General Mixed Trivia #6 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Sigmund Freud

The theory of the Oedipus Complex introduced by Freud is a prime example, where a young boy unconsciously desires his mother and feels hostility towards his father as a rival for her affection. The feelings are large repressed, i.e made unconscious, because of the fear of displeasure or punishment by the parent of the same sex.

The Oedipus complex was first mentioned in his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" published around 1899. However, he did not specifically use this term in this book. The specific term was formally used in his later article in 1910 titled "A Special Type of Choice of Object Made by Men".

Answer: William Taft

27th American president William Howard Taft (1857-1930) was appointed by President William McKinley as the Governor-General of the Philippines, which he served from July 4, 1901 to December 23, 1903.

In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt appointed him as the 1st Provincial Governor of Cuba, which he served for about two weeks. President Roosevelt appointed him as the Secretary of War which he served from 1904 to 1908.

After serving his term as president from 1909 to 1913, he was appointed by President Warren Harding as the 10th Chief Justice of the U.S. which he served from 1921 until his death in 1930.

Answer: Ringo Starr

The song was originally recorded by American singer Johnny Brunette which peaked at number eight on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in December 1960. Ringo Starr's version reached number one on January 26, 1974. The song was recorded in his 1973 album titled "Ringo".

In the same album, he had another song, "Photograph", which also reached number one on November 24, 1973.

Answer: Ottoman

Following the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople from the Byzantine empire in 1453 AD, the Silk Road was closed as the Ottoman empire boycotted the trade with the West. They imposed heavy taxes on traders for using the Silk Route.

The loss of the access to Asian goods by land forced the Europeans to seek alternative maritime route, leading to the Age of Discovery. The sea route became more economically to use than land route which added to the decline of the Silk Route, and its total closure eventually.

Answer: River

A bar is an elevated region made of sediment such as sand or gravel, which can be found in a river or along a shore. The sediment is built up by the flow of the river.

Some of the types of bars are: mid-channel bars (in broad and shallow braided rivers), point bars (in meandering rivers), mouth bars (in river deltas), units bars (in sandy braided rivers) and compound bars (in more complicated and larger sandy braided rivers).

Answer: Tijuana

On July 4, 1924, Caesar Cardini created the salad at Caesar's in Tijuana, Mexico. Caesar's is a restaurant inside the hotel of the same name on Avienida Revolucion. The restaurant was founded by Cardini and Alessandro Cardin, who were Italian immigrants. The salad was created when the kitchen was overwhelmed and short on ingredients.

Today, it is still prepared tableside at the restaurant as it was originally served before. It is a green salad of romaine lettuce and croutons dressed with lemon juice (or lime juice), olive oil, eggs, Worcestershire sauce, anchovies, garlic, Dijon mustard, Parmesan and black pepper.

Answer: Madagascar

Madagascar is home to around half the world's 150 species of chameleons. The island nation has the world's largest and smallest chameleon. The largest chameleon named Parson's chameleon can reach a length up to 65 cm. The Brookesia nana aka nano-chameleon, identified in 2021, is the smallest in the world.

Answer: Philippines

Philippines is a country not known for their prowess in football, where basketball is their number one sport. They qualified for the finals by finishing joint-third with Japan in the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup. The Filipino team was strengthened mainly by dual US nationals. More than half of the squads are made up of Filipino-Americans.

The 2023 WCX was jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand held from July to August, participated by 32 teams. Philippines was placed in Group A along with Switzerland, Norway and New Zealand. They achieved their first WCX victory against the co-host New Zealand 1-0. However, they finished last in the group, losing 0-2 to Switzerland and 0-6 to Norway.

Answer: Katherine Hepburn

Katherine Hepburn won her third Oscar for her performance in the film "The Lion in the Winter" as Eleanor of Aquitaine. Barbra Streisand shared the Oscar with her for her performance in "Funny Girl" as Fanny Brice. Patricia Neal, Joanne Woodward and Vanessa Redgrave were the other three actresses nominated for the Best Actress award during that year.

Answer: Croatia

"Game of Thrones" was filmed in the UK, Iceland, Spain, Morocco, Malta and Croatia. Diocletian's Palace in Dubrovnik was Croatia's most famous location in the TV series. The city of Split was another one where the imposing stone of Queen Daenerys, the mother of dragons, is located.