Ouch! I Hurt My Head! Trivia Quiz

Answer: Lettuce

A ball of lettuce is called a head of lettuce. Dense head lettuces, like iceberg, are called "crisphead." Loose head lettuces, like bibb, are called "butterhead."
MTV used to air a cartoon about lettuce, I think. I believe it was called "Beavis and Butterhead"...or maybe not.

Answer: Foam

The foam, or head, is carbon dioxide rising to the surface. You can minimize the head by slanting the glass as you pour the beer into it (or so I'm told).

Answer: Bathroom/toilet

It is believed that the bathroom on a ship came to be called the head because back in the early 1700s the bathroom was placed at the front, or head, of the ship at the base of the bowsprit. The waves coming over the bow would clean the bathroom area.
Just as a for your information, propwash is not something that can be stored. Propwash is the water stirred up by the propeller. It is an old marine and aeronautical joke to ask the neophyte to fetch a gallon of propwash (as well as other non-existent things like left-handed wrenches and runway rolls).

Answer: Tails

The world's rarest coin is reputed to be the 1933 US "Double Eagle." A total of 445,500 were minted but, before they could be circulated, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt took the country off the gold standard. All gold coins had to be returned. Apparently all but one of the "Double Eagles" were returned, this one being sent surreptitiously to King Farouk of Egypt for his collection.

It sold at auction in 2002 for $7.59 million.

Answer: False

A nail head is the flat end you hit with a hammer.
A short tutorial on types of wood nails: Box nails are short and thin with blunt heads to prevent cracking the wood. Brad nails are also short (less than 1" long) and are used to attach molding. Finishing nails have small heads that can be countersunk, then the hole filled in so the nail does not show. Common nails are...well...the most common. Casing nails are like finishing nails but are bigger around. They do have small heads. Drywall nails are used for attaching drywall and are ribbed for a more secure hold. Panel nails are thin and are used for attaching paneling to walls. They may come in colors to match the paneling. Roofing nails are short with large heads and are used to attach shingles and shakes. Spiral nails look like screws and are used to attach flooring. Concrete nails are sturdy, steel nails used to attach wood to concrete or brick.
The type of nail Carrie the carpenter smashed is not really germane since all nails have heads. (You may at this point be wondering, then, why I told you about all the different kind of nails. I don't know why. That's just how I roll.)

Answer: The head of a cow or pig

Head cheese is also known as brawn. Head cheese is not a cheese but rather meat from the head of a cow, pig, or sometimes a sheep. In the same vein sweetmeat is not meat but candy and sweetbread is not bread but pancreas or thymus of a pig, cow or sheep. These are important things to remember if you like cow head meat, pig thymus and/or candy.

Answer: Title

The title and title HTML codes go in the head section of the webpage. The head section may also contain metainformation. Metainformation included in a webpage head may include the author, page revision dates, keywords to help search engines find the webpage, and a reply to email address.

The reply to address on this page is for kyleisalive since I blame him for inspiring this quiz as part of his Quiz Commission challenge.

Answer: All are actual engine parts

Overhead cam (camshaft) has the camshaft placed in the cylinder heads. A head gasket is a seal that goes between the cylinder head and the engine block. A cylinder head contains the combustion chamber, spark plugs and valves. Building and racing cars is a complicated deal.
Racing llamas is a lot less complicated. They already come with all their parts assembled.

Answer: Governor-General

The Commonwealth of Australia is a federal parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy. For historical reasons, Australia does not normally use the term "head of state" but in practice the role is divided between the Sovereign of Australia and the Governor-General who represents the Sovereign and chairs the Federal Executive Council. Day to day executive powers are held by the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

The Sovereign of Australia as of 2009 is Queen Elizabeth II. When the Sovereign is not present in Australia, the Governor-General performs the functions that are normally undertaken by a head of state, such as representing Australia during State Visits, assenting to Acts of Parliament, etc.

Answer: One

Back in the olden days, ranchers liked to know how many cattle they had. One cowboy would count them as they entered the corral. It was easier and more efficient to count heads because the head sticks up above the rest of the cow and thus was easier to pick out in a large herd. Also the heads were generally more varied in appearance than the bodies. So the cowboy in charge of counting would just count the heads as the cattle went through the gate and divide by one as each cow had, on average, one head.

The cowboy could have counted tails, I suppose, but who wants to look at cow butts all day?