“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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Yes, brain exercise it is. Quiz day again folks.
Another random mixture of subjects and questions, some easy, some difficult and some you know you should know.
As usual the answers are given waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating!
Enjoy and good luck.
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Q. 1: What name links the standard infantry rifle of the US Army from 1873 to 1936 and the popular animated television series ‘The Simpsons’?
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Q. 2: ‘Backrub’ was the original name for what well known company?
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Q. 3: ‘Robert’, ‘Aurore’, ‘Apple’, ‘White’, ‘Mornay’, ‘Ivory’ and ‘Reform’ are all examples of what?
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Q. 4: What nationality was Winston Churchill’s mother?
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Q. 5: What does the Russian word ‘Sputnik’ mean?
a. Satellite b. Little traveler c. Star light
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Q. 6: Brian Warner is the real name of which American singer?
a) Kid Rock b) Axl Rose c) Marilyn Manson
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Q. 7: The Simplon Rail Tunnel links Switzerland with which country?
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Q. 8: In which animated Disney movies would one find the following characters? (One point for each correct answer)
a) Pumba, b) Si & Am, c) Pongo, d) Edna E. Mode
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Q. 9: Which French philosopher is associated with the quote, “Cogito ergo sum” (I think, therefore I am)?
a) Jean Paul Sarte b) Rene Descartes c) Blaise Pascal
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Q. 10: ‘Blepharoplasty’ is cosmetic surgery on what part of the body?
a) ears b) upper arms c) eyelids
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Q. 11: It’s the stage name of WWF wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne Johnson and the name of a movie starring Nicholas Cage and Sean Connery, what is it?
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Q. 12: Which baseball star married Marilyn Monroe in 1954?
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Q. 13: The herb ‘coriander’ belongs to which family of vegetable?
a) carrot b) beetroot c) cabbage
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Q. 14: Excluding television, radio and ‘unofficial’ versions, six actors have played the role of James Bond, name them. (A point for each and a bonus point if you get them in the correct chronological order.)
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Q. 15: The Earth’s position in the solar system gave the inspiration for what television series?
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Q. 16: What kind of Christmas present is ‘oil of Lebanon’?
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Q. 17: Who did Omar Sharif play in a famous movie set in the USSR?
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Q. 18: Everybody knows that the name of the Lone Ranger’s horse was ‘Silver’, but what was the name of his sidekick Tonto’s horse?
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Q. 19: The name of which European country ‘apparently’ stems from a Carthaginian word meaning ‘Land of the rabbits’?
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Q. 20: In which movie series are dilithium crystals used for fuel?
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ANSWERS
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Q. 1: What name links the standard infantry rifle of the US Army from 1873 to 1936 and the animated television series ‘The Simpsons’?
A. 1: Springfield.
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Q. 2: ‘Backrub’ was the original name for what well known company?
A. 2: Google.
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Q. 3: ‘Robert’, ‘Aurore’, ‘Apple’, ‘White’, ‘Mornay’, ‘Ivory’ and ‘Reform’ are all examples of what?
A. 3: Sauces.
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Q. 4: What nationality was Winston Churchill’s mother?
A. 4: American, Winston Churchill’s mother was born in Brooklyn.
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Q. 5: What does the Russian word ‘Sputnik’ mean?
a. Satellite b. Little traveler c. Star light
A. 5: a. Satellite.
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Q. 6: Brian Warner is the real name of which American singer?
a) Kid Rock b) Axl Rose c) Marilyn Manson
A. 6: c) Marilyn Manson.
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Q. 7: The Simplon Rail Tunnel links Switzerland with which country?
A. 7: Italy.
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Q. 8: In which animated Disney movies would one find the following characters? (One point for each correct answer)
a) Pumba, b) Si & Am, c) Pongo, d) Edna E. Mode
A. 8: a) Pumba in The Lion King; b) Si & Am in The Lady & the Tramp,
c) Pongo in 101 Dalmations; and, d) Edna E. Mode in The Incredibles
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Q. 9: Which French philosopher is associated with the quote, “Cogito ergo sum” (I think, therefore I am)?
a) Jean Paul Sarte b) Rene Descartes c) Blaise Pascal
A. 9: b) Rene Descartes.
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Q. 10: ‘Blepharoplasty’ is cosmetic surgery on what part of the body?
a) ears b) upper arms c) eyelids
A. 10: c) eyelids.
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Q. 11: It’s the stage name of WWF wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne Johnson and the name of a movie starring Nicholas Cage and Sean Connery, what is it?
A. 11: The Rock.
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Q. 12: Which baseball star married Marilyn Monroe in 1954?
A. 12: Joe DiMaggio.
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Q. 13: The herb ‘coriander’ belongs to which family of vegetable?
a) carrot b) beetroot c) cabbage
A. 13: a) carrot.
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Q. 14: Excluding television, radio and ‘unofficial’ versions, six actors have played the role of James Bond, name them. (A point for each and a bonus point if you get them in the correct chronological order.)
A. 14: Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig.
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Q. 15: The Earth’s position in the solar system gave the inspiration for what television series?
A. 15: The very successful sitcom ‘3rd Rock from the Sun’.
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Q. 16: What kind of Christmas present is ‘oil of Lebanon’?
A. 16: Frankincense.
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Q. 17: Who did Omar Sharif play in a famous movie set in the USSR?
A. 17: Zhivago.
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Q. 18: Everybody knows that the name of the Lone Ranger’s horse was ‘Silver’, but what was the name of his sidekick Tonto’s horse?
A. 18: The answer I’m looking for here is ‘Scout’, although if you answered ‘White Feller’, the name of his first horse you also get a point – 2 points if you knew both!
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Q. 19: The name of which European country ‘apparently’ stems from a Carthaginian word meaning ‘Land of the rabbits’?
A. 19: Spain. (Ispania from ‘Sphan’ meaning rabbit).
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Q. 20: In which movie series are dilithium crystals used for fuel?
A. 20: The ‘Star Trek’ movie series.
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