The Letter T Trivia

1. Which word beginning with 'to' can be a short form of a boy's name or a male cat?

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Answer: Tom

Tom is short for Thomas, a male first name that has been in use for centuries. Among well-known people with this name was one of the disciples of Jesus, who did not believe He had risen from His tomb until he could touch Him. The word 'tom' is also used to describe a male cat, as well as other male animals such as a turkey. Of the other possible answers, Tony is a short form of the boy's name Anthony while a topaz is a precious stone and one of the gemstones associated with the month of November. A tort can describe an act that causes harm or loss to another person, who can claim recompense of some kind, at least under UK civil law.

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Answer: Tulsa

Tulsa is the second largest city in Oklahoma, situated in the north east of the state, approximately 110 miles north east of the more centrally located capital, Oklahoma City. Tulsa is situated on the Arkansas River. The area was considered Indian territory and was occupied by Kickapoo, Osage, Creek, and Caddo tribes. When the first white settlers came after the civil war, the town stayed small until oil was discovered in 1901 and Tulsa became the "Oil Capital of the World" for a sizable portion of the 20th Century. The Tulsa Race Massacre, in 1921, was "the single worst incident of racial violence in American history". Route 66 bisected the town adding to its prosperity before the interstate system replaced many national highways in the 1950s. Tallahassee, Trenton and Topeka are the capitals of Florida, New Jersey and Kansas respectively.

From Quiz Those Tricky Ts

Answer: Tajikistan

Tajikistan was once part of the USSR, and became independent in 1991. It is bordered by China, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan, and the majority of the population are Tajiks, an Iranian ethnic group who speak a variety of Persian. Gorno-Badakhshan is an autonomous region in the Pamir Mountains, a part of the Pamir-Alay range which also includes the Fann Mountains. Its main exports are aluminium and cotton, and some of the country's major rivers are considered to be great sources of hydroelectric power.

From Quiz "T"ry to find the correct "T" word

Answer: Rod Stewart

"Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" by Rod Stewart peaked at number one from November 13, 1976 to January 1, 1977. Rod Stewart's girlfriend at the time was Britt Ekland and the song features a French spoken part by Britt. "Tonight's the Night" was a studio album released in 1975 by the Canadian musician Neil Young. "Tonight (Best You Ever Had)" was a song by John Legend in 2012. "Tonight's the Night" was a BBC entertainment show in the UK from 2009 presented by actor and singer John Barrowman.

From Quiz The "T" Quiz

Answer: Texas

Tallahassee is the capital city of Florida. Transylvania is a historical region in Romania associated with Count Dracula. Tennessee is another US state, but its capital city is Nashville.

From Quiz Ten Trivial 'T's

Answer: Isle of Man Parliament

The Tynwald is made up of two Houses - the House of Keys and the Legislative Council. It has been in existence since the eighth century and is the longest unbroken parliament in the world. It holds an outdoor meeting annually in St John's on July 5th.

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Answer: Tennessee

Tennessee is part of the southeastern United States. Its capital is Nashville and it is nicknamed the 'Volunteer State'. Other big cities in Tennessee include Memphis, Knoxville, and Chattanooga.

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Answer: Coat

The story goes that the Duke of Saxony's land was a battlefield during the Thirty Years War. The Duke had a reversible coat. When the Spanish were winning he showed the blue or Spanish colours. When the French were winning he showed the white of France. His soldiers nicknamed him turncoat and the word has come down to us.

From Quiz Terrific, Talented "T"

Answer: Toyota

Toyota started their first car company in 1933, but it had started making cars in 1926.

From Quiz 'T' is the answer

Answer: Tempura

Tempura was not originally a Japanese dish but owes its origins to Portuguese missionaries in the 16th century.

From Quiz Hope This Quiz Suits You To A 'T'

Answer: Christopher Lee

A distant cousin of James Bond creator, Ian Fleming, Mr. Lee was actually Fleming's personal choice for the title role in 1962's 'Dr. No'.

From Quiz 'To...'

Answer: Tough

When a job is hard to do it can be described as a tough one and the word 'tough' can also be used in expressions such as 'tough times' and 'tough luck', which mean respectively a bad or challenging period and a failed attempt or a disappointment. A tough can also be a strong, hard person who is capable of using physical force against others to achieve their, possibly criminal, ends. A toucan, one of the other answers, is a bird native to South America which has mainly black and yellow feathers and a large, colourful beak. A torrent can be a fast-moving and forceful stream of liquid or used to describe an emphatic outpouring of words. Tombola is the name of a type of lottery, in which people buy numbered tickets and win a prize if their ticket is one of those later drawn from a container.

