A FunTrivia Mixed Quiz!

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#1. Humanities Mixture. Player sarahcateh asks:

In Ancient Rome, pipes were made from lead. What modern day profession gets its name from the Latin word for this metal? Electrician Carpenter Plumber Painter

#2. Humanities Mixture. Player lavendria asks:

I tell my friend that I am going out to ride my palomino. What am I riding? motorcycle horse bicycle donkey

#3. Humanities Mixture. Player njbruce asks:

Who would you expect most likely to quote, "Man shall not live by bread alone..." besides a theologian? A nutritionist recommending a low carb diet Your ophthamologist A concierge The "Soup Nazi" on "Seinfeld"

#4. Humanities Mixture. Player ayanroy asks:

Who is an "usurer"? A person who lends money with unreasonably high interest A person who illegally claims power A person who collects rare coins A person who nevers drinks alcohol

#5. Humanities Mixture. Player DizWiz asks:

Which pair of words are synonyms? Short/Tall Hot/Cold Baffle/Confuse Big/Little

#6. Humanities Mixture. Player FatherSteve asks:

New Zealand writer Rhys Montague Darby said, about the Yeti, that it was his favourite cryptid: "a snow-based giant hominid." What is a hominid? a gigantic white snow spider a primate of the family Hominidae corn which can grow in frozen ground mountain-dwelling same-sex couples

#7. Humanities Mixture. Player BrightonDragon asks:

The Reverend William Archibald Spooner was responsible for which addition to the rich variety of the English language? Metaphors Consonants Spoonerisms Morphemes

#8. Humanities Mixture. Player DizWiz asks:

Which "cat" word is a type of sailing vessel? Catwalk Cathedral Catamount Catamaran

#9. Humanities Mixture. Player mazza47 asks:

If you enjoy being the centre of attention, you might be described as being a limelighter, but from what sphere of activity does this term originate? Infrared lighting Street lighting Stage lighting Flash photography

#10. Humanities Mixture. Player FatherSteve asks:

In Harry Lamb's "Tamerlane: The Earth Shaker" (1929), he writes, "It was then that Timur ordered the great drum to sound the muster." What, in this sense, is a "muster"? a breaking-off of combat; retreat a ceremony whereby a soldier is expelled a tattoo signalling the time of death an assembly for a military purpose