How Is That? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Seven

The series tells the story of an orphan boy who discovers that he is actually part of a secret world of witches and wizards. He also finds out that there are great dangers in this world, and that he is fated to battle against the evil wizard that killed his parents.

The "Harry Potter" series of books were published between 1997 and 2007:

"The Philosopher's Stone" (1997)
"The Chamber of Secrets" (1998)
"The Prisoner of Azkaban" (1999)
"The Goblet of Fire" (2000)
"The Order of the Phoenix" (2003)
"The Half-Blood Prince" (2005)
"The Deathly Hallows" (2007)

But, while there were seven books in the series, it took eight movies to tell the story, with "The Deathly Hallows" being split into two films.

Answer: Two

The eight planets in our solar system, counting from closest to the sun, are:

Mercury (no moons)
Venus (no moons)
Earth (one moon)
Mars (two moons)
Jupiter (at least 67 moons)
Saturn (at least 62 moons)
Uranus (at least 27 moons)
Neptune (at least 14 moons)

Why do the outer planets have numbers that say 'at least'? Because there are still moons being discovered, and some sightings of possible moons have to be confirmed. The numbers above are of 'confirmed' and named moons.

Mercury and Venus have no moons because of their closeness to the sun. The sun's gravity is too strong for those planets to hold their own moons - they would get pulled away by the sun.

Answer: With butter, white sugar and flour

My favourite recipe (that we use a LOT at Christmas) is as follows:

1 cup of butter (softened)
1/2 cup of powdered white sugar
2 cups of all-purpose flour

Then, set the oven temperature to 350 degrees Fahrenheit, mix the ingredients together, roll out the dough and cut your cookie shapes, then bake for 16-18 minutes (until a pale golden brown)!

Answer: Two

All mammals are warm-blooded and all mammals also have some fur or hair on their bodies. There are just two species of mammal that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live babies. These two species are called Monotremes, and they are both found in Australia. You may have heard of them. They are the platypus and the echidna.

The platypus is really cool with interesting features. It likes the water (like an otter), but has a tail like a beaver, webbed feet, and a bill like a duck. There is only one species of platypus.

The echidna is also called a spiny anteater, and looks a lot like a porcupine. They like to dig, and defensively they have their prickly spines and spurs on their hind legs that are poisonous. Echidnas can also be found in New Guinea, and there are five different species in existence.

Answer: Get the ball into the other team's goal

Soccer (or football, as it is known in many countries) is a game where two opposing teams play on a field with two large nets at either end. There is a goalkeeper assigned to guard each net, plus ten more players on the team that try to get the ball into the other team's net. Players are not allowed to touch the ball with their hands (except for the keeper), and most official games are played in two 45-minute halves with a break in between.

Soccer (football) is quite probably the most popular sport in the world, and every four years almost every country in the world competes to make it to the World Cup, which sees the top 32 national teams compete for the trophy.

Answer: Buzz your lips and blow into a cup-shaped mouthpiece

The brass family of instruments are *wind* instruments, meaning that you need to blow air into the instrument to make a sound. But with brass instruments, just blowing is not enough. The air is vibrated by buzzing the lips, which then makes a sound. You can make that sound simply by buzzing into the mouthpiece alone, but it is the rest of the instrument that give the big and often brash sound that brass family instruments are known for.

Brass instruments are basically a long, metal pipe (wrapped into different shapes that you would then recognize as trumpets, trombones, etc.) with a bell at the end to project the sounds it produces. A trombone changes the length of that pipe by extending or shortening its slide, while the rest of the family uses valves to open and close different lengths of tubing, allowing for different notes to be played.

Answer: 8

A 'score' is equal to 20. Remember Abraham Lincoln's speech? "Four score and seven years ago..." That equaled 87 years. He made that speech in 1863... 87 years after the Declaration of Independence in 1776.

A 'dozen' is equal to 12. The term comes from the French word 'douzaine', which means a group of 12 ('douze' is French for 12).

Thus, a score minus a dozen is the same as 20-12, which equals eight.

Answer: 14

Count them! su-per-cal-i-frag-i-lis-tic-ex-pi-al-i-do-cious

'Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious' was made famous in the 1964 movie, "Mary Poppins" and was sung together by Julie Andrews (Mary Poppins) and Dick Van Dyke (Bert, the chimney sweep). The word became so well-known and popular that it was added to the "Oxford English Dictionary" in 1986.

But, did you know that it was not made up just for the "Mary Poppins" movie? The word was actually being used since the 1940s and more-or-less meant 'extraordinarily good'. There was even another song, titled "Supercalafajalistickexpialadojus" that came out in 1949!

Answer: All twelve

There are seven months that reach a full 31 days:

January, March, May, July, August, October, and December.

There are four other months that only reach up to 30 days:

April, June, September, and November.

And there is one month that has 28 days (February), although it does add one day every four years to make 29.

But, here's the thing... ALL of the months reach 28 days, even though some of them go a little further.

Tee hee.

Answer: 13

Of course, any two-digit number that ends in 'teen' qualifies to let you be called a teenager, but it happens for the first time on the day you turn 13 (thirteen). So, anyone that is 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, or 19 years old are called teenagers. And while technically, one begins their 13th year in life after reaching the age of 12, you aren't actually thirTEEN until the next birthday, and which point you are fully a teenager.