Hello and welcome to another start of the week quiz.
Another very random selection of questions, but don’t let that discourage you, have a go!
As usual the answers are given waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below – but please, NO cheating.
Enjoy, and good luck.
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Q. 1: How many Dalmatians starred in the 1961 Disney movie?
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Q. 2: Where do they make California license plates?
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Q. 3: What is the collective term for a group of eggs, such as those found in a bird’s nest?
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Q. 4: Which famous lady edited Michael Jackson’s 1988 autobiography “Moonwalk”?
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Q. 5: What do they call G.I. Joe in the U.K.?
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Q. 6: What was US President Woodrow Wilson’s first name?
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Q. 7: In which American town or city was the TV series “Ironside” set?
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Q. 8: What is your “niddick”? (Yes, ladies you have one too.)
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Q. 9: In which movie, also starring Dustin Hoffman, did Sir Laurence Olivier play a Nazi war criminal named Dr. Christian Szell?
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Q. 10: What is the name for the metal band that joins the eraser to a pencil, or the metal band at the end of a cane?
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Q. 11: Name the only U.S. state that borders three different Canadian provinces.
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Q. 12: Who succeeded Nasser as President of Egypt and was later assassinated?
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Q. 13: Where did camels originate?
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Q. 14: What famous musical was set in Austria?
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Q. 15: What is the Scoville Heat Index and what is it used for?
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Q. 16: Who conquered Greece in 336 at the head of a vast Macedonian Army?
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Q. 17: Name the three lead stars in the movie “Some Like It Hot”.
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Q. 18: What was the first country to seek diplomatic relations with the United States.
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Q. 19: In which movies did Charlton Heston play the following roles?
a. George Taylor,
b. Moses,
c. Michelangelo,
d. General ‘Chinese’ Gordon,
e. Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar,
f. John the Baptist
(One point for each correct answer so your chance to earn six points here!)
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Q. 20: What was the only father-daughter collaboration to hit number one on the Billboard pop chart? (One point each for the names of the two artists and for the name of the song.
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ANSWERS
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Q. 1: How many Dalmatians starred in the 1961 Disney movie?
A. 1: 101
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Q. 2: Where do they make California license plates?
A. 2: All California license plates are made in prisons.
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Q. 3: What is the collective term for a group of eggs, such as those found in a bird’s nest?
A. 3: A group of eggs, such as those found in a bird’s nest, is known as a “clutch.”
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Q. 4: Which famous lady edited Michael Jackson’s 1988 autobiography “Moonwalk”?
A. 4: Michael Jackson’s 1988 autobiography Moonwalk was edited by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
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Q. 5: What do they call G.I. Joe in the U.K.?
A. 5: G.I. Joe is called “Action Man” in the U.K.
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Q. 6: What was US President Woodrow Wilson’s first name?
A. 6: Woodrow Wilson’s first name was Thomas. Woodrow was actually his middle name.
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Q. 7: In which American town or city was the TV series “Ironside” set?
A. 7: San Francisco
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Q. 8: What is your “niddick”? (Yes, ladies you have one too.)
A. 8: “Niddick” is another name for the nape of your neck.
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Q. 9: In which movie, also starring Dustin Hoffman, did Sir Laurence Olivier play a Nazi war criminal named Dr. Christian Szell?
A. 9: Marathon Man.
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Q. 10: What is the name for the metal band that joins the eraser to a pencil, or the metal band at the end of a cane?
A. 10: The metal band that joins the eraser to a pencil and the metal band at the end of a cane is a called a “ferrule.”
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Q. 11: Name the only U.S. state that borders three different Canadian provinces.
A. 11: Montana is the only U.S. state that borders three different Canadian provinces (Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan).
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Q. 12: Who succeeded Nasser as President of Egypt and was later assassinated?
A. 12: Anwar Sadat.
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Q. 13: Where did camels originate?
A. 13: Camels actually originated in North America.
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Q. 14: What famous musical was set in Austria?
A. 14: The Sound Of Music.
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Q. 15: What is the Scoville Heat Index and what is it used for?
A. 15: The Scoville Heat Index is a scale for measuring the spiciness of food. The spiciest pepper has over 1,000,000 Scoville units.
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Q. 16: Who conquered Greece in 336 at the head of a vast Macedonian Army?
A. 16: Alexander The Great.
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Q. 17: Name the three lead stars in the movie “Some Like It Hot”.
A. 17: Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis and Marilyn Monroe.
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Q. 18: What was the first country to seek diplomatic relations with the United States.
A. 18: In 1777, Morocco became the first country to seek diplomatic relations with the United States.
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Q. 19: In which movies did Charlton Heston play the following roles?
a. George Taylor,
b. Moses,
c. Michelangelo,
d. General ‘Chinese’ Gordon,
e. Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar,
f. John the Baptist
(One point for each correct answer so your chance to earn six points here!)
A. 19: Charlton Heston played
a. George Taylor in “Planet of the Apes (Beneath the Planet of the Apes)”
b. Moses in “The Ten Commandments”
c. Michelangelo in “The Agony and the Ecstasy”
d. General ‘Chinese’ Gordon in “Khartoum”
e. Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar in “El Cid”
f. John the Baptist in “The Greatest Story Ever Told”
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Q. 20: What was the only father-daughter collaboration to hit number one on the Billboard pop chart? (One point each for the names of the two artists and for the name of the song.)
A. 20: The only father-daughter collaboration to hit number one on the Billboard pop chart was “Something Stupid” by Frank & Nancy Sinatra in 1967.
As most of you know, the main focus of this blog is on the stupidity of the politicians and bureaucrats who do all that they can to make our lives less enjoyable and free than they could be without such unwanted and idiotic interference.
Occasionally, however, I like to feature quite the opposite, things and people who are exceptional in their chosen field, whether that be science, sport, engineering, music or whatever.
Today’s post is one of the latter and is a wonderful selection of caricatures that I received in a recent email. Unfortunately I don’t know the names of the exceptional artists who did these drawings, otherwise I would be more than happy to acknowledge them. Nonetheless I think as wide an audience as possible deserves to be able to view their work and what follows I hope will be a small part of that.
Enjoy, I think you will. And if you feel the urge please let me know you favorite or favorites.
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THE END
(Copyright to all drawings belong to the original artists)
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