“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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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.
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Q. 1: Who was the manager of the Beatles?
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Q. 2: Approximately what proportion of the Earth’s surface is covered by a) land and b) water
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Q. 3: What do you get if you divide 50 by half and add 40.
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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
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Q. 5: What type of insect is a ‘velvet ant’?
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Q. 6: What is the main ingredient of the dish ‘Welsh Rabbit’?
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Q. 7: Why are 1968 pennies worth more than 1964 pennies?
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Q. 8: What number is a hurricane on the Beaufort Scale?
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Q. 9: From which continent did the guinea pig originate?
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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?
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Q. 11: What is the name of the investment company managed by billionaire Warren Buffet?
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Q. 12: What does a ‘hippophobic’ fear?
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Q. 13: ‘Galvanized’ iron or steel is coated with which other metal to help prevent rusting?
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Q. 14: What is a ‘Natterjack’?
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Q. 15: ‘Hydrolysis’ is the reaction of a chemical compound with what other compound?
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Q. 16: What poisonous substance does the cassava root (used to make flour, breads, tapioca, a laundry starch, and an alcoholic beverage) contain?
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Q. 17: This word is the name of a drink and a machine for separating cotton from its seed, what is it?
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Q. 18: What is the nautical term for a length of 608 feet?
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Q. 19: Which precious metal has the symbol ‘Pt’?
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Q. 20: The size of a man’s foot is approximately the same size as which other body part?
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ANSWERS
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Q. 1: Who was the manager of the Beatles?
A. 1: Brian Epstein.
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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.
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Q. 3: What do you get if you divide 50 by half and add 40.
A. 3: 140.
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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.
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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.)
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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).
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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.
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Q. 8: What number is a hurricane on the Beaufort Scale?
A. 8: 12.
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Q. 9: From which continent did the guinea pig originate?
A. 9: South America.
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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]
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Q. 11: What is the name of the investment company managed by billionaire Warren Buffet?
A. 11: It is called ‘Berkshire Hathaway’.
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Q. 12: What does a ‘hippophobic’ fear?
A. 12: Horses.
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Q. 13: ‘Galvanized’ iron or steel is coated with which other metal to help prevent rusting?
A. 13: Zinc.
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Q. 14: What is a ‘Natterjack’?
A. 14: A toad.
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Q. 15: ‘Hydrolysis’ is the reaction of a chemical compound with what other compound?
A. 15: Water.
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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.
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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.
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Q. 18: What is the nautical term for a length of 608 feet?
A. 18: It is called a ‘cable’.
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Q. 19: Which precious metal has the symbol ‘Pt’?
A. 19: Platinum.
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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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