A Mish Mash Quiz Today.

June 22, 2015June 21, 2015 fasab Questions, Tests actresses, Alfred Pennyworth, almonds, Amazon, American Odyssey, art, Asia, Australian actor, Australian movie character, aviation sunglasses, ban, Bausch & Lomb, Bible, book, books of the New Testament, britain, cabbage, characters, China, city, Controversial, countries, country, creatures, currencies, devil on two sticks, dust, earth, education, Entertainment, Europe, fictional character, first, first names, flamboyant, food, former name, fruit cake, game, general knowledge, Geography, George Custer, group, headaches, history, internet users, irish, Japan, John Lennon, juggling, La Gioconda, largest American retailer of lingerie, last, legendary city, Lieutenant General John MacCready, literature, M A S H, M*A*S*H, medical equipment manufacturer, movie, movies, music, nature, nausea, new york, painting, Paul McCartney, pilots, Potato, questions, quiz, quizzes, Ring of Bright Water, Robin Hood, Sahara, science, Scotland, sport, sun rays, television, test, tests, The Beatles, The City Of Tigers, The Golden Girls, Timbuktu, town, traditional, transports, TV series, US Army Air Corps, USA, video, widow, wind

“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”

Welcome to today’s quiz on the fasab blog.

Another challenging selection of questions for you.

And if you get stuck you can find the answers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating.

Enjoy and good luck.

Q. 1. M*A*S*H was a famous book, movie and TV series, but what do the letters M A S H stand for?

Q. 2. Wind transports approximately how many millions of tonnes of dust from the Sahara to the Amazon every year?

a) 4 million tonnes b) 40 million tonnes c) 400 million tonnes

Q. 3. What city is known as ‘The City Of Tigers’ ? (HINT: it is not in Asia.)

Q. 4. ‘Ring of Bright Water’ is a book about which creatures?

Q. 5. This one is the name of a rich fruit cake decorated with almonds, a town in Scotland, and the last name of a comic Australian movie character. What is it?

Q. 6. In which country is the legendary city of Timbuktu? (If you have been following the TV series American Odyssey you’ll know this one.)

Q. 7. A multi-point question. What currencies are used in the following countries?

a) USA b) Britain c) Japan d) Europe e) China

Q. 8. What percentage of internet users quit waiting for a video to load after 10 seconds?

a) 10% b) 20% c) 30% d) 40% e) 50% f) 60%

Q. 9. What were the first names of the four main characters of the long running and highly successful TV series ‘The Golden Girls’ ? (Bonus points if you can also correctly name the actresses who played them.)

Q. 10. In 1929, US Army Air Corps Lieutenant General John MacCready asked Bausch & Lomb, a New York-based medical equipment manufacturer, to create aviation sunglasses that would ban the sun rays and reduce the headaches and nausea experienced by his pilots. What name were they given?

Q. 11. “The devil on two sticks” is a former name for which juggling-like game?

Q. 12. What are the four largest countries on Earth by area? (A point for each you name correctly and a bonus point if you get them in the correct order, starting with the largest.)

Q. 13. What is the painting, ‘La Gioconda’, more usually known as?

Q. 14. What is the name of the traditional Irish potato and cabbage dish?

Q. 15. What is the name of John Lennon’s widow?

Q. 16. With whom is the fictional character ‘Alfred Pennyworth’ associated?

Q. 17. Who is the largest American retailer of lingerie?

Q. 18. In the Bible what are the names of the first and last books of the New Testament?

Q. 19. What was the name of the flamboyant and controversial Australian actor who starred in many movies during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s and played characters like ‘Robin Hood’ and ‘George Custer’?

Q. 20. What was the name of the group that Paul McCartney went on to form in 1970 after The Beatles split up?

ANSWERS

Q. 1. M*A*S*H was a famous book, movie and TV series, but what do the latters M A S H stand for?

A. 1. Mobile Army Surgical Hospital.

Q. 2. Wind transports approximately how many millions of tonnes of dust from the Sahara to the Amazon every year?

a) 4 million tonnes b) 40 million tonnes c) 400 million tonnes

A. 2. The correct answer is b) 40 million tonnes.

Q. 3. What city is known as ‘The City Of Tigers’ ? (HINT: it is not in Asia.)

A. 3. It’s Oslo, Norway. (Apparently because the city was referred to as ‘Tigerstaden’ (the City of Tigers) by the author Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson around 1870, due to his perception of the city as a cold and dangerous place.

Q. 4. ‘Ring of Bright Water’ is a book about which creatures?

A. 4. Otters.

Q. 5. This one is the name of a rich fruit cake decorated with almonds, a town in Scotland, and the last name of a comic Australian movie character. What is it?

A. 5. It is ‘Dundee’.

Q. 6. In which country is the legendary city of Timbuktu? (If you have been following the TV series American Odyssey you’ll know this one.)

A. 6. Mali, Africa.

Q. 7. A multi-point question. What currencies are used in the following countries?

a) USA b) Britain c) Japan d) Europe e) China

A. 7. a) Dollar b) Pound c) Yen d) Euro e) Yuan Renminbi

Q. 8. What percentage of internet users quit waiting for a video to load after 10 seconds?

a) 10% b) 20% c) 30% d) 40% e) 50% f) 60%

A. 8. The correct answer is e) 50%.

A. 9. They were Dorothy Zbornak (played by Bea Arthur); Rose Nylund (played by Betty White); Blanche Devereaux (played by Rue McClanahan); and Sophia Petrillo (played by Estelle Getty).

A. 10. They were called Ray Ban.

Q. 11. “The devil on two sticks” is a former name for which juggling-like game?

A. 11. Diabolo.

Q. 12. What are the four largest countries on Earth by area? (A point for each you name correctly and a bonus point if you get them in the correct order, starting with the largest.)

A. 12. 1) Russia 2) Canada 3) United States 4) PR China

Q. 13. What is the painting, ‘La Gioconda’, more usually known as?

A. 13. The Mona Lisa.

Q. 14. What is the name of the traditional Irish potato and cabbage dish?

A. 14. Colcannon.

Q. 15. What is the name of John Lennon’s widow?

A. 15. Yoko Ono.

Q. 16. With whom is the fictional character ‘Alfred Pennyworth’ associated?

A. 16. He is butler to Bruce Wayne, aka Batman.

Q. 17. Who is the largest American retailer of lingerie?

A. 17. Victoria’s Secret.

Q. 18. In the Bible what are the names of the first and last books of the New Testament?

A. 18. They are the book of Matthew and the book of Revelation.

A. 19. He was Errol Flynn.

Q. 20. What was the name of the group that Paul McCartney went on to form in 1970 after The Beatles split up?

A. 20. It was called ‘Wings’, have a taste….

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Titanic, Tic Tacs And Trailers. It’s Fact Day.

