Yet Another Odd One Out Trivia Quiz

Answer: James Earl Carter Jr.

James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, PC, FRS, was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, in 1916. He was first elected to parliament to represent Ormskirk in Lancashire in the first post-second world war election of 1945. He was British Prime Minister twice, first from 1964 to 1970 and again from 1974 to 1976. He died of colon cancer and Alzheimer's disease in London, England, in 1995, aged 79.

Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908 - 1973) was in office from 1963 to 1969.

Richard Milhous Nixon (1913 - 1994) was in office from 1969 to 1974.

Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (1913 - 2006) was in office from 1974 to 1977.

The odd one out, James Earl Carter Jr., was born in 1924 and in office from 1977 to 1981.

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Answer: Harden tooth enamel

Vinegar is a fermented liquid composed of 5 to 20% acetic acid. It can be made from a wide variety of substances, from apple cider and grapes, to coconut water, dates, kiwifruit and malt barley. The fermentation period ranges from a few months to several years. Vinegar is used for a wide range of culinary, medicinal and cleaning purposes, some of them quite unexpected. Did you know that you can use vinegar to soothe jellyfish stings, get rid of ants, relieve morning sickness, dissolve rust, and open clogged drains?

What you cannot use vinegar for is to harden your teeth. Although some people suggest using vinegar to whiten teeth, one has to be careful to wash carefully afterwards as vinegar's high acidic content means it actually wears down tooth enamel. How acidic is it? On the pH scale used to measure the acidity or alkalinity of a substance, with one being the highest or most acidic, vinegar's three is very close to that of battery acid, which is one/two.

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Answer: Leopard Gecko

Jungles, or rainforests, cover approximately 6% of the Earth's surface, and are slowly shrinking in size. Deforestation is the main threat and some experts suggest that without intervention, they could be completely consumed in forty years.

Our odd one out, the Leopard Gecko, has spots that resemble his namesake. Contrary to the jungle-dwellers, this little guy prefers rocky, dry grasslands, and can be found in the desert regions of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and north-west India.

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Answer: Hongeohoe

Hongeohoe is fermented skate from Korea. Apparently it is a bit like the infamous Swedish dish of fermented herring called Surströmming. Both delicacies probably came about as an inexpensive way of preserving fish without salt. Since the invention of the fridge, such methods are unnecessary but some folk seem reluctant to give up their pungent pleasures.

Sardinian sheep's milk cheese Casu Marzu, which translates as "rotten cheese", is notorious for the live maggots which feed off the cheese while it is fermenting. The Piophila Casei fly is purposefully allowed to lay its eggs on the cheese and the maggots digest the cheese, which makes it really soft. One may get rid of the maggots prior to eating the cheese, or one may throw caution to the wind and eat the whole shebang.

Allgäuer Bergkäse is a wonderful cheese from Allgäu in Southern Germany. Bergkäse, which translates as "mountain cheese", is a generic term for Alpine cheeses.

Gruyère cheese is one of the more widely-known and easily-available Swiss cheeses.

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Answer: Poliomyelitis

Dementia, from the Latin word for madness, is a significant decline in mental ability caused by brain disease or injury. It affects memory, language and thinking. Some estimates indicate that the number of people suffering from dementia worldwide will increase to over 135 million by the year 2050.

Alzheimer's disease accounts for an estimated 60%-80% of all dementia cases. While the majority of people suffering from this slow-progressing form of dementia are 65 or older, early onset Alzheimer's can appear as early as 40 or 50.

Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, an alcohol-related dementia, results from a chronic thiamine deficiency and is treatable if diagnosed in the early stages.

Huntington's disease, a hereditary disease caused by a gene defect, leads to involuntary movements and progressive dementia.

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease involves a rapidly progressive destruction of brain cells for which there is currently no cure.

Dementia is also associated with strokes, head injuries, and other diseases such as Pick's disease.

While the poliomyelitis virus can invade the brain and spinal column causing muscular weakness and paralysis, it does not affect mental processes.

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Answer: Idolatry

The seven deadly sins made their first appearance in the fourth century AD and can be broadly described as evil temptations which decent God-fearing people should shun in order to lead a virtuous life. They have altered slightly over time, but the modern list, as formally set down by Pope Gregory I, are: lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, pride. The seven deadly sins have a set of somewhat poor cousins (i.e. less frequently cited) in the seven virtues which are: chastity, temperance, charity, diligence, patience, kindness, and humility.

In many religions idolatry is a definite no-no, although interpretations on what constitutes idolatry vary widely. In some branches of Islam, it is even punishable with death. Other religions, such as Hinduism, are much mellower about such things.

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Answer: Roy Orbison

After having many hits in the '60s Roy Orbison's career revived in 1988 when he joined Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty in The Traveling Wilburys. Unfortunately he died of a heart attack in the USA in 1988. He had two individual posthumous UK Top Ten hits. They were "You Got It", number three in 1989, and "I Drove All Night", number seven in 1992.

Buddy Holly was killed in a plane crash in the USA in 1959 along with singers Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper. He had a posthumous UK number one hit with "It Doesn't Matter Any More" in 1959.

Eddie Cochran died as the result of a car accident in the UK in 1960 in which singer Gene Vincent was injured. He had a posthumous UK number one hit with "Three Steps To Heaven" in 1960.

Jim Reeves died in a plane crash in the USA in 1964 along with his business partner/manager/pianist Dean Manuel. He had a posthumous UK number one hit with "Distant Drums" in 1966.

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Answer: There were no casualties.

The Anglo-Zanzibar War, the shortest war on record, occurred when Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini of Zanzibar died suddenly and his nephew, Sultan Khalid bin Barghash, took over the throne without British approval. This violated a 1886 treaty giving the British this right. The new sultan ignored British warnings, called up his troops and barricaded himself in the palace.

The war lasted roughly 38 minutes, from the time the British began bombarding the palace from ships in the harbor to the time the Sultan's flag was taken down. According to estimates, casualties consisted of some 500 Zanzibari soldiers and civilians, who were either killed or wounded, and one wounded British sailor.

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Answer: Toggenburg from Switzerland

There are over 300 breeds of goats in the world. The Toggenburg goat, also known as the Togg, is reputed to be the oldest registered breed of goat, going back to the 1600s. Toggs are largish in size and their colour ranges from light fawn to dark chocolate. They all have the same white markings on their ears, face, four legs and rump. They are gentle, quiet and friendly animals, and are also quite hardy. Even though Toggs are dairy goats, they can also make good pets.

A Toggenburg goat currently holds the Guinness Book of World Records for the most milk production, some 1,140 gallons in one year. Toggs also make excellent harness and pack goats. A myth has prevailed for many years that the milk of a Togg is flavoured, but, of course, it is just a myth and not the least bit true. I would like chocolate flavour if it was true.

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Answer: Welsh

A loanword is a word which is taken from one language and used in another. Often the pronunciation is adapted to the sounds used in the loanee language, and in other cases the spelling may even change. In Italian, Danish and Romanian the English word computer is spelt exactly like in the original, while other languages the spelling changes slightly, such as in Polish where it becomes "komputer". In other languages, the word is clearly taken from English but has changed more radically, such as "ikhompyutha" in Zulu.

I have often heard the fact that the French don't use the English loan-word "computer" (it's l'ordinateur in French) as a sign of their chauvinism, but in fact most languages have their own word for it. Indeed, the Welsh are no exception. Some further examples (English alphabet used) are "arepocitac" in Czech, "arvuti" in Estonian, the friendly-sounding "bilgisayar" in Turkish, the wonderful "racunalo" in Croatian, the unpronounceable (for me) "szamitogep" in Hungarian.

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