0-10: '8' Trivia

1. On the periodic table, which element has the atomic number eight?

From Quiz Super Eights

Answer: Oxygen

The number of protons which an element has in the nucleus of any one atom is what determines its atomic number. Oxygen has eight protons, giving it its atomic number. Oxygen was not identified until quite late on in history, compared to other elements. Credit for its discovery is often given to Joseph Priestley, a British clergyman with wide interests in science and philosophy, but there are other equally likely claimants as well.

From Quiz The Number Eight

Answer: Neptune

The order of the planets is: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Mnemonics are a common way of remembering this - even if the mnemonic hasn't been updated since Pluto became a dwarf planet (e.g. "My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming Planets")! Neptune was named after the Roman god of the sea. It is the fourth largest planet (by diameter), and it takes 164.8 Earth years for it to orbit the sun. It was discovered in 1846 along with its largest moon (Triton), but the other 12 known moons of Neptune were not discovered until the 20th or 21st century.

From Quiz Eights

Answer: Robert Henri

Henri, Davies, Luks and Shinn were all members of the 8, along with William J. Glackens, Ernest Lawson, Maurice Pendergast and John Sloan. They were realists who were reacting against the onslaught of impressionist art...which is why they are not so well-known today!

From Quiz The Number Eight

Answer: Ushuaia

Reykjavik, Iceland is the northernmost capital city in the world. Gisborne, New Zealand is the furthest city in the east. Fairbanks in Alaska is the westernmost city in the world. Ushuaia is the capital of the Argentinian province Tierra del Fuego Province. It sits on the southern coast of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego - an island owned partly by Chile and partly by Argentina. To the north of Ushaia are the Martial Mountains, and to the south is the Beagle Channel.

From Quiz Eights

Answer: Big 12

The Big 8 were Colorado, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State. They later added Texas, Texas A and M, Baylor and Texas Tech from the Southwest Conference. They should have added Utah and BYU over Baylor and Tech, in my opinion!

From Quiz Super Eights

Answer: Adam Sandler

This animated film is set during the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, or Chanukah, which usually falls during December. The title refers to the eight nights of the festival, which involves the daily lighting of one the candles of a special candelabra until they are all burning. As well as voicing the main character, Sandler also part wrote the script and was a joint producer of the film. Rob Schneider provided the narration.

From Quiz Eights

Answer: Chinese

They were: Lu Tung-Pin, Chung-li Chuan, Lan Tsai-Ho, Ho Hsien-Ku, Han Hsiang-Tzu, Li Tieh-Kuai, Tsao Kuo-Chiu and Chang Kuo-Lao.

From Quiz Eight the Hard Way

Answer: Automobile released by the Ford Motor Company

Ford assembled three generations of the Mercury Eight between 1939 and 1951. The Eight would be replaced by the Monterey, which had previously been launched in 1950. The vehicle, which came with a full range of body styles - coupes, sedans, convertibles, and station wagons, was created to fill a mid priced gap that Ford felt they had in the market. Accordingly, the first generation models were priced at $946 (US), much higher than the Ford V-8 but significantly less than the Lincoln-Zephyr. The first generation Mercury, produced between 1939 and 1941, came with its own body design. The second generation (1941-48) would utilize an adaptation of a Ford body, while the third (and final), which was produced between 1948 and 1951, shared a body design with the Lincoln. The latter generation of vehicles would prove to be extremely popular with car customizers and modelers.

From Quiz Super Eights

Answer: Japan

The club was established in 1939 when it was the company team for the Toyota car making company. From 1992 it changed its name to Nagoya Grampus Eight before dropping the number in 2008 to become Nagoya Grampus. In the west, the club became more widely known when the former England international player Gary Lineker joined them in 1992. Arsene Wenger, who went on to manage Arsenal, based in London, was the manager for Grampus Eight from 1995 to 1996.

From Quiz The Number Eight

Answer: Theta

Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. The phrase "Alpha testing" is used in computer programming to describe the phase software goes through when the creators test it out themselves. Omega is the last (24th) letter of the Greek alphabet. It is the symbol for an ohm - the unit of electrical resistance. Pi is the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet. It is most commonly used today as the mathematical number that represents the ratio of a circle's cicumference to its diameter, roughly 3.14159. In Athens, Theta was once used to represent death, as it vaguely resembles a skull. It was used to warn people the same way that the skull and crossbones symbol does today.

From Quiz Eights

Answer: Hermopolis

The Ogdoad included: Nun and Naunet, Heh and Hehet, Kek and Keket and Amun and Anaunet. These four sets of gods and goddesses represented the primeval forces of chaos.

From Quiz Eight the Hard Way

Answer: Hungary

This was a group of avant-garde artists, linked to the Post-Impressionist movement, that operated around Budapest during the above-named period. They produced just three exhibitions but their influence went beyond mere paintings. Whilst their art led to the rise in Modernism in Hungarian art, they were also responsible for creating gatherings and conferences that would feature, and promote a rise in standards in, both Hungarian literature and music. The eight artists that made up this group were Robert Bereny, Dezso Czigany, Bela Czobel, Karoly Kernstok, Odon Marffy, Dezso Orban, Bertalan Por and Lajos Tihanyi. (Footnote 1) This group is not to be confused with the Ashcan School Eight, a group of American realist painters that formed in New York City in 1908. (Footnote 2) The clue in the question was esurient, which means hungry.

