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1. "Would you make a horse with wood?" You would if you wanted to end a ten-year old war. Odysseus did and the Trojan War ended. Although we use the term "Trojan" for this wooden horse, what was the actual Greek word for it?

From Quiz Would You Make That With Wood?

Answer: Doureios

"Doureios" means "wooden". The event was described in both the "Aeneid" and in "Odyssey". The Greeks pretended to have abandoned the fight and hid behind the island of Tenedos, which is a short distance away from Troy, leaving behind the hollow horse with fifty soldiers in it. Despite warnings from priest Laocoon and his sons the people of Troy dragged the wooden horse within the city walls and thus consigned its fate.

From Quiz Pass the Hod

Answer: Sir Henry Wood

Henry Wood was an English orchestral conductor and composer who in 1895 collaborated with the manager of the Queen's Hall in London and with a wealthy investor to hold a ten week series of promenade concerts. In a promenade concert many of the audience are standing in the well of the auditorium instead of being seated and are able to move around. This was not an entirely new idea but it became very popular as an annual series, with Sir Henry conducting many of the concerts personally for fifty years. The BBC took over running the concerts in 1927 and still holds them, though the series now last eight weeks instead of ten. Sir Henry is still honoured by having a bronze bust situated in front of the organ during the season.

From Quiz Needles

Answer: To tie poultry together for cooking

A trussing needle is a fairly thick needle, about eight inches long, that is used for tying up chicken, duck, turkey or other cooking birds prior to cooking. Its purpose is to hold the bird's shape, to keep it from falling apart during the cooking process, and to allow it to be cooked evenly. It's just as well the bird is deceased before this painful looking instrument is prodded into various parts of its body. Did you know that needles made out of bone have been found in caves in South Africa? Scientists have dated these early sewing implements at 61,000 years old. How amazing is that?

From Quiz Live and Let Dye

Answer: Pat

Dye had a career coaching record of 153-62-5 during his years at Auburn. His best seasons were in the mid 80's, when he gave Bo Jackson to the world. I guess "Bo knows" that too.

From Quiz Hooking Up

Answer: Jerry Lewis

Filmed in 1969, Jerry Lewis was joined by Peter Lawford and Anne Francis in the movie "Hook, Line and Sinker. Lewis really swallows his doctor's diagnosis hook, line and sinker when he is told by his doctor, played by Peter Lawford, that he does not have long to live. Reacting to this, Lewis goes on a huge buying spree, only to later learn that he has no fatal illness and is not going to die in the immediate future. Lewis stages his own death to avoid a myriad of financial responsibilities, established when he thought his death was soon to happen. Peter Lawford and Anne Francis (playing Lewis' wife) concoct this whole story so that they can eventually "hook up". A cruel hoax, which certainly gives credence to swallowing a story "hook, line, and sinker". Perhaps second opinions were not as popular in that era.

From Quiz Brick By Boring Brick

Answer: A round peg on the top of one snaps into the bottom of the other.

The top of a rectangular Lego brick has short, round pegs -- nubs, really -- in a grid pattern. The spacing is constant across Lego sets, so the number of pegs tells you about the size and shape of the block: a 2x4, for example, or a 1x3. The pegs snap easily into gaps in the bottom of the next block. Generations of children have discovered just how flexible this arrangement is!

From Quiz 'Hammering' This One Home

Answer: Rodgers and Hammerstein

Richard Rodgers did the music and Oscar Hammerstein did the lyrics.

From Quiz Would You Make That With Wood?

Answer: Carlo

Collodi was the pen name of Carlo Lorenzini. The "Pinocchio" fairy tale was first published in weekly installments before being released as a book. The fairy tale had world-wide success and has been translated into more than 260 languages. Walt Disney adapted the tale into a movie in 1940.

From Quiz Pass the Hod

Answer: Stonehenge

The earthwork ditch surrounding this Neolithic structure may date as far back as 3000 BC, but the great stones themselves were probably set up about 2500 BC. The stones form two concentric circles, and although some have fallen and disappeared over the centuries, most are still standing. The stones are of two types, sandstone sarsens which are relatively local (from about 25km away) and bluestones which have been brought from 250km distance, an amazing feat for prehistoric people. There have been several theories as to what Stonehenge was and why it was built. Today the most widely accepted is that it was a temple set up to be aligned with the movements of the sun.

