General Mixed Trivia #4 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Suriname

Anthony Nesty (born in 1967) surprisingly won the 100m butterfly gold medal at 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. He finished the event in 53.00 seconds, 0.1 sec ahead of American swimmer Matt Biondi. He was unbeaten in this event for the next three years. In the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, he won the bronze medal.

Nesty was born in Trinidad & Tobago. His family migrated to Suriname when he was only seven months old. He started swimming at the age of five.

Answer: Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Tunnel of Hope was a tunnel constructed between March and June 1993 during the Siege of Sarajevo in the midst of the Bosnian War.

Sarajevo, the Bosnian capital, was cut off by the Army of Republika Srpska (Bosnian Serb Army). The average height of the tunnel is about 1.6 m, about 840 m long, linking Dobrinja and Butmir. The tunnel was used to supply food, war supplies and humanitarian aid into the city, and to allow people to get out. The tunnel became a way to bypass the international arms embargo and provide the city defenders with weapons

Answer: Cabo da Roca

Cabo da Roca is located on the coast of Portugal, west of Lisbon, in the Sintra-Cascais Natural Park. The westernmost point of mainland Europe stands at a height of 140 m (460 ft) above sea level. The lighthouse at Cabo Roca is 165 m (541 ft) above the Atlantic Ocean, due to its position on the cliff.

Answer: Australia

Australia has the largest ant diversity. Other countries with high ant diversity of ant species are Brazil, Indonesia, China and Mexico. In Australia, the most common ant species are Black House Ants, Coastal Brown Ants, Argentine Ants and Sugar Ants, found in homes and gardens.

Singapore has the highest number of ant species in a single city, with 409 recorded species according to a study from the National University of Singapore.

Answer: Japan

Since 1873, the Japanese followed the Gregorian calendar to celebrate their new year; that is January 1.

Lunar New Year aka Spring Festival is primarily celebrated in China and other countries with significant Chinese populations. The countries which celebrate this festival are: Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Vietnam (known as Tet), South Korea (known as Seolial), the Philippines, Thailand (known as Trut Chin), Bhutan (known as Losar) and Mongolia (known as Tsagaan Sar).

Answer: Vietnam

Known as "Ca Phe Trung" in Vietnamese, it is a rich, creamy, sweet drink blended with egg yolks, sugar and condensed milk. Strong coffee is then poured over to mix, giving a velvety, custard-like topping that contrasts nicely with the dark coffee below. This beverage is highly recommended for coffee lovers visiting Hanoi.

Answer: Knees

Fabella means little bean in Latin, and is a small sesamoid bone which is located at the knee joint. It sits behind the lateral femoral condyle (outer part of the knee) inside the tendon of the lateral gastrocnemius muscle. It is a normal anatomical variant that is not present in everyone. Asian people have a higher rate of having fabella in their knees.

The function of the fabella is not fully understood but it is thought to act as a pulley for the gastrocnemius muscle, playing a role in knee extension.

Answer: "Physical" by Olivia Newton John

"Physical" reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart in November 1981 and stayed there for ten weeks. "Bette Davis Eyes" and "Endless Love" are next for nine weeks and "Every Breath You Take" for eight weeks.

Michael Jackson recorded the most number one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 in the 1980s with nine. The key tracks include "Billie Jean", "Beat It", "Thriller", "Rock with You", "The Way You Make Me Feel", and "Bad". "Billy Jean" stayed at number one hit for seven weeks. All his hits together remained at the top of chart for 27 weeks in the 1980s.

Answer: Sparrow

Mahjong is a Chinese game played by four people which consists of 136 or 144 rectangular pieces called tiles. "Mahjong" in Chinese literally means "sparrow", which is similar to the chattering of sparrows.

It is a popular game played among friends and relatives during spare times. The winner of each set is the first to form sets and a pair, often using 14 tiles. Players take turns drawing and discarding tiles, aiming to collect the right combinations to achieve a winning hand.

Answer: Textile factory worker

Born in 1937 in a village on the Volga River, her parents worked in the collective farm. Her father, a tank commander, was killed in the Finnish War during WWII. Her mother worked in the textile factory. At the age of 16, Valentina left school and also started work in the textile factory, but continued her education through correspondence courses.

At an early age, she became interested in parachuting and competed as an amateur skydiver, making her first jump aged 22 on 1959. Her expertise in parachuting led to her being selected as a cosmonaut.

She joined the Air Force as part of Cosmonaut Corps and graduated as an officer. At the age of 26, she achieved the solo space mission in 1963 on Vostok 6. She spent three days in space and orbited the Earth 48 times.

After her dissolution as a cosmonaut in 1969, she remained in the space program as an instructor. In 1997, she retired from the Air Force, having attained the rank of major general.