The End of an Adventure Trivia Quiz

Answer: "Frozen"

Released in 2013, "Frozen" has become one on Disney's most successful animated films.

SPOILER: The storyline revolves around a young queen named Elsa, born with the powers to create snow and ice. Having spent much of her childhood behind close doors after accidentally hurting her younger sister Anna, Elsa covers her kingdom in snow after an argument with Anna at her coronation, when Anna announces she wants to marry a prince she had only just met.

Captured by her sister's fiancé, Elsa escapes; however, she is unaware that her sister Anna's life was in mortal danger, having yet again struck her sister accidentally with her powers. When Anna sacrifices herself to save her sister, Elsa is left grief-stricken when Anna freezes to solid ice. However, Anna's sacrifice not only saves her own life by reversing the spell Elsa had put on her, but helps Elsa to realise that love could help her control her magic.

The film, "Frozen" was inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's book, "The Snow Queen" that also featured a queen capable of controlling snow and ice. "Frozen Fever", was a short film set a year after the events that took place in "Frozen". In "Frozen Fever", Elsa is trying to give Anna a special birthday party, but her powers become corrupted when she develops a cold.

Answer: The Doors

Fronted by lead singer, Jim Morrison, The Doors were founded in Los Angeles in 1965. The Doors took their name from an Aldous Huxley book, "The Doors of Perception". The title for this book came from a poem by William Blake entitled, "The Marriage between Heaven and Hell", which featured the line, "If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is: infinite".

It was while performing at a Los Angeles bar named "Whiskey a Go Go" where the lyrics and music to "The End" were developed, eventually evolving into a 12 minute track that was recorded in two takes. The track featured on The Doors' self-titled album "The Doors" along with the classic Doors records, "Light my Fire" and "Break on Through (To the Other Side)". The song, "The End" is said to relate to Morrison's break up with his girlfriend Mary Werbelow.

Francis Ford Coppola's uses the song in his 1979 "Apocalypse Now", where character of Colonel Walter E. Kurtz (portrayed by Marlon Brando) is killed by Captain Benjamin L. Willard (portrayed by Martin Sheen) as the film reaches its climax.

Answer: Avenue

The term "avenue", refers to a road that usually runs at right angles to a main road or thoroughfare. In addition, the word "avenue" can also refer to a tree-lined road.

The words "Cul-de-sac", "Close" and "No Through Road", all refer to roads that end in a dead end, which do not provided a route linking one road to another. These types of roads provide quieter access for residents living on these, preventing traffic from using them as short cuts between major roads.

Answer: True

Ragnarök is part of Norse mythology, describing a battle between the Norse gods, which lead to the Odin's destruction, along with Thor, Freyr, and Loki. These events were depicted in the 13th-century poems, "Poetic Edda" and "Prose Edda" (compiled from earlier sources by Snorri Sturluson).

The references to Ragnarök appear in part of the poem, "Völuspá". In these works, it describes how Wolf Fenrir, avenged by his son Víđarr, swallowed the god Odin alive. Thor though, whilst successful in defeating the serpent Jörmungandr, collapses shortly afterwards, poisoned by Jörmungandr, whilst Freyr is defeated in battle with Sutru who has laid waste to the earth with fire.

In "Prose Edda", the book "Gylfaginning" describes Loki's fate as being bound to stones with his son Narki's internal organs, whilst venom from a serpent placed there by the goddess Skađi. When Loki's wife Sigyn, empties the bucket containing the venom, Loki begins to convulse, setting off earthquakes that eventually release the serpent Jörmungandr and triggering Wolf Fenrir to come down from the mountains.

The end of Ragnarök comes when the sons of Thor and Odin meet in where Asgard once stood, along with some of the other surviving gods. Meanwhile, Líf and Lífţrasir (the only two humans left alive) survive by hiding in the wood known as Hoddmímis Holt, having fled there at the start of Ragnarök, when winter covered the land.

Answer: The engine

The, "big end" is used in reference to the bearing that connects the connecting rod from the piston in an engine to the crankshaft.

Situated at the bottom of the engine, these bearings need to be lubricated to prevent wear. This is due to the bearings being made up of strips of curved metal, rather than ball bearings. If the oil level is to low in an engine (or it has no oil), then the bearings will eventually wear out, causing the crankshaft to also become worn.

As a result, engine failure will occur, and although repairs can be made in some circumstances, the net result is usually the engine having to be replaced in a vehicle.

