A FunTrivia Mixed Quiz!

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#1. Humanities Mixture. Player Ate_May asks:

Which is not a type of geologist? Volcanologist Gemologist Egyptologist Mineralogist

#2. Humanities Mixture. Player Wizzid asks:

The zodiacal sign of Capricorn is sometimes represented by a hybrid of goat and which creature more typically associated with Pisces? Scorpion Lion Crab Fish

#3. Humanities Mixture. Player MyGirl2000 asks:

What American English word refers to a favorable or desired outcome such as the obtaining of favor, wealth or eminence? Seceding Success Secession Succession

#4. Humanities Mixture. Player Jinxgirl asks:

A character in a tale is described as a loony (looney) person. What is NOT a synonym of this adjective that is a shortened form of the word lunatic? Asinine Wise Witless Simpleminded

#5. Humanities Mixture. Player JBCizzle asks:

Which of the following words does not have a chain of 3 consecutive letters of the alphabet in order? Redefine Calmness Thirsty Solvent

#6. Humanities Mixture. Player FatherSteve asks:

A "spook" is a colloquial term for a ghost or apparition. What is its more specialized meaning in U.S. Navy slang? intelligence personnel a parachute packer a sail rigger stealth missiles

#7. Humanities Mixture. Player FatherSteve asks:

In the 1787 hymn "How Firm A Foundation", the Lord says not to be afraid when "through fiery trials your pathway shall lie" because "[t]he flame shall not hurt you, I only design / Your dross to consume and the gold to refine." What is "dross"? one's physical body impurity, worthless matter outer clothing manure, sewage

#8. Humanities Mixture. Player DeepHistory asks:

Which acclaimed painter created "Sheaves of Wheat in a Field" while looking to liberate himself from the melancholy and depression that so much pervaded his previous masterpiece, "The Potato Eaters"? Paul Gauguin Vincent Van Gogh Rembrandt van Rijn Ilya Repin

#9. Humanities Mixture. Player LadyNym asks:

Which of these words describes a pyramid consisting of a series of receding tiers? ziggurat zirconium zinfandel zither

#10. Humanities Mixture. Player pennie1478 asks:

"The band was banned from playing at the Macy's parade because of their attitude." The words banned and band sound alike, but are spelled differently. What is the term for words that are spelled differently, but sound alike? Antonym Homophone Synonym Heteronym