No surprises there, but maybe one or two in the questions.
Let’s see how you do this week.
If you get stuck the answers are, as usual, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below – but please NO cheating!
Enjoy, and good luck!
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Q. 1: What handicap did the composer Beethoven have?
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Q. 2: According to legend, who rewarded a man for his loyalty by giving him the secret recipe for Drambuie?
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Q. 3: Which two semaphoric letters are found on the famous anti war peace symbol from the 1960’s ?
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Q. 4: In which movie would you find a robot called ‘Gort’?
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Q. 5: What name did the Vikings give to Newfoundland?
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Q. 6: What do all of the following have (or don’t have) in common?
Galileo, Jesse James, Jerry Garcia, Dustin Hoffman, James Doohan, Frodo Baggins, Tony Iommi, Telly Savalas, Boris Yelzin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Daryl Hannah and Gary Burghoff (‘Radar’ O’Reilly from M*A*S*H)
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Q. 7: In literature, King Richard III was desperate and willing to pay a high price for what?
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Q. 8: Which fruit is a port city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
a) Orange
b) Banana
c) Ugli
d) Guava
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Q. 9: In China in 1989 in which Beijing Square were the protests against the government crushed by tanks?
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Q. 10: What is the name of the race of giants mentioned in the Bible who lived in Canaan?
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Q. 11: “I coulda had class, I coulda been somebody, I coulda been a contender”. What famous actor said the words and in which famous movie?
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Q. 12: Who was the first WBC heavyweight boxing champion in 1978?
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Q. 13: What is the name of the current German Chancellor?
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Q. 14: Put the following in the correct order starting with the fastest and ending with the slowest:
Human, Nimitz class aircraft carrier, Grizzly bear, A common pig, Cheetah, Japanese ‘bullet’ train, Ostrich, Peregrin falcon.
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Q. 15: Which new country was formed in 1971 at the end of the Pakistan / India conflict?
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Q. 16: Who played ‘Lucy Ewing’ in the hit TV Series ‘Dallas’ and what was her rather unkind nickname?
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Q. 17: What was the name of the French underground movement that fought against the Germans in World War II?
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Q. 18: Name the capital and the largest city in New Zealand (a point for each).
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Q. 19: In the ‘Bond’ movies what were the codenames for James Bond’s boss and the person responsible for the gadgets he used?
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Q. 20: What ‘o’clock’ is mentioned in the Bangles hit song ‘Manic Monday’?
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ANSWERS
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Q. 1: What handicap did the composer Beethoven have?
A. 1: He was hearing impaired.
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Q. 2: According to legend, who rewarded a man for his loyalty by giving him the secret recipe for Drambuie?
A. 2: Bonnie Prince Charlie.
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Q. 3: Which two semaphoric letters are found on the famous anti war peace symbol from the 1960’s ?
A. 3: N and D for Nuclear Disarmament.
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Q. 4: In which movie would you find a robot called ‘Gort’?
A. 4: The Day The Earth Stood Still.
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Q. 5: What name did the Vikings give to Newfoundland?
A. 5: Vinland.
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Q. 6: What do all of the following have (or don’t have) in common?
Galileo, Jesse James, Jerry Garcia, Dustin Hoffman, James Doohan, Frodo Baggins, Tony Iommi, Telly Savalas, Boris Yelzin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Daryl Hannah and Gary Burghoff (‘Radar’ O’Reilly from M*A*S*H)
A. 6: They are/were all missing a finger or fingers.
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Q. 7: In literature, King Richard III was desperate and willing to pay a high price for what?
A. 7: “A horse, a horse! My kingdom for a horse.”
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Q. 8: Which fruit is a port city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
a) Orange
b) Banana
c) Ugli
d) Guava
A. 8: b) Banana
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Q. 9: In China in 1989 in which Beijing Square were the protests against the government crushed by tanks?
A. 9: Tiananmen Square.
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Q. 10: What is the name of the race of giants mentioned in the Bible who lived in Canaan?
A. 10: Nephilim.
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Q. 11: “I coulda had class, I coulda been somebody, I coulda been a contender”. What famous actor said the words and in which famous movie?
A. 11: Marlon Brando in ‘On the Waterfront’.
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Q. 12: Who was the first WBC heavyweight boxing champion in 1978?
