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Quiz about FunTrivia General Knowledge Mix Vol 17
Quiz about FunTrivia General Knowledge Mix Vol 17

FunTrivia General Knowledge Mix: Vol 17 Quiz


A mix of 10 General Knowledge questions, submitted by 10 different FunTrivia players! The first few questions are easy, but the last couple are tough!

A multiple-choice quiz by FTBot. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
FTBot
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
415,245
Updated
Jan 23 24
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
9 / 10
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1145
Last 3 plays: Guest 137 (6/10), Guest 174 (8/10), Guest 66 (10/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. What do a Frank Loesser song about an unhurried voyage to Cathay, a 1944 Alfred Hitchcock movie filmed entirely upon the open water, and an American nursery song which concludes that "life is but a dream" have in common?
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Question 2 of 10
2. Around 1784, Antoine Beauvillier did something in Paris nobody'd done before. Everybody just ate it up. What did he do? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Which character from the television series "The Mentalist" shares her name with the capital city of Portugal? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. What do the actor who played Batman in the 1960s television series, the stage name of Stuart Leslie Goddard in rock music, film and TV, and the alter ego of He-Man in the Masters of the Universe series of comics, television and movies have in common? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. What word connects a type of large snake, a movie starring Jennifer Lopez, a song by Nicki Minaj and an American Civil War strategy? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. This Ontario, Canada city has had its fair share of famous people born there, including Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams and Eric Lindros. What's the city that shares its name with a European capital? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Fifty years ago, if you looked in a medicine cabinet, you would probably have found something called "Mercurochrome." What was it used for? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. What edible and life giving thing links a delicious breakfast food with a common portrayal of a clumsy nursery rhyme character? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Who, or what, is a chanterelle? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. What do you call the metal band that attaches an eraser to a pencil? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What do a Frank Loesser song about an unhurried voyage to Cathay, a 1944 Alfred Hitchcock movie filmed entirely upon the open water, and an American nursery song which concludes that "life is but a dream" have in common?

Answer: boat

Harry Babbitt and Gloria Wood, singing with the Kay Kyser Orchestra, made the first recording of "(I'd Like to Get You on a) Slow Boat to China" in 1948. This was followed by a famous duet by Rosemary Clooney and Bing Crosby, and singles by Ella Fitzgerald, Joni James, Jimmy Buffett, Fats Domino and Liza Minnelli, a duet by Bette Midler and Barry Manilow, and another by Miss Piggy and actor Roger Moore. Hitchcock's "Lifeboat" starred Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix, Walter Slezak, Mary Anderson, Hume Cronyn, and Canada Lee.

The entire film takes place on a lifeboat launched from a ship attacked and sunk in World War II. Since at least 1852 (its earliest mention), "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" has been sung by American children and sometimes acted out with rowing motions.

As with all such songs, there are variations, but the most commonly heard version is: "Row, row, row your boat. Gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily. Life is but a dream."

Question by player FatherSteve
2. Around 1784, Antoine Beauvillier did something in Paris nobody'd done before. Everybody just ate it up. What did he do?

Answer: He opened the first modern restaurant

Although there'd been inns and taverns where you could get something to eat for centuries in Europe, Antoine decided to open an establishment on a whole different level. Called 'La Grande Taverne de Londres'. It offered patrons beautiful surroundings, a choice of inventive and expensive dishes, a wine list and uniformed waiters.

There were a lot of out-of-work former private chefs in France after the revolution, but he was the first to recreate an aristocratic dining experience for anybody who had the money.

He called it a 'restaurant' after a small establishment opened a few years previously that sold restorative bouillon. Beauvillier wrote what was to become a standard in French cuisine 'L'Art du cuisinier' ('The Art of the Cook'). His idea took off; by 1814 there were almost 500 similar establishments in Paris and the idea had spread all over Europe.

Question by player Sidd2
3. Which character from the television series "The Mentalist" shares her name with the capital city of Portugal?

Answer: Teresa Lisbon

"The Mentalist" is a crime series which revolves around criminal consultant Patrick Jane, who uses his unique talents to help the California Bureau of Investigation solve crimes. Teresa Lisbon is the long-suffering Senior Special Agent tasked with keeping an eye on him, and is the one who is in charge of the Serious Crimes Division, where Jane helps out.

