A good mixture of questions this week, some very easy and few that should sort out the serious quizzers from the casual players.
As usual if you get stuck the answers can be found waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating!
Enjoy and good luck.
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Q. 1: What does the ‘Q’ in ‘Q-tips’ stand for?
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Q. 2: How many curves are in a standard paper clip?
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Q. 3: In which river are the 1000 islands?
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Q. 4: The scene of a famous battle, the city of Montevideo is located at the mouth of which river?
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Q. 5: During World War II, the largest Japanese spy ring was located where?
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Q. 6: In which country was the “angel of the north” erected in 1998?
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Q. 7: What 6 colors are on the classic Campbell’s soup label? (A point for each.)
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Q. 8: She was the leader of the British movement for female suffrage and in 1903 founded the Women’s Political Union which agitated for votes for women, but died in 1928 just before full voting rights were granted. Who was she?
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Q. 9: On the United States “Stars and Stripes” flag, is the top stripe red or white?
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Q. 10: Which German leader was known as the ‘Iron Chancellor’?
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Q. 11: Name the character who said, “I do wish we could chat longer but I’m having an old friend for dinner” and the movie from which it comes? (A point for each correct answer.)
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Q. 12: Which way do fans rotate?
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Q. 13: England’s King Henry VIII is infamous for having six wives and for having some of them executed by beheading. But how many of the six wives lost their heads?
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Q. 14: If ‘Lady’ is a pedigree spaniel what is the name of the mongrel?
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Q. 15: Whose face is on a dime?
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Q. 16: The now famous line “Show me the money” comes from what well known movie?
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Q. 17: Which country did Xerxes rule?
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Q. 18: Who is missing from this list?
Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc.
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Q. 19: Which actor in 1962 was the first to say the immortal line “The name is Bond – James Bond” and in which movie? (A point for each correct answer.)
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Q. 20: Who sang about the ‘Witchita line man’?
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ANSWERS
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Q. 1: What does the ‘Q’ in ‘Q-tips’ stand for?
A. 1: The ‘Q’ in ‘Q-tips’ stands for ‘quality’.
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Q. 2: How many curves are in a standard paper clip?
A. 2: There are 3 curves on a standard paper clip. (Did you have to look?)
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Q. 3: In which river are the 1000 islands?
A. 3: In the St Lawrence River.
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Q. 4: The scene of a famous battle, the city of Montevideo is located at the mouth of which river?
A. 4: The River Plate (Rio de la Plate).
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Q. 5: During World War II, the largest Japanese spy ring was located where?
A. 5: The largest Japanese spy ring during WWII was not in the U.S. but in Mexico, where it spied on the U.S. Atlantic Fleet.
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Q. 6: In which country was the “angel of the north” erected in 1998?
A. 6: In England.
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Q. 7: What 6 colors are on the classic Campbell’s soup label? (A point for each.)
A. 7: Blue, red, white, yellow, black, and gold.
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Q. 8: She was the leader of the British movement for female suffrage and in 1903 founded the Women’s Political Union which agitated for votes for women, but died in 1928 just before full voting rights were granted. Who was she?
A. 8: Emmeline Pankhurst.
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Q. 9: On the United States “Stars and Stripes” flag, is the top stripe red or white?
A. 9: It is Red. (Again I hope you didn’t have to look!)
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Q. 10: Which German leader was known as the ‘Iron Chancellor’?
A. 10: Bismarck.
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Q. 11: Name the character who said, “I do wish we could chat longer but I’m having an old friend for dinner” and the movie from which it comes? (A point for each correct answer.)
A. 11: Hannibal Lecter said it in the Silence of the Lambs.
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Q. 12: Which way do fans rotate?
A. 12: Clockwise as you look at it
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Q. 13: England’s King Henry VIII is infamous for having six wives and for having some of them executed by beheading. But how many of the six wives lost their heads?
