Literature Quiz #1 - Answers

What word, extended from a more popular term, refers to a fictional book of between 20,000 and
50,000 words? Novella

Who wrote the famous 1855 poem The Charge of the Light Brigade? Lord Alfred Tennyson (1809-92)

In 1960 the UK publishing ban was lifted on what 1928 book? Lady Chatterley's Lover(by D H Lawrence)

In bookmaking how many times would an quarto sheet be folded? Twice (to create four leaves)

Who wrote the seminal 1936 self-help book How to Win Friends and Influence People? Dale Carnegie

Who in 1450 invented movable type, thus revolutionising printing? Johannes Gutenberg

Which Polish-born naturalised British novelist's real surname was Korzeniowski? Joseph Conrad (1857-
1924, full name Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski)

Which short-lived dramatist is regarded as the first great exponent of blank verse? Christopher Marlowe
(1564-93 - Blank verse traditionally is unrhymed, comprising ten syllables per line, stressing every second
syllable.)

Who wrote the maxim 'Cogito, ergo sum' (I think, therefore I am)? René Descartes(1596-1650, French
philosopher and mathematician, in his work Discours de la Méthode, 1637.)

Who was the youngest of the three Brontë writing sisters? Anne Brontë (1820-49 - other sisters were
Emily, 1818-48, and Charlotte, 1816-55, plus a brother, Branwell, 1817-48. The two oldest sisters, Maria
and Elizabeth died in childhood.)

What is the Old English heroic poem, surviving in a single copy dated around the year 1000, featuring its
eponymous 6th century warrior from Geatland in Sweden? Beowulf

What relatively modern school of philosophy, popular in literature since the mid 1900s, broadly
embodies the notion of individual freedom of choice within a disorded and inexplicable universe?
Existentialism

What was the pen-name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson? Lewis Carroll (1832-98)

Who wrote Dr Zhivago? Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (1890-1960)

What term and type of comedy is derived from the French word for stuffing? Farce or farcical (from the
French farcir, to stuff, based on analogy between stuffing in cookery and the insertion of frivolous
material into medieval plays.)

What term originally meaning 'storehouse' referred, and still refers, to a periodical of various content
and imaginative writing? Magazine
Who wrote the significant scientific book Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, published in
1687? Isaac Newton (1642-1727)

What 16th century establishment in London's Bread Street was a notable writers' haunt? The Mermaid
Tavern

Who wrote the 1845 poem The Pied Piper of Hamelin? Robert Browning (1812-89)

Which American poet and humanist wrote and continually revised a collection of poems called Leaves of
Grass? Walt Whitman (1819-92 - the title is apparently a self-effacing pun, since grass was publishing
slang for work of little value, and leaves are pages.)

The period between 1450 and 1600 in European development is known by what term, initially used by
Italian scholars to express the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture? The Renaissance
(literally meaning rebirth)

What is the main dog character called in Norton Juster's 1961 popular children's/adult-crossover book
The Phantom Tollbooth? Tock

Who detailed his experiences before and during World War I in Memoirs of a Foxhunting Man, and
Memoirs of an Infantry Officer? Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967)

What significant law relating to literary and artistic works was first introduced in 1709? Copyright (prior
to which creators had no legal means of protecting their work from being published or exploited by
others)

Who wrote the 1891 book Also Sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zarathustra)? Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-
1900)

What word, meaning 'measure' in Greek, refers to the rhythm of a line of verse? Metre(or meter)

Cheap literature of the 16-18th centuries was known as 'what' books, based on the old word for the
travelling traders who sold them? Chapbooks (a chapman was a travelling salesman, from the earlier
term cheapman)

What was Samuel Langhorne Clemens' pen-name? Mark Twain (1835-1910)

Derived from Greek meaning summit or finishing touch, what word refers to the publisher's logo and
historically the publisher's details at the end of the book? Colophon

Japanese three-line verses called Haiku contain how many syllables? Seventeen

Stanley Kubrick successfully requested the UK ban of his own film based on what Anthony Burgess book?
A Clockwork Orange

