Mixed Hobbies & Recreation Trivia

31. What was the name of the company which introduced the first models of the Universal monsters in the early 1960s?

From Quiz Figure Model Making Mania

Answer: Aurora

Aurora was also known for other genres including military figures, warplanes and ships.

From Quiz World Quizzing Championship

Answer: Olav Bjortomt

There were only 45 participants at the first ever World Quizzing Championship. The event has since expanded to feature numerous venues around the world. Over one thousand participants competed in 2010 from countries including Armenia and Singapore.

From Quiz If Your Only Tool is a Hammer...

Answer: vernier caliper

Vernier calipers are excellent for measuring this distance. With the advent of digital calipers, micrometers are obsolete, unless you are a diehard and enjoy reading three scales to find one measurement. For this reason, micrometer was not listed as an option. An electron microscope could be used, but the other methods mentioned earlier are more economical. The other two tools are not precise enough to measure to the nearest one hundredth of a millimeter (less than 0.005 inch).

From Quiz It's chess! It's boxing! It's chessboxing!

Answer: "Froid Equate" ("Cold Equator") a comic book by Enki Bilal.

Even though Enki Bilal is apparently an extremely popular comic book author in Europe, your poor quizwriter has had some trouble putting together the plot of the graphic novel, and what chessboxing has to do with it. Two reviews allude to Egyptian gods and flying pyramid spaceships, a protagonist named Niko, and plans to possess his body and mind. Sounds gripping!

From Quiz Wine Production

Answer: Vinification

The science of wine-making is known as enology. Wine-making can be divided into either still wine production or sparkling wine production. Wine can be produced from plants or fruit other than grapes. Mead, for example, is a wine concoction made with honey.

From Quiz Which Hobby?

Answer: Gardening.

As anthophobia is a morbid fear of flowers I can't take up gardening. Even vegetables have flowers at certain seasons.

From Quiz The Stinky Cigar

Answer: Altadis

Altadis is the world largest cigar company. They are headquartered in Spain, but most of the product comes from the Dominican Republic. Most cigars are produced in South and Central American Countries and the off-coast islands. While these areas produce the vast majority of cigars, the smoking of the product is not terribly popular amongst the local population.

From Quiz Kyle's Hobby Cats

Answer: Claw

The lobster claw clasp is named after its shape. It has a spring to keep the clasp secure until you press the lever to release it, and is one of the safest fastenings to use for bracelets and necklaces.

From Quiz All About Sudoku

Answer: The numbers must occur once.

Some people also say that it means "the numbers must be single". The numbers, however, aren't a necessary part. Any set of nine characters (or more) may be used. I've seen puzzles with letters, shapes, and even human faces!

From Quiz NaNoWriMo Novel Writing Event

Answer: November

Authors have exactly one month, or thirty days, to write their novel!

From Quiz Home-Made Artillery: The Spud Gun

Answer: It depends on where you are.

According to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF): "...these devices, as described, are NOT firearms provided that they are used solely for launching potatoes for recreational purposes...". In other words, as long as you're not using a spud gun for a destructive purpose, it's not considered a weapon. However, some local state, county, and city ordinances do consider spud guns illegal. It's your own responsibility to find out what the laws are where you live. Of course, regardless of the local laws, if you're caught using a spud gun in an unsafe or irresponsible way, you deserve all the trouble you're going to find yourself in.

From Quiz The Bee

Answer: Spelling schools

This title certainly did not give the impression of a wild and rowdy event! Instead, the "spelling schools" were competitive but peaceful evening events.

From Quiz RC Airplanes

Answer: Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA)

The AMA is headquartered in Muncie, Indiana and represents over 170,000 flyers and 2500 flying clubs in the US. Members of the AMA enjoy several benefits including liability insurance, organized competitions, a monthly magazine, and more.

From Quiz UK Winterguard

Answer: 6 min- 30 max

This is a rule although it may be waived by the DCUK referee.

From Quiz FunTrivia Hobbies Mix: Vol 20

Answer: Mouse Trap

"Mouse Trap" has been around since the early 1960s and requires players to create one large interconnected mouse-run and then move their little mouse pieces through it.

Question by player PootyPootwell

From Quiz FunTrivia Hobbies Mix: Vol 20

Answer: blue

A studious woman is colloquially called a blue stocking; the second full moon in a calendar month is a blue moon - hence the saying "once in a blue moon" which refers to something that is not impossible but very rare and a blue bottle is the common name for the big, buzzy unpleasant, but rather beautiful fly that is a household pest.

Question by player Toeknee448

From Quiz FunTrivia Hobbies Mix: Vol 19

Answer: Cobra

The G.I. Joe team originally did not have a nemesis. Cobra was introduced in the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toy line in 1982.

Question by player nautilator

From Quiz FunTrivia Hobbies Mix: Vol 17

Answer: Pawn

A pawn is worth one point and each player has eight pawns to begin with.