From Quiz Super Eights

Answer: Roger Federer

Of the choices I gave you, only Federer is in the right age bracket. Laver was born in 1938, Perry in 1909 and Zverev is at the other end of the age spectrum, having been born in April 1997. Federer's professional career began in 1998 and is still ongoing at the time of writing this quiz (2020). To date he has won twenty 'Grand Slam' titles at the four majors - Australian, French, Wimbledon and US - with the French being the most elusive due to the dominance of Rafael Nadal on clay courts. Federer was born in Basel, Switzerland and holds joint Swiss and South African nationality from his father and mother respectively. Other people born on 8 August include Dustin Hoffman, Shawn Mendes and Princess Beatrice of York.

From Quiz The Number Eight

Answer: 19

A prime number is a number divisible by exactly 2 numbers: 1 and itself. 2 is the first prime number, 8 is not a prime number at all (it is divisible by 1, 2, 4 and 8) and 73 is the 21st prime number. The first eight prime numbers are: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17 and 19.

From Quiz Super Eights

Answer: The Byrds

The song was written by two members of the band, Roger McGuinn and Gene Clark. It was banned in some parts of the USA due to the perceived references to drug use - the band denied these at the time but have since confirmed that the allegations were warranted. 'Eight Miles High' was a relatively minor hit for The Byrds at a time when they were at their peak, only getting into the top twenty on the US Billboard Hot 100 and to number twenty-four on the UK Singles Chart.

From Quiz The Number Eight

Answer: A chocolate mint

After Eights are described by Nestle as "mint[s] enrobed in dark chocolate". They are after-dinner mints, hence the name ("eight" refers to the time - 8 p.m.). They were first sold in 1962, and they are still very popular today.

From Quiz The Number Eight

Answer: Below

The 2006 American film "Eight Below" was written by David DiGilio and stars Paul Walker, Moon Bloodgood, Bruce Greenwood and Jason Biggs. The movie is about eight dogs who were left to fend for themselves in Antarctica after their owner was forced to leave them behind. It focuses mainly on the dogs' story of survival.

From Quiz Eight the Hard Way

Answer: Gattaca

Hawke is Vincent Freeman who wants nothing more than to travel into space; however, his dreams are shattered when he is informed that his genetic make-up is not suitable, that he belongs to an underclass, only suited to carrying out menial jobs. Freeman identifies Jerome Morrow, a perfect genetic specimen, who has been paralyzed as the result of a car accident, and assumes his identity. He studies methods to deceive urine sample and DNA testing and is on the verge of achieving his dream when a murder investigation is set to send his plans awry. The film marked the feature directorial debut for Andrew Niccol and was also graced with the acting talents of Jude Law, Ernest Borgnine, Gore Vidal and Alan Arkin. It was nominated for an Oscar for Best Art Direction.

From Quiz Super Eights

Answer: 1963

At the time, this was a huge story in the UK. The audacity of the gang and the amount stolen (2.6 million pounds sterling, worth about 55 million in 2020) made it headline news. The gang stopped a Royal Mail train in Buckinghamshire and stole its cargo - a higher amount than normal following a long weekend. Most of the gang were caught fairly soon, but the escape of many of them from prison after being sentenced kept the event in the public eye. The film 'Buster' (1968) was just one to be made based on the robbery. It should be remembered, though, that the train driver was injured so badly during the heist that he was left with brain injuries which effectively ruined his life.

From Quiz The Number Eight

Answer: Hanukkah

Hanukkah is a Jewish festival, lasting for eight days and eight nights. It starts on the 25th day of Kislev in the Hebrew calendar, but in the Gregorian calendar, it starts between late November and late December. Lent lasts for 40 days - the 40 days directly before Easter. Advent starts on the fourth Sunday before Christmas Day and lasts until 24th December. This means it can start anywhere between November 27th and December 3rd, but it always lasts much longer than eight days. The religious festival known as the 12 Days of Christmas lasts for (surprise, surprise) 12 days - the 12 days directly after Christmas, with Christmas counting as day 1.

From Quiz Eight the Hard Way

Answer: Ovid

A younger contemporary of both Virgil and Horace, Ovid is considered one of the three classical poets of Latin literature. Born 43 BC, he lived until either 17 or 18 AD, and his early works bore themes of eroticism, women's beauty and the art of love. By 8 AD he was at the height of his popularity and had just completed his most ambitious work "Metamorphoses", a 15 book epic that chronicled the history of the world, right up to the point of the deification of Julius Caesar. This was also the year that Ovid was exiled to Tomis, a region in Romania, by the Black Sea. The edict was delivered by the Emperor Augustus, himself, without discussion with the Senate or any of Rome's judges. As to why he was exiled, it is not known. Augustus never revealed it, nor did Ovid. The only reveal came from a piece of poetry from Ovid where he indicated that it arose from "a poem and a mistake" and that "his crime was worse than murder".

From Quiz The Number Eight

Answer: China

China, the host country, won the 2008 Olympics with 51 gold medals and 100 medals in total. The United States got more overall medals (110), but did not top the table because only 36 of those medals were gold. Great Britain was fourth with 19 gold medals, South Korea ended up in seventh with 13 gold and Japan ended up in eighth place with nine gold.

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