What better way to start a new week and a new month than with a good quiz.
It’s the usual random mixture of difficult, easy and tricky
And again as usual the answers are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below – but NO cheating!
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Q. 1: Where is the only place today comes before yesterday?
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Q. 2: What is another way to say “every 9 years”?
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Q. 3: What US State has almost twice as many caribou as people?
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Q. 4: What is the only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter?
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Q. 5: What is the national animal of Thailand?
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Q. 6: What kind of nut has no shell?
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Q. 7: What is the largest denomination bill produced by the US Treasury?
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Q. 8: Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the tallest mountain in the world?
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Q. 9: What is the most common atom in the Universe?
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Q. 10: Whoever makes it tells it not, whoever takes it knows it not, and whoever knows it wants it not. What is it?
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Q. 11: Which Ocean is saltier, the Atlantic Ocean or the Pacific Ocean?
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Q. 12: What well known city was originally called Edo?
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Q. 13: We all know about the Titanic and probably seen the movies about the disaster. The full name of the Titanic ship is R.M.S. Titanic, but what do the letters “R.M.S.” stand for?
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Q. 14: What was the tallest structure in the world prior to the construction of the Empire State Building in 1930?
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Q. 15: Construction workers hard hats were first invented and used in 1933 in the building of what?
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Q. 16: What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?
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Q. 17: What belongs to you, but is used mostly by others?
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Q. 18: If you keep a Goldfish in the dark room what color will it eventually turn?
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Q. 19: What famous American invented the rocking chair?
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Q. 20: Which Corset Company, with a very famous name not necessarily related to the corset business, created the bra cup sizing system, which is now used universally by manufacturers?
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ANSWERS
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Q. 1: Where is the only place today comes before yesterday?
A. 1: In a Dictionary
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Q. 2: What is another way to say “every 9 years”?
A. 2: Another way to say “every 9 years” is “Novennial”
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Q. 3: What US State has almost twice as many caribou as people?
A. 3: The state of Alaska has almost twice as many caribou as people.
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Q. 4: What is the only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter?
A. 4: The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is “uncopyrightable”.
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Q. 5: What is the national animal of Thailand?
A. 5: The elephant is the national animal of Thailand
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Q. 6: What kind of nut has no shell?
A. 6: A doughnut.
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Q. 7: What is the largest denomination bill produced by the US Treasury?
A. 7: The largest denomination bill U.S. bill produced by the US Treasury is for $100,000.
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Q. 8: Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the tallest mountain in the world?
A. 8: Mount Everest, just because it hadn’t been discovered didn’t mean it wasn’t there!
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Q. 9: What is the most common atom in the Universe?
A. 9: Hydrogen is the most common atom in the universe
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Q. 10: Whoever makes it tells it not, whoever takes it knows it not, and whoever knows it wants it not. What is it?
A. 10: Counterfeit Money
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Q. 11: Which Ocean is saltier, the Atlantic Ocean or the Pacific Ocean?
A. 11: The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean
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Q. 12: What well known city was originally called Edo?
A. 12: The city of Tokyo was originally called Edo
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Q. 13: We all know about the Titanic and probably seen the movies about the disaster. The full name of the Titanic ship is R.M.S. Titanic, but what do the letters “R.M.S.” stand for?
A. 13: “R.M.S.” stands for Royal Mail Steamship
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Q. 14: What was the tallest structure in the world prior to the construction of the Empire State Building in 1930?
A. 14: The Eiffel Tower was the tallest structure in the world prior to the construction of the Empire State Building in 1930.
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Q. 15: Construction workers hard hats were first invented and used in 1933 in the building of what?
A. 15: Construction workers hard hats were first invented and used in 1933 in the building of the Hoover Dam.
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Q. 16: What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?
A. 16: Charcoal
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Q. 17: What belongs to you, but is used mostly by others?
A. 17: Your Name
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Q. 18: If you keep a Goldfish in the dark room what color will it eventually turn?
A. 18: A lot of people think it will become darker and eventually black because there is no light, but the reverse is actually the case, it will become paler and eventually turn white. This is because the pigmentation cells in the fish’s scales that control color cannot work without light.
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Q. 19: What famous American invented the rocking chair?
A. 19: Benjamin Franklin invented the rocking chair.
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Q. 20: Which Corset Company, with a very famous name not necessarily related to the corset business, created the bra cup sizing system, which is now used universally by manufacturers?
They’re at it again. Joe Public and friends have been let loose on several more quiz shows to let the world at large see the depth of their knowledge. Suffice to say we will all be paddling in the shallow end today.
Enjoy!
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Q: There are three states of matter: solid, liquid and . . ?
A: Jelly.
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Q: How many Olympic Games have been held?
A: Six.
Q: Higher!
A: Five.
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Q: In which country is Mount Everest?
A: (long pause): Er, it’s not in Scotland, is it?
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Q: We’re looking for an occupation beginning with T.
A: Doctor.
Q: No, it’s ‘T’. ‘T’ for Tommy. ‘T’ for Tango.
