Thematic Body Parts Trivia

1. Which chalk headland, near the Seven Sisters, is a notorious suicide spot in UK?

From Quiz Let's Build A Person

Answer: Beachy Head

Beachy Head is near Eastbourne in East Sussex and at 162 metres above sea level is the highest chalk sea cliff in Great Britain. The number of suicide attempts each year led to the formation of The Beachy Head Chaplaincy Team who patrol the area regularly to locate and try to stop potential jumpers. They are assisted by staff at the pub, also called The Beachy Head, and local taxi drivers who will inform them if they observe potential jumpers. In 2006, the Coastguard Rescue Service said the reduction in suicides at Beachy Head was directly attributable to the Chaplaincy Team and their network.

From Quiz Cat Scratch Fever

Answer: Scar ('The Lion King')

Scar was voiced by Jeremy Irons and Jim Cummings in the film 'The Lion King' (1994). In the book, 'A Tale of Two Brothers', it was revealed that Scar's name was originally Taka. Knowing that Mufasa would be chosen as the next king, Taka wanted to find a way to embarrass Mufasa and the current Lion King, Ahadi. He angered a buffalo, thinking that it would injure Mufasa. Mufasa escaped, however, and other buffalo in the herd attacked Taka. Taka was left with a permanent scratch across his face. He told his family to call him 'Scar' and said that he would never forget what had happened that day.

From Quiz Miscellaneous Cells

Answer: Prokaryotes

Prokaryotes include all of the smallest independent single celled life: eubacteria and the newest grouping, archaea. Eukaryotes include the single cells which specialize to create the "higher" life forms: animals, plants, fungi and the odd group called protists. Eukaryotes tend to be more sophisticated and about 10 times larger than prokaryotes. Although all of the more than 5000 viruses so far identified are much smaller than the prokaryotes, viruses are not considered independent cell organisms. In fact, some biologists do not consider viruses to be alive. Like viruses, prions are smaller than prokaryotes. As of 2014 and again, like viruses, biologists do not consider prions to be independent cell organisms or properly alive. At the moment prions are considered "disease agents," consisting solely of proteins, but exceptions to this definition have already been found.

From Quiz Tales About Tails

Answer: Coccyx

The coccyx is known as the tailbone. Surprise, surprise. Medically, it's described as "the final segment of the vertebral column in tailless primates". A non-medical description would be the part that hurts the most if you plonk down on it too hard. Because it consists of up to five separate sections, all or some of these can be broken in a fall, which, as you may agree, would be a somewhat embarrassing and painful experience.

From Quiz Wings

Answer: Four

Soccer (called football in Britain and elsewhere) is played by two teams. The players who are in the positions nearest to the sidelines are known as "wings" or "wingers". Each team has two wings, and since there are two teams in a game, there are four at the start. This can be reduced by injury or fouls.

From Quiz Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes

Answer: The aroma of the wine

The aroma (or "bouquet") of a wine is one of the features utilised by oenophiles and wine-tasters to assess the quality of a wine. Before even allowing wine to enter your mouth, over your tongue and taste buds, some aspects of the wine can be deduced by observing the colour and "getting the nose". Indeed the olfactory system (which is our sense of smell) is intimately linked to our sense of taste and can work cooperatively (perhaps even synergistically) to allow us to detect various flavours that are denied to the tongue alone.

From Quiz Kyle's Blizzard of Gizzards for Trivia Wizards

Answer: the thick, muscular part of the stomach

The gizzard is a modified muscular, thick-walled pouch behind the stomach. Generally it contains swallowed sand or grit to help grind the food before digestion, so it also called the gastric mill. It could also informally refer to the stomach and entrails as a whole of any animal, including people!

From Quiz Fingers and Toes

Answer: polydactyly

An animal which has more than the normal amount of fingers or toes is considered polydactyl. The term poly comes from the Ancient Greek term polus which means "many, much". The term dactyl is derived from the Latin dactylus, which in turn comes from the Greek daktulos meaning finger.

