Potpourri Trivia Quiz

Answer: Clint Eastwood

Eastwood's speech immediately spawned a trend of speaking to empty chairs which was dubbed "Eastwooding". Many people used social media to offer up photos of their own empty chairs. Of course, comedians and pundits also had a field day with it.

Answer: Mississippian

Mound sites vary in size. Some have only one small mound while other sites have many mounds ranging from small mounds to very large ones. One of the largest mound sites is Cahokia Mounds which is located near East St. Louis, Illinois. Mound sites exist from Florida to as far east as Oklahoma and as far north as Tennessee and South Carolina.

Answer: Florida

Florida is from Spanish and means "flowery". The name for Arkansas comes from the French, who learned the word from the Illinois. It was the Illinois name for a group of people who later became known as the Quapaw. Iowa is name of another group of American Indians as is Alabama.

Answer: Astro

"The Jetsons" was one of the creations of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. It originally aired in 1962-1963. Other characters in the program were Elroy and Judy, the two children. It was set in 2062, one hundred years in the future (from the original air date).

Answer: wolf

A thong is another name for flip flops. Mules are a back-less shoe similar to a clog. Mary Janes are often, though not always, worn by children. They have a strip of leather across the top of the foot and a buckle to fasten it on the side.

Answer: Global Dynamics

"Eureka" ran on the Syfy (formerly Sci-Fi channel) network from 2006-2012. Global Dynamics is the facility where most of the characters work. Massive Dynamic is a corporation from the program "Fringe".

Answer: etymology

Anthropology is the study of humans and their cultures, etiology studies causes of diseases (or in philosophy, why things occur) and entomology is the study of insects.

Answer: They Shoot Horses Don't They?

The film also stars Michael Sarrazin and Gig Young. It was directed by Sydney Pollack and was based on a book by Horace McCoy. It is about the desperation of people during the Depression and what lengths they would go to to earn money. It is also about people who exploit that desperation.

Answer: samplers

Historically, samplers have been a way to record different kinds of information including types of stitches. They have also been used as instructional pieces for learning the alphabet, numbers and geography. These days, samplers of typically stitched from a pattern and often record births or marriages.

Answer: They all are

All are award-winning books. "Doomsday Book" is by Connie Willis and is about a time traveller during the 14th century who is present for the worst of the Black Death. Michael Moorcock's "Behold the Man" has a man traveling to the time of Christ. "Timescape", by Gregory Benford is about a group of scientists attempting to contact their peers in the past and warn them about impending ecological catastrophes.