“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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Welcome to another Quiz Day at the fasab blog.
Another challenging selection of questions.
But as usual, if you get stuck, you can the answers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating!
Enjoy and good luck.
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Q. 1: Who has been a private investigator in Hawaii, an American cowboy in Australia and the police commissioner in New York city?
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Q. 2: What do you call a group of bears?
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Q. 3: Which Eastern European city is known as the ‘City of a Hundred Spires’ ?
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Q. 4: Which country’s flag includes a cedar tree?
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Q. 5: In which book does an alien invasion commence in Woking?
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Q. 6: Which subatomic particles are found in the nucleus of an atom?
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Q. 7: Which sugar is found in milk?
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Q. 8: This one is the name of the largest species of big cat to be found in South America and a make of automobile?
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Q. 9: What is the name given to the part of the Earth that lies between the outer core and the crust?
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Q. 10: You see it on your cereal packet all the time, but Riboflavin is an alternative name for which vitamin of the B Group?
a) Vitamin B1 b) Vitamin B2 c) Vitamin B3 d) Vitamin B12
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Q. 11: Not part of the UK, but still known as British Crown Dependencies, the Channel Islands are situated in the English Channel just off the coast of France. You get a point for each of the four main islands in this group you can name correctly.
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Q. 12: Which is the world’s tallest mammal?
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Q. 13: ‘It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen,’ is the first line from which book?
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Q. 14: What is the approximate diameter of Earth?
a) 4,000 miles b) 6,000 miles c) 8,000 miles d) 10,000 miles
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Q. 15: What gifted actress played the part of an FBI trainee in the movie ‘Silence Of The Lambs’ and what was the name of the character she played? (A point for each correct answer.)
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Q. 16: What is the world’s smallest flightless bird?
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Q. 17: In the publishing industry what does the acronym ‘POD’ mean?
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Q. 18: What color is a Himalayan poppy?
a) Red b) Yellow c) Green d) Blue
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Q. 19: What flavor is Cointreau?
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Q. 20: On which multi-million selling album would you find the Nasal Choir, Moribund Chorus and Girlie Chorus?
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ANSWERS
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Q. 1: Who has been a private investigator in Hawaii, an American cowboy in Australia and the police commissioner in New York city?
A. 1: Tom Selleck. He played Magnum PI set in Hawaii, Quigley in the movie Quigley Down Under and currently Frank Reagan the NYC Police Commissioner in the TV series Blue Bloods.
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Q. 2: What do you call a group of bears?
A. 2: A ‘Sloth’.
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Q. 3: Which Eastern European city is known as the ‘City of a Hundred Spires’ ?
A. 3: Prague, the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
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Q. 4: Which country’s flag includes a cedar tree?
A. 4: Lebanon.
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Q. 5: In which book does an alien invasion commence in Woking?
A. 5: The War of the Worlds by H G Wells.
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Q. 6: Which subatomic particles are found in the nucleus of an atom?
A. 6: Protons and Neutrons.
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Q. 7: Which sugar is found in milk?
A. 7: Lactose.
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Q. 8: This one is the name of the largest species of big cat to be found in South America and a make of automobile?
A. 8: Jaguar.
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Q. 9: What is the name given to the part of the Earth that lies between the outer core and the crust?
A. 9: It is known as the ‘Mantle’.
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Q. 10: You see it on your cereal packet all the time, but Riboflavin is an alternative name for which vitamin of the B Group?
a) Vitamin B1 b) Vitamin B2 c) Vitamin B3 d) Vitamin B12
A. 10: The correct answer is b) Vitamin B2.
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Q. 11: Not part of the UK, but still known as British Crown Dependencies, the Channel Islands are situated in the English Channel just off the coast of France. You get a point for each of the four main islands in this group you can name correctly.
A. 11: The four main islands in the Channel Islands group are: Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and Sark.
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Q. 12: Which is the world’s tallest mammal?
A. 12: The Giraffe. (By a neck!)
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Q. 13: ‘It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen,’ is the first line from which book?
A. 13: 1984 by George Orwell.
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Q. 14: What is the approximate diameter of Earth?
a) 4,000 miles b) 6,000 miles c) 8,000 miles d) 10,000 miles
A. 14: The correct answer is c) 8,000 miles.
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Q. 15: What gifted actress played the part of an FBI trainee in the movie ‘Silence Of The Lambs’ and what was the name of the character she played? (A point for each correct answer.)
A. 15: She is Jodie Foster and in The Silence Of The Lambs she played the part of Clarice Starling.
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Q. 16: What is the world’s smallest flightless bird?
A. 16: The Kiwi.
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Q. 17: In the publishing industry what does the acronym ‘POD’ mean?
A. 17: It means ‘Print on demand’.
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Q. 18: What color is a Himalayan poppy?
a) Red b) Yellow c) Green d) Blue
A. 18: The correct answer is d) Blue.
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Q. 19: What flavour is Cointreau?
A. 19: Orange.
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Q. 20: On which multi-million selling album would you find the Nasal Choir, Moribund Chorus and Girlie Chorus?
A. 20: Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield.
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