Yellow in Ten Questions Trivia Quiz

Answer: North Korea

The borders of the Yellow Sea are determined by mainland China on the west and the Korean peninsula on the east. It gets its name from the vast amount of silt carried into it by the Yellow and Hai He rivers. It forms the northern part of the East China Sea.

Answer: Chromium

Chlorine (element number 17) is known for its yellow-green colour and its use as poison gas in World War I. Sulphur (element 16) in its basic form is a yellow crystalline solid, while gold (element 79) is famous for its colour. Chromium (element 24) is a silver-grey metal, often added to steel to give it anti-corrosive properties.

Answer: Tommy Kirk

All of these actors were part of the Disney "stable" of young actors in the 1950s and early 1960s. Tommy Kirk is probably best-known for his leading role in the original version of "The Shaggy Dog" (1959) and as James Macarthur's brother in "Swiss Family Robinson" (1960). Kevin Corcoran also appeared in "Old Yeller" as the younger brother.

Answer: Bhutan

Bhutan's flag is divided diagonally with the upper field in yellow, representing the power of the king, the lower field in orange, for its official Buddhist religion, and the white dragon itself standing for the country of Bhutan. Wales also has a dragon (red) on its flag.

Answer: arancione

"Gelb" is "yellow" in German, "flavus" is the Latin, and "amarillo" the Spanish. "Arancione" is the Italian for "orange". Other words for "yellow" are "jaune" (French), "feel" (Dutch), and "melyn" (Cornish).

Answer: The Iran Hostage Crisis

The Iran Hostage Crisis lasted 444 days from November 1979 to January 1981, when hard-line supporters of the new Islamic regime in Iran. 52 American hostages spent the entire time in captivity, six others escaped to the Canadian embassy from which they were spirited out of the country. Part of the American popular response to the crisis was the symbolic tying of yellow ribbons around oak trees and the playing of this song.

Answer: Northwest Territories

Yellowknife was built on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories and named after a local Dene tribe who were called "Yellowknives" from their trading copper which was mined in the region. It became the official capital of the territory in 1967. Gold mining provided the boom in the 20th century. Those mines have ceased to produce but diamonds are now mined in the region and provide a profitable source of income.

Answer: Common nightingale

The rufous-capped warbler has a bright and distinctive yellow throat and upper breast, the eastern meadowlark also has a yellow throat and belly but with a black V across the breast, and Audubon's oriole has a yellow breast with a broad brown stripe on its front. The common nightingale is a mixture of brown and buff with a reddish tail.

Answer: Utah

Yellowstone was the first national park to be created in the United States (1872). It seems to take its name from a local aboriginal description ("Rock Yellow River"), referring to the prominent yellow rocks in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. Most of the park lies in the state of Wyoming, with smaller portions in Montana and Idaho.

Answer: 5700

Angstrom units are named for the Swedish physicist Jonas Ångstrom and are equal to one ten-billionth of a metre. Visible light ranges from 4000 to 7000 Ångstrom units. Red light is about 6500 Ångstrom units, green at 5100, and blue at 4750.