The Ups and Downs of Work Trivia Quiz

Answer: Lawyer

While it can be fun to make fun of lawyers, I certainly do not envy what they must go through to earn a place in the profession. In my home country of Canada, prospective lawyers must have a Bachelor's degree from a university (two or four years), followed by a Bachelor of Laws degree from a recognized law school.

After that it still takes another six to eight years wherein a period of articling must be done (apprenticing at a law firm), followed by a bar admission course and exam. That, and getting a license in the province they intend to practice in.

Answer: Relay

Used as a verb, to relay something is to pass it on after you have received it. This could be information, a message, or an object (like the baton in a track & field relay race).

Relay can also be used as a noun, at which point it can be a device that is activated once an electrical current or signal comes from one circuit, causing another circuit to open or close.

Another use of the word relay as a noun describes groups that participate in activities for short periods of time before being replaced by others (completing the task in relays).

Answer: Year

Our calendar marks a year at 365 days, but in reality it's closer to 365.24 days. This is why an extra day is added every four years (a leap year).

Answer: Rye

Rye is a grain similar to wheat and barley, and is commonly used to make bread (including pumpernickel) and is often used as a fodder for livestock. Perhaps just as well-known a use for rye is the distillation of rye whiskey. In the US, rye whiskey must be made of at least 51% rye mash (often combined with barley and corn) in the process.

Other countries that produce rye whiskey have different requirements, and may not have as high a percentage of actual rye in their rye whiskey.

Answer: Ye

"Oh, ye of little faith". The old English 'thou' and 'ye' have been combined into the present-day 'you'. One is a reference to an individual, while the other is to a group.

Ye can also be another way of saying 'the', as in 'Ye olde bakery shoppe'.

Answer: E

A G Major scale has but one sharp in its key signature (for the F), so the scale is actually quite a simple one: G A B C D E F# G. A G Major chord would not include an E, as only the root, third and fifth combine for the chord: G B D.

Answer: En

The length of an en varies depending on the font size. If your font is 16 points high, then an en dash would be 8 points long (it's the short dash - when you're typing). Also when you put two parentheses together, (), the space between them is the length of an en.

Answer: Ern

The ern (or erne) is a mostly greyish-brown sea eagle with (as you may have guessed) a white tail. The species was first classified by Linnaeus in 1758 and carries the binomial name of Haliaeetus albicilla.

Answer: Rune

Runes are a written symbol language often used by writers as the language of Dwarvish races, but in Earth's history were commonly found in ancient Germanic tribes (3rd to 13th century).

The meaning of the term 'rune' as something mysterious or magical comes from the old English words 'rūn' (a secret, mystery) and the old Norse word 'rúnir' and 'rúnar' (magic signs, hidden lore).

Answer: Nurse

Nursing has been around for a very long time, and is even mentioned in the bible. Modern nursing, however, can trace its origins to the Crimean War and Florence Nightingale. Her series of books called "Notes on Nursing" became very popular in subsequent years.