“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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Yes, today’s quiz questions include a couple about fast birds.
That and a lot more to test your knowledge.
But don’t worry, if you get stuck you can find the answers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, however NO cheating please!
Enjoy and good luck.
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Q. 1. What proportion of the items kept at the British Museum are actually on display?
a) 1% b) 10% c) 20% d) 30%
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Q. 2. What was the name of the world’s first supercomputer and in what year was it installed? (A point for each correct answer.)
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Q. 3. In what modern country was the Aztec empire based?
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Q. 4. What is the only animal with four knees?
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Q. 5. What town in Manitoba, Canada, and named after perhaps the most famous English politician of all time, is known as the “Polar Bear Capital of the World”?
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Q. 6. What word to describe a large group of islands that are located close together?
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Q. 7. Robert Southey wrote what famous children’s story in 1834?
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Q. 8. What country spans the greatest number of contiguous time zones, and how many? (You get a point for each correct answer.)
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Q. 9. What is the fastest running bird in the world?
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Q. 10. What does the acronym ‘UNICEF’ stand for?
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Q. 11. The names of how many countries in South America end in the letter ‘a’ ? (A point for the correct number and an additional point for each one you can name correctly.)
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Q. 12. What was the middle name of the founder of the store chain J C Penney?
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Q. 13. By ferry, approximately how long will it take you to reach Africa from Spain?
a) 30 minutes b) 1 hour c) 90 minutes d) 2 hours
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Q. 14. What nationality is the toy company ‘Lego’ ?
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Q. 15. What was the first sport to be pictured on the cover of Sports Illustrated?
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Q. 16. What is the world’s largest retail chain store?
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Q. 17. In what country is the prime minister known by the name ‘Taoiseach’ ?
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Q. 18. What were the names of the Captains of the USS Enterprise in Star Trek – The Original Series and Star Trek – The Next Generation; and the actors who played them? (A point for each correct answer, so a total of four points up for grabs.)
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Q. 19. What woman holds the all-time world record for the 100 meter dash?
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Q. 20. How many ways did Paul Simon say there were to leave your lover?
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ANSWERS
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Q. 1. What proportion of the items kept at the British Museum are actually on display?
a) 1% b) 10% c) 20% d) 30%
A. 1. The correct answer is a) 1%.
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Q. 2. What was the name of the world’s first supercomputer and in what year was it installed? (A point for each correct answer.)
A. 2. It was called the Cray-1 (you get the point if you said ‘Cray’), and was installed at Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States in 1976 at a cost of $8.8 million.
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Q. 3. In what modern country was the Aztec empire based?
A. 3. Mexico.
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Q. 4. What is the only animal with four knees?
A. 4. The elephant.
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Q. 5. What town in Manitoba, Canada, and named after perhaps the most famous English politician of all time, is known as the “Polar Bear Capital of the World”?
A. 5. It is the town of Churchill.
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Q. 6. What word to describe a large group of islands that are located close together?
A. 6. Archipelago.
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Q. 7. Robert Southey wrote what famous children’s story in 1834?
A. 7. “Goldilocks and the Three Bears”.
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Q. 8. What country spans the greatest number of contiguous time zones, and how many? (You get a point for each correct answer.)
A. 8. The correct answers are ‘Russia’ and it has ‘9’ time zones.
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Q. 9. What is the fastest running bird in the world?
A. 9. The fastest running bird is the Ostrich, which has been clocked at 97.5 kilometres per hour.
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Q. 10. What does the acronym ‘UNICEF’ stand for?
A. 10. The United Nations Children’s Fund.
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Q. 11. The names of how many countries in South America end in the letter ‘a’ ? (A point for the correct number and an additional point for each one you can name correctly.)
A. 11. There are 6 countries whose names end with the letter ‘a’, Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana and Venezuela.
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Q. 12. What was the middle name of the founder of the store chain J C Penney?
A. 12. The founder of JC Penny had the very appropriate middle name of ‘Cash’.
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Q. 13. By ferry, approximately how long will it take you to reach Africa from Spain?
a) 30 minutes b) 1 hour c) 90 minutes d) 2 hours
A. 13. The correct answer is a) 30 minutes, they’re closer than you think.
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Q. 14. What nationality is the toy company ‘Lego’ ?
A. 14. Danish.
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Q. 15. What was the first sport to be pictured on the cover of Sports Illustrated?
A. 15. Baseball.
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Q. 16. What is the world’s largest retail chain store?
A. 16. Wal-Mart.
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Q. 17. In what country is the prime minister known by the name ‘Taoiseach’ ?
A. 17. Ireland.
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Q. 18. What were the names of the Captains of the USS Enterprise in Star Trek – The Original Series and Star Trek – The Next Generation; and the actors who played them? (A point for each correct answer, so a total of four points up for grabs.)
A. 18. The correct answers are, Captain James T Kirk in the Original Series played by William Shatner, and Jean-Luc Picard in The Next Generation played by Patrick Stewart.
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Q. 19. What woman holds the all-time world record for the 100 meter dash?
A. 19. Florence Griffith-Joyner, aka “Flo-Jo” by her many fans, set the all-time world record in the 100-meter dash at 10.49 seconds set in 1988.
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Q. 20. How many ways did Paul Simon say there were to leave your lover?
A. 20. 50.
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