Something in Common Trivia

1. Please choose the best verb to complete the sentence. The shopping bag was heavy and I had to ____ it all the way home.

From Quiz A 'Flare' For English

Answer: carry

Carry is a Middle English word meaning to convey or to take along in transport. It is derived from the old North French "carier" meaning the same thing. The French word came from the Latin "carrum" meaning Celtic war chariot. There is a girl's name that sounds the same as carry. Carrie as a girl's name was originally a shorter form of Caroline or Carol, both of which are female forms of the German Karl, which means "free man" Perhaps the most famous Carrie was a character in Stephen King's horror novel "Carrie" (1974). This was made into an even scarier movie in 1975 and made Sissy Spacek an international star. This question was written by Phoenix Rising's 1nn1 who read the book and saw the movie as a teenager and was scared both times.

From Quiz More Colour Me Purple: Nothing Rhymes with Purple

Answer: Broccoli

Purple sprouting broccoli, to give it its full name, is a variety of broccoli with florets - the tree-like bits on top - which come in purple. It's got a sweeter taste than green broccoli, and is a bit leaner. (Incidentally, did you know that there are purple carrots as well? They originally come from Afghanistan.)

From Quiz What Will You Find in South Australia?

Answer: Rice Bubbles

In Australia, Rice Krispies are called Rice Bubbles - I don't know why. We still have the characters Snap, Crackle and Pop, and the cereal tastes and sounds like Rice Krispies when milk is added to it. Emma had a bowl of cereal and some fresh orange juice to drink.

From Quiz How Is That?

Answer: Seven

The series tells the story of an orphan boy who discovers that he is actually part of a secret world of witches and wizards. He also finds out that there are great dangers in this world, and that he is fated to battle against the evil wizard that killed his parents. The "Harry Potter" series of books were published between 1997 and 2007: "The Philosopher's Stone" (1997) "The Chamber of Secrets" (1998) "The Prisoner of Azkaban" (1999) "The Goblet of Fire" (2000) "The Order of the Phoenix" (2003) "The Half-Blood Prince" (2005) "The Deathly Hallows" (2007) But, while there were seven books in the series, it took eight movies to tell the story, with "The Deathly Hallows" being split into two films.

From Quiz Words Without Friends

Answer: Plum

While plums are often purple, they can also be yellow, white, green, or red. Fruits like the plum that have a hard center and a fleshy outer core are known as drupes.

From Quiz Getting Lazy With "Z"

Answer: Zebra

The zebra is the striped animal. As babies they are brown and white but they become the usual black and white as they get older. The zorro or Darwin's zorro is a black fox. Zorro is the Spanish for fox. The zebu is also known as the Brahman, is a cow from South Asia. Taz is a cartoon character named after the Tasmanian devil. The most famous zebra crossing in the world is in Abbey Road in London. That is where The Beatles recorded much of their music. The photograph of the four men for their "Abbey Road" album was taken on the zebra crossing on that road. It is often visited by tourists who want their pictures taken on the crossing and if I still lived in London, I would plan my route to miss Abbey Road during the daytime for that reason.

From Quiz Chocolate Cheesecake

Answer: Dessert

Chocolate cheesecake is best served after a full meal. Anyone with a sweet tooth would love it! It can be served alongside fresh fruits, if desired. To make it, you will need some chocolate cookies, some cream cheese, some sugar, two eggs and some butter. You will also need some coffee powder, sour cream and melted chocolate. All this will later be mixed into a thick batter!

From Quiz Mr Jones' Bunch of Keys

Answer: His van door

Before the advent of the petrol and diesel engines, tradesmen used horses and carts to transport various things. However, with the invention of the motor car, the first vans and lorries were developed. Vans are very useful to people who only have a small amount of items to transport, or to carry their various tools and equipment. They also come in various shapes and sizes, depending on what the owner needs.