From Quiz The Offal Truth

Answer: Thymus

Gross but true, it is perfectly legal in the US to sell and consume cattle thymus. The lungs are banned from human consumption due to possible contamination with TB. The brain may transmit BSE (mad cow disease), and the thyroid contains high levels of thyroid hormone which could have undesirable side effects in humans.

From Quiz Bottoms Up!

Answer: Weaver

Nick Bottom was the weaver. The other members of the troupe were Snout the tinker, the joiner was Snug, the tailor was Starveling and there was also a bellows-mender called Flute. How appropriate that the bellows-mender is named after an instrument! They were lead by the carpenter called Quince.

From Quiz Get Off My Face!

Answer: Freckles

Judy Blume came up with the title "Freckle Juice" with a little help from her daughter, Randy. The title was inspired by a bathtime concoction of shampoo, soap, and powder - which Randy dubbed "freckle juice".

From Quiz The Innies and Outies of Belly Buttons

Answer: Fibres from clothes

The majority of the lint is from clothing fibers, although a small amount of it is from dead skin cells and strands of hair. According to a survey that was conducted by a physicist at The University of Sydney in 2001, around 66% of people experience navel fluff. Studies have shown that the less hair in the navel region, the less likely a person is to have fluff in their belly button.

From Quiz The Tongue

Answer: Andy Warhol

All of the above are considered 'Pop Artists'. However Andy Warhol is probably the most renowned for his Campbell's Soup tin and Marilyn Monroe portrait. He was also a prolific film maker making over 60 films in the 1960s.

From Quiz The Skin Game

Answer: Cole Porter

Cole Porter wrote 'I've Got You Under My Skin' in 1936, for the Eleanor Powell film 'Born to Dance'. In the film it was sung by Virginia Bruce. Frank Sinatra sang it on his weekly radio show in 1946 and it quickly became one of his biggest hits. In 1956, Sinatra recorded the definitive version of the song, a swinging big band rendition, backed by Nelson Riddle and his orchestra. From that time on, Sinatra included the song in most of the concerts he gave. In 1993, on his album 'Duets' Sinatra recorded the song with Bono (who also included the duet on his 'Stay (Faraway, So Close!)' In 1966 the 30-year old classic became a Top Ten hit for The Four Seasons. Other versions have been recorded by Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, and James Darren, and more recently by Canadians Diana Krall and Michael Buble.

From Quiz Let's Build A Person

Answer: Elbow

The album "The Seldom Seen Kid" was the Mercury Music Prize winner and in 2009, the band also won an Ivor Novello award for Best Song, with the track "One Day Like This" from the album. "One Day Like This" was used by BBC during highlights of the 2008 Olympics and the band performed it live at the 2012 Olympics closing ceremonies. Also in 2009, the band won the Ivor Novello award for Best Contemporary Song with "Grounds For Divorce" from the same album, a track which has also featured in TV shows "Top Gear" and "House M.D." as well as several video games.

From Quiz Cat Scratch Fever

Answer: FUG

The letters 'FUG' were sometimes branded onto the foreheads of slaves who were recaptured after attempting to escape. The letters stood for 'fugitivus', which was Latin for 'runaway' and is where the English word 'fugitive' originates. The letters FUR (from 'fure', meaning 'thief') were also branded onto slaves who had been accused of theft.

From Quiz Miscellaneous Cells

Answer: Pulse Storm

Pulse storms are usually single cell disturbances, distinguished by the characteristic of producing notable weather for a short period of time, then weakening considerably while gathering energy for the next burst of more intense weather. A cyclone is an area of circular atmospheric motion rotating in the same direction as the Earth. Dust devils, tornadoes and hurricanes are all types of cyclone. Wind shear is the difference in wind speed and direction of contiguous vertical or horizontal "slices" of atmosphere over a relatively short distance. Wind shear is created by storm cells as well as other phenomena, like jet streams and inversions. Different kinds of wind shear help determine the size and intensity of storm cells. Generally, a thunderstorm is a severe air disturbance which may or may not produce precipitation and often travels as part of a group along a squall line. According to a study published in "Popular Mechanics" in January, 1953 (page 86), a typical thunderstorm's energy output during its "life" is roughly equal to 50 Hiroshima type A-bombs.

