer: Saint Denis

Cephalophore means "head-carrier". In the Catholic tradition, a number of saints martyred by beheading are depicted carrying their severed heads - though this particular motif is also found in secular literature (namely in Dante's "Inferno", and in the Middle English poem "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"), as well as in folktales. Many of these head-carrying saints are venerated in France, Spain, and Britain. Believed to have been the first bishop of Paris in the 3rd century AD, Saint Denis is also the first saint to whom this unusual property is attributed. According to the famous "Legenda Aurea" ("Golden Legend"), a collection of hagiographies compiled in the 13th century by Jacobus de Varagine (himself an archbishop) - which inspired many of the masterpieces of medieval and Renaissance art - after being beheaded by pagan priests on the hill of Montmartre ("mount of martyrs"), Saint Denis picked up his head and walked for seven miles, preaching a sermon during the journey. The Basilica of Saint-Denis (widely held to have been the first true example of Gothic architecture) was built in the place where he stopped and was eventually buried, a Roman settlement to the north of Paris that was later named after the saint.

From Quiz My Head Hurts

Answer: All in the Family

During the show's run from 1971 to 1979, "All in the Family" was one of the more popular sitcoms of the decade. Caroll O'Connor played Archie Bunker, the rough-cut bigot who was the patriarch of the family. His wife Edith was played by Jean Stapleton. Their daughter, Gloria, who was played by Sally Struthers, married a Polish-American hippie named Michael Stivic (as played by Rob Reiner). The conflict between the right-wing Bunker and the very liberal Stivic was usually the central theme to most episodes. Many of the conflicts between Archie and Mike were relevant to social and political events of the day in the USA. The successful show led to several spin-off shows such as "Maude", "The Jeffersons" and "704 Hauser".

From Quiz Not Tonight, I Have a Headache...

Answer: Vinegar and brown paper

Perhaps it does. Who knows? Here's the nursery rhyme relating to the above question: "Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water/ Jack fell down and broke his crown and Jill came tumbling after/ Up Jack got and home did trot as fast as he could caper/ To old Dame Dob who patched his nob with vinegar and brown paper". The earliest publication of this rhyme was in the 1760s and various sources are said to have inspired it. These include the belief that Jacks and Jills were different coins and rising prices caused them to go up in value. When the financial crash came, as it always seems to do, the Jacks and Jills were devalued again, i.e. the crown (another old coin) was broken. So interesting.

From Quiz "HEAD"s up! Word Game

Answer: headline

Typically, a headline is used to catch the reader's attention. It lets the reader know what the story is about in a few words. Because headlines are so short, this can lead to some unusual gaffes through double meanings.

From Quiz My Head Hurts

Answer: Fountainhead

"Fountainhead" is the first major work by Ayn Rand to gain mainstream success. It was made into a movie in 1949, starring Gary Cooper as the main character, Howard Roark. Howard, the protagonist of the story, is an architect who struggles with being a very individualistic person fighting against the collective mindset of the industry he aspires to be a part of. The character of Howard Roark was at least partially influence by Frank Lloyd Wright, but the extent of comparison is often disputed.

From Quiz Not Tonight, I Have a Headache...

Answer: Cornmeal

Cornmeal is flour ground from dry maize or corn. Finely ground cornmeal, in the United States, is known as cornflour, but in the United Kingdom it is known as cornstarch and made from corn only. Kentucky has some fascinating old superstitions and I may do a separate quiz on them one day - when my headache has gone.

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Answer: headway

Headway has several other definitions as well. It can also indicate the vertical space of a room that allows for easy passage. Sometimes is is used to show the appropriate space between two vehicles traveling on a road.

