Connect the Colours Tribond Trivia Quiz

Answer: Collar

All of these terms are connected with different jobs. Blue collar workers were typically those who engaged in manual labour while white collar referred to people holding administrative or clerical jobs in offices. The term pink collar was originally used to designate roles mostly performed by women like waitresses, shop assistants or receptionists.

It is now sometimes used to refer to all jobs in the services industry.

Answer: Smith

The occupation of the blacksmith has been around for hundreds of years. It refers to someone who forges iron and makes different objects. In a similar vein, a goldsmith works with gold and other precious stones while a silversmith works with silver.

Answer: Eye

Red-eye is a term used to refer to a flight that departs during the night and arrives at its destination early the next morning. It is most often used by business travelers. Pink eye is another term for conjunctivitis, an inflammation of the eye caused by a virus or bacteria, that renders the eye pink or reddish.

A black eye is an injury to the face around the eyes which causes bruising and the area appears black on subsequent days.

Answer: House

The White House is the official residence of the President of the United States while the Blue House is that of the South Korean Head of State. A greenhouse is a glass building used to grow plants that need protection from the local weather conditions and a controlled environment to thrive in.

Answer: Back

Greenback is an informal term used to refer to a United States dollar. A redback is a highly venomous spider native to Australia. A yellow-back was an inexpensive novel published in the United Kingdom in the latter half of the 19th century. The covers were brightly coloured to attract readers.

Answer: Sea

The Black Sea is located between Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is bordered by six countries including Russia, Romania and Turkey.

The Red Sea lies between Africa and Asia and is a popular locations for various tourist resorts. It is also an important link on the sea route from Europe to Asia.

The Coral Sea is found off the northeast coast of Australia. It is best known for housing the Great Barrier Reef.

Answer: Book

Each of these terms has multiple meanings and associations.

In the gambling world, the black book contains a list of individuals who are banned from the casinos, usually for having tied with organized crime syndicates. During World War II, Nazi Germany prepared a list of prominent Britons to be arrested after the German invasion of Britain. This list came to be known as the 'Black Book'.

The "Red Book" is a collection of writings by the Swiss psychologist Carl Jung originally titled "Liber Novus" ("The New Book"). In the Western world, a book containing quotes from the Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong's speeches and writings that was widely circulated within the country during the Cultural Revolution, is popularly called the "Little Red Book". The official title is "Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung".

The term 'blue book' generally refers to a guide on a particular topic containing information and statistics. It is derived from the 15th century when large books covered with blue velvet were used for maintaining records in the British Parliament.

Answer: State

These terms are used in the United States to describe electoral voting patterns. The ones designated as Red states are more likely to vote for Republicans while those that are Blue are perceived to favour the Democrats. Purple states are considered 'swing states' where both parties have similar likelihood of winning.

Answer: Beard

Grey beard is sometimes used to refer to an old man. Bluebeard is a fictional character from a French folktale who was notorious for marrying multiple times and murdering his wives. Blackbeard was the nickname used by the English pirate Edward Teach.

Answer: Death

White death is used to refer to fatalities caused by tuberculosis. It is also used for deaths caused by blizzards and avalanches. Black death refers to the bubonic plague epidemic that swept through Europe in the mid-13th century. Blue death is the nickname sometimes used for cholera, a bacterial infection that spreads through contaminated food and water.

The disease causes diarrhea and vomiting and the resultant dehydration leads to the skin turning blue which forms the basis for the nickname.