Identify the Odd One Out Trivia Quiz

Answer: Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds

Three of these tracks appeared on the Beatles' ninth studio album, a double LP entitled "The Beatles" (1968), though it is commonly referred to as "The White Album". The stand out feature of the recording was its fragmentary style, featuring a number of genres. Among these were folk, country rock, British blues, ska, music hall, hard rock, and avant-garde.

The three tracks above that appeared on this disc were as follows; "Blackbird", a solo effort by Paul McCartney and a song which many believe is one of the band's finest recordings. The opening track to the LP, "Back in the U.S.S.R", which takes a sly dig at Chuck Berry's "Back in the U.S.A" (1959) and the Beach Boys' "California Girls" (1965). Finally, "Yer Blues", a John Lennon composed parody of blues music. Lennon explained, of "Yer Blues" that he wanted to write a blues song while "trying to reach God and feeling suicidal" in India, but felt insecure about the process, feeling that he'd be unable to emulate the great blues artists he'd listened to as a young man.

The odd song out in the list is "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds", which appears on the Beatles' 1967 LP "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". Legend has it that Lennon was inspired to write the song after viewing a picture his son Julian had drawn at nursery school. Another interesting idea here is that this song appears on an album whose cover is detailed with an array of flamboyant images and colours, in stark contrast to "The White Album" and its total lack of them.

(Picture) Shown is an "all white" wooden fence, meant to be representative of an "all white" album cover.

Answer: China

World War II was said to have commenced in 1939 when Adolf Hitler's Germany invaded Poland, and completed with the surrender of Japan in 1945. During this conflict there were two primary alliances - the Allied Powers and the Axis.

The Axis Powers were made up of militaristic regimes and, principal among them were Germany, led by Hitler promoting his Nazi ideals, the fascist nation of Italy, led by Benito Mussolini, and Imperial Japan, under the control of Emperor Hirohito. Other nations, such as Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovakia, and Croatia, were also members of the Axis at various points during the war.

Therefore, China, which was a member of the Allied nations, is the odd one out here. Other countries that were part of this alliance included Great Britain, along with the countries within its Commonwealth or Empire, the United States of America, the Joseph Stalin-led Soviet Union, and France.

Answer: Aquarius

Zodiac signs are divided into elements and modalities. Elements showcase the fundamental energies of each sign while the modality indicates how the signs express their energy within the season.

The four elements are Fire (whose fundamental energies are passion, vitality and action), Air (intellect, communication and social connectivity), Water (emotion, intuition and depth) and Earth (practicality, stability, firmly connected to reality).

Three of the signs above, Aires, Leo and Sagittarius, are all Fire signs, leaving Aquarius to be the odd one out. The element attached to it, along with Gemini and Libra is Air. Of the rest, Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn are Earth signs, while Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces are Water.

Answer: Bo Derek

All four of these beautiful women are actresses and, whilst Bo Derek was Dudley Moore's perfect "10" in the 1979 film of the same name, she was never chosen to be a "Bond Girl" by the James Bond movie franchise.

Ursula Andress featured as Honey Rider in the very first Bond movie "Dr. No" (1962). Her emergence, and our first sighting of her, from the waters of the Caribbean Sea, clad in a white bikini and wearing a knife at her hip is considered to be one of cinema's most iconic moments. Beyond her striking beauty, her stance spoke of strength and independence, challenging the traditional roles of women in films and setting a standard for future "Bond Girls" to follow.

Jane Seymour appeared as the psychic Solitaire, alongside Roger Moore in his first outing as James Bond in 1973's "Live and Let Die", and Tanya Roberts was Stacey Sutton in Moore's final portrayal of Bond in "A View to a Kill" (1985).

(Footnote) Ursula Andress would appear in another "Bond" film, this time as Vesper Lynd in the parody "Casino Royale" (1967).

Answer: Animal Farm

"Animal Farm" (1945) is a novella written by George Orwell. It is a beast fable which tells the tale of mistreated anthropomorphic farm creatures that rebel against their human masters and make a failed attempt to create their own society in which all animals are to be equal.

The other three stories are novels by American author Kurt Vonnegut, a writer known for the satire and dark humour he instills in his works. "Cat's Cradle" (1963) is Vonnegut's fourth novel and it explores the dangers of science, technology and the purpose of religion through the discovery of a substance called "ice-nine", a product that has the capacity to kill all life on Earth. "The Breakfast of Champions" (1973) tells how the works of a failing science-fiction writer are accepted as reality by an unstable car dealer, putting the latter on a path to a violent breakdown. In "Deadeye Dick" (1982) twelve year old Rudy Waltz makes a horrible mistake that will define the rest of his life. His firing of a rifle through an open window kills a pregnant woman and her unborn child, which allows Vonnegut to apply his dark side to the workings of guilt, innocence and the horrors of war and technology.

(Picture) "Slaughterhouse-Five", written in 1969 and, arguably, Vonnegut's most famous work.

Answer: Ace Frehley

Mike Watt is the first of three bass players in this set. A founding member of the Minutemen, he has been described as a punk rock evangelist who helped create short, sharp songs that incorporated funk, jazz, folk, blues, and rap. He pushed the bass guitar to the forefront of punk, and one of the best numbers to evidence this is his thunderous opening to the band's 1982 song "Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs".

