Not Just a Girl Trivia Quiz

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Carol is used for a religious song sung at Christmas. It is also used as a verb to mean singing a cheerful song. Carol is also the name of a public park in Bucharest, Romania. Carol Burnett (born 1933) was known as an American actress, singer, writer and comedian; she is remembered for the variety show which bore her name and ran from 1967 to 1978.

Dawn is a word for the time when the sun rises. Dawn is also the name of small settlements in Missouri, Ohio and Texas in the USA. Dawn French (born 1957) was a British comedian, actor and writer; the Vicar of Dibley was one of her best-loved roles.

Eve refers to the period of time before an event, often the preceding day, such as Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve. Hallowe'en has the same root, being a contraction of All Hallows' Eve, and occurring on the day before All Saints' Day. Eve is the name given to a volcano in British Columbia, Canada. Eve was the name of Adam's wife in the book of Genesis in the Bible.

Gill is usually an abbreviation of Gillian. Pronounced with the soft 'G' as in Gillian, a gill can mean a female ferret or a measure of a quarter of a pint. If the 'G' is given a hard sound, the same word can be used for a respiratory organ on a fish, or a wooded ravine or a mountain stream, when it sometimes spelled 'ghyll'. Gill is also the name of a large village in the Punjab region of India. Gillian Anderson (born 1958) was an American actress, who is remembered for playing the part of Dana Scully in 'The X-Files'.

Hope is one of the names which became popular in the sixteenth century, when the Puritans favoured using virtues as names. Constance, Faith, Felicity, Joy, Patience, and Prudence are all virtues which are reasonably commonly used as names. Perhaps less commonly used, now, are names such as Chastity, Modesty, and Verity. Hope is the name of two villages in the United Kingdom, one in the centre of England, and the other in north-eastern Wales. Hope Solo (born 1981) was the goalkeeper for the American soccer team.

June is the sixth month of the year. April and May, the fourth and fifth months, are also used as girls' names. A variation on April is the French form, Averil. June has also been used as a place name; there are a number of lakes in North America, one of which lends its name to the Californian ski resort of June Mountain. June Spencer (1919 - 2024) was a British actress known for playing the role of Peggy Woolley (formerly Peggy Archer) for over fifty years on the long-running BBC radio show 'The Archers'.

A marigold is a flower. Many flowers are used as girls' names. Some of the others are Heather, Hyacinth, Iris, Lavender, Lily, Poppy, Rose, and Violet. Other plants are also used for girls' names. Both holly and ivy are known more for their leaves than their flowers. Hazel trees and cherry trees are noted for their seeds and fruits respectively. Marigold is the name given to a gold mine in Nevada, USA. Marigold was the name given to Sir Winston Churchill's fourth child when she was born in 1918.

Pen is used as an abbreviation for Penelope. However a pen can be a writing implement, a fenced enclosure for livestock, or a female swan. Penelope is the name of a point on the coast of Antarctica. Penelope Lively (born 1933) was a British author, who won both the Booker Prize and the Carnegie Medal.

Apart from its use as a name, a ruby is a red precious stone; it is also used to describe a shade of red. A ruby can also refer to a curry; it is Cockney rhyming slang and comes from the Northern Irish singer Ruby Murray (1935 - 1996). Other precious or semi-precious stones which are used as names include Amber and Beryl. Ruby has been used as a place name for a number of settlements in the United States, some of which are now ghost towns.

A viola is the second smallest member of the stringed instrument group in an orchestra. It is slightly larger than a violin, and is held and played in the same manner. It is also another name for a pansy flower. Viola is also the name of two lakes in the Alps near to the Swiss-Italian border. In Shakespeare's play, 'Twelfth Night', Viola is one of the main characters causing a lot of confusion as she dresses as a boy carrying messages between Duke Orsino and Countess Olivia; the inevitable love triangle is only resolved when her lost twin brother arrives.

Adelaide is the name of the state capital of South Australia; it was named in honour of King William IV's wife when it was founded in 1836. Florence is the capital of Tuscany in northern Italy, and the birthplace of the famous nursing pioneer, Florence Nightingale, so she was named after the place. Louise is the name of a lake in Alberta in Canada; it was named after Queen Victoria's fourth daughter, whose husband became Governor General of Canada. Nancy is a city in north-eastern France.

Perhaps less well known as places are Barbara, Irene, Ursula, and Zoe. Barbara is the name of a metro station in Paris, France, and also a small settlement in central Italy. Irene is used as the name of a river in New Zealand, a city in South Dakota, USA, and also lakes in both Quebec, Canada and Minnesota, USA. Ursula has been used as a name for a crater on Titania, a moon of Uranus, and also as the name for a channel of water in British Columbia, Canada, which separates Gribbell island from the mainland. Zoe is used as the name of two unincorporated communities in the USA, one in Kentucky and the other in Oklahoma.

Other places include the state of Georgia in America (which uses a feminine form of the name George after King George II), and the state of Victoria in Australia, which, like many other places, was given Queen Victoria's name.