A. 12: Ken Norton.
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Q. 13: What is the name of the current German Chancellor?
A. 13: Angela Merkel.
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Q. 14: Put the following in the correct order starting with the fastest and ending with the slowest:
Human, Nimitz class aircraft carrier, Grizzly bear, A common pig, Cheetah, Japanese ‘bullet’ train, Ostrich, Peregrin falcon.
A. 14: The correct order, fastest to slowest, is:
1) Japanese ‘bullet’ train (361 mph); 2) Peregrin falcon (200 mph); 3) Cheetah (70 mph); 4) Ostrich (40 mph); 5) Nimitz class aircraft carrier (34.5 plus mph); 6) grizzly bear (30 mph); 7. Human (28 mph); 8. Common pig (11 mph)
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Q. 15: Which new country was formed in 1971 at the end of the Pakistan / India conflict?
A. 15: Bangladesh.
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Q. 16: Who played ‘Lucy Ewing’ in the hit TV Series ‘Dallas’ and what was her rather unkind nickname?
A. 16: ‘Lucy Ewing’ was played by Charlene Tilton and her nickname because of her lack of height was the ‘Poison Dwarf’
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Q. 17: What was the name of the French underground movement that fought against the Germans in World War II?
A. 17: The Maquis (If you are nice you can also claim a point for ‘French Resistance’)
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Q. 18: Name the capital and the largest city in New Zealand (a point for each).
A. 18: Wellington is the capital; Auckland is the largest city.
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Q. 19: In the ‘Bond’ movies what were the codenames for James Bond’s boss and the person responsible for the gadgets he used?
A. 19: They were known as ‘M’ and ‘Q’.
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Q. 20: What ‘o’clock’ is mentioned in the Bangles hit song ‘Manic Monday’?
Welcome to another selection of fasab’s facts for fun.
A more than random list of unusual facts that may come in handy some day. I wouldn’t count on it, but you never know. It has happened believe it or not!
So read on and enjoy.
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The only U.S. president to have been the head of a union
was Ronald Reagan,
a former president of the Screen Actors Guild.
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Just proving that not everybody is all bad,
“Pretty Boy” Floyd, one of America’s most notorious bank robbers,
was known for destroying mortgage papers,
consequently freeing hundreds of people from property debt.
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A man in China has kept himself alive with
a homemade dialysis machine for 13 years.
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Divorce is legal in every nation in the world
except in the Philippines and in Vatican City.
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In 1755 Benjamin Franklin organized the first
regular monthly mail packet service
between Falmouth, England, and New York,
and opened the first official post office in Canada
(in Halifax, Nova Scotia), to link Halifax with
the Atlantic colonies and the packet service to England.
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About half the geysers on Earth
are located in Yellowstone National Park.
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Your brain makes imaginary monsters when you stare in a mirror.
(Either that or you don’t look as good as you thought!)
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While most of it lies in Africa,
a small part of Egypt is located in Asia, as well.
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The White House has a variety of recreational facilities
available to its residents, including a tennis court, a jogging track,
swimming pool, movie theater, billiard room, and a bowling lane.
Yes, I really don’t know how they do it, but every week they do seem to get worse. Where these answers come from or why shall always be a mystery, but they are fun and that’s what we like here, especially on a Monday!
You gotta start the week with a smile 🙂
Enjoy.
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Q: The perfect temperature for an autumn day
A:87
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Q: An important city during colonial times
A:Virginia
A:New England
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Q: Name something parents yell at their kids to finish
A:“Get off that computer”
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Q: Name a movie people love to watch at Christmas
A:Snow White
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Q: Name a type of fruit found in tarts
A:Sweet tarts
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Q: Name something you buy by the set
A:Paper
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Q: Name something you buy in a larger size if you have a large family
A:Jeans
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Q: Name something a woman sees that would make her tell her husband to stop the car
A:A bicycle
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Q: The most you could afford to pay for a gallon of gas
A:$20
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Q: Name a way you would treat a pet like a human
A:Take it to the vet
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Q: Name something London is famous for
A:Pasta
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Q: Name a famous Australian
A:Peter Pan
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Q: The name of a famous sex symbol
A:Wilma
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Q: An invention that has replaced stairs
A:Wheel
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Q: Name something associated with the show “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire”
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