Easy General Trivia: Classic Mixed Trivia | 10 Questions

Answer: The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Built in, what was at the time, the largest city in the world, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were allegedly terraced gardens in what would now be Iraq. They were conceived by Nebuchadnezzar II as a gift for his wife, Queen Amytis. Interestingly, it's the only one of the Seven Ancient Wonders that was never confirmed; it's possible that the structure was nothing more than a beautiful idea created to help the queen deal with her fondness for beautiful, verdant gardens.

Answer: Molasses

Known as the Great Molasses Flood of 1919, this disaster occurred when a massive storage tank burst, sending a spill of twelve thousand tons of hot, sticky molasses through the North End streets. The wave was fast enough and high enough to trap twenty-one people and injure nearly six times more.

It took a year to clean the damages; the molasses sank into the subway and stayed sticky through the coming summer.

Answer: Peru

The city of Lima, Peru is one of the largest cities in all of South America and contains more than a third of Peru's citizens. Sitting on the Pacific Ocean, the city is a hub for Latin culture and a gateway to the Andes Mountains, the highest mountain range of the continent.
The name Lima is shared with the letter L in the NATO phonetic alphabet, Victoria's Secret supermodel Adriana Lima (of Brazil) and, of course, the lima bean, a commonly-eaten vegetable first discovered and cultivated in Peru.

Answer: Tenzing Norgay

Being one of the two men to summit Mount Everest for the first time, Tenzing Norgay was the earliest in a long line of Sherpas to stake their claim on Earth's highest peak, joining several failed expeditions before assisting Sir Edmund Hillary in reaching the top. He passed away in 1986.

Temba Tsheri was, at one time, a world record holder being the youngest person to climb Everest (at 16 years old), Kami Rita Sherpa held the record for most ascents (with twenty-three) in 2019, and Nirmal Purja became the fastest to climb all fourteen of the 8,000-ft peaks (also in 2019).

Answer: The bark

Grown primarily in Indonesia and China, the trees of the genus Cinnamomum are harvested for their inner bark. The bark is used the world over as a spice; you can find it in cooking from the Middle East to Mexico in foods sweet and savoury. Cinnamomum cassia, which is known to make cinnamon sticks, has been traded for nearly five thousand years, sometimes for non-food reasons; people used it as medicine and perfume.

Answer: Queen Victoria

Born in 1859, Kaiser Wilhelm II would be the last German Emperor before the monarchy was abolished at the end of the First World War. Not only was England's Queen Victoria Wilhelm's grandmother, but his mother, also named Victoria, was the Queen's eldest child (of nine) and a Queen consort herself (of Prussia). Wilhelm II was notoriously problematic with foreign affairs, and this extended to his direct relations in England.

He spent the end of his life, following WWI, in exile and died in 1941.

Answer: Hearts

The king, one of the top-ranking cards in the deck, is one of the most-nicknamed. The red kings, for instance, are referred to as the Suicide Kings as they're typically depicted with weapons turned towards them. The kings, as they are today, were based on 15th century French kings and, as such, the King of Hearts, meant to represent King Charles, is the only one who doesn't have a moustache.

It's not because Charles never had a moustache (he likely did!). Though many cite that the moustache went away for symbolic reasons, it's equally possible it was removed over time due to printing errors.

Answer: Iris

The iris is the coloured part of the eye containing the pupil and surrounded by the sclera. It also happens to be a colourful flower grown in North America and Europe; it's considered the birth flower associated with the month of February. Thirdly, the word is also the name of the Greek goddess of the rainbow.

It makes sense since the word is used to relate to varied colours in most of its applications.

Answer: Auguste Rodin

Sculpted in 1904, "The Thinker" was made in bronze and depicts a naked man sitting on a rock. More than two dozen official versions of the sculpture, cast from the original, can be found around the world. Born in Paris, Rodin made most of his works in his native France but was inspired heavily by Italian works. "The Thinker" was originally supposed to be part of a larger piece called "The Gates of Hell", inspired by Dante's "Inferno"; it became more famous aside from it.

Answer: Macramé

A form of handicraft done with textiles, ropes, and string, macramé has been used in both decorative and practical applications for centuries, appearing in the arts as far back as the days of Ancient Babylonia. Macramé peaked as a style in the Victorian Era and has come back over the generations, briefly, as a trendy style either both decor and fashion.

Besides this, it's also been a typical pastime of sailors over the years; knots, after all, are in their wheelhouse.