“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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Hi and welcome to another week.
Today’s quiz has a few questions that I think you will find quite challenging, plus one or two that you should breeze through with ease.
But the only way to find out is to have a go.
And remember, as always, if you get stuck, you can find the answers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating!
Enjoy and good luck.
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Q. 1: What goes up and down, but still remains in the same place?
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Q. 2: Who directed both JFK and Nixon?
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Q. 3: Before being harvested and sold, an individual cranberry must bounce at least how many inches high to make sure they aren’t too ripe?
a) 2 inches b) 3 inches c) 4 inches d) 5 inches
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Q. 4: What World War II British naval intelligence officer wrote the children’s story ‘Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang’?
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Q. 5: Who is the only US President who was never elected as either President or Vice President?
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Q. 6: The ‘H-3’ and the ‘H-4’, built in 1757 and 1759 were mechanical wonders. Who constructed them both and what were they used for? (A point for each correct answer and a bonus point if you get them both correct.)
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Q. 7: What does the term ‘Cornucopia’ mean?
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Q. 8: To nearest 1000, in the year 1800 how many wild turkeys were there in Turkey?
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Q. 9: The two oldest universities in Europe are both found in which country?
a) France b) England c) Italy d) Greece
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Q. 10: Who was the tallest President of the United States and who was the shortest? (A point for each correct answer and a bonus point if you get them both correct.)
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Q. 11: In which 1949 movie did Sir Alec Guinness famously play the role of eight different members of the D’Ascoyne family?
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Q. 12: Who won this year’s (2014) Formula One World Driver’s Championship and what was his nationality? (A point for each correct answer and a bonus point if you get them both correct.)
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Q. 13: ‘Fionn mac Cumhaill’, ‘Bergrisar’, ‘Daityas’, ‘Patagons’ and ‘Nephilims’ are all examples of what?
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Q. 14: What does ‘IMAX’, as in the large screen IMAX Cinemas stand for?
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Q. 15: Which boxer’s first professional fight was against Tunney Hunsaker, Police Chief of Fayetteville, West Virginia, on October 29, 1960?
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Q. 16: Which Portuguese-born navigator was the first European to cross the Pacific Ocean?
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Q. 17: Who was the first Twitter user to reach 20 million followers?
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Q. 18: Which martial art takes its name from the Japanese for ‘way of the sword’?
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Q. 19: What color is ‘Absynth’?
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Q. 20: Which popular singer and movie star had a ‘secret love’ in 1954 and in which famous movie did it feature? (A point for each correct answer and a bonus point if you get them both correct.)
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ANSWERS
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Q. 1: What goes up and down, but still remains in the same place?
A. 1: Stairs!
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Q. 2: Who directed both JFK and Nixon?
A. 2: Oliver Stone.
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Q. 3: Before being harvested and sold, an individual cranberry must bounce at least how many inches high to make sure they aren’t too ripe?
a) 2 inches b) 3 inches c) 4 inches d) 5 inches
A. 3: The correct answer is c) 4 inches.
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Q. 4: What World War II British naval intelligence officer wrote the children’s story ‘Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang’?
A. 4: Ian Fleming, much better known as author of the James Bond novels.
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Q. 5: Who is the only US President who was never elected as either President or Vice President?
A. 5: Gerald R Ford, who became the 40th Vice-President when Spiro Agnew resigned the position and who subsequently became the 38th President of the USA, when he took over the job after Richard M Nixon resigned.
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Q. 6: The ‘H-3’ and the ‘H-4’, built in 1757 and 1759 were mechanical wonders. Who constructed them both and what were they used for? (A point for each correct answer and a bonus point if you get them both correct.)
A. 6: John Harrison. H-3 and H-4 were the first successful maritime chronometers.
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Q. 7: What does the term ‘Cornucopia’ mean?
A. 7: Literally ‘Horn of Plenty’, used as a symbol of abundance.
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Q. 8: To nearest 1000, in the year 1800 how many wild turkeys were there in Turkey?
A. 8: The correct answer is ‘None’, the wild turkey it is a native North American bird.
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Q. 9: The two oldest universities in Europe are both found in which country?
a) France b) England c) Italy d) Greece
A. 9: Many people think it is England with the famous Oxford and Cambridge Universities, but the correct answer is c) Italy. Parma (1065 AD) and Bologna (1119 AD)
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Q. 10: Who was the tallest President of the United States and who was the shortest? (A point for each correct answer and a bonus point if you get them both correct.)
A. 10: Abraham Lincoln was the tallest at 6′ 4″, and James Madison was the shortest at 5′ 4″.
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Q. 11: In which 1949 movie did Sir Alec Guinness famously play the role of eight different members of the D’Ascoyne family?
A. 11: Kind Hearts and Coronets.
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Q. 12: Who won this year’s (2014) Formula One World Driver’s Championship and what was his nationality? (A point for each correct answer and a bonus point if you get them both correct.)
A. 12: Lewis Hamilton who is British.
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Q. 13: ‘Fionn mac Cumhaill’, ‘Bergrisar’, ‘Daityas’, ‘Patagons’ and ‘Nephilims’ are all examples of what?
A. 13: Giants.
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Q. 14: What does ‘IMAX’, as in the large screen IMAX Cinemas stand for?
A. 14: IMAX stands for ‘Image Maximum’.
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Q. 15: Which boxer’s first professional fight was against Tunney Hunsaker, Police Chief of Fayetteville, West Virginia, on October 29, 1960?
A. 15: Cassius Clay. (Sorry, but you do not score a point if you only said ‘Muhammad Ali’, he did not change his name until 15 years later after converting to Sunni Islam in 1975.)
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Q. 16: Which Portuguese-born navigator was the first European to cross the Pacific Ocean?
A. 16: Ferdinand Magellan (1480 – 1521).
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Q. 17: Who was the first Twitter user to reach 20 million followers?
A. 17: Lady Gaga.
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Q. 18: Which martial art takes its name from the Japanese for ‘way of the sword’?
A. 18: Kendo.
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Q. 19: What color is ‘Absynth’?
A. 19: Green.
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Q. 20: Which popular singer and movie star had a ‘secret love’ in 1954 and in which famous movie did it feature? (A point for each correct answer and a bonus point if you get them both correct.)
A. 20: Doris Day and the movie was Calamity Jane.
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