“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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First Monday of November and the first quiz of November.
It may be a different month but the format remains the same. Twenty random questions to test you general knowledge.
And as usual, if you get stuck, you can find the answers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating!
Enjoy and good luck.
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Q. 1: How are you related to the sister-in-law of your dad’s only brother?
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Q. 2: There has been a TV series and a movie named “The Equalizer”, which actors played the leading characters in each?
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Q. 3: What are the names the capital city of New Zealand and its most populous city and on which island are they situated? (A point for each correct answer.)
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Q. 4: If a doctor gave you 5 pills and asked you to take 1 pill every 30 minutes, how many hours would it take you to consume all the pills?
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Q. 5: In what country was the game ‘Chinese Checkers’ (or ‘Chinese Chequers’) invented?
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Q. 6: What are the three main types of Whiskey, defined by how they are distilled?
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Q. 7: Where were the first modern Olympic Games held?
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Q. 8: If 5/8 of the children in a school are boys and the school consists of 2400 students, how many girls are there?
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Q. 9: How many meters, yards or feet are there in a ‘nautical mile’?
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Q. 10: ‘Marble’ is a form of which type of rock?
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Q. 11: Where would you find a chicken’s ‘oysters’?
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Q. 12: In what US city was the original TV series ‘NCIS’ based, and what are the locations for the two spin-off series? (A point for each correct answer.)
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Q. 13: A related question to the previous one, what do the letters ‘NCIS’ stand for?
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Q. 14: Approximately what proportion of the continental land mass is located in the Northern Hemisphere?
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Q. 15: Which chemical element has the highest melting point at normal pressure?
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Q. 16: What artist was famous for his paintings of matchstick men?
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Q. 17: What is the study of birds called?
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Q. 18: What metal, often used by sculptors, is an alloy of copper and tin?
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Q. 19: What is produced by the rapid expansion of atmospheric gases suddenly heated by lightning?
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Q. 20: Finally one for all you vintage gamers, where did you find cherry strawberry orange apple grape bird?
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ANSWERS
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Q. 1: How are you related to the sister-in-law of your dad’s only brother?
A. 1: She’s your mom.
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Q. 2: There has been a TV series and a movie named “The Equalizer”, which actors played the leading characters in each?
A. 2: Edward Woodward in the TV series and Denzil Washington in the recent movie.
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Q. 3: What are the names the capital city of New Zealand and its most populous city and on which island are they situated? (A point for each correct answer.)
A. 3: Wellington is the capital of New Zealand and Auckland is its most populous city with approximately 1.4 million inhabitants. Both are situated on the North Island.
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Q. 4: If a doctor gave you 5 pills and asked you to take 1 pill every 30 minutes, how many hours would it take you to consume all the pills?
A. 4: 2 hours. You took the first pill as soon as the doctor gave them to you.
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Q. 5: In what country was the game ‘Chinese Checkers’ (or ‘Chinese Chequers’) invented?
A. 5: Germany (in 1892, called Stern-Halma, a variation of earlier American game Halma.
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Q. 6: What are the three main types of Whiskey, defined by how they are distilled?
A. 6: They are ‘Scotch’, ‘Irish’ and ‘Bourbon’.
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Q. 7: Where were the first modern Olympic Games held?
A. 7: They were held in Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England in 1850 and annually for a while afterwards, inspiring the Athens Olympiad of 1896 and the Olympic movement. (You get a point if you said ‘England’ and three points if you knew the exact location.)
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Q. 8: If 5/8 of the children in a school are boys and the school consists of 2400 students, how many girls are there?
A. 8: 900 (If 5/8 of the children in a school are boys, then 3/8 of the children in that school are girls. (5/8 + 3/8 = 1) 3/8 of 2400 = 3/8 * 2400 = 900)
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Q. 9: How many meters, yards or feet are there in a ‘nautical mile’?
A. 9: A nautical mile is a unit of distance that is approximately one minute of arc measured along any meridian and by international agreement has been set at 1,852 metres exactly, or approximately 2,025 yards or 6,076 feet.
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Q. 10: ‘Marble’ is a form of which type of rock?
A. 10: Limestone.
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Q. 11: Where would you find a chicken’s ‘oysters’?
A. 11: Chicken Oysters are two small, round pieces of dark meat on the back of poultry near the thigh. Some regard the “oyster meat” to be the most flavorful and tender part of the bird, while others dislike the taste and texture.
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Q. 12: In what US city was the original TV series ‘NCIS’ based, and what are the locations for the two spin-off series? (A point for each correct answer.)
A. 12: The original NCIS TV series was set in Washington DC and the spin-off shows are set in Los Angeles and New Orleans.
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Q. 13: A related question to the previous one, what do the letters ‘NCIS’ stand for?
A. 13: They stand for ‘Naval Criminal Investigative Service’.
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Q. 14: Approximately what proportion of the continental land mass is located in the Northern Hemisphere?
A. 14: Approximately two-thirds.
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Q. 15: Which chemical element has the highest melting point at normal pressure?
A. 15: ‘Tungsten’ is the chemical element with the highest melting point, at 3687 K (3414 °C, 6177 °F)[4] making it excellent for use as filaments in light bulbs. The often-cited carbon does not melt at ambient pressure but sublimes at about 4000 K; a liquid phase only exists above pressures of 10 MPa and estimated 4300–4700 K.
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Q. 16: What artist was famous for his paintings of matchstick men?
A. 16: Laurence Stephen Lowry, better known as ‘L.S. Lowry’ (Nov 1st 1887 to Feb 23rd 1976).
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Q. 17: What is the study of birds called?
A. 17: The study of birds is called ‘Ornithology’.
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Q. 18: What metal, often used by sculptors, is an alloy of copper and tin?
A. 18: Bronze.
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Q. 19: What is produced by the rapid expansion of atmospheric gases suddenly heated by lightning?
A. 19: Easier than you thought, it’s ‘thunder’.
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Q. 20: Finally one for all you vintage gamers, where did you find cherry strawberry orange apple grape bird?
A. 20: Pac Man. Want to have a go?
http://www.knowledgeadventure.com/games/pac-man/
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