Answer: French

France is often considered the birthplace of cinema, with brothers Auguste and Louis Lumičre credited with the invention of cinematography. Their film "L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat" - of a train arriving in Paris - was said to have terrified some of the audience viewing the film, believing the train was about to come out of the screen at them.

In the years preceding World War One, other filmmakers, including Pathé and Gaumont appeared in France. However, between the First and Second World Wars, lack of funding for the French film industry saw the dominance of the American film industry in France. This led to France imposing an import ban, meaning for every seven films imported, there had to be one French film to be produced and shown in cinemas.

Post-World War Two saw once again the rise of French cinema, with directors such as Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut, and latterly Luc Besson (famous for the films "Leon" and "The Fifth Element") as well as Gaspar Noé's "Irréversible"
leading the way. In addition, a number of French film actors also found fame, such as Brigitte Bardot, Yves Montand, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche, Gérard Depardieu and Romy Schneider also found global fame outside of France.

Amongst the more recent French films to have found global recognition are, "Chocolat", "Nikita", "Cyrano de Bergerac", and "Delicatessen".

In addition, the Cannes Film Festival (founded in 1964) is one of the world's oldest, and most prestigious film festivals. Here, films from around the world are shown, the best winning the converted Palme d'Or film award.

Answer: May 8th, 1945

With the death of Adolf Hitler on the 30th of April, Reichspräsident Karl Donitz and what became known as the Flensburg Government began negotiations with the Allies regarding peace.

The act of surrender initially took place in Reims, France, the 7th of May (the day most Commonwealth countries observe). On the 8th of May, the final act of surrender took place, given the Soviet representatives had no authority to sign the act of surrender in Reims. Since this meant that it was the 9th of May in much of Russia when Field Marshall Wilhelm Keitel for the Germans signed the act of surrender. It is therefore on this date that Russia celebrates V-E Day.

Although World War Two was to go on for a few more months until the surrender of the Japanese in the Pacific Theatre of War, mass celebrations took place in Europe, America and Russia to mark the end of war in Europe.

Answer: Yes

Along with many other place names in England, those ending in "Hurst" (or Hirst) are of Anglo-Saxon in origin. This was because it was customary to add geographical features, such as woodland, fords, villages, clearings and meeting places to place names during Anglo Saxon times.

In Kent, there are a number place names ending in "Hurst", such as Goudhurst, Hawkhurst, Staplehurst, Bredhurst, Shadoxhurst and Chainhurst - where I spent part of my childhood. All these settlements were founded on a hill or ridge, many of them in what is known as the Weald of Kent.

Answer: Tortoise

Aeschylus was an ancient Greek dramatist most famous for his tragedies, many of which survive today, including, "Prometheus Bound". In this play, the story of Prometheus, a Titan, is punished by Zeus for providing fire to humans. For his actions, Zeus chains Prometheus to a rock, his liver to be eaten each day by an eagle. However, some doubt was cast on Aeschylus being the author of this work in the late 19th century.

Said to have been born in 525 BC. in Eleusis, Aeschylus came from a wealthy family of Athenians. It is claimed by Greek geographer Pausanias that Aeschylus was working in a vineyard when he was visited by the Greek god, Dionysus, who persuaded Aeschylus to write tragedies. Since, Aeschylus was alive when the Persian wars with the Greeks took place, another of Aeschylus' plays, "The Persians", centred on these wars.

It is said that around the mid-5th century BC, Aeschylus was visiting the city of Gela on Sicily. Having been warned that a falling object would kill him, Aeschylus was staying outdoors to avoid the prophecy coming true. It is said that an eagle carrying a tortoise, mistook Aeschylus' bald head for a rock on which it could drop the tortoise to crack its shell, thus killing Aeschylus.

Answer: Whistle

The first recognised date for a football (soccer) match is said to have taken place in December 19th, 1863. This occurred only a few months after formation of the Football Association. Although other rules and guidelines had been drawn up, such as the Cambridge Rules, the Football Association rules became the blueprint for football (soccer) matches globally. It was a few years after the formation of the FA though that whistles began to appear in football to allow the referee to control the game. The first recorded use of a whistle in a football match is said to have taken place in 1878, in a match between Nottingham Forest and Sheffield Norfolk.

Although not official practice, it is tradition the referee blows the whistle three times to end the match - two to end the first half of a game, and one to start a match. Referee's whistles, though, can be abused by spectators who on occasion have used them to distract the opposition into thinking an offence has been committed warranting the temporary halt of play. One such event occurred during an FA Cup match between Liverpool v Bournemouth on 17th of December 2014 when a spectator blew a whistle, distracting the Bournemouth players and leading to Liverpool scoring a goal.