Busy B Trivia Quiz

Answer: Black Lung Disease

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is according to the Oxford English Dictionary, "a factitious word alleged to mean 'a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust causing inflammation in the lungs.' Occurring chiefly as an instance of a very long word."

Behçet's disease is a rare, multi-system rheumatic disorder that causes the inflammation of blood vessels (known as vascuilitis) anywhere in the body.

Blepharitis is an inflammation of the eyelids causing red, irritated, itchy eyelids and the formation of dandruff-like scales on eyelashes.

Beriberi is an ailment of the nervous system caused by a deficiency of thiamine. Symptoms include severe lethargy and fatigue.

Answer: boxer rebellion

The Society of Right and Harmonious Fists was called the "Boxers" by westerners in reference to the martial arts that the Society practiced which were unfamiliar to the westerners. Boxing was the closest approximation they could identify with at the time.

Answer: Brownian Motion

Brownian Motion was named in honor of respected botanist Robert Brown.

Beta decay is the radioactive decay of a nucleus via the reaction n -> p + e- + or p -> n + e+ + n; so called because an electron or anti-electron is also known as a beta particle.

Blackbody radiation is the electromagnetic radiation emitted by an ideal material (the blackbody) that perfectly absorbs and perfectly emits radiation.

If you'll take my word on all that, take it as fact that I made Balkan's Effect up on my own.

Answer: False

The banana plant, often erroneously referred to as a "tree", is a large herb, with a succulent, very juicy stem (properly "pseudostem") which is a cylinder of leaf-petiole sheaths, reaching a height of 20 to 25 ft (6-7.5 m) and arising from a fleshy rhizome or corm.

Answer: Bassoon

The bassoon has a low pleasing tone that sounds like a very low oboe, which makes sense since the oboe is also a double reed but is much smaller.

The baritone (or "barry") saxophone, though also a large woodwind with a beautiful low tone, is not a double reed.

The bouzouki is a Greek string instrument related to the guitar.

The balitone is a product of my ridiculous imagination.

Answer: bologna

Although similar to Italian mortadella sausage, the bologna that is consumed in the United States is an American sausage usually made from low grade cuts of meat. Perhaps Otto von Bismark had something when he remarked "The less the people know about how laws and sausages are made, the better they sleep at night."

The University of Bologna was founded in AD 1088 and is still in operation today.

Answer: Charles Bukowski

Another of Bukowski's nicknames was the "Ten Year Drunk" and his many poems reflect a very dark side of alcoholism indeed. He died in 1994.

William Bradford was an early American Puritan author of the 17th century who wrote "Of Plymouth Plantation."

John Bartlett was most famous for publishing the collection "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations" and while American, was just barely a 20th century literary figure, having died in 1905.

Franklin Bowman was my ninth grade gym teacher and I would be shocked if he has ever written a book.

Answer: binary

In the binary number system, any number is represented by a series of two digits (typically one and zero). The binary number 1011 would represent the decimal number 11.

Observations of binary stars have helped to support some predictions that Einstein laid out in his theory of general relativity.

Answer: Big Joe Williams

Not only a heart-wrenching voiced pioneer of the Mississippi blues, Big Joe Williams was also a talent scout and record producer helping other artists get their voices heard.

B.B. King, born Riley B. King has a namesake that lends itself to his reputation as the "reigning king of blues" and has been a powerful force in the blues scene since he was a young man in the late 1940s.

Buddy Guy, born in 1936, learned to play the guitar with a two-string he made by himself and became known for his unique stage presence, sometimes playing the guitar with a pair of drumsticks. His talent as a master guitarist is legendary to fans of blues music.

Blind Lemon Jefferson was born on a farm in Texas in 1894 and was a major figure in Blues music while it was still a seminal movement. He was discovered in 1925 by a talent scout and spent the next four years recording 110 sides until his untimely death in 1929.

Answer: barodynamics

A bascule is a type of bridge, so technically bascule engineering would in fact be one type of studying bridges, but not the science of bridges in general.

Brontology is the scientific study of thunder and balneology is the scientific study of therapeutic baths.

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