Twenty more random questions to test you knowledge, some easy and some difficult, but there are a few multi-pointers in to help you with your score.
As usual the answers can be found waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating.
Enjoy and good luck.
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Q. 1: How many ‘contiguous’ states are there in the United States of America?
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Q. 2: In which movie would you find the robot or cyborg known as the ‘T-800’?
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Q. 3: The 2014 Winter Olympics are being held next month (February 2014) in what country? (A bonus point is available if you can also name the City.)
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Q. 4: Where were the previous (2010) Winter Olympics held and what location has been chosen for the next Winter Olympics in 2018? (A point for each and bonus points if you can also name the Cities.)
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Q. 5: Which company built the ‘1972 911 Carrera RS’ classic automobile?
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Q. 6: In what country did the soup known as ‘Miso’ originate?
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Q. 7: Name the fictional detective associated with ‘Mrs. Hudson’.
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Q. 8: What kind of mixed drink takes its name from the Hindi or Sanskrit word for ‘five’?
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Q. 9: What is the common name for the garden flower ‘Helianthus’?
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Q. 10: ‘Thimpu’ is the capital of what country?
a) Nepal b) Bhutan c) Bahrain
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Q. 11: Where was Super Bowl XLVII played on February 3, 2013?
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Q. 12: In the late 1960s and early 1970s Leonard Nimoy starred in two classic television series, what were they? (Yes, a point for each correct answer and bonus points for the names of the characters he portrayed.)
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Q. 13: ‘Rosalind’, ‘Portia’ and ‘Ophelia’ are moons of which planet?
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Q. 14: A picture of Betty Grable wearing a white bathing suit made her the most popular pin-up of which war?
a) WWI b) WWII c) Korea d) Vietnam
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Q. 15: Scandinavia is a large region of Northern Europe. What are the four mainland countries and one island nation that are generally collectively known as ‘Scandinavia’? (A point for each correct answer.)
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Q. 16: As of the end of 2013, who has won the Academy award for Best Actor the most times? (Bonus points if you can name the movies too.)
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Q. 17: What sort of creature is a whinchat?
a) fish b) insect c) bird d) mammal
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Q. 18: ‘Columbo’, ‘Morse’, ‘Magnum’, ‘Bergerac’, and ‘Nash Bridges’ were all television detectives and policemen who had one thing in common apart from their jobs, what was it?
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Q. 19: With one word complete the following Acme Corporation inventions in ‘The Roadrunner’.
a) dehydrated _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and, b) portable _ _ _ _ _
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Q. 20: Released in 1954, a single by Bill Haley & His Comets became one of the best selling songs of all time with sales of 25 million. What was it?
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ANSWERS
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Q. 1: How many ‘contiguous’ states are there in the United States of America?
A. 1: 48.
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Q. 2: In which movie would you find the robot or cyborg known as the ‘T-800’?
A. 2: Terminator.
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Q. 3: The 2014 Winter Olympics are being held next month (February 2014) in what country? (A bonus point is available if you can also name the City.)
A. 3: The 2014 XXII Winter Olympics will be held in Sochi, Russia.
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Q. 4: Where were the previous (2010) Winter Olympics held and what location has been chosen for the next Winter Olympics in 2018? (A point for each and bonus points if you can also name the Cities.)
A. 4: Vancouver, Canada in 2010 and Pyeongchang, South Korea in 2018.
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Q. 5: Which company built the ‘1972 911 Carrera RS’ classic automobile?
A. 5: Porsche.
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Q. 6: In what country did the soup known as ‘Miso’ originate?
A. 6: Japan.
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Q. 7: Name the fictional detective associated with ‘Mrs. Hudson’.
A. 7: Sherlock Holmes.
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Q. 8: What kind of mixed drink takes its name from the Hindi or Sanskrit word for ‘five’?
A. 8: Punch.
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Q. 9: What is the common name for the garden flower ‘Helianthus’?
A. 9: Sunflower.
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Q. 10: ‘Thimpu’ is the capital of what country?
a) Nepal b) Bhutan c) Bahrain
A. 10: b) Bhutan.
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Q. 11: Where was Super Bowl XLVII played on February 3, 2013?
A. 11: At the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Q. 12: In the late 1960s and early 1970s Leonard Nimoy starred in two classic television series, what were they? (Yes, a point for each correct answer and bonus points for the names of the characters he portrayed.)
A. 12: Mr. Spock in Star Trek (1966-1969, 79 episodes) and Paris in Mission Impossible (1969-1971, 49 episodes).
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Q. 13: ‘Rosalind’, ‘Portia’ and ‘Ophelia’ are moons of which planet?
A. 13: Uranus.
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Q. 14: A picture of Betty Grable wearing a white bathing suit made her the most popular pin-up of which war?
a) WWI b) WWII c) Korea d) Vietnam
A. 14: b) WWII
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Q. 15: Scandinavia is a large region of Northern Europe. What are the four mainland countries and one island nation that are generally collectively known as ‘Scandinavia’? (A point for each correct answer.)
A. 15: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland.
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Q. 16: As of the end of 2013, who has won the Academy award for Best Actor the most times? (Bonus points if you can name the movies too.)
A. 16: Daniel Day-Lewis. (In 1990 for ‘My Left Foot’, in 2008 for ‘There Will Be Blood’, and in 2013 for ‘Lincoln’.)
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Q. 17: What sort of creature is a whinchat?
a) fish b) insect c) bird d) mammal
A. 17: c) bird.
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Q. 18: ‘Columbo’, ‘Morse’, ‘Magnum’, ‘Bergerac’, and ‘Nash Bridges’ were all television detectives and policemen who had one thing in common apart from their jobs, what was it?
A. 18: They all drove classic or distinctive cars.
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Q. 19: With one word complete the following Acme Corporation inventions in ‘The Roadrunner’.
a) dehydrated _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and, b) portable _ _ _ _ _
A. 19: a) dehydrated boulders and, b) portable holes
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Q. 20: Released in 1954, a single by Bill Haley & His Comets became one of the best selling songs of all time with sales of 25 million. What was it?
Just a short post this Sunday. Something that a friend emailed to me a little while ago that I thought was worth sharing. If you have seen it before, my apologies, if you haven’t, I think it is worth a look.
Enjoy.
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PUBLIC TOILET
This is a picture of a public toilet
in Houston
…. from the outside it looks like this:
(scroll down.)
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> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Now that you’ve seen the outside view
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