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1. Which location's National Hockey League team does NOT typically wear red anywhere on its uniforms?

Answer: Toronto

Toronto's team is the Maple Leafs who wear blue and white both home and away. The New Jersey Devils have red and black home uniforms and red and white away. The Detroit Red Wings wear predominately red uniforms. Despite its name, the Columbus Blue Jackets wear red pants both home and away as well as having red in its logo.

2. Red Rocks Amphitheatre is an open-air concert venue located near which major U.S. city?

Answer: Denver

Red Rocks Amphitheatre is actually located in Morrison, Colorado about 10 miles west of Denver. It opened in 1906 and was the brainchild of John Brisben Walker who noticed the perfect acoustics of the mountains.

3. On October 25, 1854, the British defeated the Russians at the Thin Red Line, an action that took place during what war?

Answer: The Crimean War

The Thin Red Line was part of the Battle of Balaclava. Colin Campbell led a small troop of British soldiers against a cavalry of Russians. The Russians seeing how little soldiers were present, assumed a larger attack was imminent. They were incorrect and lost, giving popularity to the war in Britain who had been badly losing until that moment.

The Thin Red Line earned its name from a quote by William H. Russell, a war reporter for "The Times," who noted he could not see anything of the battle except for a "thin red streak tipped with a line of steel."

4. In 2011, religious police in Saudi Arabia banned which loving holiday and the selling of red items because it is technically a Christian holiday, a violation of that country's Muslim law?

Answer: Valentine's Day

While Valentine's Day does have Christian origins, it is celebrated worldwide in many different countries as a day of love. St. Valentine himself had little to nothing to do with romance. No one is sure how St. Valentine became linked with love but popular theories include: a way to bring attention to Christianity during the pagan festival Lupercalia, Geoffrey Chaucer did it for a story he was writing and that mid-February, which was the feast day of Valentine, was when birds tried to pair men and women up, according to myths of the Middle Ages.

5. Which of the following "Power Rangers" characters was the original Red Ranger in the "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" series?

Answer: Jason Lee Scott

Jason was portrayed by Austin St. John. Billy Cranston, portrayed by David Yost, was the original Blue Ranger. Walter Emanuel Jones played Zach Taylor, the original Black Ranger. Amy Jo Johnson and Thuy Trang were the original female rangers playing the Pink Ranger Kimberly Hart and Yellow Ranger Trini Kwan respectively.

6. The red on the Italian flag is commonly believed to represent charity or the blood shed during Italy's fight for independence. But what is another, tastier, alternative to what the red symbolizes?

Answer: Tomatoes

Some people believe the colors of the Italian flag represent the three basic ingredients of Italian cooking with the green being olives, white the garlic and red tomatoes. When someone spills sauce on their shirt and it leaves a stain, it is called "la bandiera italiana" meaning "the flag of Italy."

7. On the Homeland Security Advisory System in the United States, what terror-threat level was indicated by the color red?

Answer: Severe

What a severe warning specifically means is unknown as there are no public, published guidelines, but severe was the highest level on the scale. Critics of the system claim the levels were created for political reasons and are nonsensical, since the terror level has never fallen to either of the two lowest levels and it seems impossible that the nation would ever be in state of having virtually no risk of an attack.

8. In the Book of Revelation, which horseman of the apocalypse rides the red horse?

Answer: War

Conquest rides the white horse, Famine the black one and Death the pale horse. War on the red horse is the second of the four horsemen to be mentioned. He comes wielding a sword, symbolizing the impending bloodshed.

9. Patrick Swayze played the lead role of Jed Eckert in the 1984 film "Red Dawn" but who played Jed Eckert in the 2012 remake?

Answer: Chris Hemsworth

The original "Red Dawn" is about a fictional time in American history when the nation was invaded by the Soviet Union after America's sphere of influence deteriorated. In the remake, due to a change in the times, America was invaded by North Korea. Ironically, Chris Hemsworth, who is Australian, plays an American man leading a group of Americans to save America.

10. Worldwide, the color red represents political parties with a left of center, or liberal, philosophy, but not in Canada where the Conservative Party is represented by red and the Liberal Party by blue.

Answer: False

In Canada, the Conservatives are blue and the Liberals red like in most places. The color scheme is backward in the United States where the conservative Republican party is red and the liberal Democratic Party is blue.

Source: Author Joepetz

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