From Quiz Jetlagged to a "T"

Answer: Tamworth

Tamworth is New South Wales' second largest inland city with a population around 45000 in 2018. Situated on the Peel River, closer to Brisbane than its state capital Sydney, the area was the home of the Kamilaroi nation. White settlement arrived soon after 1818 when explorer Jon Oxley praised the area for its rich grazing ground. In 1888, the city became known as the "First Town of Lights" as it was the first place in Australia to use electric street lights. Tamworth is most famous as the "Country Music Capital of Australia" and there is a huge golden guitar on the southern outskirts to remind you. The annual Tamworth Country Music Festival held every January is the world's second-biggest country music festival behind Nashville. The city is also the National Equine Capital of Australia further adding to its "country" demeanour.

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Answer: Torch

Operation Torch was commanded by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and took place on 8-16 November 1942. It was the first main involvement of US troops in Europe, combined also with British troops. The operation was on French North Africa and was successful. Operation Tungsten was an aircraft attack from British carriers on the German battleship Tirpitz in 1944. Operation Transom was an allied naval air raid on Surabaya, Java in 1944. Operation Tannenbaum was a German/Italian planned invasion of Switzerland in 1940 which was cancelled and never took place.

From Quiz Those Tricky Ts

Answer: The Tunguska Event

Conspiracy theorists and sci-fi/fantasy writers alike had a field day with the Tunguska Event, with its causes suggested as everything from alien spaceships to black holes and nuclear tests. The event gets its name from the nearby Podkamennaya Tunguska River. The exact cause of the event is not known, but the most likely cause given by scientists is an asteroid or comet exploding as it reached Earth's atmosphere; no impact crater was left because the explosion is thought to have happened at least 5-10km off the ground. Eyewitnesses reported a fireball and powerful winds, and three people at least are thought to have died. Large amounts of forest around the area were flattened, but the trees were charred, rather than burned, as it has been suggested that any fires caused by the explosion would have been extinguished by the blast wave that followed it.

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Answer: Tarsus

Saul was his Hebrew name and Paul was his Gentile name since he was a Roman citizen. In Acts he is originally called Saul and is referred by the Lord as being from Tarsus (Acts 9:11). Tarsus was an ancient city found in modern day Turkey whose roots trace back to the Neolithic Period. Several important trade routes between Anatolia, aka Asia Minor in Paul's time, and Syria pass through the area. In the Roman period, Tarsus was the capital of the Roman province of Cilicia. It was where Cleopatra and Mark Antony met and where they built their fleet. This question was written by Phoenix Rising member tazman6619.

From Quiz "T"ry to find the correct "T" word

Answer: Tuvalu

Tuvalu was formerly known as the Ellice Islands, which was a Polynesian nation between Australia and Hawaii. It was a British Protectorate until gaining independence in 1978. Tonga is a Polynesian state consisting of 169 islands of which 39 are inhabited. It gained independence from Britain in 1970. Togo is a country in West Africa bordered by Ghana, Benin and Burkina Faso. It gained independence from France in 1960. Trinidad & Tobago is a twin island nation off the north eastern coast of Venezuela. It gained independence from Britain in 1962 and became a republic in 1976.

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Answer: Thermopylae

The story goes that an alliance of Greeks, led by King Leonidas I of Sparta and 300 of his men, met a vastly superior invading force of Persians under King Xerxes at the Pass of Thermopylae. They fought the Persians off for two days. They were then betrayed by a local shepherd who showed the Persians a track outflanking the Greeks. Realising this, Leonidis sent away most of his force on the third day, staying with his Spartans and some others to fight to the death. The films "The 300 Spartans" (1962) and "300" (2007) are based on this battle.

From Quiz The "T" Quiz

Answer: Tangerine

Tangerine is a cousin of the mandarin fruit, and is mostly cultivated in China. The tamarillo is a tropical fruit which looks like the tomato, and is a great source of vitamin C. The tamarind is a brown fruit mostly used in Indian recipes. The thimbleberry is a soft red berry cultivated mostly in North America.

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Answer: Telemundo

José Díaz-Balart has won two Emmys for his work in journalism. Two of his brothers are involved in U.S. politics, becoming members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida.

