Moss Only Grows on the North Side of This Quiz

Answer: Rock

Mike Gordon was a founding member of the rock band Phish when he was a student at the University of Vermont. He answered an ad for a bass player that the other three members of the band had posted around the campus and they started to jam together. When the band had a brief hiatus, Mike Gordon embarked on a solo project and recorded some music independently.

His genre was similar to the band, very rock with funk and bluegrass influences. His first solo album was "Inside In" which was released in 2003 and was well-received as "a weird and accessible mix." In 2010, Gordon released his third album, "Moss," which was not as well-reviewed, but still established Gordon as "as an inventive but easygoing artist."

Answer: Red algae

In Jamaica, Irish moss is a drink that incorporates sweetened milk along with spices like cinnamon, vanilla, nutmeg, and this is mixed with a variety of red algae called "Irish moss" by the local population. The red algae, more commonly known as Gracilaria, is boiled into the drink and it gives it a thicker consistency as well as adds protein.

The Gracilaria is known as "Irish moss" because Jamaicans believe that Irish workers brought over the moss; however, other stories believe that it was so named because the algae is red and many Irish people have red hair.

Answer: Shaun the Sheep

Shaun is a sheep from the British-German television show "Shaun the Sheep". It started as a spin-off from "Wallace and Gromit" but soon gained a following of its own and spawned several series, television specials, and feature-length films. It is animated in a recognizable stop-motion method.

The episodes are seven minutes in length and there were 150 episodes aired on CBBC (an affiliate of BBC) on and off between the years of 2007 and 2016. In 2020, the streaming service Netflix began airing more episodes subtitled "Adventures from Mossy Bottom", the name of the farm that Shaun and his flock live on.

Answer: Decorate their shells

Moss crabs are a slow-moving crab of the Epialtidae family. They live in the eastern Pacific ocean off of the coast of Baja Mexico and California. They live where plant cover is abundant, like kelp forests, to prevent being eaten. They tend to camouflage their shells with plant matter and the result is that, when unmoving, they look like a patch of moss.

These crabs are able to shed a leg when it is caught and to eventually grow another one. Moss crabs are omnivores and feed on plants as well as smaller animals.

They will also eat dead animals that they come across.

Answer: Football (gridiron)

Randy Moss was a football wide receiver who had amazing success throughout his career. He played fourteen seasons in the NFL and made it to two Super Bowls, XLII with the New England Patriots and XLVII with the San Francisco 49ers before retiring for good. After his retirement, Randy Moss went on to coach high school football as well as becoming a football sports analyst.

Randy Moss went to the Pro Bowl six times in his career. When he retired, his 156 touchdowns had him second on the all-time list only to Jerry Rice. In his rookie season, Moss caught 17 touchdowns to set the rookie receiving record. In 2007, Moss set the single-season receiving touchdown record at 23. In 2018, Moss was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Answer: USSR

The Tupolev Tu-126 was a Soviet aircraft used as an early warning and control platform to counter the threat of nuclear attack by Western forces. The USSR ordered the Tupolev bureau to design such an aircraft and they used a Tupolev Tu-114 fuselage and retrofitted it to be able to carry the radar pod.

The Soviets first deployed the aircraft in 1965, however, NATO only heard about it in 1968 through a Soviet propaganda film. They designated it as "Moss". Nine were built in total though its usefulness was limited due to serious flaws in its "Liana" radar system.

The last "Moss" was retired in 1984.

Answer: Bow Wow

Shad Gregory Moss is better known by his stage name Bow Wow, or, formerly, Lil' Bow Wow. He was first noticed by Snoop Dogg at the age of six while in a concert in Los Angeles. It was Snoop who gave Moss his stage name. Snoop took Bow Wow under his wing and introduced him to producer Jermaine Dupri. He cut his first album at the age of 13 which was certified double-platinum and had a single reach number one on the US Hot Rap Songs chart.

Bow Wow's singles "Let Me Hold You" and "Like You" were his highest-charting songs, both of them released in 2005. He started acting as well as singing in 2002 and has appeared in several roles, both lead and supporting, over the years.

Answer: Mouse

Polyarc released "Moss" in 2018 as an adventure-style puzzle game where the player goes through levels in order to eventually save a kingdom from an evil fire-breathing snake called Sarffog. When the game opens, the player is in a library and opens an ancient book, and is transported into the book.

The first creature the player meets is Quill, a bandana-wearing mouse, who tells the story of her captured uncle and the evil Sarffog. Quill communicates through ASL to the player. The game was largely positively reviewed and even received a few awards, especially for sound.

Answer: Sesame Street

Jeff Moss was born to do something related to acting. His father, Arnold, was an actor of film, television, and the stage. His mother, Stella, gave up her career in the theatre in order to become a writer for soap operas. Jeff himself went to Princeton and then was immediately hired by the children's show "Captain Kangaroo".

When "Sesame Street" first aired in 1969, Jeff Moss was the head writer as well as a composer and a lyricist for the show. He worked for the show until 1974 when he left to work on his own projects, and then reunited with the show in 1982. He worked for "Sesame Street" up until his death in 1998 from colon cancer. He is credited for creating the character of Cookie Monster and for writing hits like "The People in Your Neighborhood", "I Love Trash", and "Rubber Duckie". The last, in fact, actually charted as high as 16 on the mainstream charts! He also won fourteen Emmys for his work.

Answer: Kate

Kate Moss was discovered at the age of 14 after a vacation in the Caribbean. She began to become noticed more and more despite not being the same physique as the other supermodels at the time. Mate Moss was described as a waif quite often and questions were made about her eating habits. She was part of the "heroin chic" fashion trend.

In 2005, allegations were made against Kate Moss that she was involved in drugs and many campaigns dropped her from their ads. However, the charges were later dismissed for lack of evidence and Moss kept right on where she left off. She has appeared on music videos and designed her own fashion. She also edits for Vogue on the British version.