The ABCD Quiz

Answer: Sea

Sea in German is "meer", in French is "mer", in Italian is "mare".

Answer: Ayyy!

"Happy Days" was about an American family in Milwaukee during the 1950s. Ron Howard starred as Richie Cunningham, the teenage son. Fonzie was the duck-tailed, leather-wearing, motorcycle-riding dropout mechanic who all the girls wanted. Go figure.

Answer: D

Neither A nor B are Roman numerals. Instead we have I=1, V=5, X=10, L=50, C=100, D=500, M=1000. The year 2010 in Roman numerals is MMX.

Answer: Bee

E.W. Scripps has been sponsoring the National Spelling Bee since 1925. The first winner correctly spelled "gladiolus" which is a type of flower. The 2009 winner had to spell "Laodicean" which means one who is indifferent to religion.
A laoquizean, then, would probably be someone who was indifferent to this quiz.

Answer: Dee

The Scotland River Dee is the longest at 87 miles. Wales' River Dee is 68 miles long and Ireland's is 30 miles long. England's River Dee is the shortest of the four.

There also exists a D River in Oregon that, at 440 feet, was once listed in the "Guinness Book of World Records" as the shortest river in the world.

Answer: See

The Episcopalian see comes from "seat". The bishop's seat, or see, applies both to the principal church and the town where it is located. For Catholics, a diocese, or see, is the area under the bishop's jurisdiction. In the US, each state will be divided up into a number of sees. The Holy See is the jurisdiction of the Pope and is the entire Catholic community worldwide.

Answer: A

Vitamin A can be found in egg yolks, fortified milk, beef liver, sweet potatoes, carrots, broccoli, apricots and other foods.

There are eight B vitamins. B vitamins aid metabolism, skin tone, and the immune system. B vitamins can be found in a wealth of foods including turkey, tuna, liver, potatoes, lentils and beans.

Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) aids in the absorption of iron and helps maintain teeth, bones and blood vessels. It can be found in citrus fruits as well as guavas, bell peppers and strawberries.

Vitamin D (cholecalciferol) helps the body store calcium. Vitamin D comes from dairy products and fish.

If, like me, you don't like any of this stuff you can always take a multi-vitamin and call it good.

Answer: B

A simple way to remember the line notes is to use the mnemonic: Every Good Boy Does Fine. The bottom line is E, the next one up is G, the middle one is B, the second from the top is D and the top line is F. The mnemonic for the notes between the lines is: FACE. From the bottom the notes read F, A, C, E.

Answer: A

B is boron, C is carbon and D is deuterium. Deuterium is not on the periodic table of elements because it is an isotope of hydrogen. Deuterium is the lightest of these three with an atomic weight of 2. Boron has an atomic weight of 10.8 while carbon has an atomic weight of slightly over 12. If there was a deputygary chemical it would have the symbol DG and have an atomic weight of 187.

Answer: Eh

As an interjection, "eh" means "What did you say?" Interestingly, Japanese, French, Italians, Portuguese and Spanish people all use "eh" for this purpose.