A Miscellaneous Compilation Trivia Quiz

Answer: White spots appearing on the surface of chocolate

There are two kinds of chocolate bloom: fat bloom and sugar bloom. Fat bloom occurs when chocolate is not properly tempered, causing cocoa butter crystals of uneven size to form. Crystals of different sizes undergo different rates of transformation, giving rise to fat blooms over time.

Sugar blooms occur when chocolate absorbs too much moisture from the surroundings and dissolves some of its sugar content. As the chocolate dries, some sugar crystallises on the surface, resulting in sugar blooms.

Although chocolate blooms are unsightly, as a general rule they are safe for consumption.

Answer: Chris Moneymaker

Chris Moneymaker won a $40 online tournament that provided him with the $10,000 buy-in into the WSOP Main Event in 2003. His $40 investment ended up winning him $2.5 million when he won the Main Event. EPSN coverage of the event led to a poker boom when many other amateurs thought they could duplicate this feat.

Jamie Gold won the WSOP Main Event in 2006 for a whopping $12 million, the largest Main Event payday up to that date.

Doyle Brunson is a poker legend who won back-to-back Main Events in 1976 and 1977. He is also the author of "Super System", a book many consider to be the Bible of poker.

Answer: Gauging self-awareness in animals

The mirror test checks if animals can recognise themselves in a mirror. It was developed by American psychologist Gordon G. Gallup in 1970. With the exception of European magpies, the only animals to have passed this test are mammals. They are the great apes, bottlenose dolphins, elephants and orcas.

Answer: Cherry

Cherry was the winner of all of the above tested flavours. It became the third variation after classic Coke and Diet Coke and the first flavoured Coke put out by the manufacturer. It fared much better than New Coke which was released about the same time.

It was followed by Diet Cherry Coke in 1986 which in 2005 became Diet Coke Cherry. In 2007, the original product was renamed Coca-Cola Cherry and Coca-Cola Cherry Zero was introduced. Due to its success, other flavours of Coke made it to the market including vanilla, black cherry vanilla, lemon, lime, orange, and raspberry.

Many of these flavours are only available in Coca-Cola Freestyle vending machines or in certain countries outside the United States.

Answer: Slugterra

"Slugterra" is computer-animated cartoon in which a group of four friends battle various villains using slugs fired from blasters. Each slug has some elemental effect that comes into play when fired. The elements are water, metal, ice, toxic, electricity and many more.

The main character is called Eli Shane and he is voiced by Samuel Vincent, known more as the voice of Edd on the Canadian-American animated show "Ed, Edd n Eddy".

Answer: Dust Bunnies

The group's name means "Bettie Serves" and is taken from a book written by Betty Stove, who is a Dutch tennis player. "Dust Bunnies" was released in 1997 shortly before one of the original members, Berend Dubbe, left the group.

Clumps of dust clustered together by static electricity are called "dust bunnies".

Answer: Squatter

The expression "riding on the sheep's back" refers to the golden era of prosperity Australia derived from wool and sheep. The game was introduced in the early '60s at the Royal Melbourne Agricultural Show.

Answer: Weight room

"High School Musical" used the basketball court for the song "Get'cha Head in the Game" with some pretty fancy basketball work. In "High School Musical 2" the guys danced their way through a baseball game for the song "I Don't Dance", and in "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" the song "The Boys Are Back" winds its way through a junk yard. So far a weight room has not been featured, but who knows what the future will bring!

Answer: Louis Comfort Tiffany

Louis Comfort Tiffany was the son of Charles Tiffany, founder of the jewellery store chain. He was a contemporary of and collaborated with Thomas Edison and muralist George W. Maynard. Louis Tiffany's contributions to the Ponce de Leon Hotel include a stunning collection of chandeliers and lamps, the windows in the Dining Room, and the Bacchus windows on the mezzanine landing.

Answer: Wolf peach

The tomato is similar to, but larger than, the deadly nightshade. The deadly nightshade is an ingredient purportedly used for werewolf transformation by witches and sorcerers in German myths. The tomato also goes by the scientific names of Lycopersicon esculentum and Lycopersicon lycopersicum due to differing opinions by early taxonomists.

However, recent genetic studies have shown that the tomato was correctly placed in the genus Solanum by the 18th-century taxonomist, Carl Linnaeus.