FunTrivia Humanities Mix: Vol 7 Quiz

Answer: casting roles in a play

Thespis of Icaria is given credit as the first person (according to Aristotle) to go on stage as an actor playing a character (as opposed to orating as him or herself). Hence, all actors are considered "thespians".

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Answer: COVID-19 pandemic restrictions

"The Mousetrap" was originally a short radio play called "Three Blind Mice", written by Agatha Christie to honor Queen Mary's birthday. It had the longest initial run of any play in history. The play features a twist ending which the audience is asked not to reveal to anyone when they leave the theater, so as not to spoil the show for those who haven't seen it.
London experienced the highest rate of COVID-19 infection in England. The restrictions imposed were strict and included no public gatherings. The theaters were closed.

Question by player Duchess716

Answer: Tide

The idiom, "time and tide wait for no man", predates modern English. The origin is uncertain. The earliest written reference was in 1225 AD by St. Marher. It is thought that "tide" originally meant a season of time and not the ocean's tide.

Question by player DizWiz

Answer: perturbed

Having one's "knickers in a twist" is a similar phrase used in Britain and Australia. Some alternate forms in America include having one's "panties in a wad" or "underwear in a bunch". It probably would put you in a bad mood.

Question by player njbruce

Answer: name

The suffix - "onym", means "name" in Greek. Therefore a synonym is a word that has the same or similar meaning as another, while an antonym has the opposite meaning.


Question by player poshprice

Answer: Aurora

Aurora is the goddess of the dawn in Roman mythology. Aurora is also the name of the princess who features in Disney's 1959 animated classic 'Sleeping Beauty'.

Question by player candy-pop

Answer: Tyrant Lizard King

Other popular dinosaur name meanings include Velociraptor (Speedy Thief), Triceratops (Three-horned Face) and Pterodactylus (Winged Finger).

Question by player JBCizzle

Answer: he pays great attention to details

Punctilious means painstaking and doing things in an accurate and correct way. It derives from the Latin "punctus" meaning small dots or fine points - someone obsessed scrutinizing details.

Question by player debodun

Answer: thumb

To bite one's thumb at someone was considered an insult or a way to ridicule someone in the late 1500s and early 1600s, similar to the more modern expression of "thumbing your nose at someone". To bite one's tongue is to keep something to oneself. Biting the hand that feeds you is to mistreat those who are caring for you. I know of no expression with biting a leg, but pulling someone's leg is to fool or trick someone.

Question by player shuehorn

Answer: London

In 1835, Madame Tussaud set up her museum on Baker St. in London. Many of her early figures were done by using death masks. The museum was so popular that it was moved to a much larger building on Marylebone St. in London in 1883. If you have never been there, it makes for a very unique outing.

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