From Quiz Ten Trivial 'T's

Answer: Atlantic Ocean

Tristan da Cunha is a group of volcanic islands in a remote part of the South Atlantic Ocean. The capital city is Edinburgh of the Seven Seas. Queen Mary's Peak erupted in 1961 causing the evacuation of the total population to Calshot in the United Kingdom. They returned in 1963.

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Answer: Tantalum

Tantalum (Ta) is element 73. A bluish-grey element, highly resistant to corrosion, it has an atomic weight of 180.94788. It is found in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Ethiopia, Thailand, Malaysia and Mozambique. It is mostly used in alloys and electronic components (transistors and capacitors), as well as coatings for specialised camera lenses, in vacuum furnace parts and even in biological implants. Titanium (Ti) is element 22, a silvery metal used in a wide range of applications, from spacecraft to surgical implants, especially hips. Thorium (Th) is element 90. It is silvery white and slightly radioactive, and is used in applications ranging from an additive to glass to nuclear fuel. Terbium (Tb) is element 65. It is silvery, soft and stable. It is used in alloys, television tubes and fuel cells.

From Quiz Tiffany's 'T'-rific Quiz

Answer: Tenochtitlan

The Aztecs established Tenochtitlan in the early 1300s (around 1325). They built Tenochtitlan on an island in Lake Texcoco. The city was connected to the mainland by three causeways and also had waterways alongside the streets to allow for water travel within the city.

From Quiz Terrific, Talented "T"

Answer: TTFN: ta ta for now

Although Disney now owns the rights to Winnie the Pooh and all his friends, he did not create them. Tigger, and all the other animals that live in the Hundred Acre Wood, was created by A.A. Milne. Christopher Robin was the son of A.A. Milne.

From Quiz 'T' is the answer

Answer: Edward Teach

He has been referred to as Edward Teach for over 200 years although there is some evidence that his real surname may have been Thatch.

From Quiz Hope This Quiz Suits You To A 'T'

Answer: Ernest Tubb

Nicknamed, 'The Texas Troubadour', Ernest Tubb would flip it over after a song to acknowledge applause.

From Quiz 'To...'

Answer: Tongs

Tongs are tools consisting of two arms joined so as to form a hinge at one end. Depending on their sizes, they can be used to grasp and pick up small items, such as sugar cubes, or larger ones, such as pieces of iron being worked on by a blacksmith. The word is also used for self-help groups of Chinese people and mainly groups started by immigrants to the USA. They are in contrast to triads, which are illegal, criminal gangs of Chinese people. Toques can be different kinds of hats ranging from tall white hats worn by chefs to knitted caps and small women's hats. The word 'toils' is a synonym for 'labours' while tonsils are small pads located at the back of a person's throat that help to prevent germs from entering further into the body.

From Quiz Those Tricky Ts

Answer: Tammy

Or, to give him his full name, Kevin Oghenetega Tamaraebi Bakumo-Abraham. Tammy Abraham joined Chelsea as a child and grew up training under the club's academy system. An FA Youth Cup winner with Chelsea's youth squad, he made his senior debut for Chelsea under Guus Hiddink in 2016, when he came on as a substitute against Liverpool at Anfield. He also spent loan periods with Swansea City, Bristol City and Aston Villa. Although he is also eligible to play for Nigeria through his father, he chose to play for England, and made his senior debut in a friendly against Germany in 2017.

From Quiz "T"ry to find the correct "T" word

Answer: Richard Todd

Richard Todd (1919-2009) was a British soldier, film and stage actor. During the war he was in a Parachute Battalion that was involved in Operations Tonga and Overlord. He appeared in many films and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1949. However, it is for his role as Guy Gibson in "The Dam Busters" that he is best remembered. Spencer Tracy (1900-1967) was an American actor who was nominated nine times for the Academy Award for Best Actor, winning on two occasions. Russ Tamblyn is an American film, stage and television actor. He had leading roles in "Tom Thumb" (1958) and "West Side Story" (1961). Mike Todd (1909-1958) was the third husband of Elizabeth Taylor but was also a film producer best known for the Academy Award for Best Picture for the 1956 movie "Around the World in 80 Days".

From Quiz The "T" Quiz

Answer: Tarantula

The tarantula is an arachnid, a hairy spider that carries a poison but it is not deadly. The tuatara is a cousin of the lizard and is an endemic reptile found in New Zealand. The taruca is a type of deer also known as the North Andean Deer. It is recognised for its fluffy brown tail with a white underside. The tortoise is a land reptile, a cousin of the turtle.

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