The ISBN (International Standard Book Number) code was increased to how many digits from 1 January
2007? Thirteen
The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis asserts that people's perceptions and attitudes are affected particularly by
what: book covers, book price, or words and language? Words and language (the theory applies to all
media and language, in that the type of words and language read and used affects how people react to
the world)

What is the female term equating to a phallic symbol? Yonic symbol

James Carker is a villain in which Charles Dickens novel? Dombey and Son (serialised 1846-8)

What famous 1818 novel had the sub-title 'The Modern Prometheus'? Frankenstein (by Mary Shelley)

Who wrote the 1947 book The Fountainhead? Ayn Rand

By what name is the writer François-Marie Arouet (1694-1778) better known? Voltaire

Which pioneering American poet and story-teller wrote The Fall of the House of Usher? Edgar Allen Poe
(1809-49)

According to Matthew 27 in the Bible what prisoner was released by Pontius Pilate instead of Jesus?
Barabbas

What was the 1920s arts group centred around Leonard and Virginia Woolf and the district of London
which provided the group's name? The Bloomsbury Group

What Japanese term (meaning 'fold' and 'book') refers to a book construction made using concertina
fold, with writing/printing on one side of the paper? Orihon

What were the respective family names of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet? Montague and Capulet

Who wrote The Power of Positive Thinking in 1953? Norman Vincent Peale

Around 100AD what type of book construction began to replace scrolls? Codex (a series of folios sewn
together)

What name for a lyrical work, typically 50-200 lines long, which from the Greek word for song? Ode

Who wrote the 1866 book Crime and Punishment? Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-81)

Who wrote the 1513 guide to leadership (titled in English) The Prince? Niccolo Machiavelli

William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey are commonly referred to as the
'what' Poets? Lake Poets (from around 1800 they lived close to each other in the Lake District of England)

In bookmaking, a sheet folded three times is called by what name? Octavo (creating eight leaves)

What is the parrot's name in Enid Blyton's 'Adventure' series of books? Kiki

Who wrote The French Lieutenant's Woman? John Fowles (1969)

What word, which in Greek means 'with' or 'after', prefixes many literary and language terms to denote
something in a different position? Meta

"Reader, I married him," appears in the conclusion of what novel? Jane Eyre (by Charlotte Bronte, 1847)

Philosopher and writer Jeremy Bentham, 1748-1832, is associated with what school of thought?
Utilitarianism (broadly Utilitarianism argues that society should be organised to produce the greatest
happiness for the greatest number of people)

What influential American philosopher and author wrote the book 'Walden, or Life in the Woods'? Henry
David Thoreau (1817-62)

The ancient Greek concept of the 'three unities' advocated that a literary work should use a single
plotline, single location, and what other single aspect? Time (or real time)

Which statesman won the 1953 Nobel Prize for Literature? Sir Winston Churchill

Who is the second oldest of the Pevensie children in C S Lewis's The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe?
Susan (bonus points: Peter is the oldest, Edmund is third and Lucy is youngest. The lion is Aslan. The first
edition was published in 1950.)

Who wrote the plays Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard? Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904)

What technical word is given usually to the left-side even-numbered page of a book? Verso

Which two writers fought a huge unsuccessful legal action in 2006-7 claiming that Dan Brown's The Da
Vinci Code had plaguarised their work? Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh

What is the pen-name of novelist Mary Ann Evans (1819-80)? George Eliot

What technical word is given usually to the right-side odd-numbered page of a book? Recto

In what decade was the Oxford English Dictionary first published? 1920s (1928)

What simple term, alternatively called Anglo-Saxon, refers to the English language which was used from
the 5th century Germanic invasions, until (loosely) its fusion with Norman-French around 12-13th
centuries? Old English

Who wrote Brighton Rock (1938) and Our Man in Havana (1958)? Graham Greene

Laurens van der Post's prisoner of war experiences, described in his books The Seed and the Sower
(1963) and The Night of the New Moon (1970) inspired what film? Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

With which troubled son are parents Laius and Jocasta associated? Oedipus (The mythical Greek
character unknowingly killed his father King Laius and married his mother Jocasta. Sigmund Freud's term
Oedipus Complex refers to similar feelings supposedly arising in male infant development.)
Which Russian writer was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1970? Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-
2008)

The book Eunoia, by Christian Bok, suggests in its title, and features exclusively what, in turn, in its first
five chapters? The vowels a, e, i, o, u. (Each chapter contains words using only one vowel type. Bok says
Eunoia means 'beautiful thinking'. Eunioa is otherwise a medical term based on the Greek meaning 'well
mind'.)

