Bits of Everything Trivia Quiz

Answer: Male

Seahorses are aquatic animals that look like they have the head of horses, the tail of snakes, the pouch of kangaroos and the moving eyes of chameleons. When laying eggs, the female seahorse inserts them in the pouch of the male found under the tail. It is through the pouch that the male gives birth as when the eggs have hatched, the pouch opens wide and baby seahorses are shot out.

Answer: To protect China against Mongol invasion

The wall was built at the time of the first Emperor Qin Shihuang. It is a military fortress built to protect China from aggressions and invasions. Throughout the different dynasties, the wall was reconstructed and extended, but the wall as we know it, was reconstructed by the Ming dynasty.

Today, the wall is one of the Great Wonders of the world and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Answer: Coldplay

Yes, it was Coldplay thanks to their song "Paradise". Linkin Park was nominated for the song "Burn It Down". Both Green Day and Paramore were not nominated though Green Day won the award in 2009 for "21 Guns" while Paramore was nominated for "Decode".

Answer: Hamlet

"The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark" is one of Shakespeare's popular works. The play centers around the Prince who desperately and furiously want to avenge the death of his father, the King, who is murdered by his brother Claudius. In the end, Hamlet is victorious as he successfully kills Claudius, though he himself dies.

Answer: China

China is the home of peach where the fruit was originated and is the symbol of immortality and unity. A report of the FAO shows that China is the #1 world producer of peach closely followed by Italy. Also, the month of August has been designated as the National Peach Month.

Answer: Mistletoe

Originally used as a ceremonial plant, the mistletoe is today a Christmas plant. Have you ever wondered why we kiss under mistletoe? There are several myths that answer this question. Here is one:
In Norse myth, the God of summer Baldur dreamed of his death. His mother Frigga, Goddess of fertility and marriage, asked the elements of nature, animals and plants to not harm her beloved son. However, Loki, God of mischief, realised that Frigga's request did not mention the poisonous mistletoe. So Loki used mistletoe to make a poison arrow and managed to make Baldur's blind brother to shoot Baldur with the arrow. Mourning her son's death, Frigga called the elements to bring back her son but to no avail. Legend has it that the tears of Frigga changed the mistletoe's red berries to white and brought back Baldur from death. It was then that Frigga declared whoever who walked under the mistletoe shall by kissed by her as gratitude for the resurrection of her son.

Another Christmas plant, the holly, is used mostly for decorative purposes. Originally called the "holy tree", the holly originates from the Northern Europe countries. Today, the holly's green leaves and red berries are principally used to make decorative Christmas wreaths.

Poinsettia is another Christmas plant which blooms mostly in December. In Mexico, this plant is commonly known as the 'Flower of the Holy Night'.

Answer: Freyja

The Norse goddess of love, beauty, fertility and battle is impersonated as Freyja, the twin sister of Freyr, God of fertility.

Skadi is the Goddess of winter and hunt and is often depicted as the Snow Queen.

The Goddess of the dead and the underworld is Hel, daughter of Loki the Norse God of mischief and chaos. She is also known as the Queen of the Niflheim (the underworld)

Sif is the Goddess of harvest and the wife of Thor, God of Thunder. She is known for her long golden hair.

Answer: Edward

"Twilight" gives a new picture of vampires and werewolves. Jacob Black is one of the werewolves.
Jasper Hale is another vampire and a member of the Cullen family as well as the husband of Alice Cullen. Emmett Cullen is the strongest vampire in the Cullen family and husband of Rosalie.

Answer: A supercontinent

Before the Earth becomes as we know it now, the world's lands were joined together forming a super-continent known as Pangaea. This super-continent was surrounded by a single vast ocean, the Panthalassa.

Following the movements of tectonic plates, the Earth's land began to detach and gradually, the Earth as we know it, was formed with its continents. It was also discovered that these movements are the reason some animals are today located in certain parts of the world.

Answer: Abraham Lincoln

The 16th President of the Unites States, Abraham Lincoln was also one of the great leaders of American history. During the Civil War, precisely for the Battle of Gettysburg, President Lincoln addressed the assembly gathered there to commemorate those who fell in battle and dedicated part of the battlefield as a cemetery for them.

Lincoln was a fervent advocator of human freedom and against slavery. In his speech, he greatly emphasized on equality, democracy as the form of government and redefined the war as a struggle for freedom and equality.