The Electric Type Trivia Quiz

Answer: True

Electric eels are technically knifefish belonging to the order gymnotiformes, which also include catfish. The main difference between electric eels and true eels is the tail shape. Electric eels have a forked tail while true eels do not. The shock of the electric eel can reach up to 600 volts and is used for many reasons including communication and hunting.

Answer: slide

The Electric Slide is a popular party dance invented in 1976 by Ric Silver, although there is some controversy surrounding that claim. The instrument called the trombone is sometimes referred to as a slide trombone, even though all trombones have slides to make music.

Electric bass refers to an a type of bass guitar. A bass trombone is one of two of the more common types of trombones. The other is a tenor trombone.

Answer: Baywatch

Carmen Electra was born Tara Leigh Patrick. She gained fame in the 1990s by playing Lani McKenzie on "Baywatch," although she was only on for about a year. She also hosted "Singled Out, a dating show on TV. She married Dave Navarro in 2003 and the couple starred in their own reality show "'Til Death Do Us Part: Carmen and Dave."

Answer: It was in the Frontier Adventures section of the park

Rolling Thunder was in the Plaza del Carnival section of the park, although its replacement is considered to be part of the Golden Kingdom.

Zumanjaro: Drop of Doom was built partially over the location of where Rolling Thunder used to stand, although a small portion of the original track still stands. Rolling Thunder was built in 1979 as the park's first wooden roller coaster as part of the park's fifth anniversary celebration. Most roller coasters at the park have a 54-inch height requirement but Rolling Thunder's was only 44 inches. The New Jersey location of Six Flags became the world's largest theme park in 2012 and has held several records over the years for tallest roller coaster, most rides an more but those records are gained and lost frequently.

Answer: Voldemort's killing curse failed to kill him and left the scar.

Harry's parents had sacrificed themselves in order to save Harry when he was just a baby. Voldemort tried to kill Harry with the Killing Curse, but the lightning bolt split into two, one of which scarred Harry and then other shot back at Voldemort.

Answer: False

The electric gem is a actually a fictional item in the "Pokémon" series. A Pokémon holding an electric gem will have one electric move powered up when used. There are no known gems that can create electricity.

Answer: Ontario

The city of Thunder Bay lies on Lake Superior. It is sometimes called the Canadian Lakehead because it is located at the end of the Canadian Great Lakes Region. The city was once a manufacturing center because of its location in but its economy had quickly shifted away from production and to education and medical research.

Answer: Egyptians

Ancient Egyptians first observed electricity in Nile River fish they called Thunderers of the Nile, which they believed were protectors of the other fish. People suffering from headaches or chronic illnesses were often told to touch an electric fish as the shock was believed to be a cure.

Despite the historical reference, it is extremely inaccurate to say Benjamin Franklin discovered electricity by flying a kite during a lightning storm. He did, however, conduct many notable experiments with electricity.

Answer: Lime

Electric Lime was introduced in 1990 as part of Crayola's fluorescent colors expansion, which were renamed to neons in 1993. True to its name, Electric Lime is a neon green color.

Answer: Strength

Thor is the Norse god of strength which is tied to him also being the Norse god of protection. In addition, he is also the Norse god of storms and of oak trees. Thor is often depicted wielding a hammer and having long blonde hair. The day of the week Thursday is named after him.

Answer: Bounty hunter

Rick Deckard is a bounty hunter in a post-nuclear apocalyptic United States. As a bounty hunter, he is tasked with rounding up androids who look like humans and have assimilated themselves into the human society. In the novel, animals are rare and most of them have been replaced with androids. Deckard himself once owned a sheep that died and has been replaced with an electric one, hence the title of the novel. Deckard constantly finds himself in challenging situations, usually life or death, especially since it is hard to tell who is a human and who is a robot.

The novel served as the influence to the movie "Blade Runner." There are also some sequel books called "Blade Runner" that were not written by Dick.

Answer: The Vietnam War

"Tropic Thunder" is about a Vietnam War veteran, John "Four Leaf" Tayback (Nick Nolte) who is adapting his war memoir into a film. However, the actors, including Black, Stiller and Downey Jr.'s characters, behave terribly on set, putting production way behind.

Instead of continuing with the film as planned, Four Leaf decides it would better to drop the actors in the jungle, put rigged explosives everywhere and secretly film them.

Answer: Electric Light Orchestra

Electric Light Orchestra formed in 1970 when Jeff Lynne met Roy Wood and the two formed the band with Bev Bevan. Their first album debuted in 1971 and was called "The Electric Light Orchestra." Wood left the band soon after the first album came out.

Answer: He was the first person to label positive and negative charges

In addition, Franklin also discovered that lightning is electricity and invented the lightning rod. In Franklin's day, electricity was referred to as electrical fluid and he also came up with the charge conservation principle which states that electrical charges cannot be created or destroyed.

Answer: Beating a drum

Raijin is best known for his fights with Fujin, which was famously depicted in the panel Fűjin-raijin-zu by Japanese artist Tawaraya Sotatsu. In modern-day Japan, children are often told to cover their belly buttons during a thunderstorm because of the myth that Raijin eats the abdomens of the children during storm via the navel.

Answer: The sound lightning makes

Specifically, thunder is the noise made when lightning causes the pressure and temperature of the air to increase, which causes the air to expand. What caused thunder had been a mystery for nearly all of human existence. Aristotle is the one who first proposed the incorrect theory that thunder was the sound of clouds colliding. Since the mid 1800s, however, the above definition has been determined to be the correct one.

Answer: Horse

The horse was removed in 1970 when the Chargers left the AFL for the NFL. When the Chargers began playing football, they were based in Los Angeles for one year before moving to San Diego. They are sometimes nicknamed the Bolts.

Answer: Murdoch Mysteries

William Murdoch and Dr. Julia Ogden attend a demonstration of AC power that is supposed to show how dangerous it is by electrocuting a dog. However, Miss Toronto Electric and Light is electrocuted instead and Murdoch investigates the possibility that the demonstration was tampered with. Yannick Bisson stars as William Murdoch, Helene Joy as Dr. Julia Ogden, Thomas Craig as Inspector Brackenreid and Johnny Harris as Constable Crabtree.

The series is set in Victorian-era Toronto around 1895.

Answer: Squirrel

There is somewhat of a theme in Nintendo games with rodents, particularly squirrels, generating electricity. In the "Animal Crossing" series, Static's electricity is nothing special and is purely aesthetic in nature. However, in "Pokémon" games, Pachirisu's electric typing is factor when battling.

Answer: World War II

The Thunderbird flew missions primarily in Germany. She only served from 1944 to 1945 when she was retired. Of the 538 different men who flew on her crew, not one received any injury during the war. After she was retired, the Thunderbird was put on display at the Lone Star Flight Museum.