Which great thinker collaborated with Sigmund Freud to write the 1933 book Why War? Albert Einstein

Legal action by J K Rowling and Warner Brothers commenced in 2007 against which company for its
plans to publish a Harry Potter Lexicon? RDR Books

Who wrote the 1939 book The Big Sleep? Raymond Chandler

"In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice which I've been turning over
in my mind ever since," is the start of which novel? The Great Gatsby(F Scott Fitzgerald, 1925)

In the early 1900s a thriller was instead more commonly referred to as what sort of book? Shocker (or
shilling shocker)

Who wrote the books Les Miserables and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame? Victor Hugo

In what decade were ISBN numbers introduced to the UK? 1960s (1966)

In 1969, P H Newby's book Something to Answer For was the first winner of what prize? Booker Prize
(the Man Booker Prize from 2002)

Who established Britain's first printing press in 1476? William Caxton

The word 'book' is suggested by some etymologists to derive from the ancient practice of writing on
tablets made of what wood? Beech (Boc was an Old English word for beech wood)

What is the name of the first digital library founded by Michael Hart in 1971? Project Gutenberg

French writer Sully Prudhomme was the first winner of what prize in 1901? Nobel Prize for Literature

Who wrote Naked Lunch, (also titled The Naked Lunch)? William Burroughs (1959)

In Shakespeare's King Lear, which two daughters benefit initially from their father's rejection of the third
daughter Cordelia? Goneril and Regan

What was Christopher Latham Scholes' significant invention of 1868? Typewriter

Which novel begins "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good
fortune must be in want of a wife..."? Pride and Prejudice (by Jane Austen, 1813)
Japanese author and playwrite Yukio Mishima committed what extreme act in 1970 while campaigning
for Japan to restore its nationalistic principles? Suicide

Which American philosopher, and often-quoted advocate of individualism, published essays on Self-
Reliance, Love, Heroism, Character and Manners in his Collections of 1841 and 1844? Ralph Waldo
Emerson (1803-82)

Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye, printed in Bruges around 1475 is regarded as the first book to have
been what? Printed in the English language (Caxton later printed Canterbury Tales in Westminster in
1476, which is regarded as the first book printed in the English language in England.)

In what city does Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace begin? Saint Petersburg(Petrograd and Leningrad
are recent alternative and now obsolete names of this city - the quizmaster/mistress can decide if these
answers are correct..)

Which French writer declined the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1964? Jean-Paul Sartre(1905-1980 -
apparently he declined because he had an aversion to being 'institutionalised', although the real facts of
the matter are elusive.)

What controversial novel begins: "[a person's name], light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, My soul," ?
Lolita (by Vladimir Nabokov, 1955)

Jonathan Harker's Journal and Dr Seward's Diary feature in what famous 1897 novel? Dracula (by Bram
Stoker)

What is the technical name for a fourteen-lined poem in rhymed iambic pentameters? Sonnet

"Make then laugh; make them cry; make them wait..." was a personal maxim of which novelist? Charles
Dickens

What is the land of giants called in Gulliver's Travels? Brobdingnag

What prolific and highly regarded American author, who became a British subject a year before his
death, wrote The Wings of the Dove; Washington Square, and the Golden Bowl? Henry James (1843-
1916)

What term for a short, usually witty, poem or saying derives from the Greek words 'write' and 'on'?
Epigram (epi = on, grapheine = write, which evolved into Latin and French to the modern English word)

