Foxes might be relatively small animals, but they make very big noises — screaming, yelping and barking to warn off predators or other foxes that might be encroaching on their territory. They also do a lot of vocalizing when they’re searching for mates. The unique scratchy sound that a fox makes deep in its throat is called a gekker. It’s a hard sound to describe — and even harder to listen to. Guaranteed, if you hear foxes gekkering at night, you won’t forget it.

There are more than 300 geysers in Yellowstone National Park including “Old Faithful,” which is the one most park visitors want to see. Old Faithful is awfully famous, but you could argue that the best-known geyser in the world is Geysir in Iceland. Its name comes from the Icelandic word “geysa” meaning “to gush,” and it’s the source of the English word “geyser.”

On Oct. 21, 1928, 17-year-old aviator Elinor Smith flew her Waco biplane under the four bridges that span New York City’s East River. That bit of daredevil flying (by a teenage girl, no less!) made her a national celebrity.

1. In an opera by Gioachino Rossini, the title character, Figaro, has what profession?

A) Barber

B) Bullfighter

C) Judge

D) Tailor

2. “The Fox and the Grapes” and “The Ant and the Grasshopper” are fables attributed to what ancient Greek?

A) Aeschylus

B) Aesop

C) Archimedes

D) Aristotle

3. Artist Marco Evaristti was fined for doing what to a geyser in Iceland?

A) Dyeing it pink

B) Dynamiting it

C) Swimming in it

D) Wrapping it in cellophane

4. Among Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s best-known works is the interlude called “The Flight of the...” what?

A) Bumblebee

B) Conchords

C) Hummingbird

D) Valkyries

5. An ISBN is a numeric identifier assigned to what type of product?

A) Automobile

B) Book

C) Cheese

D) Clothing

6. Which of these novels takes its title from a line in Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”?

A) “Band of Brothers” by Stephen Ambrose

B) “Infinite Jest” by David Foster Wallace

C) “Something Wicked This Way Comes” by Ray Bradbury

D) “The Sound and the Fury” by William Faulkner

Answers

1) The title character, Figaro, is “The Barber of Seville.”

2) “The Fox and the Grapes” and “The Ant and the Grasshopper”

3) Marco Evaristti was fined for turning the Strokkur geyser pink with food coloring.

4) The two-minute “Flight of the Bumblebee” is among Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s best-known compositions.

5) International Standard Book Number; it’s used to identify books.

6) “Infinite Jest” by David Foster Wallace takes its title from a line in Shakespeare’s “Hamlet.”