FunTrivia World Mix: Vol 30 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Teaching and learning

Eton, Harrow, Rugby and Winchester are all examples of the great English public school. Independent of the state system, each one of these schools accepts, for a significant fee, secondary school level students. They have, as a result, become known for nurturing the talents of the offspring of the wealthy and well-connected. Actor Hugh Laurie, along with Princes William and Harry, and even war poet Rupert Brooke, have all passed through the doors of the English public school system. Even Booker Prize winner, Salman Rushdie, once walked the corridors of Rugby, though he was quoted as saying "Almost the only thing I am proud of about going to Rugby School was that Lewis Carroll went there too".

Question by player poshprice

Answer: Margaret Thatcher

Thatcher died of a stroke on April 8, 2013. Known as the Iron Lady, she was a controversial Prime Minister with a take-no-prisoners approach to public affairs.

Question by player MargW

Answer: Arizona and Hawaii

Arizona is very hot in the summer, and the state opted out of DST because most people preferred to do summer activities during the cooler evening temperatures. An exception in the state is the Navajo Nation, a semi-autonomous Native American territory which partly lies within northeastern Arizona and which observes DST with the rest of the United States.

In Hawaii, situated in the Tropics, the length of day and night does not vary much throughout the year, so Daylight Saving Time is considered unnecessary.

The overseas territories of Guam, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the US Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands, which are also tropical, do not observe DST either.

Question by player gracious1

Answer: Vaseline

The name 'Vaseline' was first associated with petroleum jelly in a patent application in 1872. Petroleum jelly has been around since at least the 13th century with the Italian explorer Marco Polo commenting on it. It was used to protect and help heal cuts and burns on the skin but the name Vaseline is now also a brand name used by Unilever and associated with skin care products.

Other names for petroleum jelly include petrolatum, white petrolatum and soft paraffin.

Question by player suomy

Answer: Beaver

This shouldn't be a problem for you if you know that Oregon is nicknamed 'The Beaver State'. Oregon is also known as the 'Union State', the 'Sunset State' and 'Pacific Wonderland'. The latter appeared on state license plates at one time.

Question by player EnglishJedi

Answer: Washington D.C.

Ginevra de' Benci was purchased in 1967 for the sum of 5 million U.S. dollars by The National Gallery of Art, which is one of more than 15+ museums found in Washington, D.C.

The National Gallery of Art came into existence thanks largely in part to the funding, and art donations of, Andrew W. Mellon. Andrew W. Mellon was a private collector from Pittsburgh, who served as secretary of the treasury from 1921 - 1932.

Question by player Deadwood003

Answer: Boeing

The Boeing 737 MAX was grounded throughout the world after two crashes in five months (the first in Indonesia and the second in Ethiopia). Both airplanes crashed during the takeoff process and similarities were found between the two crashes. While investigations were underway, all orders were halted, and Boeing is purported to be losing just over $1.8 billion per month in revenue due to the grounding and order stall.

Question by player dim_dude

Answer: Brazil

Discovered in 2017, researchers believe the stones that are 4 meters tall, were arranged at the northwestern Brazil locale, based on astronomical data. It seems to signify that indigenous settlers resided in the area long before was previously thought. Historians assumed the region was only inhabited by very small nomadic tribes.

Question by player Billkozy

Answer: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

RFK Jr., son of Robert Kennedy, initially ran as a Democrat. DeSantis announced his candidacy as a Republican. Nikki Haley also announced her candidacy as a Republican and was the first woman and person of ethnicity to be Governor of South Carolina.

Question by player Quizzist

Answer: Northern Ireland

The majority of the marches are held by the Unionists (Protestants), with a handful conducted by the Catholic Nationalists, who favour the return of Northern Ireland to Ireland. The marches on both sides aften provoke confrontation, with flare-ups becoming common in the divided town of Portadown in the 1970s and '80s.

'The Twelfth' is celebrated on July 12 and commemorates the victory of the Protestants over the Catholics in the 1690 Battle of the Boyne.

Question by player ozzz2002