The Continuing Quiz Journey

Answer: El Salvador

There are seven countries considered to be part of Central America. From largest to smallest, they are:

Nicaragua (130,372 km2)
Honduras (112,090 km2)
Guatemala (108,890 km2)
Panama (78,200 km2)
Costa Rica (51,100 km2)
Belize (22,966 km2)
El Salvador (21,040 km2)

El Salvador is not only the smallest Central American country, but it is also the most densely populated. It is bordered by the Pacific Ocean on the south, Guatemala to the west, and Honduras to the north and east. San Salvador City, the capital, had a population of more than 2.2 million as of their 2006 census.

The photo shows the 'Monumento al Divino Salvador del Mundo', located in San Salvador City. It was constructed in 1942.

Answer: Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland (the island) has a history of over 9000 years of human habitation. The first European contact came with a visit from Vikings around A.D. 1001. In the year 1583, Newfoundland became England's first New World colony. Eventually, Newfoundland joined Canada as a province in 1949. The name was officially changed to Newfoundland and Labrador in 2001.

The photo shown here is of Signal Hill, where the first trans-Atlantic wireless signal was received by Guglielmo Marconi in 1901.

Answer: John Milton

John Milton (1608-1674) seemed destined for a life of ministry while attending Christ's College in Cambridge, but it was during this time that he began writing poetry (in Latin, Italian, and English). He lived through the civil war between Oliver Cromwell and Charles I and the subsequent Restoration under Charles II. In 1667, the first edition of his epic rendition of the biblical story of the fall of man - "Paradise Lost" - was published in ten books and more than 10,000 lines of verse.

Answer: A monkey

Albert II was actually the second attempt by the U.S. to send a rhesus monkey into space in a V-2 rocket, but Albert I's launch did not reach the international 100 km definition of the boundary of space. Albert II was launched on June 14th, 1949, and reached an altitude of approximately 138 km. He died on impact after a parachute failure.

Answer: Candy canes

Candy canes are traditionally striped red and white and are peppermint-flavoured. Over the years, however, many different colours and flavours have been introduced. Candy canes made their first (documented) appearance in the 1800s, and were quickly associated with Christmas, but one story holds that a church choirmaster in Germany invented them in the late 1600s as a means of keeping children quiet during worship services.

Answer: Thursday

The term 'Wednesday' comes from the Old English word 'Wōdnesdæg', meaning 'Day of Woden'. And Woden is, of course, a variant of Odin, the chief god of Norse mythology.

There are three other days of the week (in English) that refer directly to a Norse deity, being Tuesday (Day of Týr), Thursday (Day of Thor), and Friday (Day of Frige).

Thor is, by all counts, a son of Odin's.

Týr is, as well, according to one telling... or perhaps he is the son of the giant, Hymir, it is hard to say. That's why I didn't include Tuesday as an answer option.

Frige is an Anglo-Saxon goddess that may be correlated to either Freyja or Frigg of Norse mythology. Either way, neither Freyja nor Frigg is a child of Odin's.

Answer: Enterprise

"Star Trek: Enterprise" was a prequel series set approximately 100 years before the five year mission of "The Original Series". The show ran for four seasons from 2001 to 2005 and starred Scott Bakula as Captain Jonathan Archer.

Pictured here is the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier.

Answer: Computer Space

"Computer Space" was produced by Syzygy, which would become Atari, Inc. in 1972. The game itself was based off of the 1962 video game "Spacewar!"

In the game, the player controlled a spaceship and faced off against two flying saucers. Each round had a set amount of time, and in that time you had to get more hits on your opponents than they did on you in order to advance to the next round.

"Pong" came out in 1972, "Astro Race" in 1973, and "Gun Fight" in 1975.

Answer: Manowar

Manowar had its beginnings in 1980 when Joey DeMaio (bass) met "Ross the Boss" Friedman (electric guitar) and decided to create a new band, hiring Eric Adams as the lead singer. Drummer Donnie Hamzik was added as a drummer when the band secured their first recording contract.

Since their beginnings, the band has seen some personnel changes, and has produced many albums, with "Gods of War" (2007) being their tenth. It is a concept album centered on Odin of Norse mythology.

The visual clue for this question is a Portuguese Man O' War.

Answer: Cat's paw

The term 'cat's paw' or 'catspaw' originated with the fable "The Monkey and the Cat" from Jean de La Fontaine 1679 collection. In essence, the story tells of how Bertrand (the monkey) persuades Raton (the cat) to pull chestnuts out of a fire where they are roasting, on the promise that they will then get to share them.

Instead, all Raton gets is burnt paws, while Bertrand eats up all the chestnuts.