Chain of English Words 10 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Honduras

The Republic of Honduras, an independent country since 1821, located in Central America, is bordered by Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua and the Pacific Ocean. Its capital and largest city is Tegucigalpa, the official language is Spanish and its currency is the Lempira. The main exported products are coffee and bananas.

Answer: Rasputin

Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (1869-1916) was born in Siberia and was the son of peasants. He attended school but did not finish his studies to become a monk. In 1906 he moved to St. Petersburg, where he gained fame as a healer. He gradually became closer to the family of Tsar Nicholas II, especially to the Tsarina, who believed he was the only person who could save her son, the heir to the Russian throne, Prince Alexei, who was a hemophiliac. Due to his influence on the royal family, he created many enemies and after several failed attempts, he was murdered.

Answer: Tina Turner

Anna Mae Bullock (born 1939), known as Tina Turner, is an American-born Swiss singer, songwriter, actress and book writer, sometimes referred to as the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll". She gained visibility with the musical duo "Ike & Tina Turner". They released dozens of albums and hits such as "A Fool in Love" and "River Deep, Mountain High".

Although she had already done some work on her own, it wasn't until 1978, when she divorced, that her solo career got a big boost. In her memoir "Happiness Becomes You" published in 2020, co-authored with Taro, she describes her struggle for success and happiness.

Answer: Neroli

Neroli is an essential oil produced from the blossom of the bitter orange tree (Citrus aurantium), extracted by steam distillation. The oil has a light yellow color, a refreshing aroma with notes of flowers and sweet spice.

The records for the use of neroli oil date back to 1849. The largest producers of this product are Tunisia, Egypt and Morocco.

Answer: Olivia de Havilland

Olivia de Havilland (1916-2020) had a 53-year film career, she appeared in 49 movies, opposite the leading actors of her time. In addition to her movie career she acted in theater and television. Her relationship with her sister, actress Joan Fontaine, was troubled and the rivalry between the two in Hollywood was visible.

The sisters were nominated for Best Actress for the 14th Academy Award in 1942, Olivia for her role in "Hold Back the Dawn" and Joan for her role in "Suspicion", with the winner being Joan Fontaine, increasing their rivalry.

Answer: Andrea Camilleri

Andrea Camilleri (1925-2019) began his university studies in Literature in Palermo, but abandoned them to study stage and film direction at the "Silvio d'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts" in Rome. He worked as a director and screenwriter of theater plays for the many programs for RAI.

In 1978 Camilleri published his first novel. His most important character was the fictional Inspector Salvo Montalbano, the police chief and excellent detective who appears in novels, short stories and TV series.

Answer: Eric Clapton

Eric Clapton was born in Surrey, England, in 1945 and is considered one of the most important and influential guitarists of all time and a prolific songwriter. At 13 he got his first guitar and at 16 he started to be known. In 1963 he joined the rock and roll English band the "Yardbirds" and in 1966 he joined the band "Cream".

He has been associated with many other bands and has developed a successful solo career, being considered by some the best-selling musician of all times. In 2018, Eric Clapton released the album "Happy Xmas" with Christmas carols.

Answer: Tongue

The tongue, in most vertebrates, is made up of a group of muscles attached tightly by folding in the bottom of the mouth. In humans, the tongue is an organ of the digestive system; it is covered with mucosa whose surface is rough and with bumps called papillae that produce saliva.

The food is moistened by saliva and the tongue facilitates chewing and swallowing. The tongue also has two other important functions: to help speech and make the taste of food be perceived, through taste buds, which cover the papillae.

Answer: Guernica

Guernica is a large (3.49 x 7.77 meters) black and white oil on canvas painting by Spaniard Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). The painting was created to fulfill a commission to decorate the Spanish Republic Pavilion at the 1937 World's Fair in Paris. Picasso had some ideas about what he would do, but when he read the report, by war correspondent George Steer, about the bombing of the city of Guernica, by the German Air Force, impressed by the atrocities he decided to use this motif in his work.

At the end of the exhibition, the painting, which served to draw the world's attention to the Spanish Civil War, toured several countries, spending many years under the tutelage of the MoMA of New York, because Picasso established that the work would not go to Spain until the death of dictator Francisco Franco. Picasso died in 1973, before Franco, who died in 1975.

The painting retuned to Spain in 1981 and can be seen at the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid.

Answer: Icarus

Icarus is a well-known figure in Greek mythology. He was the son of Daedalus, a skilled craftsman who built a labyrinth on the island of Crete for King Minos. As they were trapped in the labyrinth, by order of the king, Daedalus built two pairs of wings with feathers and wax so that he and his son could escape.

The father warned his son not to approach the sun or fly over the sea. But Icarus, ignoring the advice, flew close to the sun, then the wax on his wings melted and he drowned in the sea. This fable shows the dangers we run when we ignore advice or when, out of pride or self-confidence, we put ourselves at risk.