From Quiz Tales About Tails

Answer: Vestigial tail

Apparently our tails, if you believe we're descended from apes, are the remnant of somewhat longer tails all our far distant ancestors once possessed. All mammals possess a tail, some with more tail than others. During the first stage of a newly created embryo's development in the womb, at approximately one month old, this tail can still be clearly seen for a period of four weeks or so. Its original purpose for early humans was to help with mobility, but, as this is no longer a necessity with modern man, the tail very, very rarely develops any further. Occasionally, in genetic defects present at birth for some little babies, this vestigial tail however can still appear.

From Quiz Saturday Night Liver

Answer: Haruspicy

Haruspicy (Latin for gut-watching) involved using various parts of the entrails (particularly the liver) to discern the future. Haruspicy is mentioned in the Bible as being practiced by the Babylonians in Ezekiel 21:21. Mesopotamian priests, known as Barus, were trained to interpret the divine will by the omens presaged in various sectors of the liver. The Etruscans and Romans also practiced different varieties of this form. Hippomancy is divination by the observation of horses, especially their neighing. Alectryomancy is interpreting rooster behavior. And hakata divines the future using bones or dice.

From Quiz Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes

Answer: Shoulder

The shoulder (or hard shoulder, as it is more commonly known in the UK) is a feature which is reserved for cars which break down, so that they have a safe place to wait for assistance. These shoulders may also be useful when emergency vehicles such as police cars or ambulances need to use motorways without being hindered by traffic. Shoulders on older roads that are made of gravel are called "soft shoulders" to distinguish them from "hard shoulders" which are made from asphalt and so would (ironically) give a much softer ride.

From Quiz Kyle's Blizzard of Gizzards for Trivia Wizards

Answer: ventriculus

The word "ventriculus" is a diminutive of the Latin "venter", meaning belly. An obsolete name is the gigerium, which is Latin for giblet. A similar anatomical word is "ventricle", which is a chamber on either side of the heart that receives blood from an atrium (another chamber). The left ventricle then contracts and expels blood into the pulmonary artery, which carries the blood to the lungs be oxygenated. The right ventricle, on the other hand, contracts and expels oxygenated blood into the aorta and thence to all the rest of the organs and limbs of the body.

From Quiz Fingers and Toes

Answer: phalanges

Each hand and foot has fourteen phalanges. The big toe and thumb have two phalanges each while the other fingers have three phalanges.

From Quiz The Offal Truth

Answer: Robert Burns

Robert Burns' 1787 ode, "Address to a Haggis", may still be heard in Scotland and communities of Scottish descent around the world. It is recited most solemnly as the haggis enters the supper hall, often accompanied by a bagpipe fanfare.

From Quiz Bottoms Up!

Answer: Rock Bottom

"Rock Bottom" was from Eminem's second album. The album "The Slim Shady LP" was released in February, 1999. The album has sold millions around the world since its release. No, I can't explain that but to each their own ;-)

From Quiz Get Off My Face!

Answer: Chevron

Baseball player Don Mattingly, physicist Albert Einstein, and Queen frontman Freddie Mercury were all proprietors of the chevron moustache.

From Quiz The Innies and Outies of Belly Buttons

Answer: Underwear

Surprisingly, most belly button fluff comes from underwear due to the direction of the hairs. Fibers from underwear are directed upwards by hairs and into the belly button. (Dr. Karl Kruszelnicki, University of Sydney, Australia, 2001)

From Quiz The Tongue

Answer: It varies, but somewhere in the thousands

A dry tongue cannot taste anything in the same way a dry nose cannot smell anything.

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