FunTrivia General Knowledge Mix: Vol 30 Quiz

Answer: Saint Andrew's Saltire cross

The Scottish flag was adopted in the 16th century.
Alabama's current flag was adopted in 1895.
A Saltire cross is a Crux decussata (a diagonal cross). Saint Andrew was thought to have been crucified on one of these crosses.

Question by player JAM6430

Answer: Rabbits

Bugs Bunny is a cartoon animal, possibly a hare, but always identified by Elmer Fudd as "that wascally wabbit", named in 2002 by TV Guide as the greatest cartoon character of all time. "The Night of the Lepus" was a 1972 science fiction movie starring Stuart Whitman, Janet Leigh, Rory Calhoun, DeForest Kelley and hundreds of giant man-eating rabbits. Lapin à la moutarde is a classic French dish of rabbit cooked in a mustard, herb and white wine sauce.


Question by player FatherSteve

Answer: Fly in it

A blimp is an airship without an internal metal frame. Many are used for advertising purposes and as stable flying platforms for TV cameras covering major sporting events. They are quieter and can stay airborne longer than helicopters. In WW2, blimps operated by the US Navy proved vital in spotting U-Boats waiting to pounce on allied supplies convoys close to the North American coastline.

Question by player darksplash

Answer: A five-star hotel

The Ritz opened in London in 1906. The luxury hotel was built to rival the Savoy; each guest room had a working fireplace and it had spacious bathrooms with hot and cold running water. The Ritz Hotel was the place to be - it was frequented by film stars, royalty, politicians, socialites, and many other celebrities.

Question by player AcrylicInk

Answer: Put wine in it

A cellarette (or celaret) is a small, lockable wooden cabinet used to store wine or spirits.

Question by player Unicornjorge

Answer: journalism and publishing

The term "column inch" developed in the newspaper and print publishing industry. Historically, newspapers were laid out in columns of uniform width, and the height of the content was measured in inches. So, a column inch would be the space taken by one inch of content down a column.

This unit of measurement became important for pricing advertisements. For example, if an ad was three columns wide and two inches tall, it would be priced for six column inches of space. Even though in the 21st century many newspapers and magazines have shifted from print to digital platforms that aren't bound by traditional physical layouts, column inches are still relevant for print publications or hybrid models where both print and digital versions coexist.

Question by player gracious1

Answer: a bun cooked in a bamboo steamer

A bao, aka baozi, is warm bun softened by its being steamed in a bamboo basket. Traditionally, they have a pork-mixture stuffing, but of course a wide variety of fillings can also be found in them such as beef, chicken, sweet potato or lobster. Experts at cooking baos make the dough from scratch and try not to pause during the whole process, keeping a steady pace.

Question by player Billkozy

Answer: Alaska

More than 15,000 people died, homes and business were destroyed and several nuclear power stations were wrecked in the March 2011 disaster. Misaki Murakami was one of those whose family lost all they possessed. A year later, a football (soccer ball) with his name on it was found 3,350 miles away at Middleton Island, Alaska.

But it was pure chance that allowed it to be returned, for the ball was found by David Baxter, whose Japanese wife, Yumi, was able to read an inscription on the ball. [Source: The Times, April 2012]

Question by player darksplash

Answer: A swimming pool

Natatorium in Latin means "a place for swimming".

Question by player Spontini

Answer: Otto Rohwedder

Before the invention of the bread slicer, people either baked their own bread at home or purchased a loaf then cut it at home. It was July 7, 1928, when the first loaves of pre-sliced bread in history were produced in Missouri. The man behind this invention was American inventor Otto Rohwedder, who sold his first bread-slicing machine to Frank Bench, the owner of Chillicothe Baking Company.

Many bakeries in the Midwest soon followed, purchasing Rohwedder's invention, and sliced bread became instant sensation. To date, Chillicothe, Missouri, is considered the "birthplace of the sliced bread".

Question by player pomophagist44