Another Day For All You Quizzers Out There.

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“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”

Another set of twenty questions to get you thinking.

They say they are all easy if you know the answers – and can remember them!

Good luck with this lot, some are easy but some are quite tough.

And if you get stuck you’ll find the answers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below – but NO cheating please!

Enjoy.

Q. 1: Which vitamin is also known as ascorbic acid?

Q. 2: Approximately what percentage of all the water on Earth is fresh water?

a) 3% b) 13% c) 23% d) 33%

Q. 3: In Greek mythology which Trojan hero killed Achilles?

Q. 4: In which Hitchcock movie is Cary Grant’s character the victim of mistaken identity?

Q. 5: What type of animal is a skink?

a) Snake b) Lizard c) Marsupial

Q. 6: In German cuisine what is Stollen?

Q. 7: Which of these wars took place first?

a) Boer War b) First World War c) Crimean War

Q. 8: Which American company produces the Polo clothing line?

Q. 9: On what English play is the musical West Side Story based?

Q. 10: What color is known as sable in heraldry?

Q. 11: Which Apostle is often described as the first Pope?

Q. 12: Professor Robert Langdon features in novels by which American author?

Q. 13: What shape is ‘rigatoni’ pasta?

a) shell b) tube c) cartwheel d) spiral

Q. 14: ‘Nature morte’ is the French term for what type of painting?

a) portrait b) landscape c) still life

Q. 15: The term ‘zoophagous’ has a similar meaning to which of the following words?

a) carnivorous b) herbivorous c) piscivorous

Q. 16: What does the musical term ‘adagio’ mean?

Q. 17: Harold Holt who disappeared while swimming in 1967 was the Prime Minister of which country?

a) Canada b) United Kingdom c) Australia d) New Zealand

Q. 18: In what country did the tango dance originate?

Q. 19: Which US President did John Hinckley try to assassinate?

Q. 20: In what year did Elvis Presley die?

ANSWERS

Q. 1: Which vitamin is also known as ascorbic acid?

A. 1: Vitamin C.

Q. 2: Approximately what percentage of all the water on Earth is fresh water?

a) 3% b) 13% c) 23% d) 33%

A. 2: a) 3%

Q. 3: In Greek mythology which Trojan hero killed Achilles?

A. 3: Paris, who shot him in the heel with a poison arrow.

Q. 4: In which Hitchcock movie is Cary Grant’s character the victim of mistaken identity?

A. 4: North By Northwest.

Q. 5: What type of animal is a skink?

a) Snake b) Lizard c) Marsupial

A. 5: b) Lizard

Q. 6: In German cuisine what is Stollen?

A. 6: A Fruit Loaf.

Q. 7: Which of these wars took place first?

a) Boer War b) First World War c) Crimean War

A. 7: c) Crimean War

Q. 8: Which American company produces the Polo clothing line?

A. 8: Ralph Lauren.

Q. 9: On what English play is the musical West Side Story based?

A. 9: Romeo And Juliet by William Shakespeare.

Q. 10: What color is known as sable in heraldry?

A. 10: Black.

Q. 11: Which Apostle is often described as the first Pope?

A. 11: Peter.

Q. 12: Professor Robert Langdon features in novels by which American author?

A. 12: Dan Brown.

Q. 13: What shape is ‘rigatoni’ pasta?

a) shell b) tube c) cartwheel d) spiral

A. 13: b) tube.

Q. 14: ‘Nature morte’ is the French term for what type of painting?

a) portrait b) landscape c) still life

A. 14: c) still life.

Q. 15: The term ‘zoophagous’ has a similar meaning to which of the following words?

a) carnivorous b) herbivorous c) piscivorous

A. 15: a) carnivorous.

Q. 16: What does the musical term ‘adagio’ mean?

A. 16: Slow.

Q. 17: Harold Holt who disappeared while swimming in 1967 was the Prime Minister of which country?

a) Canada b) United Kingdom c) Australia d) New Zealand

A. 17: c) Australia

Q. 18: In what country did the tango dance originate?

A. 18: Argentina.

Q. 19: Which US President did John Hinckley try to assassinate?

A. 19: Ronald Reagan.

Q. 20: In what year did Elvis Presley die?

A. 20: 1977.

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Did You Know? Another Fact Feast.

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“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”

Another fact feast today.

Fifteen more random pieces of trivia to store away in your mind just ready to impress when you get the chance. (If you get the chance!)

As always, enjoy.

