FunTrivia World Mix: Vol 4 Trivia Quiz

Answer: None, only the initial S

According to Truman's autobiography, each of his parents wanted to name him after a different grandfather (Anderson Shippe Truman or Solomon Young). The decided to compromise and use the letter "S" for both of them.

Question by player golfer46

Answer: Herbert Hoover

John Rockefeller was extremely wealthy, an oil magnate. Nelson, his grandson, was a Vice President of the United States. 'Happy' was Nelson's second wife. Herbert Hoover, orphaned as a boy and reared as a Quaker, did not pass his admission exam at Stanford University, but was admitted conditionally.

While Secretary of Commerce, he was featured in the first US television broadcast (1927). Nominated 5 times for the Nobel Peace Prize honoring his worldwide famine prevention efforts after both world wars, Hoover became 31st President of the US in 1929. Hoover Dam (forms Lake Mead) and Stanford's landmark Hoover Tower (known as 'HooTow' to generations of Stanford students) are both named for Herbert Hoover.

Question by player ELJ1

Answer: The Marlboro Man

Ads from 1954 - 1999 increased US sales of Marlboros by 300% in the first 2 years. The ads went international, recently still appearing in Germany and Japan (at least on vending machines). Sadly, 3 Marlboro Man actors later died of lung cancer. Marlboros then became known as 'Cowboy Killers'.

Question by player ELJ1

Answer: Halloween

Traditionally, bobbing for apples is played during the Halloween season. You play placing apples into a tub of water. Then by holding your hands behind your back, you try to grab an floating apple with your teeth.

Question by player jaknginger

Answer: Joe Biden

While congratulating Missouri state Senator Chuck Graham, Joe Biden made the remark. Unfortunately, the senator was and still is in a wheelchair. The date and place was Columbia, Missouri, Sept. 12, 2008.

Question by player thaibob

Answer: Spanish

Quechua is still spoken by an estimated 8 million people in South America, mostly in Peru. However, the language is often dismissed as inferior or a language of the poor while Spanish is most widely used in government and business. Advocates are trying to change this perception, and the Quechua news program titled Ñuqanchik (All of Us) will go a long way towards normalizing and showing acceptance of the language.

Question by player trident

Answer: University of Virginia

UVA is located in Charlottesville and is the flagship university of the great state of Virginia. In 2018, it had just over 24,000 students with an endowment of almost $10 billion. The sports teams, the UVA Cavaliers, compete in 27 different sports at the highest levels of athletic excellence.

Question by player dim_dude

Answer: Governor General

Since Australian Federation in 1901, the Governor General has been the official representative of the British Monarch in Australia. The role was established as part of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia (1901). The Governor General is appointed by the reigning monarch on the advice of the prime minister of Australia.

The executive power of the English monarch as the Australian Head of State is exercised through the Governor General. Although the role is largely ceremonial (especially since the Australia Act of 1986), the Governor General has the ability to act (including appointing a Prime Minister) in the event of a hung parliament and to dismiss a prime minister if that person has lost the support of the parliament (usually through a formal 'loss of confidence' motion).

This rare power resulted in the constitutional crisis of 1975 when the then governor general, Sir John Kerr, dismissed the elected government of Gough Whitlam. The first Governor General was the Earl of Hopetoun (John Louis) and the first Australian-born citizen to hold the post was Sir Isaac Isaacs, appointed in 1931. Typically each appointee serves a term of around 5 years.

Question by player MikeMaster99

Answer: Alnwick

Wales is famous for its medieval castles. Out of the original 600 that were built in the country in the Middle Ages and later, 100 are still standing: while part of these are ruined, a fair number have been restored and are open to the public. The castles of Caernarfon, Harlech and Conwy, together with the stunning Beaumaris Castle - all of them built between the late 13th century and the early 14th century - make up the UNESCO World Heritage site listed as "Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd" (added in 1986).

The odd one out, Alnwick Castle, is located in Northumberland (northeastern England); built in the 12th century, it is the seat of the Dukes of Northumberland. Among its many claims to fame, there are its magnificent gardens (which include a poison garden) and art collection.

However, the castle is probably best known for having appeared as Hogwarts in the first two "Harry Potter" movies; it has also been used as a location for other famous films and TV shows, such as "Elizabeth" and "Downton Abbey".

Question by player LadyNym

Answer: Bhutan

Literally, "dzongkha" means 'the language spoken in the dzong'. The 'dzong' are the monasteries established throughout Bhutan during the 17th Century.
Part of the Sino-Tibetan language family, dzongkha is closely related to "Dranjongke", the native language of the neighbouring Indian state of Sikkim, and to "J'umowa", spoken in the Chumbi valley of southern Tibet.


Question by player EnglishJedi