As in Life: Up and Down Trivia Quiz

Answer: Caramel

"Caramel" is a candy made from sugar, milk and butter that is taken to the fire until it acquires a sticky consistency and a dark color similar to brown. It can also be made up only of sugar and water which, when taken to the fire, acquire a dark color, becoming a syrup used to add flavor and color to food and drinks.

The color "Caramel" has many shades as can be seen in the Pantone Color Institute color chart.

Answer: Camera

"Camera" is an optical device that has a photosensitive surface that records images through a lens. Cameras can be used both to take a photo and to record movies. The cameras have undergone major changes in recent years.

Answer: Cream

"Cream" is the fatty part of milk that rises to the surface when the milk is at rest. This word is also used to refer to substances that resemble cream in consistency, such as beauty cream, shoe cream. In cooking, several dishes with this consistency are also called cream such as soups, sweet creams, etc. "Cream" is also a color with gradations ranging from pale yellow to yellowish white.

Answer: Ream

"Ream" is a volume unit, used to account for paper in bulk; one ream is about 500 sheets of paper or 20 quires. In the plural "reams" means a very large amount of something. Ream can also refer to extracting juice from a fruit using a reamer.

Answer: Ear

The "ear" is the part of the body, one on each side of the head, which allows an animal to hear and maintain balance. In humans and other mammals the ear consists of three parts: external ear, middle ear and internal ear. We often call "ear" the outer ear, the cartilaginous part that is visible, which can also be called the auricle or pinna.

Answer: Year

It is considered a "year" the period that the Earth takes to revolve around the Sun. In the Gregorian calendar, which is the one we have adopted, this period has 365 days in an ordinary year, or 366 days in a leap year. The word "year" is used to mark other periods such as academic year, fiscal year, etc.

In English, the abbreviation for year is "y" or "yr" and the ISO standard ISO 80000-3, Annex C, displays the symbol "a" (for Latin annus) to represent a common or leap year.

Answer: Early

The word early can be used as an adjective and as an adverb. It is always related to time. As an adverb it means: before the usual time, ahead of schedule, in advance, too soon. As an adjective means: at or near the beginning of time, to a period far back in time, expected in the near future.

Answer: Player

A player is a participant in a game or sport, a gambler, a performer in theatrical roles or who plays a musical instrument, a contestant. In all the mentioned areas, there are excellent players.

Answer: Parsley

Parsley is a specie of flowering plant in the Apiaceae family, originally from the Mediterranean region, currently grown throughout Europe as both herb and vegetable. The Garden Parsley is a bright green and one of the common herbs in several regions.

It is a biennial plant in a temperate climate and an annual herb in the tropical and subtropical areas. Curly parsley, with flat-leaf, has a fresh and grassy flavor. Used as garnishing, makes great creamy sauces, salsas or pestos.

Answer: Sparsely

"Sparsely" is an adverb for something that is not thick or dense. It means "in a thinly dispersed manner; in small numbers". This term commonly refers to the number of inhabitants. For example Mongolia, located in Central Asia between China, Russia and Siberia, is sparsely inhabited, having 1.92 people per square kilometer.