May 26, 2015May 25, 2015 fasab Factoids, Unusual 0 sugar, abandoned, animal species, animals, archaeologists, beard, beard tax, bionic limbs, birds, birth, Bulgaria, carrying the child, children, climate change, combine harvester, corkscrew, days, declined, descendant of Genghis Khan, drought, education, emotionally attached, emotionally bonded, Entertainment, fact, Fact day, facts, famine, FDA, food, furnaces, Germany, great cities, humans, hypothesized, infant, information, inscription, interact, invaded, invader, Japan, JRR Tolkien’s estate, labeled, lawsuit, lay in ruins, light pollution, Lord of the Rings film trilogy, marketers, Mayan Empire, men, migration patterns, Mongol, mothers, movie, movie trailers, nights, oldest country in Europe, Oscar the cat, overpopulation, pay, Peter the Great, prior to birth, problems, reign, respond, Russia, scholars, scientists, serving, shovel coal, smile, Soviet, Soviet Union, spanish, studies, sugar, sugar free, Swiss Army Knife, Switzerland, Tic Tac, Tic Tacs, Titanic, tomb, tomb of Tamerlane, trailers, wombs

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Welcome to another fact day at the fasab blob.

Last one for May 2015. Time flying as always.

This selection includes facts about the Titanic Tic Tacs and trailers, and lots more.

Enjoy.

Light pollution usually doesn’t have a

significant impact on humans but it

causes major problems to many animals.

Birds often confuse days and nights and

scientists found out that light pollution can

change migration patterns in some animal species.

The Titanic was so big that 176 men were needed

just to shovel coal into its furnaces

Although Tic Tac’s claim to have 0 sugar,

they consist of nearly 98% sugar!

This is because the size per serving is

.49 grams and according to the FDA a food

cannot be labeled “sugar free” unless it

contains less than .5 grams of sugar per serving!

How sweet!

Bulgaria is the oldest country in Europe and

it hasn’t changed its name since 681 AD

When Soviet archaeologists opened the tomb

of Tamerlane, a Mongol descendant of Genghis Khan,

they found an inscription that read,

“Whoever opens my tomb will unleash

an invader more terrible than I.”

It was June 20 1941.

Germany invaded the Soviet Union on June 22.

The only part of a Swiss Army Knife not

made in Switzerland is the corkscrew.

It is made in Japan.

Mothers become emotionally attached to their

children prior to birth by the virtue of

carrying the child in their wombs.

According to some studies men won’t become

emotionally bonded to the child for several months

after birth when the infant begins to smile, respond,

and interact with him.

During Peter the Great’s reign in Russia

there was a beard tax which

anyone with a beard had to pay.

Nobody knows how the Mayan Empire declined.

Long before the Spanish came many of the great

cities had already been long abandoned and lay in ruins.

Scholars have hypothesized reasons ranging from

drought and famine to overpopulation and climate change.

JRR Tolkien’s estate only received $62,500

for the Lord of the Rings film trilogy

until a lawsuit was filed.

In June 2010 Oscar the cat received bionic limbs

to replace his original ones lost in an

accident with a combine harvester.

Movie trailers were so named because they

were originally designed to play AFTER the movie,

but when marketers realized that people don’t tend

to stick around when a movie has finished they

started to play them at the beginning of the main movie!

Here’s an example…

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Forty-Four Mouth-Watering Facts About Curry.

April 8, 2015April 6, 2015 fasab Factoids 1700BC, A Poem To Curry, Afghanistan, Asian countries, Assam, Babylon, balti, Balti Houses, bananas, Bangladesh, Bhut Jolokia Chilli Pepper, Big Jim, Biryani, Blackpool, blood clots, boost bone health, britain, british army, British government employees, Burma, Cancer Research UK Scotland, cardamom, Chicken Naga, chicken tikka masala, chili, chili peppers, chilli, chilli peppers, China, Chinese food, Chinese restaurants, coconut milk, combat heart attacks, coriander, Cornwall, cumin, curries, curry, curry Powder, curry style dishes, deer, delicacy, delicious, Dhansak, diets, Dopiaza, ease pain and inflammation, East Indian Trading Co, education, English administrators, Entertainment, Europe, extends blood coagulation times, fact, facts, Fiji, first commercial curry powder, food, foods, fresh cilantro, fried green peppers, Ghost Chilli, Ghost Pepper, Goa, Hannah Glasse’s The Art Of Cookery, health benefits, health warning, Hindustani Coffee House, hot, hot sauces, hottest pepper in the world, increase the liver’s ability to remove toxins from the body, India, Indian restaurants, Indonesia, information, Jali Indian Restaurant, Japan, karahi, kari, karil, Kitchen Melodies, Korma, lychees, Madras, Malaysia, Maldives, Manipur, masaman, Massala, measurement of the pungency, meat in a spicy sauce, medium, Mesopotamia, mild, most popular spice in the world, mouth watering, Mumbai, naan bread, Naga Jolokia, Naga pepper seeds, Nagaland, New Mexico, North Curry, Nottingham Trent University, Pakistan, Panang, Phall, Philippines, poppadum, Portman Square, Portuguese dish, Portuguese traders, prevention of cancer, protect the immune system from bacterial infections, protection against heart disease, red pepper, reduce Alzheimer’s disease symptoms, regional variations, rice, Rogan Josh, sauces, sautéed vegetables, scientists, Scoville scale, Somerset, spice, spices, spicy foods, spicy heat, squirrels, Sri Lanka, St Andrews University, strokes, sweet basil, tablets, Tamil, tasty, Thai curry, Thailand, Tim Stobbs, turmeric, United States, Vietnam, Vindaloo, West Curry, western belief, Western Europe, wife's grave, William Makepeace Thackeray

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I’ve done ‘peanut butter‘ and ‘chocolate‘ and ‘coffee‘ in other posts. Today it is another fasab food favorite, the curry.

A curry, properly made, has to be one of the most delicious foods in the world.

I have spent many happy evenings with friends enjoying this delicacy in one form or another. Personally I like it with some naan bread or sometimes with rice. Either way is socially acceptable and extremely tasty.

Mouth watering already?

Very good, let’s get straight to the facts.

Enjoy.

