“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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It’s another Monday quiz, but you are quite at liberty to try it any day of the week that you want.
Some quite easy questions in this selection, but also some that will make you stop and think.
If you get stuck the answers are, as always, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating!
Enjoy and good luck.
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Q. 1: What animal sleeps standing up?
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Q. 2: By what common name is solid carbon dioxide known?
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Q. 3: The name of what flower means ‘fleshlike’?
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Q. 4: In golf, what term is given to completing a hole in two under par?
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Q. 5: This word is the name of a chain of hills or mountains, a Spanish mackerel, and a word used in communications to represent the letter ‘S’, what is it?
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Q. 6: Which element has the atomic Number 1?
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Q. 7: What is the distance between the two rails on a railway track called?
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Q. 8: Mauritius is found in which ocean?
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Q. 9: Who was the first, and who is the current, President of the Russian Federation? (A point for each correct answer and a bonus point if you name both correctly.)
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Q. 10: The ‘sackbut’ was a precursor to which musical instrument?
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Q. 11: Which 1851 novel was first published in Britain under the title ‘The Whale’? (A bonus point is available if you can also correctly name the author.)
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Q. 12: What is the traditional date for the founding of Rome?
a) 735BC b) 753BC c) 573BC
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Q. 13: Who painted ‘The Laughing Cavalier’? (You can have a bonus point if you know why he was laughing.)
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Q. 14: The ‘Spanish Steps’ are found in which city?
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Q. 15: What type of tree is often found in churchyards?
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Q. 16: Relating to flat-screen televisions and monitors, what does ‘LCD’ stand for?
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Q. 17: What is the highest digit that can appear in an ‘Octal’ number system?
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Q. 18: Which gladiator led a two-year slave revolt against the Romans?
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Q. 19: In weather, regions of high pressure are also known as what?
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Q. 20: Who was ‘Dreaming’ about ‘California’ in 1965?
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ANSWERS
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Q. 1: What animal sleeps standing up?
A. 1: A horse.
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Q. 2: By what common name is solid carbon dioxide known?
A. 2: It is known as ‘Dry Ice’.
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Q. 3: The name of what flower means ‘fleshlike’?
A. 3: The carnation.
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Q. 4: In golf, what term is given to completing a hole in two under par?
A. 4: It is called an ‘Eagle’.
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Q. 5: This word is the name of a chain of hills or mountains, a Spanish mackerel, and a word used in communications to represent the letter ‘S’, what is it?
A. 5: Sierra.
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Q. 6: Which element has the atomic Number 1?
A. 6: Hydrogen.
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Q. 7: What is the distance between the two rails on a railway track called?
A. 7: It is known as the ‘Gauge’.
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Q. 8: Mauritius is found in which ocean?
A. 8: In the Indian Ocean.
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Q. 9: Who was the first, and who is the current, President of the Russian Federation? (A point for each correct answer and a bonus point if you name both correctly.)
A. 9: The first President of the Russian Federation was Boris Yeltsin (1991–1999) and the current President is, of course, Vladimir Putin (2nd tenure 2012–present).
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Q. 10: The ‘sackbut’ was a precursor to which musical instrument?
A. 10: The trombone.
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Q. 11: Which 1851 novel was first published in Britain under the title ‘The Whale’? (A bonus point is available if you can also correctly name the author.)
A. 11: Moby Dick written by Herman Melville.
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Q. 12: What is the traditional date for the founding of Rome?
a) 735BC b) 753BC c) 573BC
A. 12: The correct answer is b) 753BC.
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Q. 13: Who painted ‘The Laughing Cavalier’? (You can have a bonus point if you know why he was laughing.)
A. 13: The artist was Frans Hals (and I have no idea why the Cavalier was laughing, a well earned bonus point if you do.)
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Q. 14: The ‘Spanish Steps’ are found in which city?
A. 14: Rome.
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Q. 15: What type of tree is often found in churchyards?
A. 15: The Yew tree.
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Q. 16: Relating to flat-screen televisions and monitors, what does ‘LCD’ stand for?
A. 16: Liquid Crystal Display.
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Q. 17: What is the highest digit that can appear in an ‘Octal’ number system?
A. 17: 7.
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Q. 18: Which gladiator led a two-year slave revolt against the Romans?
A. 18: Spartacus.
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Q. 19: In weather, regions of high pressure are also known as what?
A. 19: Anticyclones.
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Q. 20: Who was ‘Dreaming’ about ‘California’ in 1965?
A. 20: The Mamas & the Papas.
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