It’s The Quiz!

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“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”

It’s the quiz again.

Time to test your knowledge of a wide range of subjects including geography, history, politics, music, movies, sport… even space!

And a lot of muli-pointers to give you the chance of building up a good score.

As usual if you get stuct you can find the answers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating!

Enjoy and good luck.

Q. 1: What side of the road do you drive on in Japan, is it on the right (like the USA) or on the left (like Britain)?

Q. 2: Who won this year’s (2014) Gentlemans and Ladies Singles titles at the world famous Wimbledon Tennis Tournament in England? (A point for each correct answer and a bonus point if you get both correct.)

Q. 3: What is the most distant human-made object from Earth?

Q. 4: What is the automobile that began as a project between Swatch and Mercedes most commonly known as?

Q. 5: In the days when countries took control of other nations and territories overseas they were called Empires. Which country at one time controlled the largest Empire in the world (in terms of land area)?

Q. 6: There are twelve buttons on a touch tone phone. What two symbols bear no digits?

Q. 7: In which branch of the armed forces did William Hitler, a nephew of Adolf Hitler, serve during World War II?

Q. 8: One chocolate chip can give you enough energy to walk approximately how many feet?

a) 50 feet b) 100 feet c) 150 feet d) 200 feet

Q. 9: Plus or minus ten, The Bahamas consists of approximately how many islands?

Q. 10: How many ‘Terminator’ movies have there been to date (2014)? (Bonus points if you can name them and the year they were released.)

Q. 11: Who were the magician duo, known for their magic with big cats, who became the most successful and best known entertainers in Las Vegas?

Q. 12: How many US Presidents have been assassinated? (A bonus point for each that you can name and even more points if you know where the assassinations took place and the names of the assassins.)

Q. 13: If you added the number of players in a basket ball team, the number of players in an American football team, the number of players in a soccer team and the number of players in a rugby union team, what would be the total?

Q. 14: Famous as Bret Maverick and Jim Rockford, who was he?

Q. 15: What is the collective name for the 26 self-governing districts into which Switzerland is divided?

Q. 16: The month of August falls within which two Zodiac signs?

Q. 17: What was the name of the unexpected hit TV series about an unlikely duo who cook methamphetamine?

Q. 18: Who is the current Prime Minister of Israel?

Q. 19: Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited is currently owned by whom?

Q. 20: What song by the group Queen made it to number 1 in the British charts twice, in 1976 and 1991?

ANSWERS

Q. 1: What side of the road do you drive on in Japan, is it on the right (like the USA) or on the left (like Britain)?

A. 1: In Japan you must drive on the left side of the road.

A. 2: In the 2014 Wimbledon tennis tournament Novak Djokovic was the winner of the Gentlemen’s Singles and Petra Kvitova was the winner of the Ladies’ Singles.

Q. 3: What is the most distant human-made object from Earth?

A. 3: The Voyager 1 spacecraft is the most distant human-made object from Earth.

Q. 4: What is the automobile that began as a project between Swatch and Mercedes most commonly known as?

A. 4: It is called the “SMART car”, an abbreviation of its original code name, the Swatch & Mercedes Art Car.

A. 5: Britain, whose Empire at one stage was 33.2 million km² (approximately 8.2 billion acres).

Q. 6: There are twelve buttons on a touch tone phone. What two symbols bear no digits?

A. 6: The star * and the hash # buttons have no digits.

Q. 7: In which branch of the armed forces did William Hitler, a nephew of Adolf Hitler, serve during World War II?

A. 7: Adolf Hitler’s nephew, William, served in the Navy during WWII – the U.S. Navy!

Q. 8: One chocolate chip can give you enough energy to walk approximately how many feet?

a) 50 feet b) 100 feet c) 150 feet d) 200 feet

A. 8: The correct answer is c) 150 feet.

Q. 9: Plus or minus ten, The Bahamas consists of approximately how many islands?

A. 9: The Bahamas consists of approximately 501 islands, give yourself a point if you said anything between 491 to 511.

Q. 10: How many ‘Terminator’ movies have there been to date (2014)? (Bonus points if you can name them and the year they were released.)

A. 10: There have been four ‘Terminator’ movies to date (2014); they are ‘The Terminator’ (1984); ‘Terminator 2: Judgment Day’ (1991); ‘Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines’ (2003); and, ‘Terminator Salvation’ (2009). A fifth Terminator movie is in post production scheduled for release in 2015.

Q. 11: Who were the magician duo, known for their magic with big cats, who became the most successful and best known entertainers in Las Vegas?

A. 11: Siegfried and Roy.

A. 12: Four US Presidents have been assassinated: Abraham Lincoln, in Washington, D.C., on Good Friday, April 14, 1865, by John Wilkes Booth; James A. Garfield, also in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, July 2, 1881, by Charles J. Guiteau; William McKinley, in Buffalo, New York, on Friday, September 6, 1901, by Leon Czolgosz; and John F. Kennedy, in Dallas, Texas, on Friday, November 22, 1963, by Lee Harvey Oswald.