From Quiz Stop! Hammer Time!

Answer: Anvil

The answer is an ANVIL (obAN VILage) which is what a blacksmith would use to shape metal with a hammer to make a sword. Oban is a small town in Scotland, in the council of Argyll and Bute. Historically it was primarily a fishing and trade town, but in 1794 the Oban distillery opened for business. Oban is known for making a 14 year-old single malt scotch.

From Quiz I Have an Axe to Grind

Answer: stone

Hand axes - pear-shaped, pointed tools made of roughly chipped or flaked stone - looked quite different from their modern counterparts. They were used as far back as 1.6 million years ago, probably for tasks such as hunting, chopping wood, and digging for food or water. Hand axes were usually made of flint, a kind of stone that lends itself to being worked with another hard object (a process called knapping). As their name implied, these implements were held in the hand; in later specimens the stone heads were fastened to a wooden handle.

From Quiz Put This In Your Pipe

Answer: Wine

The pipe, or butt, was a wine cask that held two hogsheads of wine. Of course, that doesn't mean much unless you know how big a hogshead was, and that was somewhat variable over time. As a rough approximation, a butt is close to 475 litres, or 125 US gallons, or 105 imperial gallons. According to Shakespeare's play "Richard III", George, Duke of Clarence, youngest brother of Edward IV and Richard III, drowned in a butt of malmsey (a sweet red wine from Madeira). Edgar Allan Poe refers to a pipe of Amontillado (a type of sherry) in his short story "The Cask of Amontillado".

From Quiz Live and Let Dye

Answer: Red

Famous gingers include Thomas Jefferson and Oakland Raider Quarterback Carson Palmer.

From Quiz Hooking Up

Answer: The Manassa Mauler

Jack Dempsey, born in Manassa, Colorado, was noted for his formidable right hook, a punch which is usually aimed at the chin. With his defeat of Jess Willard in 1919, Dempsey won the title of Heavyweight Boxing Champion of World. Soon afterward he was nicknamed "The Manassa Mauler". Dempsey had a fight manager, Jack "Doc" Kearns, who involved Dempsey in many other activities, including opening Jack Dempsey's Restaurant in New York City. Dempsey was inducted into Boxing's Hall of Fame in 1990.

From Quiz All About Buckets

Answer: His boss died

While the origin of the phrase "kick the bucket" is unclear and often debated, the meaning is clear. This phrase is a term for dying. It is a slang term that is neither complimentary nor derogatory, but possibly in poor taste.

From Quiz 'Hammering' This One Home

Answer: If I Had a Hammer

'If I Had A Hammer' was written by Pete Seeger in 1949.

From Quiz Would You Make That With Wood?

Answer: Gottlieb Daimler

Daimler and Maybach both worked for the Deutz company on a four-stroke engine. They built another engine that could provide the power for the wooden motorcycle. The motorcycle had wooden wheels with spokes that were protected by a steel rim. The engine was placed vertically between the wheels. A saddle for the rider was placed on top of the box containing the engine. The first journey was made by Gottlieb's 17-year-old son in October 1885 and covered a distance of seven and a half kilometers. Daimler is known as the "father of the motorcycle".

From Quiz Pass the Hod

Answer: The Glass Menagerie

Written in 1944 and a spectacular success on Broadway in 1945, "The Glass Menagerie" was the play that made the author's name. He described it as a memory play, as it is narrated by Tom Wingfield, brother of Laura, telling the story of his family's past. Tom is based on Tennessee Williams himself and many aspects of the play relate to his early life.

From Quiz Stop! Hammer Time!

Answer: M.C. Hammer

M.C. Hammer, also known as Stanley Burrell, has been a businessman from the beginning of his career as a rap artist. M.C Hammer has had a long list of jobs over the years, but his dance moves were what landed him a job as a batboy for the Oakland Athletics as a teen. The "Hammer" part of Stanley's nickname was given to him by Reggie Jackson who thought the young Burrell looked like Hank "The Hammer" Aaron. After his music really became successful, M.C. Hammer became a Christian preacher. Originally the M.C. part of his name stood for "Master of Ceremonies", however after devoting his life to Christianity he has said the M.C. now stands for "Man of Christ".

From Quiz Live and Let Dye

Answer: Lucille Ball

"I Love Lucy" is considered one of the groundbreaking and trendsetting shows in TV history. I think it is also ironic that she dyed her hair for a black and white TV show.

