Trivia Tried 'n' True Trivia Quiz

Answer: Apple

Her full name is Apple Blythe Alison Martin, and her father is Chris Martin, the lead singer of the British rock group Coldplay.

Answer: Louis XV

Louis XV ascended to the throne in 1715 at the age of five, but as he grew he didn't have much devotion in reigning with much command, and preferred to spend his reign pursuing women and making his court as extravagant as possible. Consequently, his reign featured a poor tax system and lots of costly wars--in particular, the Seven Years War cost France a lot of its colonies. Looking back on his reign, Louis said this quote on his deathbed in 1774, and metaphorically it meant, "After I leave, all hell will break loose". And he couldn't have been more right; the inability of the government to fix the economy led to the French Revolution during the years of 1789-1799.

Answer: 55

45th is sapphire, 60th is diamond, and 65th has no traditional gifts associated with it.

Answer: Horses

Their origin is a mystery, but there is a theory that they arrived with early Portuguese explorers who considered it to be a large, fertile island with lots of fresh water and fishing banks. Today, about 300 horses run wild on the island, and it's the strangest thing to see them walking on the beach.

Answer: Sweden

It was created there by Lars Olsson Smith in 1879, and has been selling like hotcakes ever since. Today it is produced in distilleries near Åhus in southern Sweden.

Answer: Fish

Also known as the oldwife or the queen triggerfish, it's a type of tropical Atlantic fish.

Answer: Qix

In that game, you move a cursor around a square playing field while dodging a malicious helix. What a classic that was!

Answer: Monkey

The animal opposite you (i.e. six years apart from you) is the one you're supposed to avoid. And the order is Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig.

Answer: Jenny

A jill is a female kangaroo, a heather is a plant, and Marion is just a name.

Answer: Two Ladies Gossiping

That's the name of a piece by Aram Khachaturian, a modern Russian composer.

Answer: 11

Five on the left side, five on the right side, one on top. This maple flag was discussed as early as 1919, but until 1945 the official flag was the Union Jack. The issue came up again in World War II when it was suggested that the Canadian forces be known for their own part in the war, and the flag featured Union Jack and the Coat of Arms on a red background.

But the issue of a distinct flag was not brought up again until Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson proposed the current design in 1964. It was officially inaugurated on February 15, 1965.

Answer: Bowtie

In Italian, "farfalle" means "butterfly". Bowtie pasta sort of does look like a butterfly, doesn't it?

Answer: Tungsten

These metals are all very dense (especially osmium), but tungsten has the highest melting point.

Answer: Leonhard Euler

In fact, Descartes coined the phrase "imaginary number", but it was Euler who put it more to use in mathematical formulas.

Answer: Denmark

The European Headquarters is located in Albertslund, Denmark. The name originated from the quaint little Danish fishing village of Skagen, but the company was started in America in 1987 by Henri and Charlotte Jorst. The company makes watches, sunglasses, cookware, and other home and office supplies.

Answer: 30

15 white and 15 black. At the beginning of each game, each side sets up two rows of five stones, one row of three, and one row of two.

Answer: Charles Griffes

Griffes was a remarkable man--he composed those three pieces and many others in the years between 1910 and 1916, from when he was 26 to 32 years old! These pieces are very dificult to read and even more difficult to perform, with whole-tone harmonies, dissonances, and extremely complex rhythms; one of them, "The Night Winds", is 43 measures long, yet it covers six pages.

But they are truly beautiful works, flush with imagery and poetic references, and also free in form, so they sound like improvisation when played. Sadly, Griffes died an untimely death in 1920, of heart and lung failure.

Answer: Foot

Also known as a "solleret", it's an little plate of armor that consists of chainmail with a solid steel toe and heel.

Answer: Shawm

A rebec is an ancient 3-stringed violin, and the cittern and theorbo are obsolete guitar-like instruments, but the shawm is the ancestor to the oboe.

Answer: 75

So if you owed anyone a "talent" of silver, you'd be in pretty deep trouble.

Answer: Job

"And I alone have escaped to tell thee." This phrase is used several times in Chapter 1 of Job.

Answer: Scout

The Marshall and the General are the two strongest pieces, and the Spy can capture no one but the Marshall. The Scout can capture no one but the Spy. But ONLY the Scout can move more than one space per turn.

Answer: Saber-toothed Tiger

The largest one. Smaller but heavier than a modern lion, and its saber-teeth grew to be 7 inches long. Yikes!

Answer: Mirage

"Bright Star" is the translation of "Sarafina", the name given to Nala's mother (which is never mentioned in the film).

Answer: Shoelace

It's that little plastic thing on the end of a shoelace. Fancy name for such a boring object, huh? Thanks for playing my quiz!