The word curry comes from a Tamil word ‘kari’ or ‘karil’, meaning spices or sautéd vegetables.

The meaning changed when Portuguese traders used it for the sauces with which rice was served.

Essentially, the term curry was invented by the English administrators of the East Indian Trading Co. and later continued by British government employees.

The British army in India further changed the meaning as its liking for hot sauces introduced the modern idea of curries being hot.

Surprisingly, the term ‘curry’ isn’t used very much in India. There are many types of curry-style dishes, which have their own characteristic regional variations.

Curry Powder is a mix of spices, rather than a spice in its own right. It usually consists of turmeric, coriander, cardamom, cumin, sweet basil, and red pepper.

Some of the most common types of curry are ‘Korma’, ‘Massala’, ‘Dhansak’, ‘Phall’, ‘Rogan Josh’, ‘Dopiaza’, ‘Madras’ and ‘Vindaloo’.

Curry is said to have a number of valuable health benefits, including the prevention of cancer, protection against heart disease, reducing Alzheimer’s disease symptoms, easing pain and inflammation, boosting bone health, protecting the immune system from bacterial infections, and increasing the liver’s ability to remove toxins from the body.

In addition to being an established and firm favorite in Britain. and increasing popular throughout Europe and the United States, curry forms a major element of the diets of several Asian countries including India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Maldives, Burma, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, China, Japan and Fiji.

Chili (or Chilli) is the most popular spice in the world and can help combat heart attacks and strokes and extends blood coagulation times preventing harmful blood clots.

Contrary to common western belief, curries are not always ‘hot’, they can be mild, medium and hot.

The earliest known curry was made in Mesopotamia in around 1700 BC, the recipe for meat in a spicy sauce appearing on tablets found near Babylon.

The Scoville scale is the measurement of the pungency (spicy heat) of chili peppers or other spicy foods.

The ‘Bhut Jolokia Chilli Pepper’ (also known as the ‘Naga Jolokia’), is the hottest pepper in the world, accompanied with its own health warning! This pepper is also known as the ‘Ghost Chilli’ or ‘Ghost Pepper’, and is grown in the Indian states of Assam, Nagaland and Manipur.

The first commercial curry powder appeared in about 1780.

In Britain Indian food now surpasses Chinese food in popularity, with Indian restaurants outnumbering Chinese restaurants by two to one.

The word ‘balti’ means bucket. Balti is more a style of cooking than one particular curry.

In specialist ‘Balti Houses’ the balti is a meal in itself which contains both meat and vegetables and is eaten straight from the karahi using curled up pieces of naan bread. In standard Indian restaurants the balti is more of a stir-fried curry containing plenty of fried green peppers and fresh cilantro (also known as coriander).

South Indian food is more spicy than North Indian food.

The first curry recipe in English appeared in Hannah Glasse’s ‘The Art Of Cookery’ in 1747.

The world’s biggest ever curry was a 13 tonne Biryani, including 187lb of chilies and 6600lb of rice. It took 60 chefs to make in New Delhi in June 2008. And required three cranes to move the container and a 3ft high furnace to cook it!

In Western Europe and the U K, curry powders available contain more turmeric than anything else, and tend to be toned down to palates used to bland food.

The tallest poppadom stack in the world stands at a massive 282 poppadoms. The record was set by a chef from the Jali Indian Restaurant in Blackpool.

In 2008, Bath and North East Somerset Council advised a man to sprinkle curry powder on his wife’s grave to keep squirrels and deer away.

Tim Stobbs, aged 42 years, currently holds the world record for munching an impressive 15 poppadoms in 5 minutes! The annual World Championships, in aid of Cancer Research UK Scotland, is held every year at St Andrews University.

There are about 10,000 Indian restaurants serving curry in the UK, the vast majority of which are run by people from Bangladesh, not India.

To make a ‘hot’ curry mild, just add some coconut milk.

The word ‘masala’ means spice mix.

In 1846, William Makepeace Thackeray wrote ‘A Poem To Curry’, as part of his Kitchen Melodies.

Britain’s first curry house, called the Hindustani Coffee House and located in London’s Portman Square, opened in 1809. Now there are more curry houses in London, England than in Mumbai, India.

Chili can help combat heart attacks and strokes.

One of the hottest curry dishes ever made is known as the Bit Spicy 3 Chili Phall which is even hotter than the infamous ‘Chicken Naga’, made with a high volume of Naga pepper seeds. More than 100 times hotter than jalapeño peppers!

People crave a curry because the spices arouse and stimulate the taste buds.

Vindaloo was originally a Portuguese dish which took its name from the two main ingredients which were ‘vinho’, wine/wine vinegar, and ‘alhos’, garlic. Over time it was spiced up, hotted up and otherwise changed by the indigenous peoples of the ex-Portuguese colony of Goa.

The ‘Big Jim’, a large chili hailing from New Mexico, currently holds the world record for the largest chili ever grown. This plant frequently produces chilies that are over a foot in length, which is hugely impressive considering that the plant itself never grows more than two feet!

The town of North Curry is in Somerset while West Curry is in Cornwall.

Madras and pathia are both hot and sour dishes. Kashmiri a more subtle and creamy dish usually made with lychees or bananas – or both.

Scientists at Nottingham Trent University have discovered that people begin to crave for a curry because the spices arouse and stimulate the taste buds.

One in seven curries sold in the UK is a chicken tikka masala, making it the most popular Indian restaurant dish in the UK. It is thought to have originated in Britain after an enterprising Indian chef had the idea of adding a tomato and onion paste to the grilled chicken to satisfy the British preference for food that isn’t dry.

The largest naan bread ever made was a whopping 2.75m in diameter and contained meat dumplings – the equivalent of 167 normal sized naan breads. The bread took over ten hours to finish and required twelve chefs, 30kg mutton, 125kg flour, 16kg onion and 90kg of water to cook it.

Southeastern Asian cultures have always mixed a number of spices to flavor their dishes, usually according to recipes handed down from generation to generation.

A common way to categorize Thai curry is by the color of the curry paste used to make the curry dish. Green and red curry paste are the most typical. Yellow and sour curries (also sometimes known as orange curry, gaeng sohm) are also well known. Each has its own particular combination of herbs and spices to make up the curry paste that makes it unique.

‘Panang’ and ‘masaman’ curry are probably the most popular Thai curries in the West, because of their rich tastes.

Finally, if you are eating a curry which is just too hot for you, don’t drink water, that only makes it hotter!

