Bad Romance Trivia Quiz

Answer: Roman

Rome is the capital city of Italy. It is built on seven hills and the River Tiber runs through it.

Answer: Moan

Moaning Myrtle is a ghost who lives in a girls' lavatory at Hogwarts. She helps Harry during the Triwizard Tournament in the book "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire".

Answer: Core

The core of an apple is tough and woody and contains the seeds or pips so it is not as good to eat as the rest of the apple.

Answer: More

"Oliver Twist" is a book about an orphan who is sent to the workhouse where the boys do not get enough to eat. Oliver is chosen to ask for another helping of gruel. When he says "Please, sir, I want some more", everybody is shocked and there is a big fuss.

Answer: Mare

A young female horse is called a filly. A young male horse is called a colt. An adult male horse is a stallion. Horses live in groups called herds.

Answer: Cream

Cream is the lighter, fatty part of milk which floats to the top. It can be poured over the strawberries or whisked until it is stiff and spooned on in a blob. Either way, people seem to enjoy it!

Answer: Roan

Some horses have white hairs mixed in with their other colour and they are referred to as "roan". If their normal hair colour is black, they are called "blue roans"; if it is chestnut they are called "red roans" or "strawberry roans".

Answer: Ream

A ream used to be 480 sheets of paper, or 20 quires of 24 sheets. These numbers may seem odd but they are based on dozens (12s) and scores (20s). Nowadays we are more used to multiples of 5 and 10 so the number of sheets in a ream was changed. A typical pack of printer paper contains 500 sheets or a ream of paper.

Answer: Manor

Feudalism is a system of government where the ruler grants land to nobles or barons in exchange for services such as providing an army. The nobles would then grant some of this land to lesser nobles. The smallest unit of land was called a "manor" and the house where he lived was the "manor house".

Some of these houses were rather large and grand so the word "manor" nowadays can refer to any big house even if a lord does not live there.

Answer: Crane

Cranes are large birds with long necks and legs. They are found over most of the world.
More than 2500 years ago, the Ancient Greeks used simple cranes for lifting stone blocks to build their temples.