Somewhere Over The... Trivia Quiz

Answer: Yes

It is most definitely possible to sprain a toe, as the toe has a joint. A sprain is a partial tear of ligaments where bones meet. So it is actually possible to sprain more than just an ankle or neck. You can sprain your toes, fingers, elbow, and your knees, too, among other locations of the body.

Answer: The water blocks the smell

The "U" shaped pipe has several functions, but one of these functions is to catch water. The water will stay in this pipe, and this keeps the sewage smell from filling your bathroom. The sewage smell travels up the pipes, but it will stop at the water. The water in the pipes and toilet bowl serve other functions, as well, but for the smell-stopping I am most thankful. ;-)

Answer: John Doe

A John Doe is someone who cannot be identified. This is often used in a hospital. People are often seriously injured, and cannot tell the doctors what their names are. In some instances, no ID can be found for the person, either. In such cases, the name "John Doe" for men and "Jane Doe" for women is used until the name can be determined.

Answer: Doctor Neo Cortex

Doctor Cortex is Crash Bandicoot's main nemesis in *most* of the "Crash Bandicoot" video games. Some games have other baddies as his main enemy, including N. Gin, N. Bryo, Nitrous Oxide, and N. Tropy. Crash Bandicoot is forever fighting Cortex, however, and his evil mask, Uka Uka. Uka Uka is the evil twin brother of Crash's mask friend, Aku Aku.

Answer: Stick it in the freezer

The length of time a glow stick will glow varies between each stick, and also the environment the stick is in. A trick that quite a few children like to use is to stick the glow stick in the freezer. The extreme cold will slow down the chemical reaction inside the glow stick, and thus it will take longer to complete. While this means the glow stick will last longer, the glow will also not be as bright. Alternately, a glow stick will be extra bright if it is heated by putting it in hot water; but the chemical reaction is also working quicker, so it will not last as long.

To activate a glow stick, all you have to do is snap the glow stick and shake it. Bending the glow stick breaks the tiny glass tube inside, which mixes the chemicals, which glow when they react. Shaking the stick evenly distributes the chemicals so the entire stick glows, and not just where you snapped it.

Answer: Mourning Dove

The Pelecaniformes family is made up of all birds with all four of their toes on each foot webbed. These include pelicans, swans, herons, cranes, and others.

In 2011, the whooping crane was the most endangered of all the birds listed. Conservation groups have struggled to keep the population up. The whooping crane does not naturally reproduce as quickly as other bird species. Therefore, in 2005 there were 53 birds left; a year later, only 52 birds were left. By the end of 2010, however, the population was brought back up to over 100. People travel from all over the world to see whooping cranes.

Of course, these four are not the only birds to be named after the sound they make. The hummingbird, for instance, was so named because of the "humming" sound it makes as it flaps its wings.

Answer: Almond

If you can believe it, the mango is related to the cashew, pistachio, and even poison ivy! Anacardiaceae is known as the "sumac family" or the "cashew family". The mango is of the genus Mangifera, and the common mango is the Mangifera indica.

Answer: Football

Wayne Crow played with the Oakland Raiders from 1960-1961 and with the Buffalo Bills from 1962-1963. This meant he only played for four seasons as a running back in his entire career.

Yet, he still had a Wikipedia page, and thus, a question from salami_swami.

Answer: Yellow

Though it is often advised not to eat any snow at all, the actual phrase here is "Don't eat the yellow snow". Pollutants in the air "defile" the snow, and though it might look clean, white, and delicious, you probably shouldn't eat the snow at all, let alone the yellow snow.

PS - Yellow snow = urine stained (for those living in parts of the world who are perhaps not familiar with snow) ;-)

Answer: Source Code

"Source Code" was released in 2011, starring Jake Gyllenhaal. The movie has Gyllenhaal enter the body of a man eight minutes before a train explodes. In these eight minutes, Gyllenhaal must find who placed a bomb on a train. Of course, he's in the "source code", and cannot change the past. However, he can help stop the next bombing. In that eight minutes... well, I won't spoil it.