John McVie got his start as a member of John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers during the 1960s before become the bedrock to the sound of the band that bears part of his name... Fleetwood Mac. Forming an unshakeable bond with drummer Mick Fleetwood he provided subtle toughness to tracks such as "Rhiannon" (1975) and "Go Your Own Way" (1977). It would be almost impossible not to mention the song "The Chain" (1977) without McVie's iconic bass break being one of the first items to come to mind.

For the first eight seconds of the song "Psycho Killer" (1977) all we hear is an unaccompanied Tina Weymouth playing one of rock and roll's most haunting bass parts, opening the door to a tale of madness and fear and a song that would become the breakout hit for The Talking Heads. Rolling Stone magazine opined that "she brought an effortless cool to everything they (Talking Heads) did."

On the other hand, as lead guitarist of the band KISS, Ace Frehley was one of the most influential guitarists to have emerged from the hard rock scene of the 1970s. With the use of thick power chords and low-end string bends he created a rough bluesy style that would influence countless guitar players to follow.

Answer: Australian Rules Football

As you may have ascertained from the photograph, the necessary feature is a net.

In water polo it defines the goal scoring area, and placing the ball into the opponents net (goal) is the primary objective of the game. The net is used as a physical barrier in badminton to divide the court into two separate (and equal) zones. It also provides an opportunity for strategy. By controlling the net a player has the ability to control the tempo of the game and force their opponent into a defensive position.

You may think that a net is not necessary in basketball... after all, the aim is to get the ball through the hoop, not the net. Yes, that is true, but the net has a number of uses in the game. First of all, it provides both a visual and an auditory confirmation that the ball has gone through the hoop for a score. Secondly it controls the descent of the ball so that it doesn't scatter, which enhances the flow of the game. Its importance is officially recognized by FIBA (International Basketball Federation), who have mandated the use of the net and defined its specifications within their rules.

In official Australian Rules Football matches there are no nets used. It is possible for minor leagues or junior matches to have nets raised behind the goalposts to prevent the balls being kicked out of the arena, but this is purely for convenience.

Answer: Tosca

"Tosca" (1900) by Giacomo Puccini is a three act opera that contains some of the composer's greatest arias. Set in Rome during Napoleon's advance on the capital, the opera is centred around three characters - the city's celebrated diva Floria Tosca, her lover Mario Cavaradossi and the corrupt Chief of Police, Baron Scarpia, who has lusted after Tosca for years. The story is complete with jealousy, political intrigue, murder and a tragic ending.

The other three opera are all works of Benjamin Britten. "Peter Grimes" (1945) tells the tale of a fisherman in a coastal village called The Borough, who raises the ire of the community when his young apprentice is lost at sea. "Billy Budd" (1951 and revised in 1964) is the tale of a young sailor who is falsely targeted by his Master-at-Arms. In a confrontation Billy strikes his commander and accidentally kills him, which in turn leads to his hanging. "Gloriana" (1953) is focused on the tragic relationship between Queen Elizabeth I in her later years and the overly ambitious Earl of Essex.

(Photograph) The Union Jack, the national flag of the United Kingdom, representative of Great "Britain".

Answer: The Negotiator

Over the years Kevin Spacey has proven himself to be a wonderfully versatile actor who has accumulated numerous accolades for his work. At home on the stage or the screen, he has garnered Academy Awards, Golden Globes, a Tony and Laurence Olivier Awards. He is quite capable of playing the good guy on the screen but he has been remarkable when cast as the villain.

In three of the films listed above he is the "bad guy". We don't get to see his character John Doe until the final half hour of the film "Se7en" (1995) but, by that time, we have witnessed the vile evil of his work... the planning, the patience and the wicked execution of the murders that, by the time we do meet him face to face, we are expecting to see the face of the Devil and Spacey doesn't disappoint.

He is Roger "Verbal" Kint in Bryan Singer's "The Usual Suspects" (1995), a con-man, spinning a yarn to customs agent Dave Kujan about Keyser Söze, a criminal mastermind that most believe is a ghost because no one has ever seen him. It is only after he has been released that the reveal is produced, revealing Kint as the real Keyser Söze. While Kint walked free, Spacey walked away with a Best Actor Oscar. After that performance Singer declared that he never considered anyone else for the role of the evil genius Lex Luthor when he came to direct "Superman Returns" (2006).

Kevin's only "good guy" role in the film's listed above is as police negotiator Lt. Chris Sabian in "The Negotiator" (1998). When Danny Roman (Samuel L. Jackson), a top hostage negotiator himself, is framed by his own police force he takes hostages and demands Sabian be called in to resolve the situation. He does this because he knows that Sabian will use force only as a last resort and that this would provide him with valuable time to complete his own investigation.

Answer: Helen Wills Moody

There was a time when the tennis world was divided between the amateurs and the professionals. While the professionals garnered prize money they were unable to compete in Grand Slam events such as Wimbledon. The governing bodies of the game changed the laws in 1968, allowing professionals to compete with amateurs in tournaments, and so began what is known as the "Open" era in tennis. Of the abovenamed players, Helen Wills Moody, who won eight Wimbledon Singles events, is the only one to have gained all her titles during the amateur era. Her victories came in 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1938.

Serena Williams' seven titles came in 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016. Her sister, Venus, would win five in 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008 and Chris Evert's three titles were won in 1974, 1976 and 1981.