A FunTrivia Mixed Quiz!

This is an untimed game, created by the FunTrivia QuizBot using questions submitted by players. Take your time, and please consider submitting questions of your own when you are done!

#1. Humanities Mixture. Player mutchisman asks:

Here's a fishy homonym: which type of fish could measure a branch where a bird might stand with an archaic unit of length? Bass Chub Perch Trout

#2. Humanities Mixture. Player Lochalsh asks:

What is a "spork"? an eating utensil a folk dance a chess piece a surgical procedure

#3. Humanities Mixture. Player surdoux asks:

Sometimes called a 'pillywinks', what is the more common name for this instrument of torture? Fingerscrew Legscrew Armscrew Thumbscrew

#4. Humanities Mixture. Player trident asks:

In 2015, conservators at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo bungled a major restoration by using epoxy to glue a broken beard to which priceless artifact, and then attempting to chisel away at the excess adhesive? Nefertiti bust Narmer Palette Khufu's statuette King Tut's death mask

#5. Humanities Mixture. Player FatherSteve asks:

What ought one properly do if one comes upon a bandicoot? Dance to it; they are an Australian band Respect him; he is a Mandinkan elder Eat it; it is a bread called damper Avoid it; they carry Q Fever

#6. Humanities Mixture. Player PootyPootwell asks:

What is the meaning of the word "bardolatry"? The answer is in there! Admiration of the bard Shakespeare A type of crevasse Study of shore birds A breed of toy dog with a curly coat

#7. Humanities Mixture. Player BrightonDragon asks:

A British slang term is to make a 'whatever' of it, meaning to make a complete mess. What is the 'whatever'? Hen's egg Sow's snout Pig's ear Cockerel's comb

#8. Humanities Mixture. Player CmdrK asks:

In the 17th and 18th centuries it was common for men of means to sign their letters to each other "Your ob'd st". What did the "ob'd" stand for? obsequious obedient observant obsessive

#9. Humanities Mixture. Player ncterp asks:

From which culture did we get the asterisk? Chinese Roman Greek Nordic

#10. Humanities Mixture. Player Billkozy asks:

What particular skill did Scheherazade have that saved her life? ventriloquism fencing mesmerizing dancing storytelling