“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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Hello and thanks for stopping by the fasab blog.
Yes, today is the first Monday in August (how fast is this year going?) and time for another quiz.
As usual the answers are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below – but NO cheating!
Have a go and, hopefully, enjoy.
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Q. 1: Which Sergeant Detective Lieutenant worked with Scientist Ted Olson under the watchful eye of Captain Ed Hocken?
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Q. 2: The slogan for which famous website is ‘We Open Governments’?
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Q. 3: What are the genetically engineered robots called in the movie ‘Blade Runner’?
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Q. 4: With 4,400 km, what is the longest river in the world beginning with the letter ‘L’? (Bonus point if you know what country it is in.)
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Q. 5: Which band has had a record 36 top ten albums in the US charts?
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Q. 6: The OSS was the predecessor of which organization?
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Q. 7: The two amiable lawbreakers Robert LeRoy Parker and Harry Longabaugh were better known as what?
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Q. 8: A ‘Black Perigord’ is an expensive example of what?
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Q. 9: The world heritage site of Petra is located in what country?
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Q. 10: What is the well known word for ‘sailor of the universe’?
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Q. 11: The name of which criminal syndicate translated means ‘our thing’?
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Q. 12: H.G. Wells ‘The Time Machine’ has been made into a movie twice. Which actor played the ‘Time Traveler’ in a) the original 1960 movie and b) the 2002 version? (A point for each.)
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Q. 13: What is the well known translation for ‘River of January’?
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Q. 14: John Spilsbury is credited with putting together which baffling invention in the 1760s?
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Q. 15: Which politician is the co-author of the book ‘Judo: History, Theory, Practice’?
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Q. 16: Which Hollywood sex symbol did RAF pilots get into during World War II?
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Q. 17: Which world famous Hollywood actress does one associate with the words “I want to be alone..”?
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Q. 18: Which uplifting 1956 invention carried Sir Christopher Cockerell to fame?
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Q. 19: Before reunification what was the capital of West Germany?
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Q. 20: And finally, a question to chew on. What is the name of the famous department store in Moscow?
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ANSWERS
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Q. 1: Which Sergeant Detective Lieutenant worked with Scientist Ted Olson under the watchful eye of Captain Ed Hocken?
A. 1: ‘Sergeant Frank Drebin, Detective Lieutenant Police Squad’ in the Police Squad TV series and Naked Gun movies, played by the late Leslie Nielsen.
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Q. 2: The slogan for which famous website is ‘We Open Governments’?
A. 2: WikiLeaks.
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Q. 3: What are the genetically engineered robots called in the movie ‘Blade Runner’?
A. 3: They are called ‘Replicants’.
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Q. 4: With 4,400 km, what is the longest river in the world beginning with the letter ‘L’?
A. 4: The River Lena in Russia. It is also the 11th longest river in the world and has the 9th largest watershed.
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Q. 5: Which band has had a record 36 top ten albums in the US charts?
A. 5: The Rolling Stones.
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Q. 6: The OSS was the predecessor of which organization?
A. 6: The OSS (Office of Strategic Services) was the predecessor of the CIA.
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Q. 7: The two amiable lawbreakers Robert LeRoy Parker and Harry Longabaugh were better known as what?
A. 7: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
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Q. 8: A ‘Black Perigord’ is an expensive example of what?
A. 8: A Truffle.
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Q. 9: The world heritage site of Petra is located in what country?
A. 9: Jordan.
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Q. 10: What is the well known word for ‘sailor of the universe’?
A. 10: Cosmonaut (Astronaut is ‘sailor of the stars’).
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Q. 11: The name of which criminal syndicate translated means ‘our thing’?
A. 11: Cosa Nostra.
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Q. 12: H.G. Wells ‘The Time Machine’ has been made into a movie twice. Which actor played the ‘Time Traveler’ in a) the original 1960 movie and b) the 2002 version?
A. 12: Two answers a) Rod Taylor and b) Guy Pearce.
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Q. 13: What is the well known translation for ‘River of January’?
A. 13: Rio de Janeiro.
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Q. 14: John Spilsbury is credited with putting together which baffling invention in the 1760s?
A. 14: The Jigsaw Puzzle.
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Q. 15: Which politician is the co-author of the book ‘Judo: History, Theory, Practice’?
A. 15: Vladimir Putin.
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Q. 16: Which Hollywood sex symbol did RAF pilots get into during World War II?
A. 16: Mae West. The automatically inflatable lifejacket worn by RAF pilots was given the nickname Mae West.
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Q. 17: Which world famous Hollywood actress does one associate with the words “I want to be alone..”?
A. 17: Greta Garbo.
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Q. 18: Which uplifting 1956 invention carried Sir Christopher Cockerell to fame?
A. 18: The Hovercraft.
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Q. 19: Before reunification what was the capital of West Germany?
A. 19: Bonn.
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Q. 20: And finally, a question to chew on. What is the name of the famous department store in Moscow?
A. 20: GUM Glavnyi Universalnyi Magazin.
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fasab 
Getting half right is acceptable.
Getting half right is not just acceptable, but very good.
I’ll drink to that.
Good idea, I think I’ll join you 🙂
This was a hard one, the first half specially.
None of these quizzes are easy, especially since the subjects are so random and varied, but a bit of a challenge is good. And thanks for trying them and commenting.
This felt like a pop quiz – and I didn’t do very well! Oh, well, as along as I continue to learn!
And as long as you continue enjoying the quizzes 🙂 Thanks for commenting.
You’re coming up with harder questions or I’m getting dumber – only 3 today!
I don’t think many of these questions are what you would call easy. But I hope it’s interesting to try them.