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Ten Trite Trivial Tidbits Trivia Quiz

A tidbit is a "choice morsel". I'm not sure how choice these questions are, but they are certainly trite and trivial. Here's a good chance to learn things that you don't need to know.

A multiple-choice quiz by flossy50. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
flossy50

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
259,221

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
2024

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Question 1 of 10

1. Edam and Gouda are well known Dutch cheeses. However, there is also a soft washed rind cheese that is made in the Netherlands. What is this cheese called locally in the region where it is made? Hint

Munster

Lagerkase

Rommedou

Tilsit

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Question 2 of 10

2. The word "spelunker" refers to "a person who explores caves as a hobby".
The source of the word is from middle English, old French, Greek and Latin. What country first started to use this word in the 1950s to refer to recreational cavers? Hint

Canada

South Africa

Britain

United States

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Question 3 of 10

3. My favourite song for silly lyrics is from a Broadway musical and includes the lyrics: "I talk to the trees/ But they don't listen to me/ I talk to the stars/ But they never hear me"
The film version of "Paint Your Wagon" was released in 1969; what was the name of the character who sang this song? Hint

Ben Rumson

Pardner

Horton Fenty

Parson

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Question 4 of 10

4. A lesson from school physics, what is the classic law relating to helical springs, written mathematically as:
"F=-kx
where
x is the distance the spring is elongated by,
F is the restoring force exerted by the spring, and
k is the spring constant or force constant of the spring". Hint

Coulomb's law

Heisenberg principle

Emmy Noether theorem

Hooke's law

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Question 5 of 10

5. Sudoku puzzles are a popular logic puzzle. In 'killer sudoku' puzzles, a variation of the original, what is the '45 rule'? Hint

All of the rows and columns in the grid must add up to 45

The sum of all numbers in a cage must equal 45

The time limit in competitions is 45 minutes for completion

None of these

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Question 6 of 10

6. "Through the gathering gloom of a late-October afternoon, along the greasy, cracked paving-stones slick from the sputum of the sky..."
This piece of fiction writing won an award in 1999 - what is the name of this award? Hint

Lambda Literary Award ("Lammies")

PEN Award

Boroondara Literary Award

Bulwer-Lytton Award

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Question 7 of 10

7. The Aussie Rules football team, Port Adelaide, played their first game in 1870 and continued until 1997 when they were renamed the Port Adelaide Magpies (where they continue to play in the South Australian Football League). What former player won the club award for most goals kicked (74 goals) for the season in 1967? Hint

Eric Freeman

Rex Johns

Brian Cunningham

Bob Quinn

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Question 8 of 10

8. Having been a 1970s fashion victim, I can tell you that the fashions of the 1970s were very colourful and tacky. Which of the following is NOT a fashion that became popular in the 1970s? Hint

Mini skirts

Platform shoes

Flared trousers

Hot pants

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Question 9 of 10

9. The English have a reputation for drinking tea but tea arrived in England in the 1600s, after it was already available in Europe, and it was heavily taxed until the late 1700s. Traditionally the loose tea was made in a pot with hot water and served with milk, the milk being poured into the cup first; historically, what was the reason the milk was poured first? Hint

It prevented the tea cups from cracking by lowering the temperature of the tea.

It reduced the amount of expensive tea to be used by first adding a large amount of milk.

It pasteurised the milk and killed the germs by pouring the hot tea on the milk.

It allowed the upper class to distinguish themselves from the lower class by emulating the royal family.

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Question 10 of 10

10. In needlework, what is the stitch called that is "a normal cross stitch, with the addition of a smaller stitch worked over each leg or corner of the cross"?
Hint

Brick

Tent

Gobelin

Rice

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Rommedou

Rommedou is cheese produced in the Dutch province of Limburg as well as the Belgian provinces of Li�ge and Limbourg. The cheese is delicious to have with beer and pickles and should be served when runny; it's worth a trip to the town of Maastricht where it is served in the local cafes.
Having a head cold and a blocked nose may help people with a sensitive sense of smell.

