ABChain Gang - B Trivia Quiz

Answer: Badger

"The Wind in the Willows" was written by Kenneth Grahame and published in 1908. Badger was the most mature and wise of the characters; he lived alone in the Wild Wood.

~MrBadger

Answer: Battery

A large group of cages for intensive rearing of poultry is called a battery. An assault in which the assailant makes physical contact is battery. A device that produces electricity is a battery. A group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place is a battery.

There are many other definitions of 'battery' such as:- 'a number of similar things occurring together' or, in baseball - 'the pitcher and the catcher considered together'.

~Cyberhen

Answer: Rowan Atkinson

Hugh Laurie ("House") and Stephen Fry are Rowan Atkinson's co-stars in "Blackadder", and are well known for their own comedy series "A Bit of Fry and Laurie".

Ben Elton is reputedly Rowan Atkinson's favourite writer and producer.

Rowan Atkinson ended his hilarious performance of Mr. Bean after 14 episodes for TV and two successful movies ("Bean" and "Mr. Bean's Holiday"). He also starred in the James Bond parody "Johnny English" and in the dark comedy "Keeping Mum". Rowan Atkinson had also returned to the stage and played the critically acclaimed part of Fagin in the musical "Oliver!"

~genoveva

Answer: "Baby, Baby" by Amy Grant

"Baby, Baby" was a single off of Christian and pop singer Amy Grant's 1991 album, "Heart in Motion". It was written for her newborn daughter Millie.

~AnneBonney

Answer: B-O-L-O-G-N-A

According to the jingle, "Oscar Mayer has a way with B-O-L-O-G-N-A". Though bologna can also be spelled "baloney", along with a few other variations, "bologna" is what is used in the jingle. Oscar Mayer, a German meat maker, moved to the US in 1859, and began selling meat such as bratwurst and liverwurst in 1900. The Weinermobile, first built in 1936, began touring the entire United States, and by 2010, only seven Weinermobiles had been built.

~salami_swami

Answer: Something to snack on when you are hungry

A bento box is a slim box, made out of plastic or varnished wood. It is divided into compartments that hold small, separate dishes, made for traditional Japanese meals (normally lunch). Generally it contains sushi, rice, vegetables, and other Japanese staples.

~Globalmyths

Answer: Bahrain

Both Burkina Faso and Benin are located in the West of Africa and Botswana is in Southern Africa. Contrary to being on the African continent, Bahrain is situated in the Middle East and is surrounded by the Persian Gulf.

~pagea

Answer: B1 - Thiamine

Beriberi came from a Sinhalese (Sri Lanka) phrase which means "I cannot, I cannot". It was discovered by Dutch physician Christiaan Eijkman and for that he shared the 1929 Nobel Prize for Medicine with Frederick Hopkins. There is also a deficiency of B1 or thiamine in the brain which is called Korsakoff's syndrome.

~tobertz_20

Answer: Clydesdale

The Clydesdale breed originated around 300 years ago, on farms near Clydesdale, Scotland. They were used to pull heavy loads. August Anheuser Busch, Sr. first used the Budweiser Clydesdale horses in public on April 7, 1933. A team of eight Clydesdale geldings were hitched to a red, white and gold beer wagon, and used to transport the first shipment of post-Prohibition beer from the St. Louis brewery.

~Rawhide13

Answer: Bucephalus

Bellerophon is the Greek hero who rode the winged horse Pegasus. Pegasus sprung from Medusa's blood after Perseus cut off her head. Boxer is the hard-working horse in George Orwell's "Animal Farm". "Black Beauty" is a novel written by Anna Sewell, which is also the horse's name.