Lisbon is the capital city of Portugal, and is home to the Vasco da Gama Bridge, which was for twenty years the longest bridge in Europe. It officially opened on the 19th of March, 1998.

Question by player poshprice
4. What do the actor who played Batman in the 1960s television series, the stage name of Stuart Leslie Goddard in rock music, film and TV, and the alter ego of He-Man in the Masters of the Universe series of comics, television and movies have in common?

Answer: Adam

Adam West (b. 1928) is so well-known for his television role as Batman that his other work (over thirty films, TV appearances, voice-over role) is often forgotten. He wrote his autobiography "Back to the Batcave" in 1994. Adam Ant (born Stuart Leslie Goddard in 1954) was the lead singer in the English rock group Adam and the Ants in the 1980s.

After doing considerable work in movies and on television, he revived his musical career in 2010. The working premise of "The Masters of the Universe" in its many iterations is that Prince Adam becomes the superhuman He-Man and battles Skeletor to save Eternia and protect Castle Grayskull.

In the 1987 feature film, Dolph Lundgren starred as He-Man.

Question by player FatherSteve
5. What word connects a type of large snake, a movie starring Jennifer Lopez, a song by Nicki Minaj and an American Civil War strategy?

Answer: Anaconda

An anaconda is a large South American snake. It is not venomous. "Anaconda" is a horror movie starring Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube and Jon Voight. In it, a film crew is held hostage by an anaconda hunter. Nicki Minaj's song "Anaconda" reached number 2 on the Billboard 100 in the United States.

The Anaconda Plan was a Civil strategy by Union General Winfield Scott as a way to cut off the South's access to the Mississippi River and eventually all around the Confederacy and strangle it like an anaconda does.

Question by player Joepetz
6. This Ontario, Canada city has had its fair share of famous people born there, including Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams and Eric Lindros. What's the city that shares its name with a European capital?

Answer: London

London is a city in Southwestern Ontario and guess which river runs through it? If you guessed The Thames, you'd be correct. Both the city and river were named by British Army General John Graves Simcoe. Actors Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling were born there, hockey player Eric Lindros was born there and so were actor Victor Garber, bandleader Guy Lombardo and Olympic Gold medalist Tessa Virtue.

Question by player ramonesrule
7. Fifty years ago, if you looked in a medicine cabinet, you would probably have found something called "Mercurochrome." What was it used for?

Answer: Topical antiseptic

When I was a kid, if you scraped your knee or elbow while you were playing, odds were that your mother would treat the abrasion by painting it with Mercurochrome, the trade name for a 2% solution of merbromin. Merbromin is an organic compound containing bromine and mercury, and is very toxic to bacteria. Mercurochrome would stain your skin bright red, and the color would last for days, if not weeks.

In 1998, the Food and Drug Administration classified merbromin as "untested," and raised concerns about potential mercury poisoning.

This led to a virtual halt of over-the-counter sales of the product in the United States; it is also prohibited in Brazil, France, and Germany.

Question by player daver852
8. What edible and life giving thing links a delicious breakfast food with a common portrayal of a clumsy nursery rhyme character?

Answer: An egg

Boiled eggs have long been a popular breakfast food, and are also used in salads and in sandwiches. Though chickens' eggs are the most common eggs eaten, those laid by ducks, geese and quails are all possible alternatives. The nursery rhyme character referred to in the question was of course Humpty Dumpty, who after "having a great fall", unfortunately couldn't be put back together again, despite all of the efforts of all "the king's horses and all the king's men".

Question by player poshprice
9. Who, or what, is a chanterelle?

Answer: A type of mushroom

Chanterelle is a versatile mushroom and can be used in cooking with most meats and in curries and pizzas. The European Chanterelle is smaller than its North American cousin, about thumb-sized as opposed to fist-sized.

Question by player darksplash
10. What do you call the metal band that attaches an eraser to a pencil?

Answer: ferrule

The ferrule is an aluminum band that holds the eraser on to the pencil. Sometimes ferrules are colored to give the pencil a more distinctive look.

Question by player Heleena
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