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Braingle's Daily Trivia Quiz for Jul 01, 2023 An Entertainment > Food and Drink Quiz : This is a quiz about random food and drink facts. 1. Which country produces the most coffee in the world?2. What is the common name for dried plums?3. What's the primary ingredient in hummus?4. Which country is responsible for giving us pizza and pasta? (It is debated, so there are two answers.)5. Which European nation was said to invent hot dogs?6. What is the national dish of Spain?7. What other name does "corn" go by?8. Which kind of alcohol is Russia notoriously known for?9....

Some cruise lines try to be all things to all people. Viking isn’t one of them. Since its founding in 1997, the upscale cruise brand has carved out a niche catering to a certain type of thoughtful, inquisitive, generally older traveler looking to explore the world and learn a thing or two along the way. Most Viking customers are approaching their retirement years — or are already there — and they’re eager to finally see all the places they didn’t have time to visit when raising kids and establishing careers in their younger years. For more cruise guides, tips and...

Weekend homeschool links: How to See What You Have Been Missing The Beginner’s Guide to The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place Chapter Book Series When Giftedness Is Misdiagnosed As A Behavior Problem 3 Movies Based on Books for Tweens to Watch This Summer The College Search For Homeschooled Students: Why It Matters 5 years ago on Simple Homeschool: 5 of the best-kept secrets for new homeschoolers In case you missed it this week: Homeschooling: Unleashing the Potential of Kids with Executive Function Challenges (This post contains affiliate links, which means Simple Homeschool receives a small commission from some of the...

I don’t believe I’ve ever been nostalgic about political life in November 2016. It was a disorienting time for Americans and people around the world. But there’s one way we can look back at that jarring moment and see a simpler — even straightforward — time. November 2016 was perhaps the peak — at least among a certain class of liberal-leaning people aghast at the election of Donald Trump — of a belief in the power of information to change minds and votes. It was misinformation that did the deed, you see? Fake news! It’s all Facebook’s fault, for spreading...

Learn to decipher the codes, names, and symbols printed on your paint tube labels, and discover what they mean for you and what you’re trying to achieve in your work. By Daniel Grant Pop quiz: What’s in that tube of oil paint you’re using? Well, there’s oil — linseed probably, although it could also be poppy seed, safflower, sunflower, walnut, or something else — and pigment, which is a ground-up organic or inorganic mineral. Anything else? The answer almost always is yes, but you likely won’t be told that by the manufacturer because it’s proprietary information, a trade secret. “I...