Gold! Gold! Gold! Trivia Quiz

Answer: Little Golden Books

Little Golden Books were often displayed near supermarket checkouts, so children could nag their parents into buying one during the long wait. I must admit that my daughter listened to more than a few new stories when the Saturday morning queues were long! They still look pretty much the same now as they did originally - an almost-square book with a cardboard cover and simple, brightly-colored artwork.

The spine is covered with gold (or sometimes gold and black patterned) tape. Other books in the first release included 'Three Little Kittens', 'The Little Red Hen' and 'The Animals of Farmer Jones'.

While many of the original titles remain in print, the content has been expanded over the years to include favorites from Sesame Street, Disney and other cross-media sources.

Answer: Dandelion

All of these colors have been used for Crayola crayons, but the incorrect answers are blue/purple shades. The goldenrod has yellow-gold flowers (the shade varies between species), and has often been blamed for pollen allergies. In fact, its pollen is too heavy to blow far, and the plants are usually pollinated by insects rather than aerial distribution.

The ragweed plants that bloom at the same time and in similar locations are the main culprits behind the sneezes that are often blamed on goldenrod.

Answer: Harvest

'Harvest' was the Number One album on the Billboard 200 chart for two weeks, and contained two songs that were hits as single releases. 'Old Man' got as high as Number 31, while 'Heart of Gold' made it to Number One on the Billboard singles chart. Young was not comfortable with the mainstream popularity that came with the song's success, and made a point of being less middle-of-the-road in his songwriting approach for a time. Backup vocals on 'Heart of Gold' came from James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt, who happened to be in Nashville while the album was being recorded.

Answer: Aztecs

Cuauhtemoc was the Aztec ruler from 1520 until 1521, taking over from his cousin Monctezuma II, who had been killed in battle with Cortes's soldiers. Facing defeat by the invading Spaniards (and the smallpox epidemic that was ravaging his people), Cuauhtemoc tried to escape from Tenochtitlan and gain reinforcements from nearby.

After he surrendered to Cortes, he was handed over to the royal treasurer in order that the location of the fabled Aztec gold could be extracted from him. There was none, since the Aztecs had so much gold that they used it in decorations and trinkets (often gold-plated wood rather than solid gold), rather than hoarding it.

Answer: Guy Leech

Writer Peter Schreck and director Igor Auzins were planning a movie about two boys competing against each other for their father's love, and decided that an event to be called The Coolangatta Gold Aqua-thon would be the film's climax. They managed to recruit some well-known competitors for the event, which involved running from Surfers Paradise for 11-14 km (depending on which source you read), followed by an ocean swim of 4-6 km, and a surfski paddle the rest of the way to Coolangatta, where they turned around and paddled back to Coolangatta, a leg of around 17 km.

The event was won by then-unknown Guy Leech, who also won the repeat event the following year. The event has not been held every year, and the venue has changed, making the nature of the legs somewhat different over time.

The course established for use since 2005 involves 23 km surfski from Surfers Paradise to Greenmount; 650m run from Greenmount to Coolangatta; 3.5 km swim from Coolangatta to Bilinga; 4 km run from Bilinga to Currumbin; 5.5 board paddle from Currumbin to Burleigh Heads; all topped off with a 10 k run from Burleigh Heads to Surfers Paradise.

Answer: Elizabeth

'Elizabeth: The Golden Age' was a sequel to the 1998 film 'Elizabeth', for which Cate Blanchett received multiple awards and became an internationally-recognized actress. The sequel, based (somewhat inaccurately) on the later part of Elizabeth's reign, was not as successful, but Blanchett did receive an Academy Award nomination for her performance.

This made her the first female actress to be nominated twice for playing the same character.

Answer: Spandau Ballet

'Gold' was released as a single from the 1983 album 'True', the third album (and the one that gave them international acclaim) by Spandau Ballet. It was originally intended to be a spoof of the James Bond theme song 'Goldfinger', according to Gary Kemp, the member of the band who wrote the song.

Answer: Dorothy Zbornak

In the last episode of 'The Golden Girls', Dorothy married Blanche's uncle Lucas, and moved to Atlanta, Georgia. The other three decided to invest in a hotel, which turned out to require their full-time attention. There were lots of cross-over characters from the previous series, including a visit from Dorothy for two episodes, but the show never really took off, and only lasted a single season.

Answer: Hollywood Foreign Press Association

The Golden Globe Awards are awarded for excellence in film and television. Because they are voted on by working journalists, rather than members of the film industry, and because they pay serious attention to non-Hollywood films, they are often perceived from overseas as being more artistically prestigious than the Academy Awards. An Oscar, however, still means massive financial returns, for both the films and the individuals who receive them.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is responsible for the Academy Awards; the American Theatre Wing awards the Antoinette Perry Awards, commonly called the Tony Awards, for excellence on the live stage; the National Academy of Recording Arts and Science selects the winners of the Grammy Awards.

Answer: His favorite t-shirt

While describing his concern that his favorite t-shirt is getting worn out, Jerry starts a chain of events that leads to George saving a beached whale that had its blowhole blocked by a golf ball driven into the ocean by Kramer, then being dumped by the girl he was trying to impress by pretending to be a marine biologist. Elaine's personal organizer, a gift from Kramer that (unsurprisingly) didn't work properly, also plays a pivotal role in events.

At the end of the episode, Jerry tells Elaine that 'Golden Boy' has died, but has been replaced by 'Baby Blue'.