Trivia: “Cheers” primarily takes place where?
A hospital
A laundromat
A deli
A bar
The correct answer is A bar
So why is this answer correct? : The bar on “Cheers” was based on a real-life bar on Beacon Street in Boston. However, visitors were confused because the inside of the bar looked nothing like the bar on the show, so in 2001, a replica of the TV show bar was opened in Boston’s Faneuil Hall.
What amphibious plane built for reconnaissance and search and rescue was the last biplane to enter RAF service in 1944?
Walrus
Sea Otter
Short S-45 Seaford
Vickers Warwick
Hawker Sea Fury
The correct answer is Sea Otter
What Soviet WWII low-level ground attack aircraft did Stalin say was “as essential for the Red Army as oxygen and bread”?
Ilyushin II-2
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3
Lavochkin LA-7
Yakovlev YAK-3
Petlyakov PE-8
The correct answer is Ilyushin II-2
What type of plane shot down Admiral Yamamoto in 1943 over Bougainville Island after U.S. forces broke the Japanese communication code?
P-51 Mustang
P-38 Lightning
P-61 Black Widow
F4F Wildcat
P-40 Warhawk
The correct answer is P-38 Lightning
Trivia: What was the name of the first cloned cat?
Snowball
Benny
Tom
Little Nicky
The correct answer is Little Nicky
So why is this answer correct? : In 2004, a woman named Julie paid $50,000 to clone her cat Nicky, who died at the age of 17. The cloning process was a success, and Julie named Nicky’s clone Little Nicky. According to Julie, Little Nicky was identical to his predecessor in both appearance and personality.
Trivia: What spectral cat haunts the Highlands in Scottish folklore?
Bastet
Cabbit
Carbuncle
Cat Sith
The correct answer is Cat Sith
So why is this answer correct? : Legend has it that the specter of a large black cat with a white spot on its chest roams the Scottish Highlands, stealing the souls of unburied corpses. To keep the Cat Sith away, night watchers called Feill Fadalach guarded a corpse until burial. The watchers drew Cat Sith away with catnip and games. Debate remains as to if the Cat Sith was a fairy creature or a witch in feline form.
Trivia: Chief Mouser is the resident cat of what U.K. government office?
Royal Mint
Cabinet Office
Old Bailey
The Royal Family
The correct answer is Cabinet Office
So why is this answer correct? : In the 1920s, British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald began the informal tradition of having a Chief Mouser position — held by a cat — in the Cabinet Office of 10 Downing Street. The tradition has continued to this day with Larry, the first feline to officially hold the title. Former Prime Minister David Cameron adopted Larry in 2011, and the cat has remained at Downing Street even as prime ministers have come and gone.
Trivia: Towser the cat set a record for hunting mice at what type of business?
Post office
Bakery
Tailor
Distillery
The correct answer is Distillery
So why is this answer correct? : Whiskey distilleries house large amounts of grain to make the liquor, and it attracts a lot of mice. The famous Towser safeguarded the grain at the Glenturret Distillery in Scotland, earning him the nickname “Towser the Mouser” in the 1960s. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Towser killed an estimated 28,899 mice at the distillery. The distillery, which was founded in 1775, keeps a bronze statue on the premises to commemorate Towser.
Trivia: Which cat is known as the “good luck cat” in Thailand?
Korat
Siamese
Burmese
Dragon Li
The correct answer is Korat
So why is this answer correct? : The Korat isn’t the only cat to symbolize good luck, but in Thailand, they’re thought to bring good fortune to families. That’s why they’re sometimes given to newly married couples as they start their life together. Unlike many other breeds, the Korat has never knowingly been bred to other cat breeds or been used to create a new breed.
Trivia: How did the ancient Egyptians mourn the loss of a cat?
Fast for a week
Build a shrine
Shaved their eyebrows
Redecorate their homes
The correct answer is Shaved their eyebrows
So why is this answer correct? : The ancient Egyptians revered cats, and when a family lost their beloved pet, they had grieving traditions. Often, after shaving their eyebrows, they would continue to openly grieve the cat until their eyebrows grew back. Cats were also mummified, just like humans, and buried with things they might need in the afterlife, like milk and mummified rodents.