Only Consonants VIII Trivia Quiz

Answer: Demeter and Ceres

Demeter and Ceres are the goddesses of fertility and agriculture in their respective mythologies.

Answer: Athena and Minerva

Athena (also known as Athene) in Greek myth and Minerva in Roman myth are the goddesses of wisdom. Both are daughters of the gods of the sky: Zeus and Jupiter, respectively

Answer: Dionysus and Bacchus

Dionysus (sometimes Dionysos) and Bacchus are probably the ideal gods for oenophiles across the world, as they are gods of wine and winemaking. I'll drink to that.

Answer: A Feast for Crows

Following 'A Storm of Swords', 'A Feast for Crows' is the fourth in the 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series.

Answer: A Dance with Dragons

'A Dance with Dragons' is the fifth book in the series, weighing in with an eye-watering 1000-odd pages.

Answer: A Game of Thrones

'A Game of Thrones' is the first in the series and also lends its name to the phenomenally popular American television adaptation.

Answer: The square root of one hundred

A square number is defined as being the product of two of the same number. One hundred is a square number because it is the product of 10 and 10.

Answer: The atomic number of neon

Neon is a noble/inert gas and the second one in that group on the far right of the Periodic Table, below helium and above argon. Neon is most recognisably used to light up signs in many cities across the world.

Answer: Two in binary

Binary numbers are read from right to left in increasing powers of two. The rightmost digit represents 2^0, or 1. The digit immediately to the left of that is 2^1, followed by 2^2 and so on. A '1' indicates a TRUE value, while a '0' indicates a FALSE value. For every binary digit that has a 1, you convert them to decimal and add them together. 10 in binary therefore represents 2 in our decimal system.

Answer: Fluorine

With the symbol F, fluorine is the lightest of the group VII elements and is highly temperamental in the sense that it will cause a reaction with most other elements.

Answer: Astatine

Astatine has the symbol At and an atomic number of 85. It comes about from other radioactive elements decaying.

Answer: Iodine

Iodine is a common feature in the world of medicine, where it is used as an effective disinfectant thanks to its relative safety.

Answer: Gravity

Gravity was famously discovered by apple tree enthusiast Isaac Newton. He then went on to create a law of universal gravitation which states that two objects can be attracted to one another with "a force in proportion with the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them".

Answer: Penicillin

Alexander Fleming is credited with the serendipitous discovery of penicillin in 1928. A particular fungus, specificially Penicillum, cultivated under the right conditions, creates an effective antibiotic for treating infections.

Answer: Gelignite

Gelignite was a creation/discovery by Alfred Nobel (of Prize fame). Nobel was trying to find a way of creating a safe form of dynamite and accidentally mixed nitroglycerine with collodion. The resultant compound was safe to handle and didn't leak.