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Ujiji? Who Ever Heard Of Ujiji? Hope You Have, Coz It’s Quiz Day.

February 9, 2015January 9, 2015 fasab Questions, Tests Amperes, Anemometer, archery target, assassination attempt, atlantic, aviation, baby beavers, ball, Billy Ray Cyrus, biology, books, British MPs, Charles de Gaulle, Chicago, clavicle, color, common name, country, country singer, cow’s stomach, Dr Livingstone I presume, education, Entertainment, field sport, first solo flight, flew, Florentine, food, French king, general knowledge, gentle knight, Geography, history, House of Commons, human body, literature, main airport, Miley Cyrus, movies, music, nature, netted stick, novel, Palace of Versailles, Parliament, politics, Portugal, Province of Lapland, questions, quiz, quizzes, Sancho Panza, science, Sea of Tranquility, servant, Spirit of St Louis, Storting, story, teams, test, tests, The Day of the Jackal, tourism, Ujiji, vegetable

“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”

Don’t worry Ujiji is just part of a question in today’s selection, you don’t have to know where it is to score a point. Although if you do, give yourself a bonus.

The rest of the questions are easy, difficult and some somewhere in between.

But you won’t find out unless you give them a try.

And, as always, if you get stuck, you can find the answers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating!

So enjoy and good luck.

Q. 1: In which country is the Province of Lapland to be found?

Q. 2: An ‘Anemometer’ measures what?

Q. 3: What are baby beavers called?

Q. 4: What is the name of the smallest and southernmost region of mainland Portugal, known primarily for tourism?

Q. 5: What quantity is measured in ‘Amperes’ ?

Q. 6: In the human body what is the more common name for the ‘clavicle’ ?

Q. 7: What is the name of the main airport, one of the busiest in the world, that serves the city of Chicago?

Q. 8: What color is the innermost zone in an archery target?

Q. 9: What vegetable is used if a dish is cooked ‘Florentine’ ?

Q. 10: How many compartments does a cow’s stomach have?

a) 2 b) 4 c) 6 d) 8

Q. 11: Who said “Dr Livingstone, I presume?” at Ujiji?

Q. 12: Which novel is the story of the gentle knight and his servant Sancho Panza?

Q. 13: Where would you find the ‘Sea of Tranquility’ ?

Q. 14: How many British MPs are there currently in the House of Commons?

a) 450 b) 550 c) 650 d) 750

Q. 15: And a related question, the ‘Storting’ is the parliament of which country?

Q. 16: Which field sport involves teams of 10 for men and 12 for women each carrying a netted stick with which a ball is caught, carried or thrown?

Q. 17: Who flew ‘Spirit of St Louis’ across the Atlantic to make the first solo flight across that ocean in 1927?

Q. 18: Who wrote ‘The Day of the Jackal’, a story about an assassination attempt on Charles de Gaulle?

Q. 19: Which French king built the Palace of Versailles?

Q. 20: True or false, Miley Cyrus is the daughter of country singer Billy Ray Cyrus?

ANSWERS

Q. 1: In which country is the Province of Lapland to be found?

A. 1: Finland.

Q. 2: An ‘Anemometer’ measures what?

A. 2: It measures wind speed.

Q. 3: What are baby beavers called?

A. 3: They are called ‘Kits’.

Q. 4: What is the name of the smallest and southernmost region of mainland Portugal, known primarily for tourism?

A. 4: It is known as the ‘Algarve’.

Q. 5: What quantity is measured in ‘Amperes’ ?

A. 5: Electric current.

Q. 6: In the human body what is the more common name for the ‘clavicle’ ?

A. 6: The collarbone.

Q. 7: What is the name of the main airport, one of the busiest in the world, that serves the city of Chicago?

A. 7: It is known as ‘O’Hare Airport’.

Q. 8: What color is the innermost zone in an archery target?

A. 8: Gold.

Q. 9: What vegetable is used if a dish is cooked ‘Florentine’ ?

A. 9: Popeye’s favorite, ‘Spinach’.

Q. 10: How many compartments does a cow’s stomach have?

a) 2 b) 4 c) 6 d) 8

A. 10: The correct answer is b) 4.

Q. 11: Who said “Dr Livingstone, I presume?” at Ujiji?

A. 11: (Henry Morton) Stanley. (You get the point for ‘Stanley’.)

Q. 12: Which novel is the story of the gentle knight and his servant Sancho Panza?

A. 12: Don Quixote.

Q. 13: Where would you find the ‘Sea of Tranquility’ ?

A. 13: On the Moon.

Q. 14: How many British MPs are there currently in the House of Commons?

a) 450 b) 550 c) 650 d) 750

A. 14: The correct answer is c) 650.

Q. 15: And a related question, the ‘Storting’ is the parliament of which country?

A. 15: Norway.

Q. 16: Which field sport involves teams of 10 for men and 12 for women each carrying a netted stick with which a ball is caught, carried or thrown?

A. 16: Lacrosse.

Q. 17: Who flew ‘Spirit of St Louis’ across the Atlantic to make the first solo flight across that ocean in 1927?

A. 17: Charles Lindbergh.

Q. 18: Who wrote ‘The Day of the Jackal’, a story about an assassination attempt on Charles de Gaulle?

A. 18: Frederick Forsythe.

Q. 19: Which French king built the Palace of Versailles?

A. 19: Louis XIV.

Q. 20: True or false, Miley Cyrus is the daughter of country singer Billy Ray Cyrus?

A. 20: True. Here she is with her Wrecking Ball….

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The Quadling Country Quiz!

January 19, 2015January 19, 2015 fasab Questions, Tests amino-acids, Archimedes' Screw, below sea level, biology, body, book, britain, canton, chemical, CL, counties, country, curd, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, dogs, education, Entertainment, field, food, fought, France, fruit crops, fruits grow on palms, general knowledge, Geography, Gillkin Country, halyard, history, ippon, Ireland, Knesset, land, landlocked sea, L’etat c’est moi, legislature, metals, Monarch, movies, music, nature, news, Northern Ireland, pewter, Piedmont, poisonous, political entities, politics, Quadling Country, questions, quiz, quizzes, Republic of Ireland, Russia, sailing, science, singer, species of animal, sport, symbol, test, tests, Turkey, War, waza-ari, Whey, Winkie Country, wolves, Yas Marina Motor Racing Circuit, yuko

“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”

You will find out what the title means later in the quiz.

For now get your thinking caps on and have a go at the following twenty questions in this week’s fasab quiz.

