“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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The title means, of course, that it is quiz day again.
So if you are ready to give your head a bit of a work out to start the week you’ve come to the right place.
Easy, tricky and difficult, you should find something in this lot to make you think a bit. And if you get stuck you know the answers are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below – but NO cheating.
Enjoy.
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Q. 1: We all know about Martha Stewart, but what did the American Martha Graham become famous for?
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Q. 2: What is the capital of Finland?
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Q. 3: What in the human body is the epidermis?
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Q. 4: Sitting Bull, a victorious chief at the Battle of Little Big Horn later went on tour in which travelling show?
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Q. 5: In which famous short animation movie from 1969 does a beloved Disney character meet an untimely end?
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Q. 6: Which very popular writer with a degree invented the word ‘nerd’?
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Q. 7: Which three animals (a point for each) are directly responsible for the most deaths each year in the USA? (The mosquito is excluded, as are fatalities resulting from a car crash with animals)
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Q. 8: James Madison was the first US President to sport which clothing fashion?
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Q. 9: In which two movies does Henry Fonda play the US President; and in which monumental movie does he play the ‘Medal of Honor’ winning son of US President Teddy Roosevelt? (Again a point for each correct answer)
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Q. 10: Which Frenchman, famous for abhorring bad drink, said “A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world”?
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Q. 11: David Hedison, Jack Lord, Rik van Nutter, Jeffrey Wright, John Terry, Cec Linder, Michael Pate, Norman Burton and Bernard Casey have all played which role in movies?
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Q. 12: What kind of burst is the most powerful radiation known to science?
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Q. 13: Leningrad, Fort Sumter, Sarajevo and Massada are all examples of what?
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Q. 14: Which famous Russian female made around the world headlines after the 3rd of November 1957?
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Q. 15: Like other coastal regions in the area, what was the coast of Florida called in the 16th century?
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Q. 16: What was depicted on the seal of the Knights Templar?
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Q. 17: Which worry prone movie character is fluent in more than 6,000,000 forms of communication?
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Q. 18: The name for which delightful and lofty empyrean goal stems from the Persian word for ‘walled enclosure’?
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Q. 19: In which five US states has the USA tested atom bombs? (Another chance to get a point for each correct answer)
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Q. 20: Philadelphia is the old name for the largest city in which country?
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ANSWERS
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Q. 1: We all know about Martha Stewart, but what did the American Martha Graham become famous for?
A. 1: As a Modern Dancer / Choreographer
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Q. 2: What is the capital of Finland?
A. 2: Helsinki
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Q. 3: What in the human body is the epidermis?
A. 3: Skin
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Q. 4: Sitting Bull, a victorious chief at the Battle of Little Big Horn later went on tour in which travelling show?
A. 4: Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show
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Q. 5: In which famous short animation movie from 1969 does a beloved Disney character meet an untimely end?
A. 5: Bambi meets Godzilla
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Q. 6: Which very popular writer with a degree invented the word ‘nerd’?
A. 6: Dr. Seuss. From the book ‘If I ran the zoo’.
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Q. 7: Which three animals (a point for each) are directly responsible for the most deaths each year in the USA? (The mosquito is excluded, as are fatalities resulting from a car crash with animals)
A. 7: Bees, dogs and horses.
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Q. 8: James Madison was the first US President to sport which clothing fashion?
A. 8: Long trousers (pants)
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Q. 9: In which two movies does Henry Fonda play the US President; and in which monumental movie does he play the ‘Medal of Honor’ winning son of US President Teddy Roosevelt? (Again a point for each correct answer)
A. 9: Fonda plays the US President in ‘Fail Safe’ and ‘Meteor’. In ‘The longest day’ he plays Teddy Roosevelt Jr.
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Q. 10: Which Frenchman, famous for abhorring bad drink, said “A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world”?
A. 10: Louis Pasteur
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Q. 11: David Hedison, Jack Lord, Rik van Nutter, Jeffrey Wright, John Terry, Cec Linder, Michael Pate, Norman Burton and Bernard Casey have all played which role in movies?
A. 11: CIA agent Felix Leiter in Bond films.
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Q. 12: What kind of burst is the most powerful radiation known to science?
A. 12: A gamma ray burst. (A burst recorded in December 1997 was for a few seconds brighter than all the other objects in the entire universe put together.)
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Q. 13: Leningrad, Fort Sumter, Sarajevo and Massada are all examples of what?
A. 13: Famous or infamous sieges.
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Q. 14: Which famous Russian female made around the world headlines after the 3rd of November 1957?
A. 14: Laika. The Russian cosmonaut dog. (or muttnik )
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Q. 15: Like other coastal regions in the area, what was the coast of Florida called in the 16th century?
A. 15: The Spanish Main
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Q. 16: What was depicted on the seal of the Knights Templar?
A. 16: Two knights riding on one horse.
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Q. 17: Which worry prone movie character is fluent in more than 6,000,000 forms of communication?
A. 17: C3PO
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Q. 18: The name for which delightful and lofty empyrean goal stems from the Persian word for ‘walled enclosure’?
A. 18: Paradise
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Q. 19: In which five US states has the USA tested atom bombs? (Another chance to get a point for each correct answer)
A. 19: New Mexico, Nevada, Colorado, Alaska and Mississippi.
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Q. 20: Philadelphia is the old name for the largest city in which country?
A. 20: Jordan (The city of Amman)
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Wow about Philadelphia. As always, interesting stuff …. and much better than puns.
Thanks…. I think!
These were very tough! I lost count. You got me on C3PO!
Some of them were tough but I thought you’d be a Star Wars girl.
Love Star Wars, but, much more of a trekkie 😉
Me too. Never really got into Star Wars apart from watching the movies.
You mean there’s more??
Well I never felt the urge to dress up as Princess Leia – although I would have liked a light saber 😦
What fun! I started out OK but faded quickly. Most interesting – thanks!
That was a tough selection, but glad you enjoyed it anyway.
Almost no right ones today, must be having a foggy noodle day!
I think they’re getting more difficult.