Trivia Quiz Tests Your Knowledge

Do you like puzzles in the daily newspaper? If you do, try your hand at this trivia quiz. You’ll find the answers below.

1. This material was the first artificial plastic that evolved through a chemical function. It melted when heated and hardened when cooled. It was discovered by John and Isaiah Hyatt in 1869 when they were looking for a substitute for ivory to make billiard balls. What material is this?

2. The tam-o-shanter, deerstalker, Merry Widow and Dolly Varden are all names of what fashion accessory?

3. In the 1860s, this Philadelphia industrialist traveled to the western United States to improve his health. He returned with an idea to make western headgear that would still be manufactured over 100 years later and earlier models would become quite collectible. A university in Florida bears his name. Who was this individual?

4. Cut glass manufactured between 1876 and 1916 is said to have been made in what period of cut glass?

5. This Oriental collectible gets its name from this French word denoting “cell” or, more specifically, the boundaries that make up a cell. What collectible is this?

6. To a collector of movie memorabilia, what is a “Herald”?

7. Ladies of the early 19th century decorated themselves with this brass yellow mineral known as pyrite. What nickname has this mineral adopted?

8. Of pressed glass, Depression glass and carnival glass, which dates the earliest?

9. What do the names given to Persian and Oriental rugs refer to?

10. Earl Richardson, a California power plant supervisor, left his post to form the Pacific Electric Heating Company. What electrical appliance, now quite collectible, did Richardson go on to design and manufacture?

 CLICK AND DRAG MOUSE TO HIGHLIGHT ANSWERS TO TRIVIA QUIZ

1. Celluloid

2. Hats

3. John B. Stetson

4. The Brilliant Period

5. Cloisonné

6.A pulp poster designed to be discarded after one use

7. Fools Gold

8. Pressed glass

9.The geographical regions in which they are woven

10. The electric iron

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Sofa Had Mid Hump

A camel-back sofa was a form designed by George Hepplewhite and prominent in 18th century British and American furniture. An upward curve in the center swept downward from the center on both sides and then up again slightly at either end.

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Punch Bowl Variation Used To Chill Glasses

A monteith was a variation of a silver punch bowl, made from the Colonial through the Victorian period. It differed in that it had a notched or scalloped edge. From this edge, footed glasses could be suspended in order to chill the bowls in iced water.

The earliest monteiths were smaller than punch bowls. As time went on, they approached the same size and often the scalloped rim, which looked much like a crown and from which the glasses hung, could be removed. In this way, the monteith could do double duty as a punch bowl.

The name supposedly comes from that of a Scotsman who always wore a scalloped cloak.

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