What was the original title of the book on which the film Schindler's List was based? Schindler's Ark (by
Thomas Keneally, which won the 1982 Booker Prize)

Literature Quiz #2 - Answers

A Tale of Two Cities? Charles Dickens

The Secret? Rhonda Byrne

If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him! ? Sheldon B Kopp

Jaws? Peter Benchley

Emotional Intelligence? Daniel Goleman (see more about Emotional Intelligence - EQ)

La Sombra del Viento (The Shadow of the Wind)? Carlos Ruiz Zafón

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe? C S Lewis

The Horse Whisperer? Nicholas Evans

Jonathan Livingstone Seagull? Richard Bach

The Selfish Gene? Richard Dawkins

Lord of the Rings? J R R Tolkein

The Primal Scream? Dr Arthjur Janov

Das Parfum (Perfume)? Patrick Süskind

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy? Douglas Adams

The Grapes of Wrath? John Steinbeck

The Power of Now? Eckhart Tolle

On Death and Dying? Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (see more about the Kübler-Ross Grief Cycle)

Lolita? Vladimir Nabokov

The Catcher in the Rye? J D Salinger

Love Story? Erich Segal

The Art of War? Sun Tzu

Peace is Every Step? Thich Nhat Hanh

The Happy Hooker: Her Own Story? Xaviera Hollander

Who Moved My Cheese? ? Spencer Johnson

Motivation and Personality? Abraham Maslow (see more about Maslow and the Hierachy of Needs, etc)

Nineteen Eighty-Four? George Orwell

Six Thinking Hats? Edward de Bono

Catch-22? Joseph Heller

The Four Agreements? Don Miguel Ruiz (see more about The Four Agreements)

The Empty Raincoat? Charles Handy (see more about Charles Handy's ideas)

The Godfather? Mario Puzo

The Phantom Tollbooth? Norton Juster

Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince)? Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

And Then There Were None? Agatha Christie

The Wind in the Willows? Kenneth Grahame

Fear of Flying? Erica Jong

Think and Grow Rich? Napoleon Hill (see more about assertiveness and business planning and
marketing)

How to Win Friends and Influence People? Dale Carnegie (see more about sales and selling)

The Celestine Prophecy? James Redfield

The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care? Dr Benjamin Spock

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Vowel Quiz #1 - Questions

What is the process in which hair and small blemishes are removed from the body by the application of
heat using electric current?

What is the Japanese martial art, similar to judo, which uses grappling, throws, and non-resistance, to
debilitate opponents?

What is the edible sea snail of the genus Haliotis, which has an ear-shaped shell with a pearly interior?

The fundamental philosophical and devotional epic stories Mahabharata and Ramayana originated in
Sanskrit in which ancient country?

What was the tribe of ancient Britons of Eastern England whose queen was Boudica (or Boadicea)?
What is the capital of Ghana?

What is the African antelope whose male of the species have lyre-shaped horns?

What is the Roman numeral LXXXVIII?

What is the Southern India savoury steamed cake made of rice and served with chutney?

The River Amazon flows into which ocean?

What is the code of silence which prohibits speaking about, or divulging information about, criminal
activities, used by the Mafia?

What is a bottomless pit or chasm, a very deep gorge, or a reference to something unfathomable and
usually threatening or chaotic, such as hell?

What is a three-dimensional figure with eight plane faces?

What is the flat round cake made from flaky pastry and filled with currants, named after a town in
Greater Manchester, England?

What was the title given to the daughters of the Kings of Spain and Portugal who were not the heir to
the throne?

What is the inner and larger of the two bones in the human forearm?

What food has the varieties Elstar, Almata and Cortland?

What is the scarlet banner of Saint Dennis used by early French kings when setting out for war?

What is a dish sprinkled with breadcrumbs or grated cheese and browned?

Before the Euro, what was the basic monetary unit of Portugal?

What is the play by Shakespeare featuring the court jester Touchstone?

What is a death notice, sometimes with a biography, in a newspaper?

What is a system of muscle-building without moving joints?