As always, if you get stuck, you can find the answers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating!

Enjoy and good luck.

Q. 1: The terms ‘curd’ and ‘whey’ are associated with making what?

Q. 2: Which species of animal contains the most poisonous animal in the world?

Q. 3: Which two metals are used to make pewter?

Q. 4: What two fruits grow on palms? (A point for each correct answer and a bonus point if you are able to name both correctly.)

Q. 5: What would you use ‘Archimedes’ Screw’ for?

Q. 6: Amino acids are essential for the formation of what in the body?

Q. 7: What can dogs do that wolves cannot?

Q. 8: A ‘canton’, ‘halyard’ and ‘field’ make up what item?

Q. 9: What are the two largest fruit crops on earth? (A point for each correct answer and a bonus point if you are able to name both correctly.)

Q. 10: Which chemical has the symbol ‘CL’?

Q. 11: Who wrote the famous book ‘Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire’?

Q. 12: Ireland is divided into two political entities, the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, how many counties comprise each part? (A point for each correct answer.)

Q. 13: In what sport can you score a ‘waza-ari’, ‘ippon’ and ‘yuko’?

Q. 14: The Knesset is the legislature of which country?

Q. 15: What landlocked sea is 422m (1385ft) below sea level?

Q. 16: Which monarch observed “L’etat, c’est moi”? (The language should give you a clue.)

Q. 17: Where is the Yas Marina Motor Racing Circuit?

Q. 18: The name was mentioned in the news a lot towards the end of 2014, which war was fought by Britain, France, Turkey and Piedmont against Russia between 1853 and 1856?

Q. 19: In what land are ‘Quadling Country’, ‘Winkie Country’ and ‘Gillkin Country’ to be found?

Q. 20: Which singer was ‘sailing’ in 1975?

ANSWERS

Q. 1: The terms ‘curd’ and ‘whey’ are associated with making what?

A. 1: Cheese.

Q. 2: Which species of animal contains the most poisonous animal in the world?

A. 2: Frogs.

Q. 3: Which two metals are used to make pewter?

A. 3: Tin and Lead.

Q. 4: What two fruits grow on palms? (A point for each correct answer and a bonus point if you are able to name both correctly.)

A. 4: Coconuts and dates.

Q. 5: What would you use ‘Archimedes’ Screw’ for?

A. 5: Lifting water to a higher level

Q. 6: Amino acids are essential for the formation of what in the body?

A. 6: Proteins.

Q. 7: What can dogs do that wolves cannot?

A. 7: Bark.

Q. 8: A ‘canton’, ‘halyard’ and ‘field’ make up what item?

A. 8: A flag.

Q. 9: What are the two largest fruit crops on earth? (A point for each correct answer and a bonus point if you are able to name both correctly.)

A. 9: Grapes, followed by bananas.

Q. 10: Which chemical has the symbol ‘CL’?

A. 10: Chlorine.

Q. 11: Who wrote the famous book ‘Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire’?

A. 11: Edward Gibbon. (You may have the point if you gave the surname only.)

Q. 12: Ireland is divided into two political entities, the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, how many counties comprise each part? (A point for each correct answer.)

A. 12: The Republic of Ireland has 26 counties and Northern Ireland 6.

Q. 13: In what sport can you score a ‘waza-ari’, ‘ippon’ and ‘yuko’?

A. 13: Judo.

Q. 14: The Knesset is the legislature of which country?

A. 14: Israel.

Q. 15: What landlocked sea is 422m (1385ft) below sea level?

A. 15: The Dead Sea.

Q. 16: Which monarch observed “L’etat, c’est moi”? (The language should give you a clue.)

A. 16: Louis XIV.

Q. 17: Where is the Yas Marina Motor Racing Circuit?

A. 17: Abu Dabi.

Q. 18: The name was mentioned in the news a lot towards the end of 2014, which war was fought by Britain, France, Turkey and Piedmont against Russia between 1853 and 1856?

A. 18: The Crimean War.

Q. 19: In what land are ‘Quadling Country’, ‘Winkie Country’ and ‘Gillkin Country’ to be found?

A. 19: The Land of Oz, from The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz.

Q. 20: Which singer was ‘sailing’ in 1975?

A. 20: Rod Stewart.

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Quiz Time Again, Folks.

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Yes folks, it is quiz time again here at the fasab blog.

Last one for October.

So get your thinking caps on and try these questions out.

And as usual, if you get stuck, you can find the answers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating.

Enjoy and good luck.

Q. 1: Who was the manager of the Beatles?

Q. 2: Approximately what proportion of the Earth’s surface is covered by a) land and b) water

Q. 3: What do you get if you divide 50 by half and add 40.

Q. 4: Frank Pantridge, born in Hillsborough, County Down, in Northern Ireland was famous for what?

a) Discovery of the first radio pulsars

b) The development of the modern tractor

c) Creating the ejector seat

d) Introducing CPR to the world

Q. 5: What type of insect is a ‘velvet ant’?

Q. 6: What is the main ingredient of the dish ‘Welsh Rabbit’?

Q. 7: Why are 1968 pennies worth more than 1964 pennies?

Q. 8: What number is a hurricane on the Beaufort Scale?

Q. 9: From which continent did the guinea pig originate?

Q. 10: If 9 = 4, 21 = 9, 22 = 9, 24 = 10, 8 = 5, 7 = 5, 99 = 10, and 100 = 7, what do 16 and 17 equal?

Q. 11: What is the name of the investment company managed by billionaire Warren Buffet?

Q. 12: What does a ‘hippophobic’ fear?

Q. 13: ‘Galvanized’ iron or steel is coated with which other metal to help prevent rusting?

Q. 14: What is a ‘Natterjack’?

Q. 15: ‘Hydrolysis’ is the reaction of a chemical compound with what other compound?

Q. 16: What poisonous substance does the cassava root (used to make flour, breads, tapioca, a laundry starch, and an alcoholic beverage) contain?

Q. 17: This word is the name of a drink and a machine for separating cotton from its seed, what is it?

Q. 18: What is the nautical term for a length of 608 feet?

Q. 19: Which precious metal has the symbol ‘Pt’?

Q. 20: The size of a man’s foot is approximately the same size as which other body part?

ANSWERS

Q. 1: Who was the manager of the Beatles?

A. 1: Brian Epstein.

Q. 2: Approximately what proportion of the Earth’s surface is covered by a) land and b) water

A. 2: One third land and two thirds water approximately.

Q. 3: What do you get if you divide 50 by half and add 40.

A. 3: 140.

Q. 4: Frank Pantridge, born in Hillsborough, County Down, in Northern Ireland was famous for what?

a) Discovery of the first radio pulsars

b) The development of the modern tractor

c) Creating the ejector seat

d) Introducing CPR to the world

A. 4: in the correct answer is d) Professor James Francis “Frank” Pantridge, MD, CBE was a physician and cardiologist from Northern Ireland who transformed emergency medicine and paramedic services with the invention of the portable defibrillator.