Question by player lordganon95

From Quiz FunTrivia Hobbies Mix: Vol 13

Answer: Mahjong

Generally played by four players, Mahjong is played with a set of 144 individually marked tiles. It has been likened to the European card game of Rummy.

Question by player surdoux

From Quiz FunTrivia Hobbies Mix: Vol 11

Answer: blood sausage

Doubtless to the horror of observant Jews and Jehovah's Witnesses (both of which abstain from consuming blood), blood sausage is made throughout Europe. Discarding blood at slaughtering seems wasteful of protein which can be captured and consumed in the form of so-called "black pudding." British blood sausages contain coagulated pig's blood, either pork fat or beef suet, a grain (typically oats or barley) and seasoning (especially pennyroyal).

Question by player FatherSteve

From Quiz FunTrivia Hobbies Mix: Vol 9

Answer: Claw hammer

If one owns a hammer, it's probably a claw hammer. The claw side is somewhat useful for pulling unwanted nails out of lumber. A ball peen hammer was historically used for shaping (peening) metal, but is now more often used for fine chisel and punch work. A jackhammer *might* be used to remove a nail, but it would make a mess! Jan Hammer is a Czech composer and performer who wrote the theme for the television show, "Miami Vice" so I hope you didn't pick that answer.

Question by player mike32768

From Quiz FunTrivia Hobbies Mix: Vol 7

Answer: Yellow

Trivial Pursuit was created on 1979 in Canada. The categories were the following: Geography (blue), Entertainment (pink), History (yellow), Arts & Literature (brown), Science & Nature (green), and Sports & Leisure (orange).

Question by player anthea84

From Quiz Model Railroading

Answer: G

One does still see this size as a seasonally themed train in stores around Christmas/Holiday time.

From Quiz FunTrivia Hobbies Mix: Vol 5

Answer: Escargot

Snail, a delicacy by European standards. Helix pomatia, a common European snail, has been eaten by humans for thousands of years since Greek and Roman times. Over time it has been given several names in English: Roman snail, Burgundy snail, edible snail, but none so vulgar as just calling it "escargot", the French word for "snail". This large snail is not easy to farm, however, it is still gathered for cooking in many countries all around Europe. All of the incorrect answers were also the word for snail, but in Arabic, Greek, and Hebrew.

Question by player LeoDaVinci

From Quiz FunTrivia Hobbies Mix: Vol 4

Answer: Cribbage

Cribbage is a two player game that requires a special board and pegs as well as a deck of cards. Most people play Klondike when they play Solitaire but they may only know the game as Solitaire. Yukon and Spider are both similar to Klondike but with a few differences.

Question by player arkennedy

From Quiz FunTrivia Hobbies Mix: Vol 3

Answer: They didn't contain any nickel

The nickel five cent piece was first struck in 1866, eventually replacing an earlier silver coin called a half dime. The coin was called a "nickel" because it was made of an alloy of 25% nickel and 75% copper. When the United States entered WWII, nickel was deemed to be a highly important strategic metal, so early in 1942 the alloy was changed to 56% copper, 35% silver, and 9% manganese (some 1942 nickels were produced using the old alloy). These so-called "war nickels" are seldom found in circulation, because their high silver content makes them worth more than their face value. Canada also removed the nickel from its five cent coins during WWII.

Question by player daver852

From Quiz FunTrivia Hobbies Mix: Vol 2

Answer: Cypriot

Souvlakia are small pieces of meat, normally pork or chicken, that are cooked over charcoal on skewers. Sheftalia are made using highly-seasoned minced meat wrapped in caul fat, the membrane that surrounds the stomach of lamb or pig, and cooked over charcoal. Halloumi is soft cheese made with goat milk and loukaniko is a Cypriot sausage.

Question by player gme24

From Quiz There's no 'I' in Team

Answer: He was hiking along the Bibbulmun track

The Bibbulmun track is situated in Western Australia. The route is a 1,002 kilometre journey from the Perth hills area, winding its way through the scenic South West of the state to finish on its south coast in Albany. The track is well marked by small, bright yellow signs bearing the image of a wagyl, the Aboriginal Dream Time serpent, and is sectioned out into fifty nine stops. The stops are either major towns or a number of three-sided shelters that provide places to sleep, eat, toilet and, in some cases, fireplaces. This question was trekked out by Phoenix Rising resident hiker polluci19.

From Quiz Mum, Dad, I'm...

Answer: hunt for hidden treasure using my GPS.

Geocaching is a game in which someone hides something and posts its GPS coordinates on the Internet so that others can search for the hidden treasure (or "cache"). I've never tried it, but it sounds like fun. In case you are wondering what the heck a geoduck is, it is a kind of clam and is pronounced "GOOEY duck" (don't ask me why).

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