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A FunTrivia Mixed Quiz!

This is an untimed game, created by the FunTrivia QuizBot using questions submitted by players. Take your time, and please consider submitting questions of your own when you are done!

#1. Humanities Mixture. Player kscleaves asks:
  Which of the following modern employment terms originally referred to mercenaries?

    Moonlighting
    Resumé
    Boss
    Freelance

#2. Humanities Mixture. Player carmeller asks:
  In the famous tongue-twister, what does she sell by the seashore?

    sleigh bells
    shaving gels
    skin cells
    seashells

#3. Humanities Mixture. Player Trufflesss asks:
  Where does the phrase, "with a grain of salt" come from? Hint: the Forum.

    Baseball playing
    The ancient Egyptians
    Cooking
    The ancient Romans

#4. Humanities Mixture. Player Kablooey1 asks:
  A popular colloquialism is "Yanking your chain". So, if I am "yanking your chain", what am I actually doing?

    I am insisting you follow me.
    I am giving you a warning.
    I am trying to get your attention.
    I am teasing or kidding you.

#5. Humanities Mixture. Player seekernym asks:
  What was Merriam Webster's word of the year for 2016? Dali would approve.

    surreal
    oxymoron
    whatevs
    jejune

#6. Humanities Mixture. Player Quiz_Beagle asks:
  Which Spanish artist, probably best known for his 'periods', was also a proficient sculptor, producing over 3,500 ceramic pieces?

    Frida Kahlo
    Francisco Goya
    El Greco
    Pablo Picasso

#7. Humanities Mixture. Player FatherSteve asks:
  The Irish singer Bono asked, "In turbulent times, isn't it cheaper, and smarter, to make friends out of potential enemies than to defend yourself against them later?" What does "turbulent" mean?

    tumultuous, unruly
    fat, heavy-weight
    super fast-moving
    spread out all over

#8. Humanities Mixture. Player MariaVerde asks:
  What play made its Broadway debut in 2004, 47 years after it was made into an Academy Award nominated movie starring Henry Fonda, and 50 years after it appeared in a slightly shorter form on television?

    Take Me Out
    Doubt
    12 Angry Men
    Proof

#9. Humanities Mixture. Player Lpez asks:
  Which of these combinations best describes an idiom that indicates something a person does every day or to sustain themselves economically?

    Bread and butter
    Strawberries and bananas
    Milk and sugar
    Eggs and bacon

#10. Humanities Mixture. Player heatherlois asks:
  What would you do with a negligee?

    Wear it - it is sheer nightwear
    Worship it - it's a religious icon
    Drink it - it's a milkshake
    Plant it - it's a bulb