A FunTrivia Mixed Quiz!

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#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"? a chess piece an eating utensil a folk dance 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 King Tut's death mask Khufu's statuette Narmer Palette

#5. Humanities Mixture. Player FatherSteve asks:

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

#6. Humanities Mixture. Player PootyPootwell asks:

What is the meaning of the word "bardolatry"? The answer is in there! Study of shore birds Admiration of the bard Shakespeare A type of crevasse 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'? Sow's snout Pig's ear Cockerel's comb Hen's egg

#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? obedient observant obsequious obsessive

#9. Humanities Mixture. Player ncterp asks:

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

#10. Humanities Mixture. Player Billkozy asks:

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