From Quiz Why is the Sky Blue

Answer: The blue color in sunlight is scattered by the atmosphere

Light travels in waves made up of many colors from the sun. Each color has a unique wavelength. Blue (and violet) light have the shortest wavelengths. When the different colors of light pass through the atmosphere they hit small water droplets and bits of dust which react to the light and they send the shorter rays of blue and violet light toward the ground and your eyes. We see blue and not violet because our eyes are more sensitive to blue and so the sky appears blue.

From Quiz Questions About Numbers

Answer: 1

The winner finished first. Winners in the Olympics receive a gold medal. Funny starting a quiz with a question about a winner. :-)

From Quiz Black Studies Trivia

Answer: Three

"Baa, baa black sheep, have you any wool? Yes Sir, yes Sir, three bags full." "Baa, Baa Black Sheep" is an old English nursery rhyme, dating back to 1731.

From Quiz Backwards and Forwards

Answer: Pendulum

On old clocks the pendulum hangs down and swings from side to side driving the clock mechanism. It helps the clock to keep time, as it usually has a weight on it that slides up and down and regulates how fast the pendulum swings. The quicker the pendulum swings the faster the clock works. On many antique grandfather clocks the pendulum is on view and is often a feature of the clock.

From Quiz In My Day...

Answer: Pong

"Pong" came out in 1972, and I had a home version of it when Atari came out with the Color TV Game 6 in 1977. It's very simple, and I spent hours playing it against my brother (he usually won).

From Quiz A 'Flare' For English

Answer: wane

The word wane means to get smaller or weaker. The moon, after it is full, wanes every night until it cannot be seen in the night sky. This is called a new moon. The word comes from a description of boards used in building - a board with a missing edge or other part is called a wane. The name Wayne sounds like wane. It can be a first name or the last name - Bruce Wayne's secret identity was Batman, and there was a famous actor called John Wayne who was in many western movies. Wayne as a last name, comes from a word for a person who built wagons. Wayne can be a first name - a very well-known hockey player was Wayne Gretzky. Player pusdoc's enthusiasm waned on this topic once the topic of hockey arose.

From Quiz Little Black Project: Obsidian Objects

Answer: Bertie Bassett

Liquorice Allsorts were originally made by Geo. Bassett & Co. Ltd in England, after a salesman dropped a tray of sweets when showing the range to a client. They went back into the tray all mixed up, and the client thought it looked better as a mixture, rather than selling the different types of sweet separately. Bertie Bassett is the company's mascot, and is made of different allsorts forming a man's shape. Liquorice (or licorice in the USA) is a black, sweet candy which has a distinctive taste a bit like aniseed; some people love it and others hate it. Some people find that it has a laxative effect, and eating too much of it can be bad for your health. (Question provided by windrush)

From Quiz What Will You Find in South Australia?

Answer: A possum

Possums often will sit in a nearby tree, or even on a window-sill and make very loud noises (like a man breathing heavily). This can be quite worrying until you know what it is. In South Australia we have several kinds of possum; the brushtail and the ringtail are the most common in the Adelaide Hills. They are really cute looking little furry animals.

From Quiz How Is That?

Answer: Two

The eight planets in our solar system, counting from closest to the sun, are: Mercury (no moons) Venus (no moons) Earth (one moon) Mars (two moons) Jupiter (at least 67 moons) Saturn (at least 62 moons) Uranus (at least 27 moons) Neptune (at least 14 moons) Why do the outer planets have numbers that say 'at least'? Because there are still moons being discovered, and some sightings of possible moons have to be confirmed. The numbers above are of 'confirmed' and named moons. Mercury and Venus have no moons because of their closeness to the sun. The sun's gravity is too strong for those planets to hold their own moons - they would get pulled away by the sun.

From Quiz Words Without Friends

Answer: Polo

The game of polo is played on a very large field with four players on a team. In addition to the polo played on horseback there are many other forms including ones played in the water or on bicycles.

From Quiz Once Upon a Christmas Eve Night

Answer: candy cane

The bend in a candy cane is a reminder to children of the shepherd's hooks. Shepherds followed the star of Bethlehem to give praise to a very special baby.

