500 Questions, Part Five Trivia Quiz

Answer: Shillings

The poem centers around a young man who, when he was 21 years old, was told by a "wise man" to give different gems and currencies, "but not [his] heart away." He does not heed the man's advice, and, a year later, when he is "two-and twenty," he realizes that "'tis true, 'tis true."

The poem, also known as Poem XIII, can be found in Housman's 1896 collection of poems which was entitled "A Shropshire Lad."

Answer: Jacob Sartorius

Sartorius is a famous user of sites such as Vine and YouTube, but his first single was widely panned among listeners, and is one of the most disliked videos on YouTube.

Answer: Autoimmune Disorders

This disorder attacks the moisture-producing glands of the body, such as the parotid and lacrimal glands. Some reports have the disorder occurring in as much as 3% of the population, but its abundance is largest in middle-aged women.

Answer: Tulane

The University of Tulane teams are known as the Green Wave.

Answer: The Netherlands

The basic premise of "Big Brother" is similar to that of "Survivor." Basically, a bunch of players get cut off from the rest of the world, and the players are voted off one by one until there are two or three (depending on the show/season) players left. Then, a jury of some of the recently-voted-off contestants decide who the winner deserves to be.

Answer: The Eagles

The band, which had been together since the early 1970s, dissolved in 2016, following the death of band member Glenn Frey.

Answer: Chile

Her full name is Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria, and she served as President of Chile from 2006 to 2010 during her first term. Her second term started in 2014.

In the Chilean political system, a single person can serve an unlimited number of terms, as long as they are re-elected for each one.

Answer: Saudi Arabia

Mecca was the birthplace of the prophet Muhammad, and the site of his first revelation of the Quran. The hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca, is one of the pillars of Islam, and is required for all Muslims that are able to make the trip. Medina, considered the second holiest city in Islam, is where Muhammad fled to escape from danger in Mecca.

Answer: Slimehead

Makes you reconsider that restaurant order just a little bit, doesn't it?

They are typically found in temperate waters, including the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans. Due to overfishing, the slimehead population has decreased dramatically.

Answer: A shoe

A wooden shoe, to be precise. The trio told the moon they were fishing for herring, and they were allowed to fish amongst the stars.

Answer: Rolex

According to Rolex's website, the partnership dates back to 1978, when the company became the tournament's "official timekeeper."

Answer: Zinc

While brass consists of copper and zinc, bronze is an alloy that combines copper and tin (and sometimes small amounts of other metals, if you want to be technical).

Answer: John Stamos

The "Brat Pack" is widely considered to be a group of celebrities that starred in either "The Breakfast Club" or "St. Elmo's Fire." The other core members are Anthony Michael Hall, Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson, and Andrew McCarthy.

Answer: Pulling out their hair

Excessive nail biting is known as onychophagy, and the need to scratch or pick at one's skin is known as excoriation disorder or dermatillomania.

Answer: Springtime of the Gods

The full name of the cycle is "Der Ring des Nibelungen," or "The Ring of the Nibelung." In order, the entries are "Das Rheingold (The Rhinegold)," "Die Walküre (The Valkyrie)," "Siegfried," and "Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods)." In all, a full performance of the cycle takes four nights and about 15 hours.

Answer: Spain

The permanent members of the UN Security Council are also the five original nuclear powers: The USA, the United Kingdom, China, Russia, and France.

Answer: German

The word comes from the German "Joachimsthaler," describing a coin from a specific mine in what is now the Czech Republic. Other words borrowed from German include "hamster" and "stroll."

Answer: Saturn

The spacecraft is named for two astronomers. One of them is Giovanni Cassini, who discovered Saturn's ring divisions and some of its satellites, and for whom a "Division" between some of Saturn's rings is named. The other is Christiaan Huygens, who discovered Titan, Saturn's largest moon.

Answer: The letter "e"

"Gadsby" is a 1939 work by the author Ernest Vincent Wright, and contains 50,000 words and no "e." "La Disparition" came 30 years later, written by the French author Georges Perec. Although originally written in French, it was later translated to English (and given the title of "A Void") by Gilbert Adair. What makes it even more impressive is that neither version - the original French one or the translated English one - contains the letter "e," even though it is the most common letter in both languages.

Answer: William McKinley

McKinley was assassinated in Buffalo, New York, in September 1901.