What is the fifteenth letter of the Greek alphabet?

What means relating to or similar to bears?

What is the final and longest section of the human small intestine?

What is the lair of a fox?

What is the fine-grained, usually white, variety of gypsum used for carving?
What is a word made from the initials of other words in a phrase or sequence?

The Royal Navy flagship aircraft carrier, which along with its Harrier jump jets was withdrawn from
service late 2010, is HMS what?

Vowel Quiz #1 - Answers

What is the process in which hair and small blemishes are removed from the body by the application of
heat using electric current? Electrolysis

What is the Japanese martial art, similar to judo, which uses grappling, throws, and non-resistance, to
debilitate opponents? Aikido

What is the edible sea snail of the genus Haliotis, which has an ear-shaped shell with a pearly interior?
Abalone

The fundamental philosophical and devotional epic stories Mahabharata and Ramayana originated in
Sanskrit in which ancient country? India

What was the tribe of ancient Britons of Eastern England whose queen was Boudica (Boadicea)? Iceni (or
Eceni)

What is the capital of Ghana? Accra

What is the African antelope whose male of the species have lyre-shaped horns? Impala

What is the Roman numeral LXXXVIII? Eighty-eight

What is the Southern India savoury steamed cake made of rice and served with chutney? Idli

The River Amazon flows into which ocean? Atlantic

What is the code of silence which prohibits speaking about, or divulging information about, criminal
activities, used by the Mafia? Omerta

What is a bottomless pit or chasm, a very deep gorge, or a reference to something unfathomable and
usually threatening or chaotic, such as hell? Abyss

What is a three-dimensional figure with eight plane faces? Octohedron

What is the flat round cake made from flaky pastry and filled with currants, named after a town in
Greater Manchester, England? Eccles

What was the title given to the daughters of the Kings of Spain and Portugal who were not the heir to
the throne? Infanta

What is the inner and larger of the two bones in the human forearm? Ulna
What food has the varieties Elstar, Almata and Cortland? Apple

What is the scarlet banner of Saint Dennis used by early French kings when setting out for war?
Oriflamme

What is a dish sprinkled with breadcrumbs or grated cheese and browned? Au Gratin

Before the Euro, what was the basic monetary unit of Portugal? Escudo

What is the play by Shakespeare featuring the court jester Touchstone? As You Like It

What is a death notice, sometimes with a biography, in a newspaper? Obituary

What is a system of muscle-building without moving joints? Isometrics

What is the fifteenth letter of the Greek alphabet? Omicron

What means relating to or similar to bears? Ursine

What is the final and longest section of the human small intestine? Ileum

What is the lair of a fox? Earth

What is the fine-grained, usually white, variety of gypsum used for carving? Alabaster

What is a word made from the initials of other words in a phrase or sequence? Acronym (see amusing
and interesting acronyms)

The Royal Navy flagship aircraft carrier, which along with its Harrier jump jets was withdrawn from
service late 2010, is HMS what? Ark Royal

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What or who first made these catch-phrases famous?

Catchphrase Quiz - Questions

I'll be back

Lovely Jubbly! (or Luvvly Jubbly!)

Correctomundo

Famous for fifteen minutes

And now for something completely different

Whassup (or Wazzup?)

Does my bum look big in this?

Big Brother (is watching you...)

And so to bed

I love it when a plan comes together

Evening All (or Evenin' All)

Show me the money!

You bet your sweet bippy

Be all that you can be

Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better

You're going to like this - not a lot... (but you'll like it)

The world is your lobster

(Its) Naughty... but nice

To infinity, and beyond...

He can run, but he cant hide. (also adapted to You can run, but you can't hide/ They can run but they
can't hide)

Catchphrase Quiz - Answers

I'll be back, The Terminator - the 1984 film, as spoken by the Terminator character, played by Arnold
Schwarzenneger.

Lovely Jubbly! (or Luvvly Jubbly!), Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter - played by David Jason in the 1980's-90's BBC
TV comedy show Only Fools and Horses.

