Category Crunch Trivia Quiz

Answer: African wild cat

Some cats of this species were first domesticated around 10,000 years ago. An African fable about the cat has the cat befriending stronger and stronger animals, until making friends with an elephant. Seeing a man kill an elephant with a poisoned arrow, the cat followed the man home, believing this to be the strongest creature in existence.

But then the sounds of quarreling came from the house, and the cat saw the man running from a woman beating him with a stick of stirring porridge. The cat said to itself, "Now I have seen the strongest of all creatures - a woman!" And ever since then, cats have lived in the home with the woman, who is all-powerful.

Answer: 6

Many people will choose 3 as their answer.

Look closely: Fin­ished Files are the result oF years oF sci­en­tiFic study com­bined with the experi­ence oF years.

The brain can interpret the 'of' words as having a 'v' sound, so dismisses them as the letter f visually.

Answer: Seann William Scott

Jay Baruchel, of "The Sorceror's Apprentice" fame, wrote the script for a movie entitled "Goon," all about a nice-guy turned hockey goon for the fictional Eastern Maritime Hockey League team, The Halifax Highlanders.

Answer: La Ronde

La Ronde (and Île Sainte-Hélène) is at the eastern end of Montréal. Owned and operated by Six Flags, it features over 40 rides, including 10 roller coasters. The park opened its gates for the first time in 1967 for The World's Fair - Expo '67.

Answer: barn

Of course, if you left the door to the barn open, you might let all the animals out, so it's never a very good idea to leave the door open.

Answer: 366

One revolution around the sun takes approximately 365 1/4 days. Thus, every fourth year, a day is added to account for four years of 1/4 days.

Answer: Minnesota

The international border with Canada extends up into the Lake of The Woods. A number of islands, as well as a section of land called the Northwest Angle and Angle Inlet can only be reached by boat if one wishes to stay wholly within the U.S.

Answer: February 1815

Dignitaries from both Britain and the United States met in Ghent in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands (now in Belgium). The Treaty of Ghent was signed on December 24th, 1814, but it was not until mid-February, 1815 that it was ratified by the governments of the U.S. and the British that officially ended the war in the field. Officially proclaimed on February 18th, 1815, the agreement had all conquered territory returned to its pre-war owner, while not actually dealing with any of the underlying issues that instigated the conflict in the first place.

Although the treaty was signed in February and the war was 'officially' over, word did not get back to the front lines immediately. The final skirmish of the conflict was actually on March 23rd.

Answer: Wood & Sheep

"Seafarers of Catan" is an expansion of the base game "The Settlers of Catan." The games are both based on the same prinicple - expansion of a settlement through exploration and commerce. There are five basic types of resources to be had: Wood (or Lumber), Brick (or Clay), Sheep (or Wool), Wheat (or Grain), and Ore (or Rock).

In various combinations, these resources can be used to build roads, new settlements, soldiers, cities, or, in the case of "Seafarers," ships.

Answer: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is located in Boston, Massachusetts. On March 18th, 1990, thirteen works of art were stolen from the museum, and as of 2010, they still have not been recovered. The museum is offering a $5 million reward for information leading to the recovery of the works.

Answer: Edinburgh

Stevenson died on December 3rd, 1894 in Samoa. He was well-known during his time, and has influenced many authors since, including Hemingway, Kipling, and Nabokov.

Answer: Ohio

The Mansfield Reformatory was (at the time of filming), a derelict prison. Improvements needed to be made to the building for filming purposes, and the interior was not in good enough condition to be used at all. Interior prison scenes were done on a stage, as it was cheaper to construct a set than to renovate the prison.

Answer: "The Lone Ranger"

"The Lone Ranger" was created by George W. Trendle with the first broadcast occurring on January 30th, 1933. The last NEW radio episode aired on September 3rd, 1954. "Hi-yo, Silver! Away!"

The William Tell overture is the instrumental prelude to the opera "Guillaume Tell," composed in 1829. It was the last of 39 operas composed by Rossini.

Answer: Roberta Bondar

Sally Ride was the first AMERICAN woman in space. Kathryn Sullivan was the first AMERICAN woman to do a space walk. Peggy Whitson was the first AMERICAN female space station commander. Roberta Bondar was the first CANADIAN woman in space.

Answer: Holland

While the progenitor of the faith may have begun in Holland, most early Mennonites were of Swiss or German background, and they found themselves seeking countries that had a more favorable outlook on their faith - the Americas and Russia. The Amish separated from the Mennonites in the late 1600s as well, forming their own more close-knit community.

Answer: 8 minutes 18 seconds

The distance from the Earth to the Sun varies due to the elliptical orbit of our planet. At its furthest point, Earth is 94,512,000 miles away, and at its closest it is 'only' 91,402,000 miles distant. With light traveling at a speed of 186,282 miles per second, and using the average distance from the Sun, it takes 499.01225 seconds to reach Earth. That's 8.3168708 minutes - or roughly 8 minutes and 18 seconds.

Answer: Saskatchewan Roughriders and Montréal Alouettes

The 97th Grey Cup in 2009 marked the very first time that Saskatchewan and Montréal had met in a Grey Cup Final in all the event's history. That year, Montréal came back from a 20-10 3rd quarter deficit to win the game on the last field goal 28-27.

The 2010 matchup was close-fought all the way, with the teams tied at 11-11 after 3 quarters. Then Montréal pulled ahead 21-11, and Saskatchewan didn't quite have enough to catch up. The final score was Montréal 21, Saskatchwan 18.

Answer: False

"Star Trek: DS9" debuted in 1993, while Gene Roddenberry passed away in 1991.

While Roddenberry himself is no longer with us, his legacy is still seen today in the extensive television and movie repertoire that has followed from his initial "Star Trek" series. All told, as of 2010 there have been eleven movies and six different television series: The Original Series; The Animated Series; The Next Generation; Deep Space 9; Voyager; and Enterprise.

Answer: LEGO Fun to Build

The LEGO series of video games has spanned all video game formats over the years. Early on, it was primarily PC based, but quickly expanded to include the various game consoles.

LEGO Fun to Build: 1995, LEGO Island: 1997, LEGO Creator: 1998, LEGO Racers: 1999.

Answer: Ukraine

The Ukraine uses two horizontal bands of blue over yellow as its colors. The modern interpretation has the colors representing the color of the sky and of lush golden wheat fields. At a prior point in the Ukraine's history, the colors were reversed, and were said to represent the golden roofs of the cathedrals, and the blue of the River Dniper.

The Polish flag has two horizontal bands white over red. The colors were proclaimed as Poland's national colors in 1831. The flag was adopted in 1931.

Japan's flag is white with a large red disc, representing the sun, in the center. Officially, the flag is known as Nisshôki (sun-mark flag), but it is more commonly known as Hinomaru (sun disc).

Canada's flag has a red maple leaf on a white square in the center of the flag, with two vertical red bands flanking it on either side. The flag was adopted in 1965.