Trivia

Question 1

Made from eight triangular pieces of silk or polyester, often with a small stem on top. This cap is worn by members of the Roman Catholic clergy in colours that signify their ecclesiastical rankings. What is it called?

Answer 1

Zucchetto (Plural: Zucchetti)

Question 2

Which planet was the first to be discovered using a telescope ?

Answer 2

Uranus by German-British astronomer William Herschel in 1781

Question 3

American photographer Mathew Brady gained fame for his photographs of which military conflict?

Answer 3

American civil war

Question 4

Black coral is the official state gem of which US state?

Answer 4

Hawaii

Question 5

Laurie Strode is a central character in which horror film franchise?

Answer 5

Halloween (played by Jamie Lee Curtis)

Question 6

What does “bibulous” mean?

Answer 6

It means fond of drinking alcoholic beverages

Question 7

Referred to the Egyptians as sekhemty (the two powerful ones), what is another name for the double crown worn by rulers in Ancient Egypt?

Answer 7

Pschent - it represents the pharaoh’s power over all of Egypt and combined the White Hedjet Crown of Upper Egypt and the Red Deshret Crown of Lower Egypt. It bears the two animal emblems: cobra and vulture

Question 8

The first person to isolate morphine from opium, German pharmacist Fredrich Serturner originally named it what?

Answer 8

Morphium

Question 9

What is Adam’s Ale?

Answer 9

Water

Question 10

What is the name of the system that libraries use to organise books by discipline or field of study?

Answer 10

The Dewey Decimal Classification / System. The scheme comprises ten classes, each divided into ten divisions, each having ten sections.

Question 11

In which Italian town did St. Francis establish the Franciscan Order and spend much of his life?

Answer 11

Assisi, town, Perugia province, Umbria region, central Italy. The town lies 12 miles (19 km) east of Perugia. He’s buried in the Basilica of St Francis, in the same town.

Question 12

What was the painting technique pioneered by Georges Seurat and Paul Signac in Paris in the mid-1880s, as a reaction against the prevailing movement of Impressionism?

Answer 12

Pointillism

See: GEORGES SEURAT, UN DIMANCHE APRÈS-MIDI À L’ÎLE DE LA GRANDE JATTE, 1884-86. ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO .

Question 13

Geographically, bounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the south, the Aegean Sea to the west, the Turkish Straits to the north-west, and the Black Sea to the north and aka Asia Minor. What is the name of this region?

Answer 13

Anatolia - the entire Asian area turkey

Question 14

Name the massif of mountains in Northeastern New York which form a circular dome.

Answer 14

Adirondack Mountains

Question 15

Meaning “land between the rivers” in Greek, in what is now modern day Iraq, name the historic region of West Asia within the Tigris-Euphrates river system, where the world’s first urban civilisations developed.

Answer 15

Mesopotamia

Question 16

Which insect is known collectively as a “loveliness”?

Answer 16

Ladybugs

Question 17

Which major Australian road was named for Edward VIII?

Answer 17

The Princes Highway

Question 18

A Latin expression meaning “nobody’s land”. Since the nineteenth century it has occasionally been used in international law as a principle to justify claims that territory may be acquired by a state’s occupation of it.

Answer 18

Terra nullius

Question 19

What are the five layers of the atmosphere?

Answer 19

Exosphere
Thermosphere
(The Karman Line is here)
Mesosphere
Stratosphere
(Ozone layer is in Stratosphere)
Troposphere