Q. 5: What type of insect is a ‘velvet ant’?

A. 5: It is a Wasp. (Mutillidae are a family of more than 3,000 species of wasps whose wingless females resemble large, hairy ants.)

Q. 6: What is the main ingredient of the dish ‘Welsh Rabbit’?

A. 6: Cheese (Welsh Rabbit – also called Welsh Rarebit – melted cheese on toast, which was an ironic reference to cheese being a poor man’s meat or rabbit).

Q. 7: Why are 1968 pennies worth more than 1964 pennies?

A. 7: Because 1968 pennies is $19.68 and 1964 is only $19.64.

Q. 8: What number is a hurricane on the Beaufort Scale?

A. 8: 12.

Q. 9: From which continent did the guinea pig originate?

A. 9: South America.

Q. 10: If 9 = 4, 21 = 9, 22 = 9, 24 = 10, 8 = 5, 7 = 5, 99 = 10, and 100 = 7, what do 16 and 17 equal?

A. 10: 16 = 7 and 17 = 9 [The number of letters in the spelling of 16 (sixteen) is 7 and that of 17 (seventeen) is 9]

Q. 11: What is the name of the investment company managed by billionaire Warren Buffet?

A. 11: It is called ‘Berkshire Hathaway’.

Q. 12: What does a ‘hippophobic’ fear?

A. 12: Horses.

Q. 13: ‘Galvanized’ iron or steel is coated with which other metal to help prevent rusting?

A. 13: Zinc.

Q. 14: What is a ‘Natterjack’?

A. 14: A toad.

Q. 15: ‘Hydrolysis’ is the reaction of a chemical compound with what other compound?

A. 15: Water.

Q. 16: What poisonous substance does the cassava root (used to make flour, breads, tapioca, a laundry starch, and an alcoholic beverage) contain?

A. 16: It contains Cyanide.

Q. 17: This word is the name of a drink and a machine for separating cotton from its seed, what is it?

A. 17: Gin.

Q. 18: What is the nautical term for a length of 608 feet?

A. 18: It is called a ‘cable’.

Q. 19: Which precious metal has the symbol ‘Pt’?

A. 19: Platinum.

Q. 20: The size of a man’s foot is approximately the same size as which other body part?

A. 20: Oh for goodness sake have a bit of sense, it’s his forearm.

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Fractions, Food And French Horns – It’s The Fasab Quiz!

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Yes, fractions, food, and French Horns are just some of the questions you’ll face if you take this week’s quiz.

A random and challenging assortment, but as usual, if you get stuck, you will find the answers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below. But please, NO cheating!

Enjoy and good luck.

Q. 1: The name of what American city means “the meadows” in Spanish?

Q. 2: How many women now regularly wear shoes with heels higher than one inch to work?

a) 15% b) 25% c) 35% d) 45%

Q. 3: What year was the death penalty abolished in England?

a) 1959 b) 1969 c) 1979 d) 1989

Q. 4: What number lies halfway between 1/3 and 1/5?

Q. 5: What was the first nation to give women the right to vote?

Q. 6: From what type of creature is ‘Bombay duck’ made?

Q. 7: Which country would you be in if you were skiing in the Dolomites?

Q. 8: It is the name of a fragrant cosmetic and a city in Germany, what is it?

Q. 9: In which country did French horns originate?

Q. 10: What acid is associated with muscles in the body experiencing lack of oxygen?

Q. 11: In Roman times what was a gladiator armed with, in addition to a dagger and spear?

Q. 12: From which plant do we get ‘Vanilla’?

Q. 13: What is ‘Hansen’s disease’ more commonly known as?

Q. 14: What was the name of the political system in South Africa from 1948 to 1994?

Q. 15: ‘Wild Marjoram’ is another name for which commonly used herb?

Q. 16: How deep is one fathom of water?

Q. 17: How many different letters are used in Roman numerals and what are their values? (A point for each part of the question correctly answered.)

Q. 18: What common mineral is used to make casts, moulds, blackboard chalk and plaster of Paris?

Q. 19: What extinct creature got its name from the Portuguese word for stupid? (Hint: the answer is not Congressman.)

Q. 20: Who created the cartoon characters “The Simpsons”?

ANSWERS

Q. 1: The name of what American city means “the meadows” in Spanish?

A. 1: Las Vegas.

Q. 2: How many women now regularly wear shoes with heels higher than one inch to work?

a) 15% b) 25% c) 35% d) 45%

A. 2: The correct answer is b) 25%.

Q. 3: What year was the death penalty abolished in England?

a) 1959 b) 1969 c) 1979 d) 1989

A. 3: The correct answer is b) 1969.

Q. 4: What number lies halfway between 1/3 and 1/5?

A. 4: 4/15ths

Q. 5: What was the first nation to give women the right to vote?

A. 5: New Zealand, in 1893.

Q. 6: From what type of creature is ‘Bombay duck’ made?

A. 6: Fish (specifically a Bummalo fish).

Q. 7: Which country would you be in if you were skiing in the Dolomites?

A. 7: Italy.

Q. 8: It is the name of a fragrant cosmetic and a city in Germany, what is it?

A. 8: Cologne.

Q. 9: In which country did French horns originate?

A. 9: Germany.

Q. 10: What acid is associated with muscles in the body experiencing lack of oxygen?

A. 10: Lactic acid.

Q. 11: In Roman times what was a gladiator armed with, in addition to a dagger and spear?

A. 11: A net.

Q. 12: From which plant do we get ‘Vanilla’?

A. 12: The Orchid.

Q. 13: What is ‘Hansen’s disease’ more commonly known as?

A. 13: Leprosy.

Q. 14: What was the name of the political system in South Africa from 1948 to 1994?

A. 14: Apartheid.

Q. 15: ‘Wild Marjoram’ is another name for which commonly used herb?

A. 15: Oregano.

Q. 16: How deep is one fathom of water?

A. 16: 1.82 Meters or 6 feet.

Q. 17: How many different letters are used in Roman numerals and what are their values? (A point for each part of the question correctly answered.)

