Each End Is A New Beginning Trivia Quiz

Answer: Anteater

Anteaters live in forest and savanna regions from Mexico down toward Argentina. They have a long muzzle with a tongue that holds sticky saliva. The anteater uses its long, sharp claws to rip open insect mounds and then uses its tongue to capture and eat the prey. Although many people think the anteater and the African aardvark are related, they are different species.

Answer: Terrible

The words "terrific" and "terrible" both come from the Latin word "terribilis" which means to frighten or terrorize. The word "terrific" began meaning "intense" and morphed to include positive connotations. However, the word "terrible" kept its original meaning of frightening or awful.

Many leaders through the years have used this word as part of their name. An example was Ivan the Terrible who was a Russian tsar and lived up to his name by ruthlessly conquering other lands and even killing his own son!

Answer: Bleacher

Back in the 1500s, the term "bleacher" was a term for a person who worked in the textile industry and bleached fabric. In the mid 1800s the word became more familiar as the term utilized for seating at a sporting arena. A bleacher is usually a long, bench-like seat that is normally found in the less expensive parts of the arena.

It received its name because the original wooden bench became slowly bleached by the sun during its use.

Answer: Hermit

A hermit is someone who lives almost totally alone and away from humanity and has usually chosen to do so on purpose. There are many reasons for these people to have secluded themselves in woods, caves, or mountaintops. Many do it to spend time fully immersed in their religious beliefs.

Others are hiding from oppressive governments or war drafts. The word itself has Greek roots meaning "person of the desert".

Answer: Mites

An arthropod is an animal that has an exoskeleton, a segmented body, jointed legs, pairs of limbs, and a symmetrical body. Mites are tiny arthropods that are related to ticks. Most mites feed on decaying matter, dust, and food. However, some mites are considered parasites and can become a biting pest on humans' skin. Mites can also cause allergies in people so it is highly recommended to vacuum often, dust frequently, change bed sheets, and even be friendly toward spiders as these are the mites' most vicious enemy!

Answer: Test

The word "test" traces its root to Middle English where it meant a pot that held gold or silver ore. It can actually be used as both a noun and a verb. As a noun, it means a critical examination and as a verb it means to check the performance of a person or thing.

There are many different forms of tests across various professional fields. These range from medical tests, such as a biopsy, to personality tests like Myers-Briggs, to scholastic exams like the college-entrance quizzes.

Answer: Estrogen

Estrogen is often called the female sex hormone. It is produced by glands and cells in a woman's ovaries and helps develop female sexual characteristics as well as regulating the menstrual cycle. Estrogen works with Vitamin D to help strengthen bones and hair. Estrogen levels can rise and fall during a person's lifetime and a variety of medicines have been created over the years to aid in this pattern.

Answer: Genes

DNA is a ladder-shaped molecule in a human body that contains chromosomes, which themselves are organized into genes. These genes instruct cells what traits to utilize. For example, a gene might "instruct" a hair cell to be straight based on genes inherited from a parent or ancestor, sending this instruction out through the manufacturing of proteins. Humans have about 20,000 of these genes, both dominant and recessive, helping to give each person their unique look.

Answer: Nester

The word "nester" has had various meanings over the years. It can be used to define how birds live in a specific area. For example, some birds are nesters while others lay eggs directly on the ground. The word can also be used as a synonym for a squatter, or a person who illegally moves onto unoccupied land and takes up residence.

In recent years, it has come to be used in conjunction with "empty" to create the term "empty nester", which means a person whose child or children have left the home to live on their own.

The "empty nest syndrome" is that feeling of grief the parent has when the child has vacated the premises.

Answer: Termites

Termites are small insects that live in colonies all around the world. They feed primarily on wood and are known as the "silent destroyer" because they can be existing in a home, eating the wood, without any initial visible signs of damage. There are over 2,000 species of termites that can chew through various wood types, wallpaper, floorboards, and dry wall.

A social animal, they can also live in huge colonies where they can build large termite mounds above ground. They serve as the main diet to many insect-eating animals, including the anteater!