Correctomundo, Fonzie/The Fonz/Arthur Fonzarelli - played by Henry Winkler in the 1970's-80's US

comedy series Happy Days.

Famous for fifteen minutes, Andy Warhol - US pop artist - he first used it in a 1968 exhibition catalogue.
Years later, when tiring of constant reference to the phrase, he coined the ironic amusing variation: "In
fifteen minutes, everybody will be famous."

And now for something completely different, Monty Python's Flying Circus - BBC TV comedy show,
1960's-70's, written by Cleese, Palin, Jones, etc. Eric Idle was first to use the phrase as 'the Monty Python
announcer' in the show's first episode on 5 October 1969, although John Cleese chiefly delivered the line
in later shows.

Whassup (or Wazzup?), Budweiser beer commercials - or the full company name Anheuser-Busch
Budweiser - the 'Wassup' Budweiser beer TV commercials campaign was launched around 2000 - the
concept was created by Charles Stone and popularized in the Budweiser ads produced by the DDB
advertising agency of Chicago

Does my bum look big in this? 'The Insecure Woman' character, played by Arabella Weir, in The Fast
Show - created Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson, 1990's.

Big Brother (is watching you...), 1984 - the dark futuristic novel by George Orwell, published in 1949 - the
phrase appeared in the description of a government poster, in part 1, chapter 1.

And so to bed, Samuel Pepys - pronounced 'peeps' - from Samuel Pepys's Diary, one of the most
signicant written works describing 17th century life in England, written 1660-69.

I love it when a plan comes together, Colonel John 'Hannibal' Smith, played by George Peppard, from the
1980's US TV action series The A-Team.

Evening All (or Evenin' All), PC George Dixon - the main character of Dixon of Dock Green, the 1950's-70's
BBC TV police series.

Show me all the money! Jerry Maguire - the 1996 film, shouted by Tom Cruise to footballer Rod Tidwell,
played by Cuba Gooding Junior.

You bet your sweet bippy, Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in - US comedy series from the 1960's-70's, in
which numerous guests used the phrase and variations of it. Bippy incidentally is a euphemism for
backside or buttocks.

Be all that you can be, US Army recruitment slogan from the late 1970's to 2001. Maybe one day all
political leaders will meet the same selfless standards that they expect of their soldiers. (No points for
that comment because it's far too obvious)

Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better, Emile Coue - pronounced 'coo-ay', (and properly
spelled Émile Coué, with the accents acute) - Coué, a the French positive thinking advodate and teacher,
popularized the expression as part of his widely adopted and frequently very successful auto-suggestion
therapy and personal development methods during the 1920's. Coué's concepts became known as
Couesm - technically Couéism - for which, at the quizmaster's discretion, a special bonus of several
million points might arguably be deserved.

You're going to like this - not a lot... (but you'll like it), Paul Daniels - British magician and TV show host,
he popularized the expression notably on The Paul Daniels Magic Show which ran from 1979-94.

The world is your lobster, Arthur Daley, played by George Cole, in the MinderITV series, first broadcast in
1979 and hugely popular during the 1980's.
(Its) Naughty... but nice, Cream cakes TV advert by the National Dairy Councilwhich appeared on UK
television in the 1980's.

To infinity, and beyond... Buzz Lightyear, voice played by Tim Allen, in the 1995 film animation Toy Story.

He can run, but he cant hide. (also adapted to You can run, but you can't hide/ They can run but they
can't hide), Joe Louis - real name Joseph Louis Barrow, US heavy-weight boxer referring to his opponent
Billy Conn before Conn's challenge for Louis's world title in 1946. Louis won

Misnomer Quiz - Answers

From which country did French horns originate? Germany

What mineral is an Alaskan diamond? Quartz

The Portuguese Man o' War (a sea-dwelling jellyfish-like invertebrate) alludes to a warship design
devised in which country? England (The Man o' War warship design was encouraged, and said to have
been named, by Henry VIII of England. The main version was apparently designed by Sir John Hawkins,
1532-95. The Portuguese never had a warship called a Man o' War, and the Portuguese name for the
jellyfish-like creature is Caravela Portuguesa, referring to an earlier Portuguese sailing ship design used
for exploration in the 15-16th C.)

