The Colorful World Trivia Quiz

Answer: White

The "White Queen" is Emma Frost's title in the Hellfire Club, a group of villains in the "X-Men" comics. A "White Terror", in contrast with a "Red Terror", is a reactionary act of violence first named in the French Revolution's backlash against the Reign of Terror. And Billy Idol's song "White Wedding" debuted in 1982.

Answer: Red

German pilot Manfried Von Richthofen was known as the "Red Baron" during World War One, and gained renown flying in a red plane. The Red Hot Chili Peppers are a musical group from the 1980s. "The Red and the Black" was a novel by Stendhal written in 1830.

Answer: Black

Prince Edward was known as the "Black Prince" after his death and the source of the nickname remains unknown. In "A Song of Ice and Fire", you can "take the black" when you join the Night's Watch, a group that protects Westeros from predators in the north, and the stock market crash of 1929 was called "Black Tuesday".

Answer: Blue

A "blue moon" is when a full moon occurs twice in a month, a "blue-collar" worker is one in a manual labor position, and a "blue screen of death" is when a Microsoft computer crashes, an often terrifying experience.

Answer: Gray

Grayscale means that all colors are printed in black and white, "The Gray" was a Liam Neeson movie about a lonely man fighting wolves to survive, and Tolkein sends his Ring-bearer characters and elves off to a place called "The Grey Havens".

Answer: Green

The US Army Special Forces are named after their headgear, and Green Hornet, Green Arrow and Green Lantern are superheroes. The Green Hornet is a masked vigilante, the Green Arrow is an archer in the DC comics universe, and Green Lantern is a set of superheroes with rings that generate physical objects - also from the DC universe.

Answer: Purple

The Purple Heart is a medal for those wounded or killed in action in the US Army that has been awarded since World War One. "Purple prose" refers to overly sentimental or sappy writing.

Answer: Pink

The Pink Ladies in "Grease" were a clique of fashion-conscious, popular girls who take in Sandy, the main female character who is new to the school. "The Pink Panther" is a movie series about a diamond called "the pink panther" that stars a bumbling detective named Jacques Clouseau.

Answer: Yellow

Yellow journalism, a term coined during the Hearst v. Pulitzer newspaper rivalry of the 1890s, is a derogatory term for journalism that sensationalizes stories without factual evidence to back up claims. "Yellow Submarine" is a classic Beatles song as well as a Beatles film scored with their music.

Answer: Brown

Van Morrison's song "Brown Eyed Girl" was released in 1967 and became a top-ten hit in the US. A "brown dwarf" is a type of difficult-to-detect, low-magnitude sub-stellar celestial object, the first one of which was verified in 1995.