Mixed 10 Q. Updated Trivia Quiz

Answer: Orangutan

It is thought the word orangutan comes from the Malay words "orang hutan", meaning "human of the forest".
Orangutans live on the Indonesian island of Sumatra and in both the Malaysian and Indonesian portions of the island of Borneo and are semi-solitary in the wild. Unfortunately, they are on the endangered list due to loss of habitat.

Answer: Nathan's

Nathan's have been hosting the contest each year on the 4th of July since the early 1970s. Famous winners include Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi.

Answer: Wyvern

A wyvern (wivern) is a type of dragon that has only the back two feet and wings instead of four feet. It is from Medieval European culture and has the head of a dragon, leathery wings and two clawed feet resembling an eagle.

Answer: Puggle

An echidna, sometimes known as a spiny anteater, and its only living relative the duckbill platypus, are monotremes, or egg-laying mammals. They can be found in Australia and New Guinea.
A cria is a baby alpaca or llama, a polliwog is a baby frog, and a leveret is a baby hare.

Answer: Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens wrote a series of five "Christmas" novellas beginning with "A Christmas Carol"(1843), followed by "The Chimes"(1844), "The Cricket on the Hearth" (1845), "The Battle of Life"(1846) and ending with "The Haunted Man" (1847), also known by its full title, "The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain".
Like "A Christmas Carol", it is set on Christmas Eve and also deals with a man confronting a ghost that is a reflection of himself.

Answer: Botswana

The Republic of Botswana is situated in South Africa. Until it gained its independence from the United Kingdom in 1966, it was a protectorate known as Bechuanaland. The official languages are English and Setswana.

Answer: True

Rouleaux can be caused by abnormal or excessive proteins in blood that can reduce the normal space between the red cells. It depends on both the nature of the red cell and the composition of plasma.

Rouleaux can occur during pregnancy due to infection or anemia and also in multiple myeloma which is a rare type of cancer.

Answer: Snow

Chionophobia is an extreme fear of snow and snowy weather. It is from the Greek chiôn (snow) and phobos (fear). Some of the symptoms a person may experience are tachycardia, shortness of breath, sweating, trembling and other anxiety disorders.

Answer: 19th

This is a spoof holiday, where everyone is encouraged to talk like a pirate! It began in 1995 and has gone from strength to strength since then. There are many online English-Pirate translators to help you speak correctly for the day!
The holiday was unofficially adopted by the Pastafarianism religion of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Pastafarians take this day very seriously.

Answer: Play it - a type of bagpipe

The Breton biniou is a bagpipe from the Breton region of Brittany in France, and the word "biniou' means bagpipe in the Breton language.
The Galician gaita is a bagpipe from northern Portugal and the Galician region of Spain.