What Do You Know About The Color Purple?

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    The color purple throughout history has represented...

    • Poverty.
    • Arrogance and the need to prove worth to others.
    • Royalty and Power
    • Gold.
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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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  • 2. 
    The first way of making purple dye came from the extraction of mucus from a sea ______. - ProProfs

    The first way of making purple dye came from the extraction of mucus from a sea ______.

    • Whale

    • Dugong

    • Snail

    • Turtle

    Correct Answer
    A. Snail
    Explanation
    It took almost 9000 snails to make one gram of purple dye.

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  • 3. 
    Politically, a purple state is.... - ProProfs

    Politically, a purple state is....

    • A state that is primarily third party.

    • A state that has a fairly equal amount of democratic and republican support.

    • When a judge must dismiss a case based on the lack of a nonpolitically-biased attorney.

    • When scientists are granted more funding from the government, a celebratory "purple state" is thrown to honor the wonders of science.

    Correct Answer
    A. 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.

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  • 4. 
    What does the phrase "purple cow" mean? - ProProfs

    What does the phrase "purple cow" mean?

    • Something that must be done synthetically just like the synthetic dyes used today.

    • Something that is impossible.

    • Implication of a psychedelic experience

    • Something that stands out from the rest and is entirely unique.

    Correct Answer
    A. 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.

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  • 5. 
    Where did purple get its name? - ProProfs

    Where did purple get its name?

    • The Latin word "purulente"

    • An extinct breed of porpoise that was thought to have purple eyes.

    • The Greek word "porphyra".

    • A slang word made by the poor to mean "pompous"

    Correct Answer
    A. 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.

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  • 6. 
    When was the first inexpensive synthetic purple dye invented? - ProProfs

    When was the first inexpensive synthetic purple dye invented?

    • New Year's Day of 1922

    • 1856

    • It wasn't-- Snails were bred by the masses in order to lower the price of the dye.

    • 1854, at the start of the Crimean war in order to differentiate troops from eachother.

    Correct Answer
    A. 1856
    Explanation
    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.

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  • 7. 
    Which is not a shade of purple? - ProProfs

    Which is not a shade of purple?

    • Eggplant

    • Heliotrope

    • Purple Pizzazz

    • Fuchsia

    Correct Answer
    A. Fuchsia
    Explanation
    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!

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  • 8. 
    How many flags across the world have the color purple in it? - ProProfs

    How many flags across the world have the color purple in it?

    • 56 official flags.

    • Only 3

    • About two dozen since the dye has gone down in price over time.

    • One.

    Correct Answer
    A. 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.

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  • 9. 
     A historical figure that was famous for sporting the color purple was ________________. - ProProfs

     A historical figure that was famous for sporting the color purple was ________________.

    • Abraham Lincoln

    • Shakespeare

    • Julius Caesar

    • Edgar Allan Poe

    Correct Answer
    A. Julius Caesar
    Explanation
    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.

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  • 10. 
    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? - ProProfs

    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?

    • Phoenician mollusk

    • Tyrian snail

    • Bolinus brandaris

    • Cornu aspersum

    Correct Answer
    A. Bolinus brandaris
    Explanation
    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.

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