Guild Potpourri 2 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Ceviche

Served primarily as an appetizer, ceviche (su-VEE-chay) is simply raw fish marinated in lime juice. Only the freshest fish should be used, for obvious reasons. Here's one recipe you can try at home:

Ceviche
(8 Servings)
1 lb. white-fleshed fish
8 oz. tomato, peeled, seeded, diced
6 oz. fresh-squeezed lime juice
1 small red onion, diced fine
2 oz. extra virgin olive oil
1 small, hot pepper (serrano), seeded and diced fine
1 clove garlic, pasted
½ bunch fresh cilantro, rough chopped
cilantro leaves for garnish

Procedure:
Fillet, skin and bone fish. Cut into ½ inch dice.
Combine with all other ingredients and marinate at least 6 hours, or up to 10 hours.
Serve in small, chilled bowls, making sure to include some of each garnish.
Garnish with whole cilantro leaves.

This question was written by nutmeglad.

Answer: False

Dr. Guillotin died of natural causes but other revolutionary figures were executed by guillotine as well approximately 15,000 enemies of the State. Dr Louis was another advocate of the guillotine who adapted the device formerly used for animals to humans to make it less of a public spectacle. Thus the other name for it, "Louison" feminine name for Louis.
This question was written by Bruyere.

Answer: The Grateful Dead

The Association opened the festival on Friday, June 16, Simon and Garfunkel were the final act that night, and Steve Miller played the middle of the bill on the festival's second night. After playing between The Who and Jimi Hendrix, Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia was reportedly sure that his band would soon be forgotten!
This question was written by Stuthehistoryguy.

Answer: Girolamo Savonarola

Savonarola (1452-1498) was a Dominican friar whose stern, Apocalyptic preaching served as a useful counter-irritant to the occasional excesses of the powerful Medici family. He was a thorn in the side of Lorenzo de Medici who, nonetheless, summoned the friar to his deathbed (how much comfort he actually derived from this visit is not quite clear).

Afterwards, Savonarola succeeded in getting Lorenzo's unpopular son Pietro driven out of Florence. In 1497, at the height of his popularity and influence, his preaching during Lent inspired the great Bonfire of the Vanities (alternately known as the Bonfire of the Frivolities), in which citizens burned such items as gambling tables, dirty pictures, carnival masks, jewelry, and the like. Two things proved Savonarola's undoing; one was the inevitable backlash to the strict, unbending laws enacted as the result of his reforms. Worse yet, his unrelenting condemnation of wickedness encompassed Pope Alexander VI himself, which resulted in his excommunication. With two other friars, he was executed May 23, 1498; the men were first hanged from a gibbet, then burned, while the crowd shouted "We will make a good bonfire of him!". This question was written by Jouen58.

Answer: Axe

The Greek phalanx typically carried approximately six to twelve foot pike, or spear, along with a sword and a shield known as a hoplon. They also wore armor on their chests, arms, and legs, and wore a helmet. It was typically around eight to ten men wide and long. The Greek phalanx was a heavy infantry unit that was not a decisive factor in Greek wars because of its inability to capture cities.
This question was written by Trident87.

Answer: They are both built on volcanoes.

Actually, Auckland is built on FORTY-EIGHT extinct (at least, they HOPE so) volcanoes. Portland includes at least 32 and possibly 50 cinder cones and small shield volcanoes. One of these cones is Mount Tabor, also thought (and hoped) to be extinct.

Auckland (the "City of Sails") has the following sister cities: Fukuoka, Japan; Busan, Korea; Guangzhou, China; Brisbane, Australia; and Los Angeles, USA.
Portland (the "Rose City") has a large family: Ashkelon, Israel; Bologna, Italy; Guadalajara, Mexico; Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Khabarovsk, Russia; Mutare, Zimbabwe; Sapporo, Japan; Suzhou, China; and Ulsan, South Korea.
This question was written by LilahDeDah.

Answer: True

Major Wilmer McLean was a well-to-do store owner from Alexandria, Va. who owned an estate that was located near Bull Run, near Manassas Junction in Prince William County. After the first battle of the Civil War, McLean had enough of the war, so he sold his home and bought a red brick house in rural Virginia. The house was located on the main street of a village called Appomattox Courthouse. Lee and Grant signed the formal papers of surrender at McLean's house on April 9th, 1865.
This question was written by Jack1331

Answer: Josephine Tey

The best known Alan Grant mystery is probably "The Daughter of Time", in which Inspector Grant, laid up in hospital, takes on the problem of Richard III. Did he kill the Princes in the Tower?
Josephine Tey was the pen name of Elizabeth Mackintosh, who also wrote plays and short stories under the pen name Gordon Daviot.
This question was written by Agony.

Answer: The Four Seasons

The Four Seasons had four No.1 hits, "Sherry", "Big Girls Don't Cry", "Walk Like A Man" and "Rag Doll". The Four Tops scored a No.1 hit twice, with "I Can't Help Myself" and "Reach Out". The Four Aces had only one No.1 hit, with "Love Is A Many Splendored Thing", and The Four Lads unfortunately didn't make it to number one at all.
This question was written by Richicago.

Answer: Drowning

It doesn't rain often in the world's deserts, but when it rains it pours! In a weekend in 1995 more than 300 tourists drowned in the Sahara.
This question was written by Leau78.