In the story of Cinderella (the French medieval version, which gave us the modern Western version) what
were Cinderella's slippers made from? Squirrel fur (vair, squirrel fur, in French, was misunderstood by
Charles Perrault, writer of the modern version, to be verre, glass)

What is the main ingredient of a mince pie? Fruit

From what type of creature is Bombay duck made? Fish (specifically a Bummalo fish)

What colour is orange blossom? White

According to the Bible how many (of each) sheep, cows and goats were taken onto Noah's Ark? Seven (or
Fourteen - according to Genesis 7:2 God told Noah to take seven of each 'clean' animal, i.e., edible to
Jews, 'the male and the female' - hence the uncertainty about seven or fourteen)

Where did Panama hats originate? Ecuador

What type of animal inspired the creation of Bugs Bunny, Brer Rabbit, and the Easter Bunny? Hare

Where did tulips come from originally - specifically what (past) capital city and country exported the first
tulips? Constantinople, now Istanbul, Turkey (Constantinople was effectively formally renamed Istanbul
by Turkey in 1930; prior to which Ankara replaced Constantinople as Turkey's capital, during the Turkish
War of Independence, 1919-23.)
What type of building is a picture palace? Cinema (or theatre for showing films)

What is the main fruit ingredient of the traditional (orange) Jaffa Cake biscuit? Apricot(apricot pulp)

What type of creature is a prairie dog? Rodent

What meat is hamburger made from? Beef

How many people were in the band The Thompson Twins? Three

What type of alcoholic drink is barley wine? Beer

What is lava bread? Seaweed

What is the main ingredient of the dish Welsh Rabbit? Cheese (melted cheese on toast - also called
Welsh Rarebit, a later Welsh distortion of the original 'rabbit' name, which was an ironic reference to
cheese being a poor man's meat or rabbit)

What colour is the black box on a plane? Orange

In what continent did camels first evolve? North America

In what country was Canadian Club whiskey first distilled? USA (Detroit, in 1858 by American Hiram
Walker using the brand Walker's Club Whiskey - he subsequently moved the business to Ontario where it
was renamed in 1889.)

What nation invented the kilt? Ireland

What are toy marbles made from? Glass

What is kitchen tin foil made from? Aluminium (US-English: Aluminum)

What is the traditional main ingredient of mock-turtle soup? Calve's head (or calf foot or brains)

How long was the 100 Years War? 116 years

Who is the nude bow-carrying statue in London's Piccadilly Circus? Anteros (not Eros - Anteros was Eros'
younger brother, representing reflective or returned mature love, whereas Eros historically represents
'intimate love', and desire.)

What is the lead in a lead pencil made from? Graphite (or Carbon - graphite is a form of carbon)

Who first devised the central relativity principle within Einstein's Theory of Relativity? Galileo (Galileo
Galilei, in 1632 - the central relativity principle is, basically and loosely, that physical laws are constant
within any system moving in a straight line regardless of speed or direction, meaning that there is no
'absolute' motion or rest, which is completely against our own natural impressions of motion, time and
space, etc)
What is the foodstuff head cheese made from? Meat

In what month is the Munich Oktoberfest beer festival held? September

What type of insect is a velvet ant? Wasp

Catgut (for old musical instrument strings and tennis rackets, etc) was usually made from the intestines
of which animal? Sheep (or goat)

What type of creature is a horned toad? Lizard

What is the liquid inside a coconut? Coconut water (coconut milk, popularly thought to be the liquid
inside a coconut, is made from the flesh of the coconut)

What colour are white grapes? Green

Where does a busboy or busgirl work? Restaurant (it's a US term - a busboy/busgirl clears and cleans
dirty dishes, and assists with other basic restaurant/kitchen duties)

In what country was the game Chinese Checkers (or Chinese Chequers) invented? Germany (in 1892,
called Stern-Halma, a variation of earlier American game Halma. Stern (German for star) refers to the
star-shaped board. Halma has a square board. The name Chinese Checkers is American however - so
'America' is worth half a point. The Chinese Checkers name was introduced by the Pressman company in
1928, a revision of its earlier name Hop Ching Checkers, but the game itself was devised in Germany.)