A. 17: Seven or VII (They are, I = 1, V = 5, X = 10, L = 50, C = 100, D = 500, M = 1000)

Q. 18: What common mineral is used to make casts, moulds, blackboard chalk and plaster of Paris?

A. 18: Gypsum.

Q. 19: What extinct creature got its name from the Portuguese word for stupid? (Hint: the answer is not Congressman.)

A. 19: The Dodo.

Q. 20: Who created the cartoon characters “The Simpsons”?

A. 20: Matt Groening. Thanks Matt.

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Did You Know? The Fact File Is Open Again.

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Yes, the fact file is open again.

Another random selection covering science, music, history, archaeology, nature and even brain surgery!

Enjoy.

Women blink twice as much as men.

Picking up baby birds and returning them to their nests

will not cause their mothers to reject them.

It takes food approximately seven seconds

to get from your mouth to your stomach.

The brain has no pain receptors so it doesn’t feel anything.

This is why doctors are able to perform open brain surgery

on patients that are still awake.

But brain surgery is not something new.

In the past some cultures practiced “trepanation”,

or the act of drilling holes in the brain

to alleviate pain and cure sickness.

More than 5 million people live in areas

that are considered to be “contaminated”

with radioactive material from the Chernobyl disaster.

The body of the last English King to die in battle, Richard III,

was finally found buried under a Leicester car park

in what was one of the most astonishing

archaeological discoveries of the last few decades.

The Chinese government

attempted to crack down on gift giving

by banning certain luxury commercials.

The economy immediately started falling.

Disney Park employees are required to point

with either the whole hand or using two fingers.

This is because some cultures see pointing

with one finger as disrespectful

Dropping a penny from the top of the

Empire State Building would not kill someone

Lemur comes from a Latin word that means

“spirit of the dead”.

The person that named them cited their

nocturnal nature as a source of influence.

For many years scientists couldn’t figure out

how the Earth’s solid inner core spins one way

and the liquid outer core spins the other.

Scientists at Leeds University recently found

that the answer lies in a simple “equal and opposite” reaction

based around Earth’s magnetic fields.

The word “Addict” comes from ancient Rome

when soldiers were awarded slaves known as “addicts”,

which is the Latin word for slave.

It eventually came to refer to a person

who was a slave to anyone or anything.

Air Force One is not the name of a specific plane,

but the name of any plane carrying the president.

The Beatles still hold the record for the

most number-one singles in the Billboard Charts.

They had twenty in all

and their biggest seller was “Hey Jude”.

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Yesterday The Super Bowl – Today The Super Quiz!

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First of all congratulations to the Seattle Seahawks who won their first Super Bowl by crushing the Denver Broncos 43-8, in a rather one-sided game yesterday.

Today it’s the super quiz and this won’t be so easy.

Yes, another random selection of questions, a lot of which will set you a challenge I think.

As usual if you get stuck the answers can be found waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating!

Enjoy and good luck.

Q. 1: Who won a best actor Oscar for his portrayal of an anthropophagus?

Q. 2: The Komodo dragon takes its name from as island in which country?

Q. 3: Which car company built the classic ‘1962 250 GT Berlinetta Boxer’ automobile?

Q. 4: Name the country from which the soup ‘Gazpacho’ originated?

Q. 5: Name the fictional detective associated with ‘Miss Felicity Lemon’?

Q. 6: In which famous movie would you find a robot called ‘Marvin’?

Q. 7: ‘Winter’, ‘Secret’, ‘Dirty’, ‘Pastry’, ‘Cola’, ‘Pig’, ‘Honey’, ‘Football’, ‘Rif’ and ‘Cod’ are all examples of what?

Q. 8: What sauce is made from the plant ‘Armorica rusticana’?

Q. 9: Which of these is a comic character who appears in three plays by Shakespeare?

a) Rifle b) Musket c) Pistol

Q. 10: Rather appropriately for this month, the following line ‘February made me shiver‘ is found in which song?

Q. 11: Contestants from which South American country have won the most Miss Universe titles?

Q. 12: Which of these actors has won the most Best Actor Oscars?

a) Tom Hanks b) Kevin Spacey c) Daniel Day Lewis d) Jeff Bridges

Q. 13: John James Audubon is famous for his paintings of what?

Q. 14: Which large sea in the south-western Pacific Ocean is named after a German?

Q. 15: ‘Monique Delacroix’ was the mother of which debonair hero?

Q. 16: What is the name and the color of Jim Henson’s most famous creation?

Q. 17: This word is the name for a magnificent palace, a variety of apple and a person or thing without equal, what is it?

Q. 18: Name the movie in which Michael Caine plays ‘Lt Gonville Bromhead’?

Q. 19: What does a woman raise and hold up in a ‘Pabana’?

Q. 20: Which very famous soothing English song uses the melody from Mozart’s ‘Ah! Vous dirai-je, Maman’?

ANSWERS

Q. 1: Who won a best actor Oscar for his portrayal of an anthropophagus?

A. 1: Anthony Hopkins in ‘The Silence of the Lambs’, an anthropophagus is a cannibal.

Q. 2: The Komodo dragon takes its name from as island in which country?

A. 2: Indonesia. (Probably because of the name a lot of people guess Japan.)

Q. 3: Which car company built the classic ‘1962 250 GT Berlinetta Boxer’ automobile?

A. 3: Ferrari.

Q. 4: Name the country from which the soup ‘Gazpacho’ originated?

A. 4: Spain. (You also get a point if you said Portugal.)

Q. 5: Name the fictional detective associated with ‘Miss Felicity Lemon’?

A. 5: Hercule Poirot.

Q. 6: In which famous movie would you find a robot called ‘Marvin’?

A. 6: ‘A Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy’.

Q. 7: ‘Winter’, ‘Secret’, ‘Dirty’, ‘Pastry’, ‘Cola’, ‘Pig’, ‘Honey’, ‘Football’, ‘Rif’ and ‘Cod’ are all examples of what?

A. 7: They are all names of different wars.

Q. 8: What sauce is made from the plant ‘Armorica rusticana’?

A. 8: Horseradish.

Q. 9: Which of these is a comic character who appears in three plays by Shakespeare?

a) Rifle b) Musket c) Pistol

A. 9: c) Pistol. (Pistol (fict) is a follower of Sir John Falstaff in Henry IV, Part 2 and The Merry Wives of Windsor. He is married to Mistress Quickly, and is a soldier in conflict with Fluellen, in Henry V.)