From Quiz Mr Jones' Bunch of Keys

Answer: The zoo gates

To allow people to get in and out of zoos and other places where a lot of people go in and out, they often have gates. This allows a large number of people to go quickly in and out of a place at once.

From Quiz A School Day Sampler

Answer: Subtraction

Renaming is taking 1 away from a column and adding 10 to the column to the right. Addition and multiplication both involve carrying - adding numbers onto the next column.

From Quiz Why is the Sky Blue

Answer: No one is really sure

Doctors do not completely understand why people (or animals) yawn. There is no hard evidence to suggest that yawning only occurs because a person is tired or bored. There is also no scientific evidence to support that a yawn will occur because we see someone else yawning, though most of us have seen this happen. The explanation taught to doctors, is that we yawn when oxygen levels in our lungs are low. The theory is that your brain sends a signal to the body to yawn to get more air into the lungs. But, there are still some mysteries about yawning. For example, fetuses can be observed yawning in the womb; but we know the fetus does not use its lungs to gather oxygen.

From Quiz The Colour Black

Answer: Black Forest

Black Forest cake is a delicious dessert that typically (in its simplest form) consists of whipped cream and cherries between several layers of chocolate cake. However, Black Forest is also a region in Baden-Württemberg that is an extremely popular tourist destination.

From Quiz Black Studies Trivia

Answer: Twenty-four

"Sing a song of sixpence, a pocket-full of rye. Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie." Back in 1602, Shakespeare wrote "Twelfth Night" and he had a character say to a clown, "Come on, there is sixpence for you, let's have a song". This is one of the many suggested sources for the rhyme.

From Quiz Backwards and Forwards

Answer: Hula hoop

Hula hoops have been around since the 1950s and their popularity has come and gone. The idea is to keep it moving around your waist for as long as possible. Some very skillful people can manage more than one hoop at a time. Some stage performers can do dozens at once, not only around their waist, but around arms, legs and even their neck as well.

From Quiz In My Day...

Answer: Microwave oven

Our microwave oven seemed like a miracle to me--it cooked a hot dog in just a few seconds, and it warmed up my dad's coffee when it got cold! The one we had was very big and made a very loud noise, but it was worth it, just for baked potatoes!

From Quiz A 'Flare' For English

Answer: rustle

Rustle is a verb dating back to the 14th century, meaning to make noise while moving. It is unclear where the word originated, possibly Germany. In the mid-to-late 1800s Rustle was used in an additional way. It took the meaning "to steal", especially farm animals. That extra meaning began in the western United States. Rustle sounds like the proper name Russell. This name has been attributed to Old French. "Rousel" means red-haired and the short form "rous" is for red. Some people believe that Russell has British roots in the word Rufus, also meaning red-haired. Some people with the surname Russell that became famous include: American actress Jane Russell and American comedian Nipsey Russell. Jaknginger's husband is Russ, short for Russell.

From Quiz Little Black Project: Obsidian Objects

Answer: Lumps of coal

Frosty the Snowman was first seen on a 1969 animated Christmas television special. It has been shown every Christmas since. The story is based on a popular song Gene Autry released on a 1950 record album: "Frosty the snowman was a jolly happy soul With a corn cob pipe and a button nose And eyes made out of coal." (Question provided by em1958)

From Quiz Once Upon a Christmas Eve Night

Answer: tricycle

Tricycles come in a variety of colors. They can be made out of steel or plastic. Santa gets a lot of requests for these from children between two and four. Tricycles are even made for adults to ride. Some adult size tricycles have a basket attached to carry groceries.

From Quiz Mr Jones' Bunch of Keys

Answer: An animal enclosure

To prevent animals escaping they have to be kept in either cages or special enclosures that allow the animals to move about and keep the public safe from animals that may be dangerous. In the case of chimpanzees, their enclosures may also have ropes, platforms and climbing frames for them to play on.

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