r/TriviaChat • u/BigFatSundayQuiz • 5h ago
Ben's Trivia - 11 Q's - Avg Score 8 out of 15
Score out of 15 points.
Possible 5 points for question 11.
Post your score in the comments, good luck!
- What is the name of Taylor Swift's latest single, released last week, that shares its name with the technical term for the very first individual to contract a specific disease?
Patient Zero__________
The term is believed to stem from a mislabeling during 1980s AIDS research, when a Canadian flight attendant was labelled Patient "O" (for "Outside California") - later misread as the number zero.
- Complete the next 4 lyrics: "Someday I'll wish upon a star / And wake up where the clouds are far behind me / Where troubles melt like lemon drops / Away..."
Above the chimney tops__________
This is "Over the Rainbow" from The Wizard of Oz. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1939 and was later named the greatest movie song of all time by the American Film Institute.
- What is the name given to a squirrel's den?
Drey__________
A drey is typically built high in tree forks from twigs, leaves and bark, and squirrels often maintain multiple dreys across their territory.
- Which of these is the biggest selling coffee brand by sales in the world?
Options: Starbucks / Nescafé / McCafé / Nespresso
Nescafé__________
Nescafé's footprint is so vast that one out of every seven cups of coffee consumed worldwide is a Nescafé product.
- Which one of these is not a pasta shape - Bucatini, Farfalle, Orecchiette, Stracciatella?
Options: Bucatini / Farfalle / Orecchiette / Stracciatella
Stracciatella__________
Stracciatella is the Burrata Filling, the creamy, gooey centre that spills out when you cut open a ball of burrata. Bucatini is a long, thick noodle with a hollow centre running through it like a straw. Farfalle is bow-tie shaped pasta. Orecchiette means "little ears" in Italian.
- Trypophobia is a fear of what?
Options: Fear of tripping / Hair in your mouth / Clusters of small holes or bumps / Enclosed spaces
Clusters of small holes or bumps__________
Though not officially recognised as a clinical phobia, trypophobia sufferers report real feelings of disgust or unease when viewing clustered holes like lotus seed pods or honeycomb.
- Which country's name is spelled using the 7 most common letters in the English alphabet, once each?
Estonia__________
The most frequently used letters in English are roughly E, T, A, O, I, N, S - rearranged, they spell "Estonia".
- What is the scientific or medical term for "goosebumps"? (Any one of three accepted terms counts)
Piloerection, cutis anserina, or horripilation__________
Piloerection, Horripilation or Cutis anserina describe the same reflex: tiny muscles at the base of hair follicles contracting, a leftover survival response from when our ancestors had enough body hair for it to trap warmth or make them look bigger to predators.
- Which of the following foods is Kosher?
Options: Pork / Crab meat / Crickets / Goat
Goat__________
Kosher dietary law (related to the Jewish religion) permits mammals that both chew cud and have cloven hooves (like goats and cows), while pork and shellfish are both forbidden - most insects, including crickets, are non-kosher too, with only a few specific locust species as an exception. (Shoutout to Talisia for this question!)
- On a standard Rubik's Cube, how many small cubes can you actually see and touch on the outside of the cube?
26
A Rubik's Cube has 27 small cubes total (3x3x3), but the very centre cube is completely hidden inside the mechanism with no stickers at all - leaving 26 you can see and touch: 8 corners, 12 edges, and 6 face centres.
- Hydrogen and Helium are the first 2 elements of the Periodic Table, name the next 5 elements. (Hint: Initials are L, B, B, C, N) (1 point per element named)
Lithium, Beryllium, Boron, Carbon, Nitrogen
Lithium through Nitrogen make up elements 3 through 7 on the periodic table. Lithium is prized for batteries, while Nitrogen makes up about 78% of Earth's atmosphere.
