FunTrivia World Mix: Vol 1 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Spanish

There are large Dutch (Vlaams) and French (Wallon) speaking communities in Belgium as well as a smaller German speaking one. The capital Brussels is officially bilingual but the people there are mainly French speaking.

Question by player StetsonHat

Answer: Communism

Marx and Engels were political theorists who pioneered modern communism whereas Lenin, Mao and Ho Chi Minh gained political power through the communistic ideology.

Question by player AllanAllan

Answer: afternoon

Common ways of greeting someone in French are to say "Bonjour" or, less formally, "Salut." "Allô" is used only on the telephone. In French, "le matin" is morning, "l'après-midi" is afternoon, "midi" is noon, and "le soir" is evening .

Question by player FatherSteve

Answer: Chinese

The story goes that Chinese who wanted to develop an elixir of immortality created gunpowder instead, by accident. It was made of sulfur, saltpeter (potassium nitrate) and charcoal. By 900CE, the Chinese military were using it in battle. Within a few hundred years, its use had spread to Arab countries. It then spread to Greece, then the rest of Europe.

Question by player ELJ1

Answer: American Civil War

Stephen Crane had no actual war experience to fall back on when he wrote "The Red Badge of Courage". The book was published in 1895 by Appleton and Company.

Question by player pennie1478

Answer: Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement

The full title of the agreement "Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement" was too long to fit in the answer box, so I removed the "and" from it. The treaty was signed by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and directors of EU institutions. The agreement aims to create growth and jobs.

The agreement was nearly cancelled after disagreements from French-speaking Belgians. They finally relented on 27 October 2016, and the agreement was able to go for signing.

Question by player gme24

Answer: Combien

Combien is a French word and means "how many/how much", nicht means "nothing" in German, danke means "thanks" and gut means "good".

Question by player MartinaN

Answer: Captain

A Navy Captain is equivalent to a full Colonel in the Army while the equivalent of an Army Captain is called Lieutenant in the Navy. Due to this discrepancy and the fact that "Captain" is reserved as an address for the vessel's commanding officer, it is customary that an Army Captain traveling on a ship is addressed as Major, one rank higher than his actual status.

Question by player WesleyCrusher

Answer: Jacksonville, Florida

Memorial Park, located in the historic 5 Points district of Jacksonville, Florida, was dedicated on Christmas Day in 1924. It is dedicated to the 1,220 Florida service members who lost their lives in World War I. The famed Olmstead brothers were responsible for the landscape engineering of Memorial Park.

Question by player doubleoo

Answer: Andrew Jackson

Jackson and his wife Rachel built the Hermitage in the early 1800's in the Greek Revival style. Both are buried on the grounds.

Question by player obiwan04