There Will Be Blood Trivia Quiz

Answer: Daniel Day-Lewis

Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, "There Will Be Blood" is loosely based on the 1927 novel "Oil!" by Upton Sinclair. The story, set at the turn of the 20th century during the Southern California oil boom, is centred on the character of Daniel Plainview, a former silver prospector whose ruthless quest for wealth and power leads to all sorts of mayhem - as implied by the film's title. Anderson wrote the screenplay with Daniel Day-Lewis in mind for the role of Daniel Plainview - a choice that turned out to be a very fortunate one. The film was nominated for eight Academy Awards, and won two: Day-Lewis for Best Actor, and longtime Anderson collaborator Robert Elswit for Best Cinematography. "There Will Be Blood" was both a commercial and a critical success, and is often listed as one of the best films of the first decade of the 21st century.

Daniel Day-Lewis won his first Academy Award for Best Actor in 1990 for "My Left Foot", and his third in 2013 for "Lincoln"; he was also nominated three other times (in 1994, 2003, and 2018). At the time of writing, he is the only male actor to have won three Best Actor awards. His performance in "There Will Be Blood" earned him a number of other accolades, including a BAFTA and a Golden Globe in the Best Actor category. Day-Lewis announced his retirement from acting in June 2017.

The three English actors listed as wrong answers have all won the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Answer: poppy

The only species in the genus Sanguinaria (Latin for "bloody"), bloodroot belongs to the family Papaveraceae, also known as the poppy family. This plant, which is also called by the common names of bloodwort, redroot, and Canada puccoon, is a flowering perennial that produces beautiful (though short-lived) white flowers in the early spring. As its names imply, the plant's rhizome and its sap are red in colour. Both the rhizome and the leaves are toxic because of their high alkaloid content; in addition, applying bloodroot extracts to the skin causes disfiguring lesions, and its home use to treat certain skin cancers is discouraged. In spite of that, the medicinal use of bloodroot was widespread in the past, especially among Native American peoples. Bloodroot juice is also used to make red, pink, and orange dyes, often used by Native American craftspeople; gloves should always be worn when handling these plants.

Since World War I, the common, or corn, poppy (Papaver rhoeas) has been a symbol of remembrance for those fallen in war - a tradition inspired by Canadian poet John McRae's poem, "In Flanders Fields".

Answer: Latvia

In heraldry, sanguine is a stain, or non-standard tincture - denoting a blood-red colour deeper than the standard "gules" (red). The most notable example of sanguine on a national flag is the flag of Latvia, which is used as a reference for the colour - which is officially described as "carmine-red". According to Latvian literary tradition, the flag's peculiar shade of red represents the readiness of the Latvians to give their blood for their country's freedom (represented by the white band). A moving legend about the origin of the flag tells of the leader of a Latvian tribe who, mortally wounded in battle, was wrapped in a white sheet, whose outer edges were stained red by his blood.

The current Latvian flag is believed to date from 1279. It was first officially adopted on 18 November 1918, when Latvia became independent. During the Soviet occupation that started in 1940, the flag was made illegal, and was not reintroduced until 27 February 1990, prior to the country's regaining its independence the following year.

All the flags of the countries mentioned as wrong answers have a red-and-white colour scheme. There is a similar, blood-related legend regarding the origins of the flag of Austria, which is almost identical to the Latvian one, though it uses a standard shade of red.

Answer: Angela Carter

The ten short stories included in Angela Carter's collection "The Bloody Chamber" are all based on mostly well-known folk or fairy tales. The story that gives the collection its title (which is also the longest in the book) is based on Charles Perrault's "Bluebeard" - the bloody chamber being a reference to the forbidden room where Bluebeard keeps the corpses of his murdered wives. Other stories in the collection are also adaptations of Perrault's tales, which Carter had translated into English a few years earlier. In particular, three stories are based on "Little Red Riding Hood": in 1984, one of them, "The Company of Wolves", was adapted into a film (titled "In the Company of Wolves") by Irish director Neil Jordan; Carter and Jordan co-wrote the screenplay. Like most of Carter's works, the stories in "The Bloody Chamber" have a strong feminist bias, challenging the depiction of female characters in traditional fairy tales and Gothic fiction.

The novel "Nights at the Circus" referenced in the question was published in 1984; Carter sadly passed away in 1992, at the age of 51. Of the three authors mentioned as wrong choices, only Mary Stewart is also English, while Ursula K. Le Guin and Anne Rice are American.

Answer: jasper

Jasper is an opaque form of quartz (a variety of silica) that comes in various shades, though red, brown and green are the most common. Bloodstone is a kind of dark green jasper (which can also occur in translucent form, known as chalcedony) characterized by red spots or streaks of hematite - hence its name; each specimen of bloodstone has its own unique patterns. The name "heliotrope" (Greek for "toward the sun") is based on the ancient belief - related by Pliny the Elder in his "Natural History" - that, if immersed in water and reflecting sunlight, the stone turned red as blood. There are also a number of legends related to bloodstone, one of them associating its red spatters with the blood of Jesus Christ.

Like other kinds of jasper, bloodstone is often used for pieces of personal jewelry such as signet rings or cufflinks, or for ornamental objects. Today most bloodstone comes from India, though deposits have been found in the US, Australia, Brazil, and China.

