Succulent Leftovers Trivia Quiz

Answer: condor

Some tender leftover morsels! Stale breadsticks:

Par (E), birdie (-1), eagle (-2), albatross (-3), condor (-4). It is indeed a rare event when someone scores a condor, especially in the professional tours. Most condors are attributed to a powerful drive (much like any hole-in-one).

Answer: mammoths and mastodons

Some tender leftover morsels! Soggy broccoli:

The femur bones of the mammoths and mastodons, as they are one of the most resilient in the body, were those most often found by the Ancient Greeks. Since these creatures were also mammals, they shared a similar bone structure to humans, and if one was familiar with the shape of human bones in that time, the confusion that the femurs were just large humans or giants wasn't unfounded. Greek heroes were also attributed to these bones as they were often seen as being much larger than the average person.

Answer: Cipro

Some tender leftover morsels! Dried-out sausage patties:

As Cipro was much cheaper in Mexico (due to high prescription drug prices in the U.S.), Americans were quick to go 'south of the border' to pick it up. Purchasing the drug was mostly futile, though, as the anthrax was mostly contracted by those who handled the mail.

Answer: lathe

Some tender leftover morsels! Pizza crusts from a box:

Lathes are used to create symmetrical pieces such as baseball bats, table and chair legs, and cue sticks. A piece of wood is spun on an axis of rotation and then a craftsman slowly shapes the piece by placing instruments on the wood that cut away evenly as it turns. This process leads to clean, symmetrical pieces.

Answer: The Accused

Some tender leftover morsels! Clumped pork and rice:

Jodie Foster was nominated for Best Actress for "Nell" and Best Supporting Actress in "Taxi Driver", but won neither. She was not nominated for any awards for "Contact", however she did win a Saturn Award, which is given out in the speculative and science fiction fields.

In "The Accused", Foster played rape victim Sarah Tobias who confronted her accusers.

Answer: Revolution

Some tender leftover morsels! Sour orange juice:

Nintendo's Wii, which was originally code named 'Revolution', had its name changed by creators for several reasons. One was that the word 'revolution' was much too difficult to pronounce for those of foreign tongues. Wii is also similar to the word 'we' and the two 'i' letters together represented two people getting together to play. Nonetheless, criticism was rampant and several jokes were made about the funny sounding word.

Answer: guillemet

Some tender leftover morsels! Cold tuna fish casserole:

Guillemets are used in many languages including: French, Greek, Spanish (in Spain), Italian, Persian, Norwegian, Bulgarian, Arabic, Russian, Romanian, Turkish, and the list goes on. Most English speakers are confused when they first encounter the marks, but they are commonplace to translators and those who are familiar with foreign languages. Guillemets, whether to save time or because of the lack of proper equipment, are often typed out with double inequality characters, the less than/greater than signs that start and end HTML tags.

Answer: The Decameron

Some tender leftover morsels! Slimy strawberries:

"The Canterbury Tales", which was written in Middle English, featured a number of stories that Chaucer used to critique the society of his day. Boccaccio's "The Decameron" shared much the same purpose. Boccaccio was also said to incorporate tales that he heard from foreign lands, giving credence to the adage that nothing in literature is completely original.

Answer: He dances out the earth's creation.

Some tender leftover morsels! Hot dogs of unknown origin:

Thought to stem from a minor deity known as Rudra who is mentioned in the "Rig Veda" (the Hindu holy book), Shiva is a creator, however he is also known as the "Destroyer"; this name is given because he is the god of time, so he creates and destroys, a dualism that is quite prevalent in his nature. It is said that when Shiva stops dancing, the universe grows chaotic and destruction occurs.

Shiva is most often depicted with four arms, and a third eye. "The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Mythology" states that the extra eye that appears in his forehead is an eye of inner vision which grew after Parvati, his wife, played a prank on him. She snuck up behind him when he was meditating and covered his two eyes and "the sun grew pale, and every living being trembled with fear." That was when he grew his third eye, a burning eye that banished the darkness.

Answer: paradiddle

Some tender leftover morsels! Yogurt with a bit of mold (that's what it's made of isn't it? It's only more protein!):

The paradiddle is a variation of the diddle, or two notes played with the same hand consecutively. The paradiddle, however, has two notes in front of it, the first the same as the diddle, the second the opposite of the diddle.