A. 13: The answer is 42 (5 + 11 + 11 + 15).

Q. 14: Famous as Bret Maverick and Jim Rockford, who was he?

A. 14: He was James Garner, who sadly passed away on July 19, 2014.

Q. 15: What is the collective name for the 26 self-governing districts into which Switzerland is divided?

A. 15: They are called ‘Cantons’.

Q. 16: The month of August falls within which two Zodiac signs?

A. 16: The zodiac signs for the month of August are Leo (until August 22) and Virgo (from August 23 onwards).

Q. 17: What was the name of the unexpected hit TV series about an unlikely duo who cook methamphetamine?

A. 17: Breaking Bad. The show originally aired on the AMC network for five seasons, from January 20, 2008 to September 29, 2013.

Q. 18: Who is the current Prime Minister of Israel?

A. 18: Benjamin Netanyahu. (No points deducted if you get the spelling wrong.)

Q. 19: Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited is currently owned by whom?

A. 19: Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of BMW AG.

Q. 20: What song by the group Queen made it to number 1 in the British charts twice, in 1976 and 1991?

A. 20: “Bohemian Rhapsody”.

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Welcome To Another Quiz Day.

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“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”

Welcome to another quiz day.

Twenty more random questions to test your brain.

As usual the answers can be found waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating!

Enjoy and good luck.

Q. 1: GEICO is a huge very well known auto insurance company, the second largest auto insurer in the United States, but what do the letters ‘G-E-I-C-O’ stand for?

Q. 2: On a NY license plate, is New York on the top or bottom?

Q. 3: In which ocean is the area known as Polynesia?

Q. 4: During World War Two what proportion of German soldiers who died were killed on the Eastern Front?

a) 20% b) 40% c) 60% d) 80%

Q. 5: Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara, the revolutionary hero, took part in guerrilla wars in Cuba and was killed fighting Bolivian troops, but what nationality was he?

Q. 6: Whose high school nickname on the basketball team was “Barry O’Bomber”?

Q. 7: What is the infinity sign called?

Q. 8: How many sides are there on a standard pencil?

Q. 9: What is the only English word with five consecutive vowels?

Q. 10: Over 30 million people in the US and millions more in other countries “suffer” from Diastima. What is it?

Q. 11: What country leader’s name has become synonymous as a person who betrays his or her own country by aiding an invading enemy, often serving later in a puppet government or as a fifth columnist?

Q. 12: How did the famous ‘Tribeca’ area in Manhattan, New York get its name?

Q. 13: Who were the unlikely twins in the 1988 movie of that name? (A point for each correct answer.)

Q. 14: What mythological Greek god’s name was used in a famous disaster movie and its sequels and spin-offs?

Q. 15: What is the origin of the name ‘Jeep’?

Q. 16: Where does parma ham originate? (You need the name of BOTH the town and the country to score a point.)

Q. 17: Only two states’ names in the US begin with double consonants, a point for each one you name correctly.

Q. 18: The Terminator was sent from the future to kill who in the first of this series of movies?

Q. 19: What is the name of the highest military decoration awarded for valour “in the face of the enemy” to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories?

Q. 20: What was it that The Beatles wanted to hold in 1964?

ANSWERS

Q. 1: GEICO is a huge very well known auto insurance company, the second largest auto insurer in the United States, but what do the letters ‘G-E-I-C-O’ stand for?

A. 1: ‘GEICO’ stands for Government Employees Insurance Company.

Q. 2: On a NY license plate, is New York on the top or bottom?

A. 2: It’s on the top.

Q. 3: In which ocean is the area known as Polynesia?

A. 3: The Pacific Ocean.

Q. 4: During World War Two what proportion of German soldiers who died were killed on the Eastern Front?

a) 20% b) 40% c) 60% d) 80%

A. 4: Answer d) 80%. For every five German soldiers who died in WWII, four of them died on the Eastern Front.

Q. 5: Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara, the revolutionary hero, took part in guerrilla wars in Cuba and was killed fighting Bolivian troops, but what nationality was he?

A. 5: He was Argentinean.

Q. 6: Whose high school nickname on the basketball team was “Barry O’Bomber”?

A. 6: “Barry O’Bomber” was the high school nickname of a fellow called Barrack Obama.

Q. 7: What is the infinity sign called?

A. 7: The infinity sign is called a ‘lemniscate’.

Q. 8: How many sides are there on a standard pencil?

A. 8: There are 6 sides on a standard pencil.

Q. 9: What is the only English word with five consecutive vowels?

A. 9: “Queueing” is the only English word with five consecutive vowels.

Q. 10: Over 30 million people in the US and millions more in other countries “suffer” from Diastima. What is it?

A. 10: Diastima is having a gap between your front teeth.

A. 11: Norweigan leader Vidkun Quisling collaborated with the invading German army during WWII. After the war he was put on trial and found guilty of embezzlement, murder and high treason and executed by firing squad at Akershus Fortress, Oslo, on 24 October 1945.

