Sing A Song Trivia Quiz

Answer: Rainbow

When the sun shines through raindrops that are still in the air the drops act as a prism, splitting the light into the colour spectrum. This creates a rainbow. If the sun is in the east the rainbow will be in the west and vice versa. If there is enough rain still in the air you can see double and even triple rainbows. You can never find the end of a rainbow as in fact they are a circle, the other half of it is below the horizon where you cannot see it.

Answer: Judging the size of gaps

Whiskers give cats and kittens a sort of sixth sense. They use them to judge gap sizes, if their whiskers won't go through the gap without bending up then chances are the cat won't be able to get through either, as the whiskers are approximately the width of their body. If, for some reason, the cat loses its whiskers they may eventually grow back, but it will take some time, and without them the cat loses a vital ability.

Answer: Cu

The symbol for copper is Cu from the Latin cuprum. Although not often used for them now it used to be highly valued for cooking vessels as it is an excellent heat conductor. Many distilleries still use big copper stills for that reason.
Copper wire, now being replaced by fibreoptic cables, was much used for telephone lines as it is a good electrical conductor, and copper pipes are still widely used in the plumbing industry.

Answer: Because the fingers stay in contact with each other

Mittens are warmer than gloves because the fingers stay in contact with each other, and this means the fingers retain heat better. Also gloves can sometimes be quite tight on the fingers, which can reduce circulation a little and thus reduce heat as well.

The only problem with them is that they can make handling things difficult, to overcome this you can get mittens with a flip top that can be turned back to free the fingers for use.

Answer: Autumn

Wild geese of many varieties arrive in the United Kingdom in Autumn. Many of them use the same reserve every year. Saltmarshes, estuaries and farmlands are their favourite spots to spend the winter. Some of the flocks are huge, Martin Mere in the north-west has up to 30,000 Pink footed geese each year, and around 100,000 Brent geese spend winter at various spots in the south of England. Seeing their formations flying overhead as they arrive is one of the high spots of a British autumn.

Answer: Verderers

The New Forest is a royal forest. William the Conqueror used it as a royal hunting ground, and it has remained crown property ever since. However, the rights of the commoners had to be protected so the Verders were established by an 1877 Act of Parliament.

They protect the rights of commoners to graze their ponies, sheep and cattle on the forest. They also conserve the landscape and ensure a future for those who use the forest for their living. Not everyone who lives in the forest has commoners rights, these are only for certain properties and families and are handed down through the generations.

Answer: Austria

Apple strudel is a Viennese pastry that is popular all over the world. A traditional strudel is made with layers of flaky pastry filled with fruit. Strudels don't have to be apple, they can be any fruit, although apple is the most popular. Although most associated with Austria, strudel as a type of pastry was found all over the Austro-Hungarian empire.

It can be served cold, or hot with cream or ice cream.

Answer: Anita Ward

"Ring My Bell" was a number one hit for Anita Ward on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart in 1979. It is now considered a disco classic and has been covered many times. It was not originally intended for Anita Ward, it was written for eleven year old Stacy Lattisaw and was intended to be about her talking on the telephone to her boyfriend, a sort of teenybopper song.

It was Anita Ward's only number one hit and puts her into the one hit wonder category.

Answer: To warn others of their approach

The modern sleigh bell was invented in 1632 by Dutchman Hans Jengelen. He made buttons and wanted a way to get them to market quicker during winter. He decided that adding bells to the sleighs carrying his goods would warn other transport that they were approaching so it would pull over and let his sleighs through.

History does not record if this worked or not, however, sleigh bells have become a traditional decoration wherever sleighs are used, especially around Christmas time.

Answer: My Favourite Things

The common bond works as follows - all the pictures are things mentioned in the song as favourite things.

Picture 1 - Raindrops on roses
Picture 2 - Whiskers on kittens
Picture 3 - Bright copper kettle
Picture 4 - Warm woollen mittens
Picture 5 - Wild geese that fly
Picture 6 - Cream coloured pony
Picture 7 - Crisp apple strudel
Picture 8 - Door bells
Picture 9 - Sleigh bells