Humanities trivia questions
924 multiple-choice Humanities trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- In Finnish myths the Sampo was a magic artifact made by the blacksmith IImarinen for the sorceress Louhi of Pohjola. What kind of object was this artifact?
- According to Scandinavian mythology, the chaos will defeat the guardians of good and this catastrophe will bring the world to an end. What is the name of this final battle between evil and good, in which the gods will be outnumbered?
- This is the goddess of eternal youth, the guardian of the golden apples of youth in the Scandinavian mythology.
- According to a Polish legend, which city in Poland was named after a hero who defeated a fearful dragon?
- What state in the U.S. is commonly believed to have Spanish as an official language?
- In what country in Africa is Spanish the official language?
- What language is regarded as the biggest contributor to the Spanish language after English and Latin?
- This language, spoken by the Sephardic Jews, is a combination of Hebrew and Spanish.
- What is the name of the institution responsible for regulating the Spanish language?
- What did the Royal Spanish Academy rule in 1994?
- In how many countries is Spanish the official language?
- In the movie Rent which 4 of the 8 main characters have AIDS?
- What drug is Rent character Mimi addicted to?
- What is the name of the song that Maureen and Joanne sing to each other at their commitment ceremony in the film Rent?
- In the movie Rent, what is Marks relation to Maureen?
- What actor gained 55 pounds and learned how to box to bring the real-life story of boxer Jake La Motta to the screen?
- In order to play insomniac Trevor Reznik in The Machinist, this actor lost 60 pounds in just a few months. Later he went from 130 pounds to 230 pounds in six months to play Bruce Wayne.
- This actress gave you goose pimples when her character, Annie Wilkes, told writer Paul Sheldon, Im your number one fan. There is nothing to worry about. You are going to be just fine. Im your number one fan.
- Paul Newman has starred in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Cool Hand Luke and The Sting. In what movie did Newmans character praise Fat Man, you shoot a great game of pool.?
- What is grammaticalization?
- What does the linguistics term creole mean?
- What is Ebonics (also known as African American Vernacular and Black English)?
- Which statement about English is true?
- Which one of the following languages is not in the same language family as the others?
- Which of the following languages is a highly inflected language?
- Sentence structure can be described in the following way: S=Subject. O=Object. V=Verb. There are 6 possible sentence structures: SVO (as English is), SOV (as German is), OSV, OVS, VSO, and VOS. Of these 6 possible sentence structures, which one has never been found to exist?
- The word gargantuan is an eponym derived from a character, depicted by this 16th century French author.
- The term Quizling, which means a traitor, is derived from the name of Vidkun Quisling, who assisted Nazi Germany while serving as Minister-President of this country.
- The name of the famous womanizer Giacomo Casanova has become synonymous with the art of seduction. Who wrote the book Histoire de ma vie which covers part of Casanovas life?
- Which of these musical instruments was named after a person?