In Between Trivia Quiz

Answer: captain

An ensign is the lowest-ranking commission in the US Navy or Coast Guard. The colonel (and lieutenant colonel) ranks above a major, with the US full colonel sometimes nicknamed "bird colonel" because his collar insignia is an eagle. The corporal is enlisted rather than commissioned, but in Napoleon's army he might have carried officer's insignia into battle with him in hopes of leaving the ranks to hold rank through battlefield promotion.

Answer: Aramis

Yes, D'Artagnan became a musketeer, but the trio was firmly in place from the time D'Artagnan arrived in Paris. Laius was the father of Oedipus. Dantes became the Count of Monte Cristo.

Answer: Capricorn

Sagittarius (mid Nov - mid Dec) and Capricorn (mid Dec - mid Jan) are the two "hybrid" signs. Sagittarius, the archer, is depicted as a centaur. Capricorn, the goat, has that animal's head and forepart of the body, but ends with a curling fish tail. Aquarius, the end of the trio, represented Ganymede, cupbearer to the gods in Greek mythology, but another myth tracks back to Egypt and has the man pouring water representing the Nile.

Answer: stratosphere

The dividing point between the stratosphere and mesophere? The altitude at which the temperature begins to decrease rather than increase as you go higher. The lithosphere and hydrosphere are the land and water masses of the earth.

Answer: Rubber Soul

The ranking is chronological. The Fab Four didn't do badly starting out (not on TV) at the local Horticultural Society's annual dance in 1962, did they?

Answer: Bravo

In the NATO alphabet, Baker was used for the letter B during World War II. The overhaul since then has changed all but five of the code names: Charlie, Mike, Victor, Whiskey, and Xray.

Answer: zeta

Go figure. The first seven letters of the Greek alphabet are named alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta, and eta. That makes the z-word the 6th rather than the 26th.

Answer: Ted Hughes

The category is poets laureate, each one appointed for life by the British sovereign as the country's chief poet. Jonson was first in 1617, but the post wasn't official until John Dryden in 1668. Andrew Motion, the current poet laureate, was appointed in 1999.

Answer: ladies dancing

In 1995, an urban myth surfaced that the gifts of the 12 days represented tenets of Catholicism that had to be kept hidden in the early days of the Anglican Church. The more accepted story is that it was first sung (by English children to a French tune) simply to accompany a game.

Answer: Death Valley

The Dead Sea and Lake Assal are the deepest land depressions at 1,312 feet and 511 feet. The ice counts in Antarctica, or much of that continent would qualify: the ice cap averages 6,890 feet in depth. The Danakil Depression is in Ethiopia.