First day of September 2014 and because it’s a Monday that means the first Quiz of September 2014.
Get your thinking caps on, you’ll probably need them for some of these questuons, although there some easy one in there too. Easy if you know the answers, that is!
As usual if you do get stuck you can find the answers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating!
Enjoy and good luck.
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Q. 1: Where are human triceps muscles to be found?
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Q. 2: What aviation first was performed by Ellen Church in 1930?
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Q. 3: ‘Captain John Joseph Yossarian’ is the central figure of which 1961 novel?
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Q. 4: Which artistic movement was founded by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso?
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Q. 5: Which former country was originally called ‘The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes’?
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Q. 6: In what unit do barometers and weather maps usually display atmospheric pressure?
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Q. 7: Which famous horror novel is subtitled ‘The Modern Prometheus’?
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Q. 8: Who led the Luftwaffe in the Second World War?
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Q. 9: What piece of computer equipment was invented by Douglas Engelbart of Stanford Research Institute in 1963?
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Q. 10: Which acid is found in car batteries?
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Q. 11: “Egghead weds hourglass” was the headline when playwright Arthur Miller married which actress?
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Q. 12: Edmund Barton in 1901 was the first prime minister of where?
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Q. 13: The ‘Battle of Balaclava’ is a famous battle in which war?
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Q. 14: Fulgencio Batista was overthrown as the leader of which country on January 1 1959?
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Q. 15: The Canary Islands were named after which animal?
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Q. 16: What was Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name?
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Q. 17: Which ancient battle gave its name to an athletics race?
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Q. 18: What is a four letter word ending in ‘k’ that means intercourse?
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Q. 19: In which ship did Captain James Cook sail on his first voyage of exploration between 1768 and 1771?
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Q. 20: Who was The Quiet Man?
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ANSWERS
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Q. 1: Where are human triceps muscles to be found?
A. 1: At the back of the upper arm
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Q. 2: What aviation first was performed by Ellen Church in 1930?
A. 2: She was the first air hostess – or female flight attendant as they now like to be referred to.
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Q. 3: ‘Captain John Joseph Yossarian’ is the central figure of which 1961 novel?
A. 3: Catch 22.
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Q. 4: Which artistic movement was founded by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso?
A. 4: Cubism.
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Q. 5: Which former country was originally called ‘The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes’?
A. 5: Yugoslavia.
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Q. 6: In what unit do barometers and weather maps usually display atmospheric pressure?
A. 6: Millibars.
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Q. 7: Which famous horror novel is subtitled ‘The Modern Prometheus’?
A. 7: Frankenstein.
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Q. 8: Who led the Luftwaffe in the Second World War?
A. 8: Hermann Goering.
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Q. 9: What piece of computer equipment was invented by Douglas Engelbart of Stanford Research Institute in 1963?
A. 9: The Mouse.
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Q. 10: Which acid is found in car batteries?
A. 10: Sulphuric.
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Q. 11: “Egghead weds hourglass” was the headline when playwright Arthur Miller married which actress?
A. 11: Marilyn Monroe.
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Q. 12: Edmund Barton in 1901 was the first prime minister of where?
A. 12: Australia.
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Q. 13: The ‘Battle of Balaclava’ is a famous battle in which war?
A. 13: The Crimean.
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Q. 14: Fulgencio Batista was overthrown as the leader of which country on January 1 1959?
A. 14: Cuba.
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Q. 15: The Canary Islands were named after which animal?
A. 15: Dogs.
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Q. 16: What was Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name?
A. 16: It was ‘Moon’.
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Q. 17: Which ancient battle gave its name to an athletics race?
A. 17: Marathon.
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Q. 18: What is a four letter word ending in ‘k’ that means intercourse?
A. 18: Talk. (Well, really, you should be ashamed of yourself.)
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Q. 19: In which ship did Captain James Cook sail on his first voyage of exploration between 1768 and 1771?
A. 19: The Endeavour
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Q. 20: Who was The Quiet Man?
A. 20: John Wayne, playing American/Irish ex-prizefighter Sean Thornton. Here he is being not so quiet in the movie…
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