From Quiz Hooking Up

Answer: To remove meat from a pot

One of the first uses for the flesh-hook was to remove meat from a pot. The flesh-hook looks somewhat like a short spear, and along its length it can have two to five hooks hanging from it. Flesh hooks are also mentioned in the Bible, an example of which is in Exodus 27:3: "And thou shalt make its pots to take away its ashes, and its shovels, and its basins, and its flesh-hooks, and its fire pans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass".

From Quiz All About Buckets

Answer: Jack Nicholson & Morgan Freeman

This movie, starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman received very mixed reviews when it was released to the public. The story centers around two terminally ill men and the things they want to do/try/accomplish before they die. The term "bucket list" refers to a list of these desires that the author of the list wishes to get done before he "kicks the bucket".

From Quiz 'Hammering' This One Home

Answer: Mickey Spillane

Mike Hammer was played by Stacy Keach.

From Quiz Would You Make That With Wood?

Answer: Newfoundland, Canada

Fogo is the largest of the islands off the Newfoundland coast. The inn stands on the Back Western shore and was completed in 2013 by the Norwegian company Saunters Architecture.

From Quiz Pass the Hod

Answer: Concrete and Clay

This was the only big hit for a very talented and hard-working group. They made several other songs based on good melodies, clever lyrics and harmony singing, including "You've Never Been in Love like this Before", "Hark!" and "For a Moment". For whatever reason none of these captured the public the way that "Concrete and Clay" did.

From Quiz I Have an Axe to Grind

Answer: Gimli

The Dwarf Gimli is one of the members of the Fellowship of the Ring, the nine companions who leave from Rivendell in a seemingly hopeless quest to destroy the One Ring. Tolkien's Dwarves use battle axes as their main weapon, as shown by the many illustrators of the English author's work, and also in Peter Jackson's film trilogies based on "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit". In Tolkien's legendarium, Dwarves are depicted as master craftsmen, and associated with mining and treasure - just like they were in Norse mythology, which was the main source for their creation.

From Quiz Needles

Answer: Paris

These three obelisks are from the era of ancient Egypt. There are actually four of them. The first two, in London and New York City, are a pair, as is the one in Paris. Its mate, however, remains in Luxor, Egypt. Why they were called Cleopatra's Needles is anybody's guess, as they have no connection at all with that fascinating woman (Cleopatra VII ie) from history. In fact, by the time she came along (69-30 BC), with her reign lasting from 51-30 BC, these monuments were already over one thousand years old. The needle in London, located along the Victoria embankment close to the Golden Jubilee Bridge, was an 1819 gift to the UK from the ruler of Egypt and the Sudan at that time. His name, believe it or not, was Muhammad Ali. Though gifted in that year, it didn't actually arrive in that country until 1878. New York's needle, located in Central Park, was a gift to that country's consul general at Cairo from the Khedive of Egypt and the Sudan, in 1877. The Paris needle is located in the Place de la Concorde. It was gifted to France, again by Muhammad Ali, in 1826. Erected in 1833, its rather unfortunate location is at the spot where poor old Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette had their heads removed in 1794.

From Quiz Live and Let Dye

Answer: Tie

Made popular with the counterculture of the 1960's, tie-dying is still popular at summer camps and concert goers. Makes for some cool designs dude!

From Quiz Hooking Up

Answer: Crochet

Watching my grandmother with her crochet hook, rapidly and most adroitly hooking crochet thread into beautiful antimacassars, tablecloths, hats, scarves and mittens, was a wonder and a pleasure to behold. "Maille du crochet" is the French term for a crochet stitch. Because of my grandmother's creativity with a "hook", I now have an heirloom tablecloth, which I treasure.

From Quiz Brick By Boring Brick

Answer: Straw and sticks

The Three Little Pigs are from an old, old fairy tale, first set down in print in 1843. In the story, each Little Pig built himself a house. The first used straw, the second used sticks, and the third used bricks. Then a wolf came -- as so often happens in fairy tales -- and tried to "huff, and puff, and blow [each] house in!" He was not stopped by straw or sticks, and the first two pigs lost their homes (and, in some tellings, their lives) -- but the third pig stayed safe and sound in his house of brick. Let's hope Ella's house of Lego bricks does as well by its inhabitants!

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