FREE! Click here to Join FunTrivia. Thousands of games, quizzes, and lots more!

The Gentle Art of Folding Trivia Quiz

A quiz about different types of folds and folding. Some artsy and some gentle.

A matching quiz by kino76. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
kino76

Time
3 mins

Type
Match Quiz

Quiz #
380,928

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Easy

Avg Score
9 / 10

Plays
633

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: griller (10/10), mulder52 (8/10), sw11 (10/10).

(a) Drag-and-drop from the right to the left, or (b) click on a right side answer box and then on a left side box to move it.

Questions		Choices
1. Which French, egg based, baked chocolate dessert requires me to fold whipped egg whites into bechamel sauce?		Dumplings
2. What am I folding when using the "KonMari" method?		Egypt
3. I have a straight and have gone all in. My opponent states that he is folding. What are we playing?		Sword
4. I have used a bird base, petal fold, star shape and ended up with an elephant. What have I been doing?		Clothes
5. This folding hobby dates back to the 1600s and has folds called "The Bishop's Hat", "Lotus" and "Fleur-de-Lis". What is being folded?		Bookmark
6. I take a piece of steel, heat it and hammer it thin. I then fold the metal over and repeat the process multiple times. What am I in the process of making?		Origami
7. Versions of our modern day folding chairs have been used as far back as Ancient __________.		Bellows
8. I am folding delicate Chinese ____________ using the triangle, crescent and pleated fold techniques.		Napkins
9. Folding a dog ear is frowned upon by a bibliophile. What should I rather use?		Poker
10. Which part of a concertina is made up of multiple folds and provides the air which creates the sound?		Souffle

Select each answer

1. Which French, egg based, baked chocolate dessert requires me to fold whipped egg whites into bechamel sauce?

2. What am I folding when using the "KonMari" method?

3. I have a straight and have gone all in. My opponent states that he is folding. What are we playing?

4. I have used a bird base, petal fold, star shape and ended up with an elephant. What have I been doing?

5. This folding hobby dates back to the 1600s and has folds called "The Bishop's Hat", "Lotus" and "Fleur-de-Lis". What is being folded?

6. I take a piece of steel, heat it and hammer it thin. I then fold the metal over and repeat the process multiple times. What am I in the process of making?

7. Versions of our modern day folding chairs have been used as far back as Ancient __________.

8. I am folding delicate Chinese ____________ using the triangle, crescent and pleated fold techniques.

9. Folding a dog ear is frowned upon by a bibliophile. What should I rather use?

10. Which part of a concertina is made up of multiple folds and provides the air which creates the sound?

Most Recent Scores

Oct 23 2024 : griller: 10/10
Oct 12 2024 : mulder52: 8/10
Oct 08 2024 : sw11: 10/10
Oct 04 2024 : Guest 86: 6/10
Sep 30 2024 : Guest 70: 10/10
Sep 24 2024 : Kabdanis: 10/10
Sep 24 2024 : DizWiz: 8/10
Sep 24 2024 : TurkishLizzy: 10/10
Sep 24 2024 : flopsymopsy: 10/10

Score Distribution

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which French, egg based, baked chocolate dessert requires me to fold whipped egg whites into bechamel sauce?

Answer: Souffle

Souffles can be served as either a savoury dish (e.g. cheese souffle) or dessert (chocolate souffle). This dish uses a bechamel sauce as a base and whipped egg whites are folded in. Folding is the best method to combine the egg whites, as this gentle combination method preserves the airiness of the whipped egg whites.

2. What am I folding when using the "KonMari" method?

Answer: Clothes

Marie Kondo is an organizing consultant from Japan. She developed the "KonMari" method for decluttering your home and has written a number of books on organising, the most popular being "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organising". She has devised methods to fold every type of clothing, from shorts to shirts, socks to pants.

3. I have a straight and have gone all in. My opponent states that he is folding. What are we playing?

Answer: Poker

Poker is a gambling card game. Hands in poker run from a pair of cards to a royal flush which consists of all the face cards in sequence and of the same suite leading with an ace (e.g. A, K, Q, J, 10 of diamonds). Players bet money based on the strength of their hands and can "fold" their hand (discard) at any time if they believe that their hand is not strong enough to win.

4. I have used a bird base, petal fold, star shape and ended up with an elephant. What have I been doing?

Answer: Origami

Origami literally means "folding paper". It is the art of paper folding, originating in Japan and is popular all over the world. Techniques have been developed over the years and a popular standard to learn different techniques is the "Yoshizawa-Randlett system". Many different types of origami exist, among them wet-origami and kirigami.

5. This folding hobby dates back to the 1600s and has folds called "The Bishop's Hat", "Lotus" and "Fleur-de-Lis". What is being folded?

Answer: Napkins

Napkin folding dates back to the 1900s, specifically to the time of King Louis XIV of France. This hobby has developed many techniques over the years, with a napkin ring or without. In certain circles it has been referred to as an artform.

6. I take a piece of steel, heat it and hammer it thin. I then fold the metal over and repeat the process multiple times. What am I in the process of making?

Answer: Sword

Swordsmiths use specific types of steel, preferably that which has little to no impurities. Historically swords have been made of copper and bronze and the early Roman gladiator started using swords forged from steel. The sword making process has developed to give the sword hardness, strength, flexibility and balance.

The Japanese katana or Samurai sword has been produced since 900 AD and has been made increasingly popular in film.

7. Versions of our modern day folding chairs have been used as far back as Ancient __________.

Answer: Egypt

Folding chairs were used in Ancient Egypt, Viking Sweden, Greece and Rome. The earliest evidence of a folding chair was the "Daensen" folding chair from the Nordic Bronze Age. The first patent taken out for the folding chair was by John Cham in 1855.

8. I am folding delicate Chinese ____________ using the triangle, crescent and pleated fold techniques.

Answer: Dumplings

Chinese dumplings are called wontons. A thin dough skin is used, filling is placed in the center and the wonton is sealed using any of the desired techniques. The dumplings are generally boiled and occasionally deep fried.

9. Folding a dog ear is frowned upon by a bibliophile. What should I rather use?

Answer: Bookmark

A dog ear is the corner of a page in a book which has been folded over as a bookmark. Bibliophiles are people who collect books, often old and often in pristine condition. Dog-earing a bibliophiles first edition Milton would be a heinous crime.

10. Which part of a concertina is made up of multiple folds and provides the air which creates the sound?

Answer: Bellows

A concertina is a musical instrument, known as a "free reed" instrument. It is akin to a harmonica and accordion. The bellows are made up of numerous folds which can be contracted and expanded to produce a flow of air over the reed much like blowing into the mouthpiece of a saxophone.

Source: Author kino76

This quiz was reviewed by FunTrivia editor agony before going online.
Any errors found in FunTrivia content are routinely corrected through our feedback system.