500 Questions, Part 23 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Naypyidaw

Because of the actions of the country's new military government, Naypyidaw became the new capital of Myanmar. It is not certain exactly why the capital was moved, but some possible reasons that have been suggested include the fact that Naypyidaw is a more central location, or that Rangoon's location on the sea made it more vulnerable to attack.

Answer: David Tennant

In that movie, as in the book, Barry Crouch Jr. was a Death Eater, or one of Voldemort's followers, impersonating Mad-Eye Moody, the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts that year.

Answer: Catbird seat

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first known use of the word occurred in the James Thurber short story, "The Catbird Seat." The story was later adapted into the 1959 film, "The Battle of the Sexes."

Answer: Cheese

Starting in the Great Depression, the government would bail out cheese farmers who had too much of it on their hands, and excess cheese was stored in caves such as those. At the risk of sending you out there scouring the countryside for free cheese, there are still caves out there that are full of uneaten cheese.

Answer: Edmonton Oilers

The other three of the original six were the Montreal Canadiens, Boston Bruins and Chicago Black Hawks.

Answer: Australia

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the whitest sands in the world can be found in the village of Hyams Beach in New South Wales, 180 kilometers (about 112 miles) south of Sydney. The village itself, however, is relatively unpopulated.

Answer: Eric Idle

Originally intended to parody the Beatles, the Rutles ended up becoming an actual success and even had a couple of chart hits.

Answer: Donkey

Smoke was found in 2008, hurt and underfed, and was taken in by Marines. He unfortunately died in 2012.

Answer: Scrabble

In Scrabble, brailing is the action of reaching into the bag of tiles and feeling the tile you're going to draw before you actually draw it.

Answer: Hassium

When Oganesson (named after Yuri Oganessian) was discovered in 2002, that made 15 elements that were named after scientists and another two named after non-scientists.

Answer: Robertson Panel

In 1952, there was an increase in the number of UFO-related threats called in to the Blue Book project, charged with investigating such threats at the time. The panel then met in January 1953, and concluded that UFOs were not a great threat to the country, and that most reports were just mistaking another object for a UFO.

Answer: Snagglepuss

Making his first appearance on an episode of "The Quick Draw McGraw Show," Snagglepuss was also known for phrases like "Heavens to Murgatroyd" and "Heavens to Betsy."

Answer: Esmeralda

When the movie "Brave" was released in 2002, its protagonist, Merida, became the 11th official Disney princess. Other ones include Tiana ("The Princess and the Frog") and Rapunzel ("Tangled"). Although a critical character in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," Esmeralda is not considered a Disney princess.

Answer: Adolf Hitler

The law, which was originally penned by American author and attorney Mike Godwin, states that "as an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Hitler approaches one." In other words, the more involved an Internet discussion or argument gets, the more likely somebody is to compare something or somebody else to Hitler.

Answer: Kelly Clarkson

In that scene, Steve Carell's character gets his chest hair waxed, but the experience is so painful that he can't finish the session. When Carell filmed the scene in real life, he decided to get his chest hair waxed for real, so his reaction is genuine.

Answer: Banana

In the 1950s, a strain of the disease wiped out the Gros Michel strain of bananas, and as of the creation of this quiz a different strain of the disease threatens to eliminate the Cavendish strain of bananas. Since bananas are largely monoculture (meaning that pretty much all bananas come from the same strain, in today's case Cavendish), a strain of disease that would eliminate Cavendish bananas would essentially wipe out pretty much all of the planet's bananas.

Answer: Herman Melville

"Omoo" was written as a sequel to "Typee," a recount of Melville's experiences in Polynesia. Although Melville's most famous novel today is "Moby-Dick," he wrote several lesser-known works besides that.

Answer: La traviata

Verdi named several of his operas after their main characters, including "Aida," "Otello" and "Rigoletto." "La traviata," which translates to "The Woman Led Astray," was essentially the "Pretty Woman" of its time, complete with a courtesan falling in love with the right guy.

The main difference lies in the endings, where Violetta ends up dying in the opera while Vivian Ward is able to escape from that life in the movie.

Answer: Colin Kaepernick

The quarterback position predictably dominates the list of Heisman winners, with Louisville's Lamar Jackson becoming the 33rd quarterback to win the award since its first presentation in 1935.

Answer: Brown

Although the color that represents the category was eventually changed to purple, the original color for the category was brown.