“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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Another Monday, another quiz to start the week.
As usual the answers are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below – but NO cheating!
Enjoy, and good luck!
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Q. 1: Who sang ‘Coward of the County’ in 1980?
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Q. 2: Of which Native American tribe was Sitting Bull a member?
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Q. 3: Which temple stands on the Acropolis in Athens?
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Q. 4: Who was the first man to win the Academy Award for best actor two years in a row?
a) Clark Gable
b) James Stewart
c) Charles Laughton
d) Spencer Tracy
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Q. 5: What nickname was given to Baron von Richthofen’s fighter squadron in World War I?
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Q. 6: Of which country has President Kenneth Kaudu been the leader?
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Q. 7: In which fictional American town or city was the TV series Northern Exposure set?
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Q. 8: What nationality is tennis player Boris Becker?
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Q. 9: Which religion was founded by Prince Guatama Siddhartha in the 6th century BC?
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Q. 10: What was the nationality of Zorba in the movie and who played him?
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Q. 11: What is the name of Ozzy Osbourne’s wife?
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Q. 12: Where were Geoffrey Chaucer’s pilgrims going as they told their tales?
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Q. 13: In Rastafari, who is known as ‘The Lion of Judah’?
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Q. 14: What term is given to the point in spring when the sun’s path crosses the celestial equator, so that day and night are of approximately equal length?
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Q. 15: The composer Ludwig van Beethoven and the poet William Wordsworth were both born in the same year. Which year was it?
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Q. 16: On the 7th of January 1785, George Washington became the first man in North America to send which kind of letter?
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Q. 17: Who was the young star of ‘National Velvet’ in 1945?
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Q. 18: Although its name is a synonym for ‘no apprehension’, which massive revolutionary invention, first introduced in 1906, instilled fear all over the world?
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Q. 19: Who was the first person to appear on the cover of the Rolling Stone?
a) Dr Hook
b) Elvis
c) John Lennon
d) Mick Jagger
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Q. 20: This ‘Soul Man’ took a ‘Walk On The Wild Side’ and then had a ‘Perfect Day’. Who was he?
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ANSWERS
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Q. 1: Who sang ‘Coward of the County’ in 1980?
A. 1: Kenny Rogers
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Q. 2: Of which American tribe was Sitting Bull a member?
A. 2: Lakota Sioux.
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Q. 3: Which temple stands on the Acropolis in Athens?
A. 3: The Parthenon.
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Q. 4: Who was the first man to win the Academy Award for best actor two years in a row?
a) Clark Gable
b) James Stewart
c) Charles Laughton
d) Spencer Tracy
A. 4: d) Spencer Tracy (1937 for Captains Courageous and 1938 for Boys Town)
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Q. 5: What nickname was given to Baron von Richthofen’s fighter squadron in World War I?
A. 5: ‘Flying Circus’ or ‘Richthofen’s Circus’.
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Q. 6: Of which country has President Kaudu been the leader?
A. 6: Zambia.
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Q. 7: In which fictional American town or city was the TV series Northern Exposure set?
A. 7: Cicely, Alaska.
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Q. 8: What nationality is tennis player Boris Becker?
A. 8: German.
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Q. 9: Which religion was founded by Prince Guatama Siddhartha in the 6th century BC?
A. 9: Buddhism.
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Q. 10: What was the nationality of Zorba in the movie and who played him?
A. 10: Greek, and he was played by Anthony Quinn.
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Q. 11: What is the name of Ozzy Osbourne’s wife?
A. 11: Sharon.
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Q. 12: Where were Geoffrey Chaucer’s pilgrims going as they told their tales?
A. 12: Canterbury.
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Q. 13: In Rastafari, who is known as ‘The Lion of Judah’?
A. 13: Haile Selassie (the First).
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Q. 14: What term is given to the point in spring when the sun’s path crosses the celestial equator, so that day and night are of approximately equal length?
A. 14: The vernal equinox.
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Q. 15: The composer Ludwig van Beethoven and the poet William Wordsworth were both born in the same year. Which year was it?
A. 15: 1770.
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Q. 16: On the 7th of January 1785, George Washington became the first man in North America to send which kind of letter?
A. 16: An ‘Air Mail’. Using a balloon. The letter was addressed to no one but was to be given to the owner of the property on which the balloon landed.
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Q. 17: Who was the young star of ‘National Velvet’ in 1945?
A. 17: Elizabeth Taylor.
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Q. 18: Although its name is a synonym for ‘no apprehension’, which massive revolutionary invention, first introduced in 1906, instilled fear all over the world?
A. 18: The Dreadnought battleship.
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Q. 19: Who was the first person to appear on the cover of the Rolling Stone?
a) Dr Hook
b) Elvis
c) John Lennon
d) Mick Jagger
A. 19: c) John Lennon.
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Q. 20: This ‘Soul Man’ took a ‘Walk On The Wild Side’ and then had a ‘Perfect Day’. Who was he?
A. 20: Lou Reed, those are the names of his songs that made it in the charts.
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fasab 
My 11 is the high score so far!
Good man. Thanks for taking the time to have a go.
I didn’t look -tell me how I did!
1-Kenny Rogers
2- Blackfoot
3- Pantheon (not to be confused with Rome’s Parthenon-I had to pay $15 USD to eat a piece of pie near there so I could use a restaurant’s bathroom!)
4- Don’t know
5- The Red Baron (not Snoopy’s version!)
6- Haiti?
7- Cicely, AK
8- German?
9-Buddahism (Sanskrit: achived wealth?)
10-Zorba the Greek but don’t know actor
11-Sharon
12-don’t know
13-don’t know
14-vernal eqinox
15-18. don’t know
19 – Lennon?
20- don’t know
1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, and 19 all correct. Very good score. You should have got #16 too, the answer was air mail 😉
yes! I had to kick myself a bit on that one. ha. 🙂
It amazes me how little I know!
Hey, but look how much you learn on this blog 🙂