General Mixed Trivia #5 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Official reunion of West and East Germany

On this day in 1918, Germany became a republic, marking the end of the German monarchy and the beginning of the Weimar Republic. Following the German revolution, Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated, leading to the establishment of the new parliamentary democratic government.

In 1923, Hitler and his NAZI party failed to seize power at the Beer Hall Putsch incident in Munich.

In 1938, the Nazis started Kristallnacht in Germany and Austria. This was the start of the violence campaign against the Jews.

On the same day in 1989, the Berlin Wall which stood as a symbol of the Cold War for nearly 30 years fall on the night. The collapse was the result of mounting internal and external pressures on the East German communist regime.

Following the collapse of the Berlin Wall, on October 3, 1990, West and East Germany reunited as one country, marking the end of the 45-year division of Germany that began after the end of WWII.

Answer: Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean northeast of Australia. It consists of six major islands and over 1,000 smaller islands, spanning 1,450 km in a chain. The largest island is Guadalcanal, in which Honiara the capital city is located.

Pavuvu and Banika are the Russell Islands in Central Province of the Solomon Islands. Both islands are located northwest of Guadalcanal.

Pavuvu (129 sq km) is the largest of the Russell Islands, located about 48 km northwest of Guadalcanal. The island's interior is largely undeveloped and covered in dense coconut plantations.

Mbanika (roughly 78 sq km) aka Banika is the second largest island in the Russell islands chain. Yandina is the island's port. It is also filled with coconut plantations, the main economy of the island.

Answer: Saudi Arabia

In 2009, Saudi Arabia's ban on "Harry Porter" series was implemented due to its depiction of witchcraft and sorcery, which was seen as a contradiction of the country's religious principles.

They established this unit to create a hotline to report on suspected persons caught practicing witchcraft. Anyone who got caught could be punished by death.

However in 2018, the ban was lifted as part of broader social and entertainment reforms in Saudi Arabia.

Answer: Butt

By looking at the butt, a chimpanzee can recognize its relative just like a human being looking at the face. Researches had done a series of experiments by showing photos to chimps and it was proven that chimps could recognize butts. However, chimps may have had some difficulty in recognizing the butts of their relatives when the photos were inverted upside down.

Answer: USA

Uber Cup was first contested in 1956 to 1957. The tournament was held in every three years until 1984. From 1984, the tournament has been held every two years concurrently with the Thomas Cup (the men's world team championship).

USA won the title in 1957 when they defeated Denmark 6-1 in the final. They successfully defended their title in 1960, beating Denmark again 6-0 in the final. In 1963, they won their third successive title by defeating England 4-3 in the final.

From 1966 onwards, Asian nations dominated this tournament, in particular Japan and China. USA made it to the final in 1966, but they lost to Japan 2-5.

Answer: Water

Bruce Lee became a student of Ip Man, a Wing Chun master in 1953, when he was 13 years old. He trained for several years in Hongkong under Ip Man.

Ip Man noticed that Bruce was very stiff when he was sparring against his fellow disciples. He advised Bruce to relax and not to focus to be too assertive.

Bruce later adopted Tao's philosophy in his martial arts and quoted the following in a documentary "Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey" released in 2001: "Empty your mind, be formless and be shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle"

Answer: Adermatoglyphia

Adermatoglyphia is an extremely rare genetic disorder which causes a person to be born without fingerprints. The condition is often called "immigration delay disease" because the sufferer faces difficulties with biometric identification at borders that require to recognize the fingerprint.
In 2007, a Swiss woman with this rare disorder was detained by US immigration. It was discovered that eight other members of her family also had no fingerprints.

In an interview with BBC in 2020, Apu Sarker and his father Amal Sarker from Bangladesh discussed the difficulties they faced without fingerprints. The family have multiple male members of the family, spanning at least four generations, who have been born without fingerprints.

Answer: 13

Sun Tzu aka Sunzi (544-496 BC) was an ancient Chinese general, military strategist, and philosopher. The "Art of War" is divided into 13 chapters and the treatise still remains the most influential strategy in East Asia, applicable to present-day in business, politics and even sports.

The 13 chapters are: Laying Plans, Waging War, Attack by Stratagem, Tactical Dispositions, Energy, Weak Points and Strong, Maneuvering, Variation in Tactics, The Army on the March, Terrain, The Nine Situations, The Attack by Fire, and The Use of Spies.

Answer: Nights on Broadway

"Nights on Broadway" was the first Bee Gee's song to feature Barry Gibb's signature falsetto, from their 1975 album "Main Course".

During the recording of the song, producer Arif Mardin suggested that Barry "scream" in tune during the bridge. To Barry's surprise, he discovered that he had a powerful falsetto voice.

The song marked a major turn for the Bee Gees which helped to launch their iconic disco sound. In the late 1970s, their careers would be defined with great hits such as "Stayin' Alive", "Night Fever", "How Deep Is Your Love", "Too Much Heaven" and many more.

Answer: Scottish

In 2015, a study conducted by the University of Glasgow researchers had logged 421 distinct terms on the expression "snow". The project highlighted the immense variety of vocabulary over the centuries to describe the nuances of the Scottish climate.

Some of the examples are feefle - to swirl, snaw-pouther - fine driving snow, spitters - small drops of wind-driven snow, unbrak - beginning of a thaw.