A: Oh, (pause) Doctor.
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Q: Which French Mediterranean town hosts a famous film festival every year?
A: I need a clue.
Q: OK. What do beans come in?
A: Cartons?
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Q: In 30 seconds, name as many well-known politicians as you can.
A: Er. . . Tony Brown. . . and Nigel Benn. (Silence.)
Nigel Benn boxer!
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Q: What is the Italian word for ‘motorway’?
A: Expresso.
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Q: The action of which Shakespeare play takes place between dusk on January 5 and dawn on January 6?
A: A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
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Q: Was the Tyrannosaurus Rex a carnivore or a herbivore?
A: No, it was a dinosaur.
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Q: Name the German national airline.
A: The Luftwaffe.
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Q: What is the name of the cord cut after a woman gives birth?
A: Biblical cord.
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Q: Which classical composer became deaf in later life: Ludwig van . . ?
A: Van Gogh.
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Q: Name a selection of small, highly colored sweets known as Dolly . . ?
A: Parton.
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Q: Name a famous bridge.
A: The Bridge Over Troubled Waters.
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Q: In 1863, which American president gave the Gettysburg Address?
A: I don’t know, it was before I was born.
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Q: In the 1940s, which politician was responsible for the welfare state: William . . who?
A: The Conqueror.
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Q: What is the name of the primitive language used by the Ancient Egyptians and painted on walls?
They’ve been ‘beautiful’, they’ve been ‘big’ and they’ve been ‘unusual’. Today we have the number seven, another of what are known as ‘significant’ numbers, so-called because of their use and the beliefs surrounding them.
Enjoy.
7 Seven
The number seven is the most mystical of all numbers. It is considered by a great many people to be ‘lucky’.
It is a number that is mentioned many times in the Bible where it indicates perfection and has its roots in ancient Jewish history.
In the Old Testament for example,
The Creation established the pattern of a seven day week.
The seventh day was a day of rest.
Land was to lie fallow every seventh year to allow it to recover its nutrients.
Noah led the clean animals into the ark in sets of seven pairs for each species.
Solomon took seven years to build the temple in Jerusalem.
The Torah mentions that the Sabbatical, or holy year, occurred every seven years.
The Israelites were told to march around the walls of Jericho seven times, and their enemies would be defeated.
The symbolic Jewish candlestick has seven branches.
This view of the number seven continued in the New Testament.
A disciple asked Jesus, “How many times should we forgive our brethren?” Jesus replied, “70 times 7”.
Revelations 1:16 states, “He had in his right hand seven stars.”
Also in Revelations, the number of seals is seven.
And beyond the Bible, we find the number seven in other religions and societies.
The ancient Greeks considered the number seven to be lucky. They believed it to be the perfect number.
In ancient Egypt there were seven paths to heaven.
In ancient Babylon there were seven branches on their tree of life.
The Arabs carried on this belief and built seven holy temples.
The Goths made sure they worshiped the seven deities.
The Japanese also had seven gods. (In 1995, to celebrate the Japanese Emperor’s seven year reign 17 runners ran 7,777 meters round the imperial palace at 7 minutes past seven on the 7th day of the 7th month.)
The Chinese saw seven as the number governing female life.
Even the Scottish Masons made sure the number seven had relevance in their rites, and their aprons were made with seven tassels on them.
In the US too there are examples of the occurrence of the number seven.
The Founding Fathers declared independence from Britain during the seventh month.
There are seven articles to the US constitution.
And the city of Washington D.C. was built on the 77th longitude.
The number still occurs because of it being thought lucky such as the drink 7-Up and the Boeing airplanes which are always 7?7.
Then there are the Seven Wonders of the world.
The original seven wonders were:
Great Pyramid of Giza
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Statue of Zeus at Olympia
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
Colossus of Rhodes
Lighthouse of Alexandria
(The earliest lists had the Ishtar Gate as the seventh wonder of the world instead of the Lighthouse of Alexandria.)
Map of the original Seven Wonders of the World
In 2001 an initiative was started by the Swiss corporation New7Wonders Foundation to choose the New7Wonders of the World from a selection of 200 existing monuments.
Twenty-one finalists were announced January 1, 2006. Egyptians were not happy that the only surviving original wonder, the Great Pyramid of Giza, would have to compete with the likes of the Statue of Liberty, the Sydney Opera House, and other landmarks, calling the project absurd. In response, Giza was named an honorary Candidate.
The results, announced on July 7, 2007, in Lisbon, Portugal, were:
Great Wall of China
Petra (Jordan)
Christ the Redeemer (Brazil)
Machu Picchu (Peru)
Chichen Itza (Mexico)
Colosseum (Italy)
Taj Mahal (India)
There have also been several atempts to compile a list of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. The main candidates include:
Grand Canyon
Great Barrier Reef
Harbor of Rio de Janeiro
Mount Everest
Aurora
Parícutin volcano
Victoria Falls
And, of course, in the field of entertainment the number seven has featured in several memorable movies, examples of which include:
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