Mixed Trivia Shuffle Trivia Quiz

Answer: Leopard

Katharine Hepburn's character Susan Vance unexpectedly finds herself tending to a small tamed leopard called Baby, shipped to her from Brazil thanks to her brother Mark. Susan uses the pet leopard to gain the attention of Cary Grant's character, Dr. David Huxley.

Answer: Twelfth Night

"Twelfth Night" is one of Shakespeare's comedy plays and is subtitled "What You Will". Much of the comedy is generated by characters disguising themselves as the opposite sex and finding themselves entangled in absurd love plots. For example, Viola, disguised as a boy, carries out love-errands on behalf of Olivia.

However, Olivia finds herself in love with Viola's character but mistakenly betroths herself to her twin brother Sebastian. This complicated, yet intriguing, plot is but one of many love related subplots, all of which are equally absurd in nature.

Answer: Rome, 1960

At the first Paralympic Games in Rome, only athletes in wheelchairs competed. However, the Paralympics have since expanded to the point that athletes with visual impairments, various physical disabilities, cerebral palsy and other disability categories have the opportunity to represent their country and to do battle for gold.

The Paralympic Games are well worth a watch, and the skills exhibited by these athletes, in spite of their respective disabilities, are truly awe inspiring. The Paralympic Winter Games were first held in 1976 in Ornskoldsvik in Sweden.

Answer: Syria

Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser served as President of the Union. This lasted until Syria seceded from Egypt in 1961 after a military coup and declared independence.

Answer: Albert Camus

Albert Camus became synonymous with the "absurd" and his famous works include "The Stranger", and "The Plague". He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1957. Camus died in a car accident in 1960.

Jean-Paul Sartre was born in France in 1905 and he was also involved in the French struggle during World War II and became a P.O.W. in 1941. Auguste Comte was born much earlier in Montpellier in 1798, and Michel Foucault was born in Poitiers, France in 1926.

Answer: Wind

A "brickfielder" refers to an extremely hot wind blowing from Australia's barren desert region over the Australian Bight.

Answer: Valery Giscard d'Estaing

Giscard d'Estaing served as the third President of the Fifth Republic of France. Charles de Gaulle served as the first President of the Fifth French Republic from 1959-1969 and he was succeeded by Georges Pompidou, who in turn was replaced by Giscard d'Estaing in 1974. Francois Mitterand served as President of France from 1981-1995.

Incidentally, the Fifth Republic was set up due to a weak parliamentary government serving in the Fourth Republic which culminated in a crisis in Algeria, resulting in the subsequent independence of the North-African country after a military struggle.

Answer: Avril Lavigne

This was her third studio album. "Girlfriend", the first single released from the album, rewarded Avril with her first U.S. billboard "Hot 100" number one single.

Answer: Kubb

Kubb originated in the Swedish island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea, where the game is still relatively popular. The objective of the game is to knock over all of the opponent's wooden pieces, called kubbs, after which the game can be won by toppling the opponent's king piece.

However, the king piece must not be knocked over before toppling all of the opponent's kubbs, the direct consequence of this being losing the match.

Answer: Claudia

"Ladybird" Johnson was born Claudia Alta Taylor in Texas, 1912. "Ladybird" became her nickname at an early age due to a nurse maid comparing her beauty to that of a ladybird.