FunTrivia Hobbies Mix: Vol 17 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Kiting

Kiting as a competitive sport is very popular in several parts of Asia. While it requires nerves of steel and a trusty kite, it doesn't require a ball.

Question by player mr_goodbytes

Answer: Pawn

A pawn is worth one point and each player has eight pawns to begin with.

Question by player lordganon95

Answer: Oranges

Oranges are the most widely grown fruit tree in the world and are a hybrid cross of the pomelo and the mandarin orange. They were introduced to Europe by Portuguese traders who brought them back from China, a circumstance which is reflected in their names in European languages such as Southern Italian - portogallo (Portuguese) and in German - Apfelsine (china apple).

Question by player MargW

Answer: Fisheye

A fisheye lens is a large, round lens. Some of the big ones have a 180-degree view, so you can see almost everything around you. Ever notice how many fish have eyes on both sides of their head? That allows them to see all around -- like to help avoid predators! That's why it's called "fisheye" -- it's like seeing how fish would see their environment.

Question by player MrNobody97

Answer: Ground Corn

Grits, or hominy grits, are coarsely ground from a type of corn called hominy and cooked with water into a porridge form. It is usually served with breakfast or as a side in a bowl. The traditional way to eat grits is with salt, pepper and butter. Some people, however, choose to use sugar.

There are other applications for grits, such as adding cheeses, that allow them to be served with lunch and dinner as well.

Question by player noload

Answer: Tuna

Most recipes mention pineapples, coconuts and mandarin oranges and, strangely enough, marshmallows. Other recipes allow different fruits and perhaps whipped cream or cream cheese. It is served refrigerated.

Tuna might be an interesting variation, but it might be a better idea to serve it to your cat and enjoy the fruits.

Question by player heidi66

Answer: figgy pudding

"We Wish You a Merry Christmas" is the traditional West Country English carol whose second verse repeatedly references the traditional holiday treat of "figgy pudding," perhaps better known presently as "plum pudding." Interestingly, especially to Americans, the item as generally served today includes neither figs nor plums, and isn't even what we call pudding.

It's usually a heavy, dark, steamed dessert cake, round in shape, with lots of raisins, currants and brandy. In pre-Victorian England, "plum" was a more generic term for any dried fruit.

Question by player Nealzineatser

Answer: Rye flour

German pumpernickel is very dark bread made of rye flour. Rye flour is also used for rye bread but in that case, it is combined with wheat flour making it a lighter color. Pumpernickel is a heavy bread, which is slightly sweet with a very strong flavor of rye. Very coarsely ground rye flour and long bake times are used to achieve this effect.

Question by player dcpddc478

Answer: mints

Canada Mints first appeared in the 1880s on the Canadian Market and in the United States in 1908. Canada Mints remains one of the most popular sugar lozenge mints in these countries. They come in three colors and flavors - white for peppermint, green for spearmint and pink for wintergreen. Not to be confused with "Canada Dry" which is a brand of soda.

Question by player debodun

Answer: small almond cake

The French financier, also known as a visitandine, is a cake made with almond flour and flavoured with beurre noisette (brown butter). They are usually made in a rectangular loaf pan producing a cake which looks like a tiny gold bar, hence the name. The recipe is very old.

They were first made by nuns of the Visitandine order in the Middle Ages, hence the other name. Financiers are sometimes compared to a small cake made in Oceania called a friand. This can be confusing because "friand" is a French word meaning "a tasty thing" which both friands and financiers certainly are.

But the friands of Australia and New Zealand differ in that they include other flavours -- coconut, chocolate, fruit -- never included in financiers.

Question by player FatherSteve