A General Lack of Coherence Trivia Quiz

Answer: Flat oval

Rain occurs when condensation allows water vapour to wrap around tiny particles of sand, dust or smoke. Each particle becomes a little droplet between 0.0001 centimeters and 0.005 centimeters. Although raindrops fall originally in a flat oval shape, they change into a spherical shape.

The speed they fall at can reach 22 miles per hour and their size can vary from between 0.02 inches to 0.31 inches.

Answer: In a nest

Gorillas are often seen as aggressive and dangerous killers, but, in fact, are shy, peaceful vegetarians. Adults have 32 teeth with large molars and canines for foraging in forests. Predominantly herbivores, they eat leaves, fruit, seeds and tree bark. Each evening gorillas construct nests using foliage and tree branches.

Source: listverse.com

Answer: Dracula

According to the Internet Movie Database, there could be as many as 649 filmed versions of "Dracula". These movies have not always been of the horror genre, as in the 1922 silent version "Nosferatu". There have been scary Draculas certainly, but also funny Draculas.

Answer: Fauntleroy

Donald Fauntleroy Duck's first appearance was on 9th June 1934 in a cartoon called "The Wise Little Hen". Subsequently this date has been adopted as Donald's official birthday.

He lives in Duckburg with his nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie. Other relatives who have appeared with Donald are Grandma Duck, his uncle Scrooge McDuck, his cousins Gladstone Gander and Gus Goose. And let's not forget his girlfriend Daisy Duck.

Answer: To reach 50 million users

It was as far back as 1901 when Marconi became the first to listen to the first radio signal. It had travelled 2,000 miles from Cornwall, England to St.Johns, Newfoundland.

John Logie Baird, in 1925, transmitted the first recognisable image via television. It was a ventriloquist's dummy.

Although the Internet (not to be confused with the World Wide Web) was developed in the 1950s it was very different from what it is today. Packet switching didn't arrive til the 1960s with other protocols following. TCP/IP wasn't standardised, in fact until 1982. (Thanks, Editor LeoDaVinci)

Answer: He spent 37 years at the top of a pillar

St. Simeon Stylites was the first pillar hermit (also called stylitoe). He was born circa 390AD at Sisan, near the Syrian border and entered the monastery before he was 16 years old. He felt the many pilgrims arriving at the monastery prevented his private devotions; so he ordered a pillar erected with a small platform at the top. As time passed these pillars went from about 9ft high to 50ft high!

Simeon was so respected that the Emperor Theodosius and Empress Eudocia sought his advice. After spending a total of 37 years at the top of a pillar he died 2nd September 457AD. Antioch and Constantinople both wanted to possess his remains as a protection to put in their city walls.

In addition, an monument was built to recognize him; it's called the 'Qal'at Sim'an' (The Mansion of Simeon).

Source: Wikipedia.org

Answer: A machine which sliced and wrapped loaves of bread

"The best thing since sliced bread" is a common saying and Otto Rohwedder was the man who patented sliced bread! He patented the process, and in 1928 the first sliced loaves (brand name Sliced Kleen Maid) appeared. Within six years pre-sliced bread was outselling uncut loaves. Because the slices were uniform they proved perfect for Charles Strite's spring loaded automatic popup toaster, which too sold well.

Answer: Small chunks of floating ice

According to www.athropolis.com, Growlers are "very small chunks of floating ice that rise only about one meter/three feet out of the water are called 'growlers'. When trapped air escapes as the iceberg melts, it sometimes makes a sound like the growl of an animal, and that's how growlers got their name". (2011)

Answer: Policeman

James Vincenzo Capone was the older brother of Al Capone by eight years. He left home at the age of 16 to join the circus, in 1908. During his time with the circus he became an expert marksman and also lost touch with his family. Eventually he settled down in Homer, Nebraska where he was the town Marshall. Following that, he served as state sheriff and later still, ironically, a prohibition enforcement officer.

Answer: Snow

During the early 1900s as skiing became a popular pastime, skiers created their own terminology to describe and categorise types of snow. As well as "champagne powder", "corduroy" and "mashed potatoes", there were such terms as "pillowdrift", "corn" and "cornice".

Answer: Gulliver's Travels

The Yahoos appear in Jonathan Swift's novel "Gulliver's Travels or, Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, by Lemuel Gulliver". The places he visits are Lilliput, Blefuscu, Brobdingnag, Laputa and the Land of Houyhnhnms where the Yahoos live. They are portrayed as greedy, selfish, lacking courage and evil and they are incapable learning anything.

Answer: Killing your father

Once found guilty, the person was blindfolded, stripped and beaten. He/she was then sealed into a sack, which contained the above animals, and thrown into the sea. This punishment is often called culeus, which was the name given to the sack.

Source: www.roman-colosseum.info

Answer: Tennessee

Although the most popular and well-known nickname for Tennessee is "The Volunteer State", it has known several others including: "The Big Bend State" and "The Hog and Hominy State".

Answer: Faster-Higher-Stronger

Faster-Higher-Stronger has been the Olympic Games' motto since 1894 and its accepted meaning is that "one's focus should be on bettering one's achievements, rather than coming in first".

It was suggested by Pierre de Coubertin, the man nicknamed "the father of the modern Olympic Games".

Source: infoplease.com

Answer: HAL's initials precede IBM's by one in the alphabet

The computer from "2001: A Space Odyssey" was HAL 9000, or, Heuristically-programmed ALgorithmic computer. IBM was founded in 1911 under the name Computing Tabulating Recording Corporation. It became International Business Machines in 1924.