Q. 10: Rather appropriately for this month, the following line ‘February made me shiver‘ is found in which song?

A. 10: American Pie (Don McLean).

Q. 11: Contestants from which South American country have won the most Miss Universe titles?

A. 11: Venezuela (6, in 1979, 1981, 1986, 1996, 2008 and 2009).

Q. 12: Which of these actors has won the most Best Actor Oscars?

a) Tom Hanks b) Kevin Spacey c) Daniel Day Lewis d) Jeff Bridges

A. 12: c) Daniel Day Lewis

Q. 13: John James Audubon is famous for his paintings of what?

A. 13: Birds. (An original copy of his book ‘Birds of America’ sold in London at Sotheby’s for a record £7,321,250 (approximately $11.5 million) on 6 December 2010.)

Q. 14: Which large sea in the south-western Pacific Ocean is named after a German?

A. 14: The Bismarck Sea.

Q. 15: ‘Monique Delacroix’ was the mother of which debonair hero?

A. 15: James Bond.

Q. 16: What is the name and the color of Jim Henson’s most famous creation?

A. 16: Kermit the Frog and he is green.

Q. 17: This word is the name for a magnificent palace, a variety of apple and a person or thing without equal, what is it?

A. 17: Nonsuch.

Q. 18: Name the movie in which Michael Caine plays ‘Lt Gonville Bromhead’?

A. 18: Zulu.

Q. 19: What does a woman raise and hold up in a ‘Pabana’?

A. 19: Her skirt. The Pabana (or Peacock dance) is a solemn and stately Spanish dance.

Q. 20: Which very famous soothing English song uses the melody from Mozart’s ‘Ah! Vous dirai-je, Maman’?

A. 20: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

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Back To Normal Quiz

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After a couple of festive mega quizzes it’s back to normal this week with a standard sized offering to test your knowledge.

As usual the answers can be found waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but NO cheating please!

Enjoy.

Q. 1: What was Walt Disney’s Middle name?

a) Ewart b) Elias c) Elliot d) Ernest

Q. 2: Which was the first state in America to pass a law which required vehicle occupants to wear seat belts, and what year did that law that come into effect? (A point for each part.)

Q. 3: In which year did seat belts become compulsory in Great Britain?

Q. 4: In Germany what is a ‘kaufhaus’?

Q. 5: Which country has the longest land border with Russia?

a) Mongolia b) Kazakhstan c) China

Q. 6: ‘Hogmanay’ is another name for which day of the year?

a) New Year’s Day b) New Year’s Eve c) Christmas Day

Q. 7: Camp David, the country retreat of US Presidents, is in which state?

Q. 8: The name of which Mexican snack food literally means ‘little cheese thing’?

a) quesadilla b) burrito c) enchilada

Q. 9: Absolute government by one person called what?

Q. 10: The Egyptian god Anubis had the head of what animal?

a) Jackal b) Lion c) Crocodile

Q. 11: What was the first fully computer-generated feature length movie made by Pixar?

a) Monsters Inc b) A Bug’s Life c) Toy Story

Q. 12: Which Canadian city hosts the ‘Just For Laughs’ comedy festival every July?

Q. 13: Who was the Roman equivalent of the Greek god Zeus?

Q. 14: The US TV series ‘The Office’ was set in which Pennsylvanian city?

Q. 15: What is measured on the Rankine scale?

Q. 16: Who composed the opera ‘Cosi fan tutte’?

Q. 17: What is the profession of Bill Murray’s character in ‘Groundhog Day’?

Q. 18: ‘Mariculture’ is the cultivation of the animals and plants of which environment?

a) Desert b) Forest c) Sea

Q. 19: Writers from which country have won the Nobel Prize for Literature most often?

a) America b) Sweden c) France d) England

Q. 20: What car is the prize possession of Clint Eastwood’s movie character ‘Walt Kowalski’?

ANSWERS

Q. 1: What was Walt Disney’s Middle name?

a) Ewart b) Elias c) Elliot d) Ernest

A. 1: b) Elias.

Q. 2: Which was the first state in America to pass a law which required vehicle occupants to wear seat belts, and what year did that law that come into effect? (A point for each part.)

A. 2: New York in 1984 (December 1 to be precise).

Q. 3: In which year did seat belts become compulsory in Great Britain?

A. 3: 1983.

Q. 4: In Germany what is a ‘kaufhaus’?

A. 4: A department store.

Q. 5: Which country has the longest land border with Russia?

a) Mongolia b) Kazakhstan c) China

A. 5: b) Kazakhstan.

Q. 6: ‘Hogmanay’ is another name for which day of the year?

a) New Year’s Day b) New Year’s Eve c) Christmas Day

A. 6: Hogmanay is celebrated on b) New Year’s Eve.

Q. 7: Camp David, the country retreat of US Presidents, is in which state?

A. 7: Maryland.

Q. 8: The name of which Mexican snack food literally means ‘little cheese thing’?

a) quesadilla b) burrito c) enchilada

A. 8: a) quesadilla.

Q. 9: Absolute government by one person called what?

A. 9: Autocracy.

Q. 10: The Egyptian god Anubis had the head of what animal?

a) Jackal b) Lion c) Crocodile

A. 10: a) Jackal.

Q. 11: What was the first fully computer-generated feature length movie made by Pixar?

a) Monsters Inc b) A Bug’s Life c) Toy Story

A. 11: c) Toy Story.

Q. 12: Which Canadian city hosts the ‘Just For Laughs’ comedy festival every July?

A. 12: Montreal.

Q. 13: Who was the Roman equivalent of the Greek god Zeus?

A. 13: Jupiter.

Q. 14: The US TV series ‘The Office’ was set in which Pennsylvanian city?

A. 14: Scranton.

Q. 15: What is measured on the Rankine scale?

A. 15: The Rankine scale measures temperature.

Q. 16: Who composed the opera ‘Cosi fan tutte’?

A. 16: Mozart.

Q. 17: What is the profession of Bill Murray’s character in ‘Groundhog Day’?

A. 17: He plays the part of a TV weatherman.

Q. 18: ‘Mariculture’ is the cultivation of the animals and plants of which environment?

a) Desert b) Forest c) Sea

A. 18: c) Sea.

Q. 19: Writers from which country have won the Nobel Prize for Literature most often?

a) America b) Sweden c) France d) England

A. 19: c) France.

Q. 20: What car is the prize possession of Clint Eastwood’s movie character ‘Walt Kowalski’?

A. 20: Gran Torino

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