“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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Welcome to another quiz day on the fasab blog.
As usual a random selection of questions, some quite difficult, but some that you should find easy enough.
When you are done check the answers which are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below – but NO cheating!
Enjoy.
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Q. 1: What is the name of the art form that translated means ‘beauty writing’?
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Q. 2: The Blue Fairy is a kindly figure in which Disney classic? (Now you knows this!)
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Q. 3: What is the name of the Spanish soup served cold?
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Q. 4: What is the longest poisonous snake in the world?
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Q. 5: Eric Weisz is still believed by some to have made the first successful powered flight in Australia on March 18, 1910. Weisz was better known around the world under which stage name?
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Q. 6: Which region in the Pacific ocean is also the name of a character in the Dr. Doolittle stories?
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Q. 7: What is the name of the world’s oldest licensed whiskey distillery and in which country is it located? (a point for each answer)
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Q. 8: Contestants from which three countries have won the most Miss Universe titles?
(Take some bonus points if you know how many titles they have won.)
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Q. 9: Which word, used in the world of espionage, stems from John Le Carre’s 1974 novel ‘Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy’?
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Q. 10: ‘Kristal’ and ‘Krug’ are examples of which wine?
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Q. 11: In space an ‘Event Horizon’ surrounds what kind of region?
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Q. 12: Who was the first Hollywood actress to appear on a postage stamp?
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Q. 13: When the definition of a desert is ‘an area with an average annual precipitation of less than 250 millimetres per year’; on which continent is the largest desert in the world?
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Q. 14: ‘Varig’ is the national airline in which country?
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Q. 15: Name the American artist who uses Campbell’s Soup cans in his pop art?
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Q. 16: What did American POW’s call the Hoa Lo prison camp in North Vietnam?
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Q. 17: Widely used to orient buildings and even furniture, the term ‘Feng shui’, what is the English translation of this term? (Two words.)
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Q. 18: Which breed of horse is also the name for a kind of bean?
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Q. 19: Who was the only heavyweight champion to finish his boxing career with a perfect record? (49 wins-0 defeats).
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Q. 20: Which film producer with a vegetable as a last name, was, until his death, involved in most of the James Bond films?
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ANSWERS
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Q. 1: What is the name of the art form that translated means ‘beauty writing’?
A. 1: Calligraphy.
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Q. 2: The ‘Blue Fairy’ is a kindly figure in which Disney classic? (Now you knows this!)
A. 2: Pinocchio.(Did you get the clue? ‘Knows’ = ‘nose’, whoops, not pun day, sorry!)
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Q. 3: What is the name of the Spanish soup served cold?
A. 3: Gazpacho.
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Q. 4: What is the longest poisonous snake in the world?
A. 4: The King Cobra.
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Q. 5: Eric Weisz is still believed by some to have made the first successful powered flight in Australia on March 18, 1910. Weisz was better known around the world under which stage name?
A. 5: Harry Houdini.
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Q. 6: Which region in the Pacific ocean is also the name of a character in the Dr. Doolittle stories?
A. 6: Polynesia. In the series of books, Polynesia is Doctor Dolittle’s parrot.
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Q. 7: What is the name of the world’s oldest licensed whiskey distillery and in which country is it located? (a point for each answer)
A. 7: Old Bushmills Distillery, located at Bushmills, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
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Q. 8: Contestants from which three countries have won the most Miss Universe titles?
(Take some bonus points if you know how many titles they have won.)
A. 8: USA (8: 1954, 1956, 1960, 1967, 1980, 1995, 1997, 2012),
Venezuela (6: 1979, 1981, 1986, 1996, 2008, 2009), and
Puerto Rico (5: 1970, 1985, 1993, 2001, 2006).
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Q. 9: Which word, used in the world of espionage, stems from John Le Carre’s 1974 novel ‘Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy’?
A. 9: Mole.
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Q. 10: ‘Kristal’ and ‘Krug’ are examples of which wine?
A. 10: Champagne.
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Q. 11: In space an ‘Event Horizon’ surrounds what kind of region?
A. 11: A Black hole.
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Q. 12: Who was the first Hollywood actress to appear on a postage stamp?
A. 12: Grace Kelly.
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Q. 13: When the definition of a desert is ‘an area with an average annual precipitation of less than 250 millimetres per year’; on which continent is the largest desert in the world?
A. 13: The Antarctic. (Most people would say ‘The Sahara’ which is the largest ‘hot’ desert area in the world.)
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Q. 14: ‘Varig’ is the national airline in which country?
A. 14: Brazil.
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Q. 15: Name the American artist who uses Campbell’s Soup cans in his pop art?
A. 15: Andy Warhol.
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Q. 16: What did American POW’s call the Hoa Lo prison camp in North Vietnam?
A. 16: The Hanoi Hilton.
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Q. 17: Widely used to orient buildings and even furniture, the term ‘Feng shui’, what is the English translation of this term? (Two words.)
A. 17: Feng shui translated into English means ‘Wind-Water’.
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Q. 18: Which breed of horse is also the name for a kind of bean?
A. 18: Pinto.
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Q. 19: Who was the only heavyweight champion to finish his boxing career with a perfect record? (49 wins-0 defeats).
A. 19: Rocky Marciano.
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Q. 20: Which film producer with a vegetable as a last name, was, until his death, involved in most of the James Bond films?
A. 20: Albert R (Cubby) Broccoli.
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So how did you do?
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