General Nuisance Nine Trivia Quiz

Answer: The Glass Menagerie

Amanda is the stressed-out mother and Laura is the introverted woman who collects glass animals. Tom is the son who only wants to escape but is bound to the welfare of his mother and Laura. Lastly, Jim is the gentleman caller that all three think might change their lives.

Answer: Patsy Cline

Patsy Cline was one of the few early country music artists to become a cross-over star to popular mainstream music. The film "Sweet Dreams" (1985) chronicled her life with her rise to fame and her death. The movie was perhaps not a hundred percent accurate.

Answer: He threw knives with his feet

The film features a very young Joan Crawford as the assistant in the knife throwing act. There is a love triangle with Chaney, Crawford, and the circus strongman. This is complicated by the phobia Crawford has (i.e., a fear of being touched). It explores the extent to which love can present difficult choices.

Answer: Vermont

Vermont was admitted to the union in 1791. Kentucky was admitted later in that year to balance off the slave-holding and non-slave-holding states. For some time, the area was claimed by both New Hampshire and New York.

Answer: Kukla

You might also see Clarabelle, Phineas T. Bluster, and the Flub-a-Dub. Kukla is from "Kukla, Fran, and Ollie".

Answer: Kidneys

Renal disease may be acute or chronic. A measure of creatinine in the blood is a warning sign. Further testing, such as a blood test for anemia and an ultrasound of the kidneys, may be needed for diagnosis.

Answer: A long post resembling a telephone pole

The caber is generally about 18 feet long and weighs about 115 pounds. The purpose of the 'toss' is not distance but accuracy. Imagine the face of a clock. A perfect throw would be at 12:00. An 11:00 throw would be to the left and 1:00 to the right.

Answer: The name means burnt wine

According to legend, in order to avoid a tax on wine, the wine was distilled and therefore "burnt". Hence, burnt-wine became brandy.

Answer: W.E.B. Dubois

W.E.B. Dubois was born free in Massachusetts and pulled himself up by the bootstraps to become one of the most versatile and powerful advocates of racial equality.

Saint Patrick was sold in slavery in Ireland, escaped to France, became a monk, and returned to Ireland as a missionary.

Nat Turner led a rebellion of slaves in 1831 and murdered many whites. He was caught, hanged, and skinned.

Fredrick Douglas was a former slave and later became a strong abolitionist and newspaper publisher.

Answer: It was a flying island in the sky

Laputa, Jonathan Swift tells us, is a haven for scientists. In one scene, Gulliver observes several scientists who have placed bellows in the anus of a dog, which they begin pumping vigorously. The dog dies. The scientists study the matter carefully. They then reinsert the bellows believing that they can revive the dog by the same means in which they killed it.