Where were the first modern Olympic Games held? Much Wenlock (Shropshire, England - in 1850 and
annually for a while afterwards, inspiring the Athens Olympiad of 1896 and the Olympic movement)

What was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's (original) middle name? Wolfgang (actually Wolfgangus -
Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart)

What creatures are the Canary Islands named after? Dogs (probably a reference to monk seals once
found around the islands, whose Latin translation is 'sea dogs')

In which month is the October Revolution celebrated in Russia? November

What sort of fruit is a Chinese gooseberry? Kiwifruit (originated in China but renamed kiwifruit by
growers/exporters in New Zealand)

What colour is a (male) purple finch? Red (female is mostly brown)

What type of insect is a Spanish fly? Beetle

Arabic numerals originated in which country? India

What are sticks of blackboard chalk made from? Gypsum (Calcium Sulphate)

What country invented baseball? England

What thumb signal was given by Roman emperors to call for the death of a gladiatorial contestant?
Thumb-up (signifying a drawn sword - thumb clenched in fist signified a sheathed sword and that the
contestant be spared - there is no evidence of a thumbs-down signal in Roman times - it likely arose due
to a misinterpretation of the Latin 'pollice verso', meaning turned thumb - see other interesting body
language meanings.)

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To whom do these mottos belong?

Mottos Quiz - Questions

Better to light a candle than curse the darkness.

Where do you want to go today?

The Power of Dreams.

Think.

Connecting People.

I'm Lovin' It.

Omnia Omnibus Ubique. (All Things, For All People, Everywhere.)

Save Money. Live Better.

Citius, Altius, Fortius. (Faster, Higher, Stronger.)

Nation Shall Speak Peace Unto Nation.

Vorsprung durch Technik.

Leading Innovation.

Every Little Helps.

Nullius in verba. (On the word of no one.)

Dieu et mon droit. (God and my right.) (Three possible main answers - 1 point for any - a bonus point for
all three)

Don't be evil.

Just do It.

In somno securitas. (In sleep there is safety.)

A Mari Usque Ad Mare (From Sea to Sea; French: D'un Ocean à l'Autre.)

Blood and Fire.

Mottos Quiz - Answers

Better to light a candle than curse the darkness. Amnesty International

Where do you want to go today? Microsoft

The Power of Dreams. Honda

Think. IBM

Connecting People. Nokia

I'm Lovin' It. McDonald's

Omnia Omnibus Ubique. (All Things, For All People, Everywhere.) Harrods (department store, London)

Save Money. Live Better. Walmart

Citius, Altius, Fortius. (Faster, Higher, Stronger.) Olympic Games

Nation Shall Speak Peace Unto Nation. BBC (British Broadcatsing Corporation)

Vorsprung durch Technik. Audi (literally, advantage through technology)

Leading Innovation. Toshiba

Every Little Helps. Tesco

Nullius in verba. (On the word of no one.) The Royal Society (fully, The Royal Society of London for
Improving Natural Knowledge - a learned society for science, founded 1660 and perhaps oldest such
society, today scientific advisor to UK government, also acts as the UK's Academy of Sciences, funding
research fellowships and scientific start-up companies)

Dieu et mon droit. (God and my right.) (Three possible main answers - 1 point for any - a bonus point for
each additional) England/The British Royal Family/The Times(newspaper)

Don't be evil. Google

Just do It. Nike

In somno securitas. (In sleep there is safety.) Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland

A Mari Usque Ad Mare (From Sea to Sea; French: D'un Ocean à l'Autre.) Canada (from the Latin Psalm
72:8 in the Holy Bible, "Et dominabitur a mari usque ad mare, et a flumine usque ad terminos terrae",
meaning "He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.")
Blood and Fire. Salvation Army