Quizzically Quizzical Quiz

Answer: The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Quasimodo first appeared in 1831 when Victor Hugo wrote the novel "The Hunchback of Notre Dame". He has appeared in countless stage and screen adaptations, including the 1996 Walt Disney production, from which the quote was taken.

In the novel as well as the Disney film, Quasimodo is a deformed man (a hunchback) who falls in love with the beautiful gypsy, Esmeralda.

Answer: Peninsula

Qatar is a small country located in the Persian Gulf, but not as an island nation. It is a peninsula found on the Arabian Peninsula. The giant Arabian Peninsula is made of several countries, including Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, and Qatar. Qatar, however, is another peninsula that connects to Saudi Arabia.

The definition of peninsula is a landmass that is surrounded by water on three sides.

Answer: Qat

Qat (khat) is a type of plant that has similar qualities to tobacco.

Though both qwerty and qabala (as well as qabalah) are both words accepted by Scrabble, both use a letter that is typed with the right hand (Y and L, respectively). Qwazar, though using only letters on the left side of the keyboard, is not a word.

Of the dozens of words that begin with Q but do not require a U, only qat (as well as plural qats) is an acceptable word in Scrabble that use only letters from the left side of the keyboard.

Answer: Quetzal

A quetzal is actually a type of bird. It has yellow-green and scarlet plumage. The quagga is an animal that resembled a zebra, but has been extinct for hundreds of years. A quokka is a marsupial found in only a small portion of southwestern Australia, and is about the size of a house cat. A quoll, also called the native cat, is a carnivorous marsupial similar to the Tasmanian devil (they're mean, for starters).

There are plenty of animals that begin with Q, amazingly enough. There is the quail, quahog, and queen bee, just to name a few.

Answer: Cup

Sometimes the US measuring system can be very confusing. There are four quarts in a gallon, two pints in a quart, and two cups in a pint. There are also 8 ounces in a cup.

To remember how many of one measurement fits in another, draw a giant G, and place four Q's inside of it. Then, in each Q, draw two P's, and in each P draw two C's. Keep this handy chart for reference. Using this chart, it is easy to see that a quarter (1/4) of a quart is a cup. There are 4 cups in a quart.

Hey, I could have asked how many ounces were in a gallon!

128 ounces, by the way.

Answer: The Day After Tomorrow

Dennis Quaid apparently likes playing guys named Frank. He played Frank LaCrosse in "Switchback" (1997), although his first appearance as a Frank was in a 1977 short. In 2000, he played Frank Sullivan in "Frequency". He became Frank Whitaker in 2002 in the film "Far From Heaven".

In 2004 he was Frank Towns in "Flight of the Phoenix", and only a year later he became Frank Beardsley in "Yours, Mine, and Ours". In 2004's "The Day After Tomorrow" he played Jack Hall.

Answer: Hebrew

Qoph is the 19th letter of the Hebrew language, and is often seen in the Bible, as the Psalms are often organized using Hebrew letters.

The full list of the Hebrew alphabet is below.

Aleph
Beth
Gimel
Daleth
He
Waw
Zayin
Heth
Teth
Yod
Kaph
Lamed
Mem
Nun
Samekh
Ayin
Pe
Sadhe
Qoph
Resh
Shin
Tev

Answer: Coin

The qirsh, also called the qurush, qursh, gersh, grush, kurus, and grosi, are coins used in territories once part of the Ottoman Empire. The kurus is used in Turkey, for instance, as 1/100th of the Turkish lira.

Answer: Barbershop

The barbershop quartet first got its name when the Mills Brothers sang in their father's barber shop in the 1940s and '50s. The four brothers would sing without the use of instruments, which is known as 'a cappella'. Today, the barbershop quartet still plays on, albeit not as popularly as it once was.

However, it put a cappella on the map, and groups all over try to "modernize" the classic barbershop quartet.

Answer: Q*Bert

"Q*Bert" was first released as an arcade game in 1982. It gained such high popularity that it became one of the most merchandised arcade games of all time, behind none other than "Pac-Man" and "Donkey Kong". Q*Bert appeared on many things, including t-shirts, frisbees, and even an animated cartoon. Interestingly, in 2007, "Q*Bert" became the first classic arcade video game to be released for the PlayStation 3's Playstation Network. The game became Gottlieb's most successful arcade game.

Cool fact: "Q*Bert" was simply named "Cubes" during development, though it also was given the name "Snots and Boogers" and "@!#?@!" during development. The latter was named after the symbols that appear when "Q*Bert" is hit by an enemy. Of course, this title was scrapped, and for good reason. You try telling someone that your favorite game is "@!#?@!".