FunTrivia Humanities Mix: Vol 10 Quiz

Answer: Zomotherapy

Zomotherapy is a system of medical treatment that involves using raw meat and/or raw meat juices in order to stop a disease or infection. I think about the use of a raw steak being put over the human eye to stop swelling.

Question by player james1947

Answer: The stiffness of death

Approximately three hours after death, a chemical change within the body causes the muscles to stiffen progressively until twelve hours later when the body is in full rigor. This causes the arms and legs and all other muscles, to become difficult to move or manipulate. After about seventy-two hours the muscle stiffness disappears.


Question by player pjjc

Answer: Crows

'Wheatfield with Crows' dates from mid 1890 and is sometimes said to be van Gogh's final painting, although this is disputed. It shows a flock of crows circling above the wheat under a threatening dark blue sky. The painting is owned by Amsterdam's van Gogh Museum.

Question by player rossian

Answer: moose

The moose is the largest member of the deer family. The moose is also humorously called a Newfoundland speed bump in Canada.

Question by player Limba

Answer: 18th Century Germany

A "singspiel," or literally, a "sing-play" is a form of German-language music drama, which today is regarded as a genre of opera. A singspiel gets its name because it includes both singing and spoken dialogue. Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte," or "The Magic Flute" is considered one of the most prominent works in this genre.

The incorrect choices wouldn't work, particularly Soviet Russia, which placed heavy restrictions on social expressions and works of art that were not consistent with the Communist ideology.

Question by player robert326

Answer: French

The term geocache is derived from 'geo' meaning earth and 'cache' meaning container. There are over a million caches around the globe for cachers to find!

Question by player tgamble

Answer: Screwdriver

The screwdriver is thought to have developed in the late Middle Ages, either in Germany or France towards the end of the 15th century. Original names were "Schraubendreher" meaning "screwturner" and tournevis (turnscrew). Historically, the tool has remained inconspicuous, with the presence of screws being the main evidence of its existence.

In the 15th century, screws were used for securing different items of armour, machine construction such as lathes and for parts of firearms that began appearing at this time.

Question by player psnz

Answer: a dried legume seed

Technically, pulses include the dried edible seeds found in the pods of plants in the legume family (Fabaceae). Not all legumes are pulses (e.g. peanuts and soybeans); vegetables harvested green are not pulses (e.g fresh peas). The pulses include dry beans, dry peas, chickpeas, cowpeas, pigeon peas, lentils, Bambara beans, vetches and lupins.

They have been cultivated for at least 11,000 years, keep well and have sustained civilisations. Innovative cooks can substitute pulses like black beans or butter beans for chickpeas but then the result is not really "hummus" since "hummus" is the Arabic word for chickpeas.

Question by player FatherSteve

Answer: Cat

The story of "Dick Whittington and His Cat" has been part of British folklore since the 15th century. It tells the story of a poor boy who travels to London to find 'the streets paved with gold'. He becomes a wealthy man and the Lord Mayor of London all based on a cat he buys that is an excellent rat catcher.

Question by player Midget40

Answer: Calumet

A calumny is a false malicious statement.
Calamari is squid, most often when served fried.
A caltrop was a pair of spikes joined so that one always pointed upwards, it was used in warfare to slow or divert the enemy.
A calumet is often called a medicine pipe or peace pipe; usually, it is used for intervention with the supreme powers.


Question by player TCEB