What Do You Know About The Color Purple?
People don't usually give a lot of thought to colors even though we are surrounded by them. We use blue for boys, pink for girls, red for stop, green for go, etc. But what about more rare colors like purple? How much do you know about this combination of red and blue?
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The first way of making purple dye came from the extraction of mucus from a sea ______.
- A.
Whale
- B.
Dugong
- C.
Snail
- D.
Turtle
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C. SnailExplanation
It took almost 9000 snails to make one gram of purple dye.Rate this question:
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- 2.
How many flags across the world have the color purple in it?
- A.
56 official flags.
- B.
Only 3
- C.
About two dozen since the dye has gone down in price over time.
- D.
One.
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D. One.Explanation
Because of the high cost of the purple dye, it was not affordable to use purple in country flags over time. However, the flag of Dominica has a very small amount of purple on the bird depicted, making it one of a kind.Rate this question:
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When was the first inexpensive synthetic purple dye invented?
- A.
New Year's Day of 1922
- B.
1856
- C.
It wasn't-- Snails were bred by the masses in order to lower the price of the dye.
- D.
1854, at the start of the Crimean war in order to differentiate troops from eachother.
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B. 1856Explanation
The first synthetic purple dye was created by accident! 18 year old chemistry student William Henry Perkin, was working from a lab in his home when he made the dye by mistake in 1856.Rate this question:
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- 4.
The color purple throughout history has represented...
- A.
Poverty.
- B.
Arrogance and the need to prove worth to others.
- C.
Royalty and Power
- D.
Gold.
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C. Royalty and PowerExplanation
Only the richest of the rich could afford purple clothing as it was at one point more expensive than gold. Therefore, only royal families could ever afford purple and made sure it was not easily accessible to the poor.Rate this question:
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- 5.
A historical figure that was famous for sporting the color purple was ________________.
- A.
Abraham Lincoln
- B.
Shakespeare
- C.
Julius Caesar
- D.
Edgar Allan Poe
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C. Julius CaesarExplanation
Julius Caesar loved to wear the color purple as he knew it was exclusive to kings, and made it so that only he and few people he granted permission to could wear purple.Rate this question:
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Remember that snail from earlier? The dye that was extracted was called Tyrian purple. What was the name of the snail the dye came from?
- A.
Phoenician mollusk
- B.
Tyrian snail
- C.
Bolinus brandaris
- D.
Cornu aspersum
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C. Bolinus brandarisExplanation
The dye gets its name from the ancient city of Tyre that was located in modern day Lebanon. This city was the center of the purple dye trade for centuries.Rate this question:
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- 7.
What does the phrase "purple cow" mean?
- A.
Something that must be done synthetically just like the synthetic dyes used today.
- B.
Something that is impossible.
- C.
Implication of a psychedelic experience
- D.
Something that stands out from the rest and is entirely unique.
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D. Something that stands out from the rest and is entirely unique.Explanation
This phrase is used to acknowledge something that is entirely unique, unusual, or eye opening because of its abnormality.Rate this question:
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- 8.
Where did purple get its name?
- A.
The Latin word "purulente"
- B.
An extinct breed of porpoise that was thought to have purple eyes.
- C.
The Greek word "porphyra".
- D.
A slang word made by the poor to mean "pompous"
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C. The Greek word "porphyra".Explanation
Yep, the Greeks invented it. It has since carried over to Latin, Old English, and has maintained its general word structure since it was integrated into Modern English today.Rate this question:
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- 9.
Politically, a purple state is....
- A.
A state that is primarily third party.
- B.
A state that has a fairly equal amount of democratic and republican support.
- C.
When a judge must dismiss a case based on the lack of a nonpolitically-biased attorney.
- D.
When scientists are granted more funding from the government, a celebratory "purple state" is thrown to honor the wonders of science.
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B. A state that has a fairly equal amount of democratic and republican support.Explanation
A state is declared purple when there is not overwhelming support for either party, democrat nor republican-- this means that either side can win given the situation.Rate this question:
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Which is not a shade of purple?
- A.
Eggplant
- B.
Heliotrope
- C.
Purple Pizzazz
- D.
Fuchsia
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D. FuchsiaExplanation
Fuchsia is considered more of a pink than a purple, and is thought by some to even be a receptive malfunction by our brains when we cannot process a color!Rate this question:
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