“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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After a couple of festive mega quizzes it’s back to normal this week with a standard sized offering to test your knowledge.
As usual the answers can be found waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but NO cheating please!
Enjoy.
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Q. 1: What was Walt Disney’s Middle name?
a) Ewart b) Elias c) Elliot d) Ernest
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Q. 2: Which was the first state in America to pass a law which required vehicle occupants to wear seat belts, and what year did that law that come into effect? (A point for each part.)
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Q. 3: In which year did seat belts become compulsory in Great Britain?
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Q. 4: In Germany what is a ‘kaufhaus’?
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Q. 5: Which country has the longest land border with Russia?
a) Mongolia b) Kazakhstan c) China
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Q. 6: ‘Hogmanay’ is another name for which day of the year?
a) New Year’s Day b) New Year’s Eve c) Christmas Day
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Q. 7: Camp David, the country retreat of US Presidents, is in which state?
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Q. 8: The name of which Mexican snack food literally means ‘little cheese thing’?
a) quesadilla b) burrito c) enchilada
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Q. 9: Absolute government by one person called what?
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Q. 10: The Egyptian god Anubis had the head of what animal?
a) Jackal b) Lion c) Crocodile
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Q. 11: What was the first fully computer-generated feature length movie made by Pixar?
a) Monsters Inc b) A Bug’s Life c) Toy Story
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Q. 12: Which Canadian city hosts the ‘Just For Laughs’ comedy festival every July?
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Q. 13: Who was the Roman equivalent of the Greek god Zeus?
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Q. 14: The US TV series ‘The Office’ was set in which Pennsylvanian city?
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Q. 15: What is measured on the Rankine scale?
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Q. 16: Who composed the opera ‘Cosi fan tutte’?
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Q. 17: What is the profession of Bill Murray’s character in ‘Groundhog Day’?
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Q. 18: ‘Mariculture’ is the cultivation of the animals and plants of which environment?
a) Desert b) Forest c) Sea
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Q. 19: Writers from which country have won the Nobel Prize for Literature most often?
a) America b) Sweden c) France d) England
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Q. 20: What car is the prize possession of Clint Eastwood’s movie character ‘Walt Kowalski’?
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ANSWERS
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Q. 1: What was Walt Disney’s Middle name?
a) Ewart b) Elias c) Elliot d) Ernest
A. 1: b) Elias.
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Q. 2: Which was the first state in America to pass a law which required vehicle occupants to wear seat belts, and what year did that law that come into effect? (A point for each part.)
A. 2: New York in 1984 (December 1 to be precise).
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Q. 3: In which year did seat belts become compulsory in Great Britain?
A. 3: 1983.
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Q. 4: In Germany what is a ‘kaufhaus’?
A. 4: A department store.
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Q. 5: Which country has the longest land border with Russia?
a) Mongolia b) Kazakhstan c) China
A. 5: b) Kazakhstan.
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Q. 6: ‘Hogmanay’ is another name for which day of the year?
a) New Year’s Day b) New Year’s Eve c) Christmas Day
A. 6: Hogmanay is celebrated on b) New Year’s Eve.
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Q. 7: Camp David, the country retreat of US Presidents, is in which state?
A. 7: Maryland.
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Q. 8: The name of which Mexican snack food literally means ‘little cheese thing’?
a) quesadilla b) burrito c) enchilada
A. 8: a) quesadilla.
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Q. 9: Absolute government by one person called what?
A. 9: Autocracy.
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Q. 10: The Egyptian god Anubis had the head of what animal?
a) Jackal b) Lion c) Crocodile
A. 10: a) Jackal.
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Q. 11: What was the first fully computer-generated feature length movie made by Pixar?
a) Monsters Inc b) A Bug’s Life c) Toy Story
A. 11: c) Toy Story.
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Q. 12: Which Canadian city hosts the ‘Just For Laughs’ comedy festival every July?
A. 12: Montreal.
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Q. 13: Who was the Roman equivalent of the Greek god Zeus?
A. 13: Jupiter.
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Q. 14: The US TV series ‘The Office’ was set in which Pennsylvanian city?
A. 14: Scranton.
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Q. 15: What is measured on the Rankine scale?
A. 15: The Rankine scale measures temperature.
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Q. 16: Who composed the opera ‘Cosi fan tutte’?
A. 16: Mozart.
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Q. 17: What is the profession of Bill Murray’s character in ‘Groundhog Day’?
A. 17: He plays the part of a TV weatherman.
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Q. 18: ‘Mariculture’ is the cultivation of the animals and plants of which environment?
a) Desert b) Forest c) Sea
A. 18: c) Sea.
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Q. 19: Writers from which country have won the Nobel Prize for Literature most often?
a) America b) Sweden c) France d) England
A. 19: c) France.
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Q. 20: What car is the prize possession of Clint Eastwood’s movie character ‘Walt Kowalski’?
A. 20: Gran Torino
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fasab 
Only 5 today. I think I need to watch a movie once in a while to help me get some more answers.
Hope you do. I think you would enjoy some of the ones mentioned in these questions.