A Panoply of Trivia 4 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Willow

Salix herbacea is also known as the dwarf or snowbed willow, and is one of the smallest woody trees in the world. It will grow to a height of only about 1-6 centimeters. It is dioecious, meaning that these tiny trees have male and female varieties, and it grown is very cold conditions. it can be found in the lands around the North Atlantic Ocean, like in Arctic Russia, Greenland, eastern Canada, and northern Europe.

Answer: architecture

Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect who lived from 1867 to 1959 and was known for designing many buildings. Already as a newborn, Frank's mother decorated his nursery with pictures of beautiful buildings in order to encourage him into the profession. It seems to have worked. He was always building things and got into the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a student of architecture.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's first projects was rebuilding Chicago, especially after the devastating Great Fire of 1871. He went on to design fantastic homes like his abode Taliesin, Yodoko Guesthouse, Hotel Imperial, and Jiyu Gakuen Main Building, to name a few.

Answer: France

Michel de Nostredame was born in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence in the 16th-century Kingdom of France. He was born in 1503 and had a rough life for a while. He was studying at the University of Avignon until it closed because of a plague. He was studying at the University of Montpellier but was expelled because of his previous job as an apothecary, something that was frowned upon. His first wife and two children died in another plague... not an easy beginning.

However, he studied astrology extensively and his almanac, published in 1550, saw him rise to the forefront due to his excellent predictions. He is best known for his 1555 publication, "Les Prophéties", a book of 942 poems that were said to predict future events. However, there are many arguments about the prophetic nature of these quatrains and how they are interpreted and translated (and sometimes mistranslated) can factor heavily into their predicative nature.

Answer: ants

Myrmecology is the branch of entomology (the study of insects) that deals with ants. While the study is mostly physical, the field started from the social study of the ants and their behaviour, especially the way their society works and their devotion to their queen. As well, aspects of formic behaviour help model machine learning and parallel computing, to name a few of the technological applications.

The warriors devoted to Achilles, the Greek hero, were called the Myrmidons - the ant people. The came from the island of Aegina and were simple workers but all devoted to their leader, hence the name.

Answer: Jamaica

The US Dollar is probably one of the most used international currencies, and is the national currency of countries like the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, El Salvador, Marshall Islands, Ecuador, and more. Perhaps the only place in the world that the US Dollar was frowned upon, but still accepted, was Cuba, where, for years, there was an ongoing strife between the two countries.

For tourists, Cuba used a 'fake' currency called the Cuban Convertible Peso. Its value was equal to the US Dollar, and tourists could buy it with whatever other currencies they had with them, but, if you wanted to use US Dollars, you had to pay a 10% 'tax'. This currency was discontinued at the end of 2021.

Answer: Diana, Princess of Wales

The tragic death of Diana, Princess of Wales, was an unexpected and world-stopping event. Her death was as senseless as it was surprising, and it brought to light the invasiveness of the paparazzi and people became aware of how prying into the lives of celebrities may not be a good thing after all.

Diana Spencer married Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom's first son and heir apparent. She then became the Princess and was given a title, one that was not taken away even when the couple divorced. Afterward, she began dating Dodi Fayed, an Egyptian film producer, and the press were having a field day with the couple. At an event in Paris, France, the paparazzi were harassing Dodi's Mercedes-Benz W140 S-Class and the driver, under the influence of drugs and alcohol, made a regrettable decision to drive recklessly. When he lost control of the vehicle, the crash took three lives.

Answer: Queens

The five boroughs of New York City are Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, and the Bronx. Staten Island is the furthest south and west, an island located very close to New Jersey. The Bronx is furthest north, has many people living there, and is named for Jonas Bronck, an immigrant. Brooklyn sits pretty much in the middle and is the most populous and is named for a similarly-named town in the Netherlands. Manhattan, despite being the smallest borough in terms of area, is the heart and soul of the city. Finally, Queens, located in the east, is the place on Earth with the most languages spoken.

It also houses the two major airports of New York City - La Guardia and JFK.

Answer: Djibouti

Lake Assal is located at a triple-junction of tectonic plates. Their motion creates a depression and freshwater springs provide it with water. However, Djibouti has one of the hottest and most arid climates in the world, so, much of that water gets evaporated, making Lake Assal one of the saltiest bodies of water (if not THE saltiest body of water) in the world.

Djibouti is a country in northeastern Africa which borders Somalia, Eritrea, and Ethiopia. Djibouti's location on the Horn of Africa makes it an important shipping hub, but also a location targeted by modern pirates.

Answer: Harvard University

The Ivy League is an association of eight prestigious American universities that work together to maintain a high standard for their schools and their students. They bring in hundreds of billions of dollars in endowments which allows them to do cutting-edge research and gives their students exceptional resources.

Harvard University is one of the most famous universities in the world. It was founded in 1636 at its present location in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Its alumni boast many prestigious awards like Nobel Prizes, Fields Medals, Pulitzer Prizes, Oscars, Olympic gold medals, and many more. Furthermore, they are able to offer financial aid to any student so no prospective student will have to be denied based on their financial situation, and all this without student loans.

Answer: green

Tommy Hilfiger is a designer brand of clothes, accessories, and footwear. It was the culmination of years of attempts to break into the fashion market by the eponymous American designer, who opened his first store in 1969. He started the Tommy Hilfiger company by launching a line of comfortable yet fashionable menswear that was not overly expensive.

The Tommy Hilfiger logo is two horizontal bars of blue and the space between them is divided equally, white on the left and red on the right. This is also the International Code of Symbols flag for the letter 'H', which is why it was chosen for the Hilfiger logo. It was adopted in 1985 and has not been altered since.