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A FunTrivia Mixed Quiz!

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#1. Humanities Mixture. Player kscleaves asks:
  Which of the following modern employment terms originally referred to mercenaries?

    Resumé
    Moonlighting
    Freelance
    Boss

#2. Humanities Mixture. Player carmeller asks:
  In the famous tongue-twister, what does she sell by the seashore?

    shaving gels
    sleigh bells
    seashells
    skin cells

#3. Humanities Mixture. Player Trufflesss asks:
  Where does the phrase, "with a grain of salt" come from? Hint: the Forum.

    Baseball playing
    The ancient Egyptians
    Cooking
    The ancient Romans

#4. Humanities Mixture. Player Kablooey1 asks:
  A popular colloquialism is "Yanking your chain". So, if I am "yanking your chain", what am I actually doing?

    I am insisting you follow me.
    I am giving you a warning.
    I am trying to get your attention.
    I am teasing or kidding you.

#5. Humanities Mixture. Player seekernym asks:
  What was Merriam Webster's word of the year for 2016? Dali would approve.

    whatevs
    jejune
    oxymoron
    surreal

#6. Humanities Mixture. Player Quiz_Beagle asks:
  Which Spanish artist, probably best known for his 'periods', was also a proficient sculptor, producing over 3,500 ceramic pieces?

    Frida Kahlo
    Pablo Picasso
    El Greco
    Francisco Goya

#7. Humanities Mixture. Player FatherSteve asks:
  The Irish singer Bono asked, "In turbulent times, isn't it cheaper, and smarter, to make friends out of potential enemies than to defend yourself against them later?" What does "turbulent" mean?

    super fast-moving
    spread out all over
    fat, heavy-weight
    tumultuous, unruly

#8. Humanities Mixture. Player MariaVerde asks:
  What play made its Broadway debut in 2004, 47 years after it was made into an Academy Award nominated movie starring Henry Fonda, and 50 years after it appeared in a slightly shorter form on television?

    12 Angry Men
    Proof
    Doubt
    Take Me Out

#9. Humanities Mixture. Player Lpez asks:
  Which of these combinations best describes an idiom that indicates something a person does every day or to sustain themselves economically?

    Eggs and bacon
    Milk and sugar
    Bread and butter
    Strawberries and bananas

#10. Humanities Mixture. Player heatherlois asks:
  What would you do with a negligee?

    Drink it - it's a milkshake
    Plant it - it's a bulb
    Worship it - it's a religious icon
    Wear it - it is sheer nightwear