No, No, a Thousand Times, No! Trivia Quiz

Answer: Northeast

Northeast was pronounced "Nord-Ost" in German. The term Nord-Ost was abbreviated "NO" and was used on nautical maps as the universal term for the direction.

Answer: Oslo

Oslo is the capital of Norway, in Northern Europe. Vancouver is the largest city of the province of British Columbia, but not even the capital (Victoria is). Another province, Nova Scotia, has Halifax as its capital. Columbia and Pierre are both capitals of South Carolina and South Dakota.

The capitals of their counterparts, North Carolina and North Dakota, are Raleigh and Bismarck, respectively.

Answer: Marcel Marceau

Marcel Marceau joined in the gags of the movie, as Mel decided that the only line to be spoken in the movie would be ironically done by the world's most famous mime. "Silent Movie" came out thirty-five years before "The Artist", to much less critical acclaim, as Mel chose to poke fun at the silent film genre with his production. 2011's "The Artist" embraced everything we had forgotten about the era, and became one of the collective critic's darlings.

Answer: England

English band New Order achieved a record likely never to be broken. Their single "Blue Monday" was the highest selling 12" single of the era, and considering the vinyl era has all but ceased, it will probably be a record to stand forever. The band sporadically reformed to make more music for the next twenty or so years, but continued to work without one of their original members, Peter Hook.

Answer: Alfred Nobel

First discovered in 1957, Nobelium was first created from curium by Swedish physicists. The radioactive member of the actinide series decays so quickly that scientists aren't even sure what it would look like. The element was almost immediately named for Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, who invented dynamite in 1867, followed by several other explosive substances.

When Nobel's brother died in 1888, a newspaper published Alfred's obituary instead, criticizing the scientist for finding new ways of killing people as his life achievement. Hurt, Nobel left what would today be millions of dollars in his will to founding the Nobel Prizes.

Answer: No Country for Old Men

"No Country for Old Men" won the Best Picture Oscar in 2007, winning the award for movie brothers Joel and Ethan Coen. Starring Josh Brolin and Javier Bardem, the plot was taken from the book of the same name. Bardem would also walk away with a Best Supporting Actor Oscar.

Answer: Norwich

Norfolk is bordered counterclockwise by Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, the North Sea and the Wash. Norwich, the county town, is located in the middle of the land on the River Wensum. Norwich was England's second largest city in the 11th century, and was an important part of the British kingdom.

Answer: A territory in Finland

Norfolk originated from the Normans in England around the time of the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The name derives from "North folk", the people who lived in the territory. There is also a Suffolk, England, short for "South folk". Other locations to feature the name are towns in New York, Connecticut and Nebraska, and several breeds of animals, including the Norfolk terrier and the Norfolk Black, a breed of turkey.

Answer: Epistaxis

Epistaxis is a term derived from the Greek words "Above" and "Drip", or "Epi" and "Stazos". While unpleasant, it is rarely fatal. In a recorded period in the U.S., 2.4 million deaths occurred, only four were from nosebleed.

Answer: Free radicals

In covalent chemical compounds, electrons are usually found in pairs, because a covalent bond means that an electron pair is shared between two atoms. However, radicals can form when either heat or light provides enough energy to cleave a covalent bond "homolytically." Rather than forming ions (charged particles) when one atom takes both of the negatively-charged electrons, both fragments take one electron, forming neutral free radicals.

Radicals are very reactive compounds, and especially in chain reactions. In a chain reaction, a free radical is formed from the end product, meaning that the cycle will continue until a "chain-terminating" step, when the radical is finally used up. A radical reaction is responsible for the creation of polymers like plastics, as well as the destruction of the ozone layer in the stratosphere. Nitric oxide, however, serves mostly beneficial purposes in the body, as a signaling molecule that relaxes muscles and dilates blood vessels.