Q. 12: How did the famous ‘Tribeca’ area in Manhattan, New York get its name?

A. 12: ‘Tribeca’ in Manhattan, New York stands for TRIangle BElow CAnal street.

Q. 13: Who were the unlikely twins in the 1988 movie of that name? (A point for each correct answer.)

A. 13: The twins in the movie ‘Twins’ were Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito.

Q. 14: What mythological Greek god’s name was used in a famous disaster movie and its sequels and spin-offs?

A. 14: Poseidon, as in ‘The Poseidon Adventure’ (1972), ‘Beyond the Poseidon Adventure’ (1979), ‘The Poseidon Adventure’ (2005) (TV Movie), and ‘Poseidon’ (2006).

Q. 15: What is the origin of the name ‘Jeep’?

A. 15: The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the “General Purpose” vehicle, G.P.

Q. 16: Where does parma ham originate? (You need the name of BOTH the town and the country to score a point.)

A. 16: Parma, Italy.

Q. 17: Only two states’ names in the US begin with double consonants, a point for each one you name correctly.

A. 17: The only two states’ names in the US that begin with double consonants are Florida and Rhode Island.

Q. 18: The Terminator was sent from the future to kill who in the first of this series of movies?

A. 18: Sarah Connor.

A. 19: The Victoria Cross.

Q. 20: What was it that The Beatles wanted to hold in 1964?

A. 20: They wanted to hold ‘Your Hand’.

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Your Country Needs YOU! – If It Can Find You, That Is!!!

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A very good friend of mine, Joe, joined the military. He wasn’t a very military minded man, definitely not the soldier type, but he was patriotic and thought it was his duty to join up. A very commendable attitude.

When Joe had taken this notion he was a little bit long in the tooth for the regular forces. He wasn’t old by any means, but he wasn’t in his teens either as most new recruits are these days. So he elected to join one of the part-time militias.

On his first day Joe arrived at the assigned army camp and joined other new recruits. They were all assembled in the square-bashing quadrangle for the inevitable welcoming speeches by the Officer in Charge and then a piece of less well structured but certainly more gritty initiation from the Sgt Major.

Times being what they have been within the last decade and more the military, like many other similar organizations have taken to having random tests of readiness and security to surprise attacks. Basically what happens is an alarm sounds and everyone gets to their pre-assigned positions and duties as fast as possible.

That is if you have been given a pre-assigned position to get to as fast as possible.

I don’t know whether Joe had been late getting to the base that first day (he did live quite a bit away) or whether he just hadn’t been paying attention, but when the alarm sounded everyone knew what to do – except for him.

All the other regulars and recruits ran off in various directions to what were obviously their pre-assigned positions. But Joe just stood there for a few moments, completely bewildered at what had just happened and where everybody had gone. But he quickly decided that he was far too conspicuous standing alone in the yard and that if everyone else was running somewhere then, hell, he would run somewhere too.

He just didn’t know where.

Then he remembered a big tree near the entrance to the army camp. He was fond of trees and nature and wildlife and the outdoors. I am too, but unlike myself Joe had always been a great climber and a fast one too. Before you could say “where did he go?”, Joe was well up the tree and hiding amongst its leaves. His camo gear worked a treat there as indeed it should.

Then in a while’s time the exercise was over and the signal sounded for everyone to stand down.

The new recruits all re-assembled back in the quad and as the army likes to do (frequently!) they dressed off (that’s got into lines properly spaced for those who have never participated in such things) and started a count. Away they went one, two, three, etc., but when they got to the end they were a man short. Joe.

Well, the military being the military, could never leave a man behind. They immediately identified who was missing and proceeded to organize search parties to find poor Joe. To paraphrase the famous Scarlet Pimpernel poem by P.D.Q. Blakeney, “they sought him here, they sought him there. Those squaddies sought him everywhere! Was he in heaven? Was he in hell? That dammed elusive Pimpernel!”

But Pimpernel Joe was neither of those places. You see, not only did Joe not know the signal for the start of the attack exercise, he didn’t know the signal for the end of it either! As far as he was concerned he was still under attack and therefore still hiding up in the tree!!

He heard some of the search parties, but by this time Joe was completely confused. He had made the mistake a lot of people make when faced with unusual situations. He had thrown logic and plain reasoning out and had over analyzed his predicament. Not knowing that the exercise was finished, he thought that the search parties might be some kind of rouse by the “enemy” and the last thing he wanted to do, particularly on his first day, was to be captured by the opposing forces. I mean would that have looked stupid or what?

So he remained silent. And he remained up the tree.

Luckily it wasn’t cold that night and it didn’t rain either. In the morning at the crack of dawn reveille sounded and once the formalities were done the search parties were sent out again to find Joe.

He was really stiff and sore by this time and hungry too. I think during the night he had figured out that the “attack” was over and that it would be safe to come back down on to terra firma. And that’s what he did. A bit disheveled looking he made it to the ground and was greeted by one of the search parties who ushered him back to the Sgt.

The Sgt inquired politely where Joe had gone and where he had spent the night (WTFHYB……?). At first they thought that he had left the camp, in other words gone AWOL, but eventually he got them convinced of what he had done and where he had been.

They gave Joe a fool’s pardon, but they made sure he learned all his protocols for the next time. I don’t know whether they now use the tree trick as part of their training or not. Perhaps they should, it was certainly effective for Joe.