The Playboy bunny costume was the first service uniform

to be registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Chickens with white ear lobes lay white eggs,

whereas chickens with red ear lobes lay brown eggs.

Alexander H. Stephens was the only Vice President

of the Confederate States of America

In 1897, Indiana tried to pass a bill stating that pi is equal to 3.2,

as opposed to its truly infinite value,

but it never became law due to intervention

by a Purdue University professor

The urine of patients with diabetes tastes sweet

because the extra sugar in a diabetic’s bloodstream

overwhelms the kidney’s ability to reabsorb it.

The total cost of WWI for all involved is an estimated $185 billion.

When indirect costs are factored in, it was even greater.

During the shower scene in Psycho,

what looks like blood funneling down the drain

is actually Bosco chocolate syrup.

Hitchcock thought it looked more real in

black-and-white than the fake red stuff.

Morse Code was made for letters, not numbers.

In fact, signaling the number “one” requires a dot and four dashes.

In horse racing the Preakness Stakes doubles as

the Run for the Black-Eyed Susans.

Freddie Mercury,

the lead singer of British music group Queen,

was born in Zanzibar as Farrokh Bulsara.

Jerry Lynn Ross and Franklin Chang-Diaz hold

the record for most spaceflights by an astronaut.

Habitual singing causes the lungs to release leptin,

a protein manufactured by the body’s fat cells

that is involved in the regulation of appetite.

This may partially explain why in operas

the fat lady does sing.

When Mario made his debut in the original Donkey Kong in 1981,

he was known as Jumpman.

Trees do not grow higher than 130m as it is

physically impossible for the water to rise higher.

Despite his amazing success as a songwriter in the early 60s,

Paul McCartney wanted to test the theory whether it was

the Lennon-McCartney name that made hit songs.

He wrote “Woman” for Peter & Gordon using the pseudonym “Bernard Webb.”

The song became a hit.

I wouldn’t have bought it, but here it is anyway.

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Did You Know? Facts, Facts And More Facts.

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“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”

Fact day again on the fasab blog.

Another twenty things you probably don’t know now, but not to worry, you will do soon if you read on.

Enjoy.

Before Gmail, “G-Mail” was the name of a free

email service offered by Garfield’s website.

In America the bonnets and caps of city fire hydrants

are painted certain colors to alert firefighters

to the amount of water pressure available from that hydrant.

It isn’t water itself that conducts electricity,

but the impurities found in it.

Richard Hollingshead of Camden, N.J., built the first

drive-in theater in his driveway.

The idea was inspired by his mother who was a large woman

who found the seats at regular movie theaters uncomfortable.

He made it with a sheet strung between two trees and

a movie projector mounted to the hood of his car.

Washington state’s Mt. Rainier is the tallest

volcano in the contiguous United States,

measuring nearly 14,500 feet in height.

It last erupted in 1854.

Despite their menacing appearance and fierce name,

dragonflies cannot sting and are harmless to human beings.

When referring to China, make sure

to say the People’s Republic of China.

Leave off “People’s” and you’re talking about Taiwan.

Approximately one quarter of the United States’

homeless population are war veterans.

(Shameful statistic!)

The inventors of bubble wrap,

Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes,

were originally trying to make plastic wallpaper.

The toilet featured in Hitchcock’s Psycho

was the first flushing toilet to appear on-screen.

Frankincense, one of the precious items

the wise men gave the baby Jesus,

was actually an ancient form of chewing gum

The poinsettia is named after former

congressman and ambassador Joel Poinsett,

who introduced the plant to the United States in the 1800s.

Peridots are the only gems that

have been found in meteorites.

The longest jellyfish on record measured 160 feet,

more than half the length of a football field.

All holly trees are gender specific – male or female.

Only the female holly tree bears fruit (berries),

and in order to do so there must be a male

pollinated tree within a two mile radius of her.

Two-thirds of the world’s lawyers live in the United States.

The Hard Rock Café got its name from a now-defunct bar that

appeared on the back of the Doors’ album Morrison Hotel.

When cranberries are ripe, they bounce like a rubber ball.

Due to the “naughty” dancing of the can-can girls and

the scantily clad models on 1800s French postcards,

the British equated anything risqué with France.

In fact, that’s how the phrase “pardon my French” entered the vernacular.

Scott Joplin’s famous piano song, “Maple Leaf Rag,”

was not named for the leaf or for Canada:

it was named for the Maple Leaf Club,

a social gathering place in Sedalia, Missouri.

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