“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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Another set of twenty questions to get you thinking.
They say they are all easy if you know the answers – and can remember them!
Good luck with this lot, some are easy but some are quite tough.
And if you get stuck you’ll find the answers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below – but NO cheating please!
Enjoy.
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Q. 1: Which vitamin is also known as ascorbic acid?
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Q. 2: Approximately what percentage of all the water on Earth is fresh water?
a) 3% b) 13% c) 23% d) 33%
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Q. 3: In Greek mythology which Trojan hero killed Achilles?
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Q. 4: In which Hitchcock movie is Cary Grant’s character the victim of mistaken identity?
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Q. 5: What type of animal is a skink?
a) Snake b) Lizard c) Marsupial
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Q. 6: In German cuisine what is Stollen?
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Q. 7: Which of these wars took place first?
a) Boer War b) First World War c) Crimean War
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Q. 8: Which American company produces the Polo clothing line?
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Q. 9: On what English play is the musical West Side Story based?
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Q. 10: What color is known as sable in heraldry?
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Q. 11: Which Apostle is often described as the first Pope?
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Q. 12: Professor Robert Langdon features in novels by which American author?
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Q. 13: What shape is ‘rigatoni’ pasta?
a) shell b) tube c) cartwheel d) spiral
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Q. 14: ‘Nature morte’ is the French term for what type of painting?
a) portrait b) landscape c) still life
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Q. 15: The term ‘zoophagous’ has a similar meaning to which of the following words?
a) carnivorous b) herbivorous c) piscivorous
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Q. 16: What does the musical term ‘adagio’ mean?
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Q. 17: Harold Holt who disappeared while swimming in 1967 was the Prime Minister of which country?
a) Canada b) United Kingdom c) Australia d) New Zealand
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Q. 18: In what country did the tango dance originate?
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Q. 19: Which US President did John Hinckley try to assassinate?
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Q. 20: In what year did Elvis Presley die?
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ANSWERS
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Q. 1: Which vitamin is also known as ascorbic acid?
A. 1: Vitamin C.
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Q. 2: Approximately what percentage of all the water on Earth is fresh water?
a) 3% b) 13% c) 23% d) 33%
A. 2: a) 3%
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Q. 3: In Greek mythology which Trojan hero killed Achilles?
A. 3: Paris, who shot him in the heel with a poison arrow.
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Q. 4: In which Hitchcock movie is Cary Grant’s character the victim of mistaken identity?
A. 4: North By Northwest.
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Q. 5: What type of animal is a skink?
a) Snake b) Lizard c) Marsupial
A. 5: b) Lizard
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Q. 6: In German cuisine what is Stollen?
A. 6: A Fruit Loaf.
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Q. 7: Which of these wars took place first?
a) Boer War b) First World War c) Crimean War
A. 7: c) Crimean War
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Q. 8: Which American company produces the Polo clothing line?
A. 8: Ralph Lauren.
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Q. 9: On what English play is the musical West Side Story based?
A. 9: Romeo And Juliet by William Shakespeare.
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Q. 10: What color is known as sable in heraldry?
A. 10: Black.
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Q. 11: Which Apostle is often described as the first Pope?
A. 11: Peter.
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Q. 12: Professor Robert Langdon features in novels by which American author?
A. 12: Dan Brown.
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Q. 13: What shape is ‘rigatoni’ pasta?
a) shell b) tube c) cartwheel d) spiral
A. 13: b) tube.
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Q. 14: ‘Nature morte’ is the French term for what type of painting?
a) portrait b) landscape c) still life
A. 14: c) still life.
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Q. 15: The term ‘zoophagous’ has a similar meaning to which of the following words?
a) carnivorous b) herbivorous c) piscivorous
A. 15: a) carnivorous.
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Q. 16: What does the musical term ‘adagio’ mean?
A. 16: Slow.
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Q. 17: Harold Holt who disappeared while swimming in 1967 was the Prime Minister of which country?
a) Canada b) United Kingdom c) Australia d) New Zealand
A. 17: c) Australia
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Q. 18: In what country did the tango dance originate?
A. 18: Argentina.
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Q. 19: Which US President did John Hinckley try to assassinate?
A. 19: Ronald Reagan.
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Q. 20: In what year did Elvis Presley die?
A. 20: 1977.
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fasab 
50% is not too bad.
Easily a pass mark on these questions. Well done.
These posts help counter the fact myy wife says I retain useless information.
LOL but doesn’t she know that information is never useless?
She just shakes her head.
11 today – my best yet!
Congratulations. That’s very good, some of these questions are tough.