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A Quizzical Quiz Part 2

For anyone who enjoyed my "Quizzical Quiz", here is a follow up done for a challenge in The FunTrivia Gauntlet.

A multiple-choice quiz by playmate1111. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
playmate1111

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
360,734

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
395

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Where would you find the hamlet of Manyberries? Hint

Barrow-in-Furness, United Kingdom

Alberta, Canada

Cape Town, South Africa

Dublin, Ireland

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Question 2 of 10

2. What does the English proverb "scratch someone's back and I'll scratch yours" mean? Hint

Help someone and hope they return the favour

Bring good luck to a person

Be nasty about a person behind his or her back

That dog gave me fleas ... do me a favour ...

3. These pieces of charcoal-black, silver or gold jewellery are often marked with Siam Sterling and created by carving out a pattern into the silver leaving a raised figure. What am I describing? Hint

Cameo

Cloisonne

Baltic Amber

Nielloware

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is a "baleboste" in English? Hint

A derogatory Swedish word

German haycutter

Jewish housewife

Afrikaans baby

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is the term known as when you're checking babies at birth for an enzyme deficiency? Hint

Genetic

Agpar

PKU

Apnea

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Question 6 of 10

6. "Let us not split ___."

Can you finish this phrase?
Hint

Chairs

Hairs

Aces

Places

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Question 7 of 10

7. Where in the world would you find "The Eye of Africa"? Hint

Nigeria

Mauritius

Mauritania

South Africa

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who was born Josephine Esther Mentzer, and along with her husband co-founded a cosmetics empire? Hint

Estee Lauder

Coco Chanel

Helena Rubenstein

Elizabeth Arden

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who wrote a memoir called "Kafka Was the Rage: A Greenwich Village Memoir"? Hint

Philip Roth

Anatole Broyard

Leo Tolstoy

Franz Kafka

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Question 10 of 10

10. Dame Joan Sutherland sang "I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls". Who recorded this for her 1991 Grammy award-winning album "Shepherd Moons"? Hint

Sarah McLachlan

Dame Kiri te Kanawa

Shakira

Enya

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Where would you find the hamlet of Manyberries?

Answer: Alberta, Canada

The tiny hamlet of Manyberries, found in Alberta, Canada, has very few amenities. Its claim to fame comes from a southeast wind, Manyberries Chinook, named after the hamlet. This wind often happens prior to a Chinook wind.

2. What does the English proverb "scratch someone's back and I'll scratch yours" mean?

Answer: Help someone and hope they return the favour

This proverb is meaningful, especially in the business world of today. The phrase has been in use since the 1700s.

3. These pieces of charcoal-black, silver or gold jewellery are often marked with Siam Sterling and created by carving out a pattern into the silver leaving a raised figure. What am I describing?

Answer: Nielloware

Nielloware, produced in Siam (now Thailand), was popular as a gift. It was bought by American soldiers serving in the Vietnam War to send home to their wives or girlfriends.

After baking the piece of jewellery in an open fire, a silversmith would add tiny details by hand and sometimes silver filigree for extra ornamentation. The most popular design displayed Mekkala, the Goddess of Lightning.

4. What is a "baleboste" in English?

Answer: Jewish housewife

"Baleboste" means a Jewish housewife who runs a well maintained home, capably and efficiently. I bet my husband wishes he had one of those! LOL!

5. What is the term known as when you're checking babies at birth for an enzyme deficiency?

Answer: PKU

PKU, a metabolic disorder, is a blood test which is done on newborn babies. It can determine whether they have the necessary enzyme needed for normal growth.

This test was developed in the 1960s by Robert Guthrie, an American microbiologist.

6. "Let us not split ___." Can you finish this phrase?

Answer: Hairs

"Splitting hairs" means to argue over something trivial or some details of little importance. This idiom is of English origin.

7. Where in the world would you find "The Eye of Africa"?

Answer: Mauritania

Also known as "The Richat Structure", the Eye of Africa is a depression found in the Sahara Desert in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.

There seems to be some confusion as to whether this depression was caused by erosion or a meteor impact.

8. Who was born Josephine Esther Mentzer, and along with her husband co-founded a cosmetics empire?

Answer: Estee Lauder

Estee Lauder started working with her uncle, a chemist, who sold beauty products. Her fascination with beauty products and fragrances grew from there.

Her first fragrance, "Youth Dew", was launched in 1953. Estee died in 2004 at the age of 97, but her legacy still lives on.

9. Who wrote a memoir called "Kafka Was the Rage: A Greenwich Village Memoir"?

Answer: Anatole Broyard

Anatole Broyard was an American critic for "The New York Times". Extremely light-skinned, he was born to parents who were classified as black. He chose to hide his ethnicity for the whole of his life.

10. Dame Joan Sutherland sang "I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls". Who recorded this for her 1991 Grammy award-winning album "Shepherd Moons"?

Answer: Enya

While no other singer can beat Dame Joan Sutherland's version, Enya managed to popularise this song in her New Age/Celtic version.

The song "I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls", also known as "The Gipsy Girl's Dream", is an aria from the opera "The Bohemian Girl".

Source: Author playmate1111

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