Y? Here's Y! Trivia Quiz

Answer: Young Men's Christian Association

The initials YMCA stands for Young Men's Christian Association, an organization that promotes religious spirituality as well as physical fitness in young men. The organization was started by English philanthropist George Williams in 1844. The YMCA would eventually make its way into the United States in 1851, with its first club opening in Boston, Massachusetts. Today branches of the YMCA can be found all across the world and the clubs are utilized by men of all ages.

The famous disco band The Village People released their famous single "YMCA" in 1978.

The song is still quite popular and is very often heard at dance parties. However, the song has garnered some controversy. Some believe the song is a tribute to the organization, while others believe it to be a song written in support of male homosexuality.

Answer: Hex

Hex was invented by Danish mathematician Piet Hein in 1942, who originally named the game Con-tac-tix. Parker Brothers picked up the game in 1952 and named their version Hex. Hex is traditionally played on a rhombus shaped game board featuring 11x11 hexagonal cells. Each player places their colored stone on one of the hexagons.

The player that links opposite sides of the game board first is declared the winner. The game of Y is played in a similar fashion to Hex. It was originally played on a triangular shaped board with hexagonal cells along each side and filled into the center.

However, today Y game boards can vary in size and cell shape. The winner of Y is the player that can first connect all three sides with his/her game pieces. The game of Y was invented in 1953 by American mathematicians Craige Schensted and Charles Titus.

Answer: Yogurt

Mel Brooks released the comedy film "Spaceballs" in 1987. The movie was mainly a parody of the original "Star Wars" trilogy, but included parodies of other famous sci-fi movies as well. During the film, the main characters stumble upon a large door in the middle of a desert planet.

The door led to the home of the "everlasting know-it-all" Yogurt, a short gold-skinned alien. The character of Yogurt was a spoof of the "Star Wars" character Yoda. He was played by Mel Brooks himself and was a master of the Schwartz, "Spaceballs'" version of the Force.

He mimicked Yoda's unique way of talking by speaking in a Jewish accent. He was also a master of merchandising, as he had a special store inside his lair that featured numerous items that promoted the movie "Spaceballs".

Answer: There is a town in Arizona whose name is Y

In Russia, there is a small river named Y. It is a tributary of the Vashka River located in the Archangelsk Oblast. The Vashka River then flows into the Mezen River which empties out into Mezen Bay near the White Sea. In France, there is a commune named Y.

It is located in the northern portion of the country, approximately 60 km east of the city of Amiens. The commune recorded a population of less than 100 as of January, 2017. The Susitna North area of Alaska is a census-designated place that was previously named simply Y.

It is located almost halfway between the city of Anchorage and Denali National Park. Y was established in 2000, but had its name changed to Susitna North in 2010. In Arizona, there is town at the southern portion of the state named Why, but there is no town named just Y.

Answer: monkey

"Y: The Last Man" was a comic book series published by Vertigo Comics from 2002-2008. Vertigo Comics was a subsidiary of DC Comics that was created in 1993 by DC in order to publish titles that were more adult oriented. Vertigo Comics folded in 2020. "Y: The Last Man" centers around Yorick Brown, who is the literally the last man on planet Earth. All other male mammals on the planet were wiped out by a mysterious phenomenon that killed anything with a Y chromosome.

The only other male survivor was Yorick's pet capuchin monkey named Ampersand. Meanwhile, the women of planet Earth are forced to find ways of protecting Yorick and come up with alternate ways of repopulating humanity, such as cloning.

A televised version of "Y: The Last Man" was supposed to have aired on the FX network in 2020, but production of the series was delayed due to the coronavirus epidemic.

Answer: Oak Ridge, Tennessee

The Y-12 National Security Complex is located in the town of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, which is also home to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The Y-12 National Security Complex was constructed in 1943 as part of the Manhattan Project. Its objective was to produce enriched uranium that would be used in the construction of the atomic bombs.

The uranium produced at the Y-12 complex would be used in the bomb nicknamed Little Boy, which would be dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. Also located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee is the X-10 Graphite Reactor, which was used in the production of plutonium that would also be used as fuel for atomic bombs.

Answer: Diamond Dallas Page

Professional wrestler Diamond Dallas Page (DDP) earned much of his success in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) from 1991-2001. WCW was bought out by the World Wrestling Federation (now WWE) and DDP would compete for the WWF until he retired in 2002, though he still makes sporadic appearances. DDP became an advocate for yoga after using it to help him rehab following a back injury he suffered in 1998.

In 2005, he released a book titled "Yoga for Regular Guys: The Best Damn Workout on the Planet!".

A year later he released the YRG fitness DVD set. The videos became successful for DDP as the program has helped many people, including several of DDP's fellow wrestlers like Scott Hall (aka Razor Ramon) and Jake "The Snake" Roberts". The name of the program was eventually changed to DDP Yoga.

Answer: YNG

When aviation came to Canada, they adopted the same codes for cities that the Canadian National Railroad had used for identifying telegraph stations. The cities were only identified by two letters (EG for Edmonton, YC for Calgary). They added the extra Y at the beginning to indicate that the city was equipped with its own weather monitoring radio station. Currently, many major Canadian airports use Y as the first letter of their IATA codes. YYZ is Lester B. Pearson International Airport, which serves Toronto. YVR is the code for Vancouver International Airport. YUL stands for Trudeau International Airport in Montreal. YNG, however, belongs to Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport, which is located in Youngstown, Ohio, USA.

Answer: Sweden

Yttrium and ytterbium are two of four elements that were named after the town of Ytterby in Sweden. The other two elements are terbium (Tb) and erbium (Er). The first of these elements to be discovered was yttrium. Yttrium is atomic number 39 and was discovered by Finnish chemist Johan Gadolin in 1793 after analyzing a sample of the mineral ytterbite, which was discovered in Ytterby, Sweden.

The elements terbium and erbium were both discovered by Swedish chemist Carl Gustaf Mosander in 1843. Terbium is atomic number 65 and erbium is atomic number 68. Ytterbium was the last to be discovered in 1878. Ytterbium is atomic number 70 and it was discovered by Swiss chemist Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac. Terbium, erbium and ytterbium are all part of the lanthanide series.

However, all four elements are classified as rare-earth metals.

Answer: Compact SUV

Tesla, Inc. has become a pioneer in the development of electric vehicles in the United States. Tesla was founded in 2003, with famous entrepreneur Elon Musk joining the company a year later in 2004. The Tesla Roadster was the first model to see production in 2008.

The Tesla Model S was introduced in 2012 and is classified as a full-size sedan. The Tesla Model Y is an electric compact SUV that was first introduced in 2019. The price of a Tesla Model Y starts at roughly $45,000.