Pick n' Mix: Part TWO Trivia Quiz

Answer: Gloucestershire

Cleeve Hill is around 1,080 feet (330 m) high, and there are hill forts here dating back to 3,000 BC.

Gloucestershire is a county situated in south-west England. Its county town is the cathedral city of Gloucester. Near the village of Brockworth, Gloucestershire, an annual cheese-rolling event takes place on Cooper's Hill.

Answer: Nelson Rockefeller

Nelson Rockefeller (1908-1979) was a U.S Republican politician, who served as U.S Vice President from 1974-1977. He previously served as Governor of New York from 1959-1973. He also served in various secretarial positions under U.S Presidents, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman.

Answer: Netherlands

Tompouce consists of two slices of thin puff pastry and cream filling. It is traditionally with pink icing, however on Queen's Day, where everyone in Netherlands gets the day off and dresses in orange, tompouce is adorned with orange icing.

Answer: Robert Guillaume

Robert Guillaume was born in 1927 in the American South, while it was still segregated. He moved to New York where their racial policies were more liberal, and began to act in theatre, where he performed on stage for almost 20 years. He landed a television break on "Soap" playing the character of Benson, who was such a hit that he got his own spin off series. Robert Guillaume received an Emmy award for his portrayal of Benson in both of these series.

He died in 2017.

Answer: Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo had her leg amputated in 1953, around a year before she passed away. She was born in 1907 near Mexico City, and contracted polio when she was around six years old. This made her walk with a limp, her right leg being smaller than the other.

A bus crash she was a victim of in 1925 did not help her right leg, which was broken in 11 places. She was also impaled through the pelvis by an iron pole, and described it later as "the way a sword pierces a bull." After a lifetime of giving her problems, when her right leg finally became gangrenous, she had it removed. Frida Kahlo had over 30 surgeries during her troubled life, including her back having to be re-broken and re-set. She walked with a back brace, sometimes featured in her paintings. Kahlo's pain and suffering at the hands of her ill health is a regular theme in her work. She died in 1954 of a pulmonary embolism, aged 47.

Answer: Kokichi Mikimoto

Kokichi Mikimoto was born in 1858 in Toba, Mike Prefecture, Japan. He dedicated his life to pearls, asserting that his life's dream was to adorn every woman's neck around the world with them. He successfully cultivated his first acceptably spherical pearl in 1893.

Natural pearls in the wild are not commonly found. Less than one in a thousand oyster shells will produce a pearl in their lifetime. This was why before the Mikimoto's invention of cultivated pearls, pearls were only used as jewelry for the wealthier members of society.

Answer: Rabbits

The rabbits are the children of the god the Aztecs credited with discovering the fermentation process. The rabbits met regularly to get drunk.

Answer: Colombia

Some estimates even state that Colombia produces between 70-80% of the world's emeralds annually. These come mainly from the mines of Muzo (the oldest and most well known), Chivor (known for producing blue-ish emeralds), and Coscuez (known for its variety).

Despite emerald mining being in operation for hundreds of years, the emerald mines of Colombia were only made legal in 1953 by the country's government. In 1960s, the "Green War" took place, where gangs and drug traffickers tried to impose themselves in the industry, sensing its money-laundering potential.

In 1985 the cartels tried to completely capture the mines. While the crime has been reduced in Colombia's emerald industry, it is still present.

Answer: Christiaan Huygens

When Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695) studied Saturn's rings 45 years after Galileo discovered them, he had a much stronger telescope. He was a Dutch scientist and astronomer who also discovered Titan, the largest moon of Saturn. In 1659 he also became the first person to recognise Syrtis Major Planum, which is a dark spot that lies on the surface of Mars.

Answer: Amarillo

Amarillo is situated in the north of Texas, and is the county seat of Potter County.

Pantex is situated on a stretch of 16,000 acre (25 square miles, or 65 square kilometres) land. The site has been subject to numerous protests from those who disapprove of nuclear development.

Answer: Allianz Arena

Allianz Arena is a 70,000 capacity stadium located next to Fröttmaning train station in Munich, Germany. It has been in operation since 2005. The stadium is known for its bright white appearance, and modern architecture.

Answer: Mercury

Approximately four billion years ago an asteroid of around 60 miles (100 km) in width hit Mercury. This would have been an impact equal to that of one trillion one-megaton bombs striking the planet. This created the Caloris Basin impact crater, which is 960 miles (1,550 km) wide.

Answer: Ivan VI

Ivan VI was only two months old when he became the Tsar of Russia, albeit very briefly. His mother, Anna Leopoldovna, acted as regent due to his young age, but he would never get to rule directly. His cousin, Elizabeth Petrovna (also known as "Elizabeth of Russia"), the daughter of Peter the Great, stole power from the young tsar in a coup.

Ivan and his family were imprisoned in a fortress located in what is now Riga, Latvia. Ivan died in 1764, aged 23, after years of solitary confinement. He was murdered by the guards at the prison, after they gained news that a group was plotting to have him released.

Answer: Brussels

The Atomium was constructed in 1958 and was part of the 1958 Brussels World's Fair. It now lies permanently in the northern part of Brussels, and has over 600,000 people visit annually.

Answer: Kaliningrad

Located on the river Pregolya, Kaliningrad has had its modern name since 1946.

Königsberg was established by the Teutonic Knights during the Baltic Crusades, in around 1255. It came under German territory, and was the easternmost city of Germany until the Second World War. The city suffered heavy bombing during the Battle of Königsberg, being taken over by the Soviet Union after this. It had also been inflicted with bombing by the Allies in the previous year. The Soviet Union renamed the city "Kaliningrad" and expelled Germans from the area, re-populating the city with Russians.

Answer: Mango

"Aam" translates to "mango" in Hindi, and "ras" means juice, or extract. The mango pulp is removed and whipped into a paste. It is a popular dish particularly in the states of West India, Gujarat and Maharashtra.

Answer: Tijuana

Tijuana is located in the Mexican state of Baja California, which is both the westernmost and northernmost state of the country. Tijuana is situated approximately 130 miles (210 km) from Baja California's capital city, Mexicali.

Tijuana is one of the most dangerous cities of Mexico. It has a ratio of just over 100 homicides per every 100,000 people. It is also home to the world's busiest border crossing, with over 50 million people crossing it annually.

Answer: Elizabeth Barnard

Elizabeth Barnard was Shakespeare's grand-daughter. Her mother was Susanna Hall (nee Shakespeare) who was William Shakespeare's daughter, and her father was John Hall, a physician. She produced no children from either of her two marriages, making her the last direct descendant of William Shakespeare.

Answer: Paraguay

Situated across the Paraná River, the Itaipu Dam's construction began in 1971, being completed and in use by 1984. It is a hydroelectric, hollow gravity dam (a dam which is constructed of concrete and/or stone on the exterior, but hollow on the inside, relying on gravity to keep it anchored) and is one of the world's largest hydroelectric production sites.

Answer: Saw-Scaled Viper

The Saw-Scaled Viper is widely regarded as one of the most aggressive species of snake in the world. It is only around 11 inches (30 cm) long, but it does however strike faster than other snakes in the Big Four. It is not only found in India, but Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and sometimes as far as Central Asia.

As a warning it is about to strike, the Saw-Scaled Viper will rub sections of its body together that produces a crackling or sizzling sound, the only snake of India's Big Four to do this.