“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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Hello and welcome to another quiz day at the fasab blog.
Another random mixture including geography, history, science and even a movie thrown in for good measure.
And as usual, if you get stuck, you can find the answers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating.
Enjoy and good luck.
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Q. 1: What is the plural on the word ‘Mongoose’?
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Q. 2: What is 65 per cent of 60?
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Q. 3: What is the science of correcting deformities of the skeleton?
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Q. 4: Where does a ‘busboy’ or ‘busgirl’ work?
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Q. 5: What type of creature is a ‘prairie dog’?
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Q. 6: What was the name of the character played by Russel Crowe in the movie ‘Gladiator’?
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Q. 7: What is ‘lava’ bread made from?
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Q. 8: For their discovery of what did Watson, Crick and Wilkins win the 1962 Nobel Prize for medicine?
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Q. 9: What color is a (male) purple finch?
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Q. 10: How many continents are there on Earth, and a bonus point for each one you can name correctly?
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Q. 11: Mr and Mrs Smith have 6 daughters, each daughter has one brother, how many people are in the family?
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Q. 12: What does the term ‘DC’ stand for in physics and in the name of the US Capital, Washington D.C.? (A point for each correct answer.)
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Q. 13: By multiplying a number by 9, dividing by 5 and adding 32, what conversion have you achieved?
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Q. 14: Which land mammal has the largest ears?
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Q. 15: What does the abbreviation ‘UNESCO’ stand for?
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Q. 16: From what is an ‘atoll’ formed?
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Q. 17: What are the only self-cleaning organs on both men and women?
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Q. 18: What color is pure molten gold?
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Q. 19: Which company owns ‘Hotmail’, the Internet based e-mail system?
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Q. 20: In heraldry, what does ‘Argent’ mean?
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ANSWERS
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Q. 1: What is the plural on the word ‘Mongoose’?
A. 1: The plural of ‘Mongoose’ is ‘Mongooses’. No points if you said ‘Mongeese’.
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Q. 2: What is 65 per cent of 60?
A. 2: 39.
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Q. 3: What is the science of correcting deformities of the skeleton?
A. 3: Orthopaedics.
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Q. 4: Where does a ‘busboy’ or ‘busgirl’ work?
A. 4: In a restaurant (A busboy/busgirl clears and cleans dirty dishes, and assists with other basic restaurant/kitchen duties.)
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Q. 5: What type of creature is a ‘prairie dog’?
A. 5: It is a rodent.
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Q. 6: What was the name of the character played by Russell Crowe in the movie ‘Gladiator’?
A. 6: He played the lead character called ‘Maximus’.
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Q. 7: What is ‘lava’ bread made from?
A. 7: It is made from seaweed.
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Q. 8: For their discovery of what did Watson, Crick and Wilkins win the 1962 Nobel Prize for medicine?
A. 8: They discovered ‘DNA’.
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Q. 9: What color is a (male) purple finch?
A. 9: It is colored red (female is mostly brown).
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Q. 10: How many continents are there on Earth, and a bonus point for each one you can name correctly?
A. 10: There are six continents, Africa, the Americas, Antarctica, Asia, Australia together with Oceania, and Europe.
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Q. 11: Mr and Mrs Smith have 6 daughters, each daughter has one brother, how many people are in the family?
A. 11: Nine. 6 daughters plus ONE brother plus Mr and Mrs Smith).
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Q. 12: What does the term ‘DC’ stand for in physics and in the name of the US Capital, Washington D.C.? (A point for each correct answer.)
A. 12: ‘Direct Current’ and ‘District of Columbia’.
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Q. 13: By multiplying a number by 9, dividing by 5 and adding 32, what conversion have you achieved?
A. 13: You are converting Celsius to Fahrenheit.
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Q. 14: Which land mammal has the largest ears?
A. 14: The African elephant.
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Q. 15: What does the abbreviation ‘UNESCO’ stand for?
A. 15: It stands for the ‘United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’.
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Q. 16: From what is an ‘atoll’ formed?
A. 16: It is formed from Coral.
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Q. 17: What are the only self-cleaning organs on both men and women?
A. 17: The eyes.
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Q. 18: What color is pure molten gold?
A. 18: Green.
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Q. 19: Which company owns ‘Hotmail’, the Internet based e-mail system?
A. 19: Microsoft.
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Q. 20: In heraldry, what does ‘Argent’ mean?
A. 20: Silver. (And here’s song from a band with the same name…)
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