Draw on Your Brain Cells Trivia Quiz

Answer: California gold miners

This was a term used for the thousands of California Gold Rush prospectors who flooded into the area in 1849. Since that time the term has been used as the name of a NFL team, a class of racing dinghies, and the name of an American hip-hop band, just to name a few examples.

Answer: Adam-12

The popular police crime drama "Adam-12" ran from 1968-1975. The program featured actors Kent McCord and Martin Milner as two Los Angeles cops in a realistic manner for the time. It attempted to show two partners, one of them a veteran and the other a rookie, going about the day to day duties of a typical street cop.

Answer: WD-40

WD-40 was created in 1953 by industrial chemist Norm Larsen. The name is an abbreviation for "Water Displacement 40th Formula". It was created during experiments to create a product that would prevent corrosion on nuclear missiles. It is available in over 160 of the world's countries.

Answer: One

The role of Rooster Cogburn in the 1969 film "True Grit" is the only film for which this movie great ever won an Academy Award. He was nominated 20 years earlier for the war drama "Sands of Iwo Jima" (1949) but lost out to Broderick Crawford who won for "All the King's Men" (1949).

In 1960 he was nominated for Best Producer for his movie "The Alamo", but lost out to Billy Wilder and his movie "The Apartment".

Answer: K2

K2 has many other names including Mount Godwin-Austen, Qogir, and Kechu. It is usually listed as the second highest mountain on our planet. If you want to visit this gift of nature you will have to travel to the border between Pakistan and China, in the Karakorum Mountains.

Answer: 867-5309/Jenny

Peaking at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1982, "867-5309/Jenny" was the biggest hit by the rock group known as Tommy Tutone. The song's popularity led to fad in which people dialed this phone number and asked for "Jenny". Since its initial release, the song has been covered by the Foo Fighters, Everclear and the Goo Goo Dolls. None of the re-releases has caused the same uproar as the original.

Answer: 11

For many years the recipe for Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) was kept secret. Which 11 herbs and spices were used a closely guarded trade secret. Many people have put forth guesses, but it is very possible that the exact combination will never be publicly known.

Answer: She gave birth to 69 children

Mrs. Feodor Vasilyev is reported to have given birth to a total of 69 children, of which 67 reached adulthood. Along with this mind-boggling thought, she is reported to have birthed four sets of quadruplets, seven sets of triplets, 16 pairs of twins. One theory is that her body produced multiple eggs every time she ovulated instead of the normal number of only one egg.

Answer: Eight

The symbol for infinity is usually seen in the fields of physics, logic, computing and mathematics. The concept of infinity is a rather abstract one and the word is derived from the Latin word "infinitas" which basically means "that without boundaries".

Answer: False

Pure gold is 24 carat, not 23. Gold is a beautiful transition metal that is too soft for jewelry making. It is usually mixed with other base metals, such as copper, to make it harder and less likely to bend. 24 carat gold is usually only found in coinage.