Jasper National Park (named after a person, not the stone) is located in the province of Alberta, in the Canadian Rockies.

Answer: Ebola

Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a viral hemorrhagic fever that was first identified in 1976, when two outbreaks occurred at the same time in the town of Nzara (South Sudan) and the village of Yambuku (Democratic Republic of the Congo); the latter is located near the Ebola River, whose name was given to the disease. Like HIV, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C, Ebola is a blood-borne disease - spread by direct contact with infected blood or other body fluids. The incubation period is generally between four and ten days from exposure. The initial symptoms resemble those of a severe case of the flu, but in the most serious cases internal and external bleeding may follow after a few days, which can lead to death due to shock from fluid loss. The risk of death in infected patients is between 25% and 90%; survivors, however, develop antibodies to the virus that can last at least ten years, though the virus can remain in their system for several months after recovery.

Treating Ebola patients carries a great risk to health care workers, who need to wear appropriate protective clothing - something that is not always feasible in poor countries such as the ones where the worst outbreaks have occurred. Since 1976, there have been almost 30 Ebola outbreaks, all in sub-Saharan Africa; the largest to date occurred in West Africa between 2013 and 2016, causing over 11,000 deaths.

The three wrong answers are all vector-borne diseases, transmitted by ticks (Lyme disease), fleas (plague), and mosquitoes (yellow fever).

Answer: oxpecker

Found mostly in the savannas of sub-Saharan Africa, the two species of birds in the family Buphagidae ("ox-eaters") are among the vampires of the bird world, since blood is by far their favourite food. As their name suggests, oxpeckers perch on the bodies of large herbivores - such as cattle, buffalo, rhinos, zebras, and antelopes - where they prey on ticks, flies and other parasites. While feeding on these parasites, they also eat the flesh and blood of any open wounds on the animals' backs, occasionally opening wounds with their beaks. Though this relationship has been described as mutualism - as it is beneficial to both parties - wounding the animals in order to feed on their blood would qualify as parasitism. Oxpeckers are smallish, olive-brown birds with brightly coloured bills and red eyes; the yellow-billed oxpecker (Buphagus africanus) is the most widespread of the two species, while the red-billed oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorynchus) is found mostly in East Africa.

The three incorrect answers are all common names of bird species, though none of them are blood-drinkers. Other birds that occasionally or regularly feed on blood are the aptly-named vampire finches, hood mockingbirds, and the Tristan thrush.

Answer: sausage

Sausages are probably the most common foodstuffs that have blood as their main ingredient. Most people from the UK will be familiar with black pudding, a sausage made with blood mixed with fat and cereal. Boudin noir ("black pudding") is a blood sausage found in France and other Francophone countries; Blutwurst ("blood sausage") is its German counterpart, while mustamakkara ("black sausage") is a specialty of the Finnish city of Tampere, whose very dark colour is due to the presence of rye flour. Other popular kinds of blood sausage are the Korean sundae (not related to the American ice cream dessert), the Spanish and Latin American morcilla, and the Central and Eastern European kishka.

Blood pancakes are typical of Scandinavian countries, while blood-based desserts were once common in various parts of Italy, where they were generally made for the Carnival season. Blood-based soups and stews, on the other hand, are found in many parts of the world.

Answer: Cornwall

The Bucket of Blood is located in the village of Phillack, near the port town of Hayle in West Cornwall. It is a Grade II listed 18th-century building, now owned by St Austell, a local brewery. The pub's rather weird name is based on a local legend: when the landlord went to the pub's well to get a bucket of water, he drew instead a bucketful of blood, as the mutilated corpse of a murdered man (often referred to as a revenue officer) was lying at the bottom of the well. Not surprisingly, the pub is also reputed to be haunted. According to other sources, the name is due to a much less gruesome occurrence, the water having been tinted red by the deposits of a nearby tin mine. In 2011, the pub was awarded a prize for one of England's quirkiest names. The name "Bucket of Blood" is also shared by a saloon in Virginia City (Nevada) and a street in Holbrook (Arizona).

Norfolk is located in the East of England (East Anglia), Yorkshire in Northern England, and Cumbria in North West England.

Answer: Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Produced by Rick Rubin, "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" is the fifth studio album released by Los Angeles band Red Hot Chili Peppers. The album, widely considered the band's creative peak, propelled RHCP into international fame, reaching number three on the US Billboard Top 200. Clocking in at nearly 74 minutes, the album features 17 tracks, five of which were released as singles. One of these songs, "Under the Bridge", is based the personal experience of singer Anthony Kiedis in his fight against drug addiction. Other songs (such as the notorious "Sir Psycho Sexy") are noted for the sexual content of their lyrics, which earned the album a "Parental Guidance - Explicit Lyrics" sticker. Filmmaker Gus Van Sant is credited for most of the photography and art direction on the album. In spite of the album's positive critical reception and commercial success, the ensuing world tour was marked by escalating tension between Kiedis and guitarist John Frusciante (who had first joined the band in 1989), which eventually led to the latter's exit from the band.

"Blood on the Tracks" was released by Bob Dylan, "Under a Blood Red Sky" by U2, and "Reign in Blood" by Slayer.