Are You Smart - Or Not? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Czech

The word "robota" has several meanings including: forced labor, work, forced workers, or slave.

Answer: skin

It is a test to determine whether one can contract scarlet fever made by an injection of scarlet fever toxin. It was named after, husband and wife, George F. Dick and Gladys H. Dick. They studied scarlet fever while serving in the Army Medical Corps in World War I. They also prepared immunization for the disease.

Answer: chanos chanos

At the back of the cranium is the occipital bone, perforated by the FORAMEN MAGNUM, a passage for the spinal cord. The middle of a chain of three small bones in the ear of mammals, including humans is the INCUS. The ISLET OF LANGERHANS is any of the groups of small granular endocrine cells that form interlacing strands in the pancreas and secrete insulin. Chanos chanos is the scientific name of milkfish.

Answer: Joanne Rowling

"Her full name is Joanne Rowling, not, as is often assumed, 'Joanne Kathleen Rowling'. Before publishing her first volume, Bloomsbury feared that the target group of young boys might be reluctant to buy books written by a female author. They requested that Rowling use two initials, rather than reveal her first name.

As she had no middle name, she chose K from her grandmother's name, Kathleen, as the second initial of her pseudonym. The name Kathleen has never been part of her legal name." -Excerpt from Wikipedia

Answer: A= Sphinx; B= Oedipus; C= man

The riddle, as many know, is, "What creature goes on four feet in the morning, on two at noonday, on three in the evening?" The explanation of Oedipus was, "In childhood he creeps on hands and feet; in manhood he walks erect; in old age he helps himself with a staff." This question is very common yet not many know it is of Greek origin!

Answer: sartorius

The sartorius is the longest muscle in the body running the length of the thigh. The longest bone in the body is the femur which is between the pelvis and the legs. It is also known as thighbone. Stirrup is actually the smallest bone in the human body. While gluteus maximus, more commonly known as buttocks, is the largest muscle in the body.

Answer: Zeta

"Theta" is the 8th letter. "Rho" is the 17th. "Psi" is the 23rd. By the way, there are just 24 letters in the Greek alphabet.

Answer: taikonaut

It is from the Chinese word, "tai kong" meaning "great space" or "the heavens" plus the Greek word "nautes" or sailor.

Answer: 5

Interestingly, there are just 5 of such solids, commonly known as Platonic Solids (since Plato studied these unique figures). They are tetrahedron (regular triangular pyramid), regular hexahedron (cube), octahedron, dodecahedron, and icosahedron. These solids, long ago, were believed to have mystical properties.

Answer: Francis Bacon

Historians have found Francis Bacon a fascinating subject. As a philosopher and writer, Bacon attempted to explain the principles of acquiring knowledge. Two of his most famous works are "Novum Organum" and "The Advancement of Learning". Keep on acquiring knowledge! As Bacon has said, "Knowledge is power!" Have a nice day. Smile!