From Quiz A Head Start

Answer: Olmec

The earliest known civilization in Mesoamerica, the Olmecs lived in the tropical lowlands of the modern Mexican states of Veracruz and Tabasco, near the Atlantic coast, between ca. 1500 to 400 BCE. This people influenced many aspects of the civilizations that flourished in this part of the world in the following centuries. The name "Olmec", meaning "rubber people" in Nahuatl (the language spoken by the Aztecs), is believed to refer to the Mesoamerican ballgame, the ritual sport widely practiced by the pre-Columbian peoples of Mesoamerica. The artifacts most often associated with the Olmec civilization are the colossal (up to 3 m/10 ft tall) human heads carved from large basalt boulders. Each of the seventeen heads unearthed so far wears a helmet-like head covering, as if in preparation for a ballgame; all the faces share similar physical features, such as slightly crossed eyes, flat noses, and fleshy lips. Most of the heads have been dated between 1500 and 100 BCE. Many theories have been put forward regarding the identity of the people depicted in these massive sculptures. As in the case of other large pre-Columbian artifacts or buildings, many questions remain about the planning and execution of these huge heads without the help of beasts of burden or wheeled vehicles to move the boulders, and metal implements to work them. The Pueblo people, or Puebloans, live in the southwestern US, not in what is commonly known as Mesoamerica (i.e. Mexico and most of Central America).

From Quiz Not Tonight, I Have a Headache...

Answer: Four plaits hanging over your face

I truly believe I'd prefer the headache, rather than going round like a goose with four plaits hanging down over my face.

From Quiz "HEAD"s up! Word Game

Answer: head gasket

Car mechanics question ... Ugh! There are different types of head gaskets used in engines, such as steel and copper. If your vehicle has a problem with the head gasket, your car can overheat and cause overall damage to the engine.

From Quiz Not Tonight, I Have a Headache...

Answer: A spider's web

So what would you prefer? Looking like a plaited dill, or choking to death on a spider's web? Some other headache superstitions and old wives tales from this time include the beliefs that headaches could be prevented by carrying a buckeye in one's pocket (one presumes they didn't mean the tree or the chicken); placing hair from your comb under a hidden rock somewhere; carrying one of your teeth around your neck (first have it knocked out); wearing a horse-radish leaf to your head; wearing a match in your hair (hopefully unlit or your plaits would burn); and wearing a snake-rattle in your hair day and night. They all sound like horse feathers to me.

From Quiz "HEAD"s up! Word Game

Answer: headgear

More common definitions for headgear include any type of hat, turbans or hair pieces (toupees). Headgear is also something covering one's head for protection, or a part of the harness that fits over a horse's head.

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Answer: Sonic the Head Hedgehog

Though no doubt Sonic * is * the head hedgehog none of the games starring him, starting with "Sonic the Hedgehog" in 1991 has said so in their titles. "Head On" was a pioneering arcade video game developed by Sega/Gremlin and released by Sega in 1979. The first maze game whose goal is to run over dots, not only was it successful at the time of release, it was also highly influential on subsequent games such as "Pacman". "H.E.D.Z.: Head Extreme Destruction Zone" was a third person, action game set in a futuristic universe for Windows. It was published by Hasbro Interactive, Inc. in 1998. "Plug Head" is a single-player, action-adventure game app developed and distributed by Sunday.gg, available on all platforms. Released in 2021, the game has garnered generally favorable reviews, although complaints that the game is too easy and, more seriously, that the version downloadable from Google Play has far too many in app ads are numerous.

From Quiz A Head Start

Answer: Albania

The association of the ancient symbol of the double-headed eagle with imperial power has its roots in the Byzantine Empire, where this symbol represented the Empire's dominion over both the West and the Near East. In the Middle Ages, the double-headed eagle was adopted as an emblem by Serbia, Russia, and the Holy Roman Empire, and appeared on the coat of arms of Austria-Hungary until its dissolution in 1918. The double-headed eagle featured on the flag and coat of arms of Albania was originally the emblem of the Kastrioti, the family of Albania's national hero, Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg, leader of the Christian resistance against the Ottoman Empire in the 15th century. The current flag - whose red colour represents bravery - was adopted in 1912, when the country became independent from the Ottoman Empire. The flags and coats of arms of Serbia and Montenegro also feature a double-headed eagle, as does Russia's coat of arms. On the other hand, the flags of the three countries listed as wrong answers all depict eagles with only one head.

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