2. The word "spelunker" refers to "a person who explores caves as a hobby". The source of the word is from middle English, old French, Greek and Latin. What country first started to use this word in the 1950s to refer to recreational cavers?

Answer: United States

Spelunking means enjoying squeezing through small tunnels and holes, wading in water and mud, climbing and crawling and meeting the odd bat or two. An American, Clay Perry, first used the word to describe amateur cavers and the word came into general use in the USA in the 1950s.

3. My favourite song for silly lyrics is from a Broadway musical and includes the lyrics: "I talk to the trees/ But they don't listen to me/ I talk to the stars/ But they never hear me" The film version of "Paint Your Wagon" was released in 1969; what was the name of the character who sang this song?

Answer: Pardner

The song 'I Talk To The Trees' is from the 1951 Broadway musical 'Paint Your Wagon' with lyrics by Alan J. Lerner.
The film starred Clint Eastwood as Pardner and Lee Marvin as Ben Rumson who also sang a song 'Wand'rin' Star'. Lee Marvin's version set a new low benchmark for bathroom singers all over the world.

4. A lesson from school physics, what is the classic law relating to helical springs, written mathematically as: "F=-kx where x is the distance the spring is elongated by, F is the restoring force exerted by the spring, and k is the spring constant or force constant of the spring".

Answer: Hooke's law

Hooke's law states that "the extension of a helical spring is directly proportional to the force causing the extension". This is some physics trivia that I like to repeat at boring parties after a few drinks...

5. Sudoku puzzles are a popular logic puzzle. In 'killer sudoku' puzzles, a variation of the original, what is the '45 rule'?

Answer: All of the rows and columns in the grid must add up to 45

Killer sudoku, also called samunamupure, relies on the 45 rule in completing the puzzle. Unlike sudoku, these puzzles do require arithmetic skills to arrive at the missing numbers.
It's very addictive and has kept me up until very early in the morning.

6. "Through the gathering gloom of a late-October afternoon, along the greasy, cracked paving-stones slick from the sputum of the sky..." This piece of fiction writing won an award in 1999 - what is the name of this award?

Answer: Bulwer-Lytton Award

The Bulwer-Lytton Award is an annual award for 'purple prose'. Entrants need only write the worst beginning sentence to an imaginary novel and submit it to the Bulwer-Lytton panel for judging.
Professor Scott Rice instigated the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest after coming across Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, the author of the book "Paul Clifford" (1830) containing the classic opening sentence "It was a dark and stormy night."
A panel of 15 people judge the entries to select the worst sentence. The winner of the award in 1999, with the above sentence, was Dr. David Chuter of England.

Answer: Eric Freeman

Eric Freeman played in the full forward position for Port Adelaide from 1964 -72 and won the annual club award, for most goals kicked in one season, for three consecutive years: 1965, 1966 and 1967. He was also an Australian cricketer and pace bowler during the 1960s. He then continued his love of sport as a commentator and statistician.

8. Having been a 1970s fashion victim, I can tell you that the fashions of the 1970s were very colourful and tacky. Which of the following is NOT a fashion that became popular in the 1970s?

Answer: Mini skirts

The mini skirt was made popular by English designer Mary Quant in 1966.
Flared trousers were at their peak popularity and width around 1975, platform shoes began their rise in the early 1970s and hot pants were 'hot' in the early 1970s.

Answer: It prevented the tea cups from cracking by lowering the temperature of the tea.

The question of which is poured first, the tea or the milk, is a query that is still debated, with tea drinkers usually having a strong preference for one or the other. Scientifically, the milk should be poured first to avoid scalding unless the tea is at a temperature of between 60-80 degrees centigrade.
However, it was originally based on not cracking the china cups.

10. In needlework, what is the stitch called that is "a normal cross stitch, with the addition of a smaller stitch worked over each leg or corner of the cross"?

Answer: Rice

The rice stitch produces cross stitches that are half overlapping, these additional quarter stitches are often in another colour for an interesting effect - which is probably more than you ever wanted to know about needlework!

Source: Author flossy50

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