A. 13: Only two, people usually think it is more.
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Q. 14: If ‘Lady’ is a pedigree spaniel what is the name of the mongrel?
A. 14: His name is ‘Tramp’, from the animated feature ‘Lady and the Tramp’.
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Q. 15: Whose face is on a dime?
A. 15: US President Franklin D Roosevelt.
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Q. 16: The now famous line “Show me the money” comes from what well known movie?
A. 16: The movie was ‘Jerry Maguire’, starring Tom Cruise and Cuba Gooding Jr.
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Q. 17: Which country did Xerxes rule?
A. 17: Persia.
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Q. 18: Who is missing from this list?
Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc.
A. 18: Bashful is missing, he was afraid to appear.
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Q. 19: Which actor in 1962 was the first to say the immortal line “The name is Bond – James Bond” and in which movie? (A point for each correct answer.)
My blog friend Frank over at A Frank Angle came up with the idea of doing a post based on an alphabetical listing of a selection of his previous posts. An interesting idea and a good way to introduce more recent readers to some of the things they might otherwise have missed.
Of course, Frank couldn’t leave it at that, so he threw out a challenge for others to try to do the same for their blogs. And guess who couldn’t resist the challenge!
So here you are, for new and long term readers of this blog, a alphabetical journey through some of the files of Fasab!
Enjoy.
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A is for….
Awkward Moments, (Part One, Part Two and Part Three), a short series of amusing anecdotes of times when things didn’t go quite right.
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B is for….
Banksters, one of my perpetual hate figures and the subject of numerous rants such as this one
Classifieds, a long running series of funny classified ads that turned out rather differently to the original intent, for example Part Three and Part Fourteen
And also for factoids about Chocolate and Coffee which people seemed to enjoy
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D is for….
Dogs. I make no secret of the fact that I am very fond of dogs, and German Shepherds in particular. You won’t get a better or more loyal companion and friend. I’ve done several doggie posts, this one has been the most popular,
And for Dear Abbey, no blog like this would be complete without a few letters from Joe Public seeking advice for some of their most disturbing problems.
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E is for….
Education, the lack of, as evidenced by these student exam answers, Part One and Part Two
And also for Emergency Room, some amusing anecdotes from the medical world.
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F is for….
Facebook, in particular the disastrous launch of the company on to the stock market which inspired the longest alliterated blog post title so far
The Great Escape, a short story aout an intrepid group of construction workers held hostage by Saddam Hussein before the outbreak of the first war with Iraq
And also for a Glass Of Milk being raised in tribute to Samuel J Porcello, the man who made Oreos what they are today.
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H is for….
Has to be for The Late Great Mr Harry Meadows, an old fellow whose efforts to spice up life in an English nursing home didn’t quite work out as intended.
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I is for….
I Miss Him, and I Miss Him Two, a nostalgic look back at some of the wonderful statements of President George W Bush.
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J is for….
The Journey, an eight part story of an eventful and amusing journey from Dublin, Ireland to the Caribbean, by way of Miami, Florida. This was one of the first things I wrote for this blog and published before there was much viewing traffic
A Long Love Affair, a short story about my own geeky love affair with computers during the past few decades.
And for Lost In The Fog, a short story about Tommy who managed to get completely lost in the field beside his house.
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M is for….
The MilPost Blog Award, another thing inspired by Frank who was the first blogger to receive this prestigious award only given to those few bloggers who have posted 1,000 times or more on their blog. If you know of anyone who is eligible to receive it please let me know.
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N is for….
Numbers, an on going series of factoids about numbers and their meanings and associations, that has surprised me in the numbers of people viewing them. So far the most popular number is Twenty-Three 23.
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O is for….
One Small Step For Man, a tribute on hearing of the death of Neil Armstrong the first man to set foot on the Moon. There are differing views on how Mr Gorsky fared, but I hope he did okay!
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P is for….
No, you’re all wrong. P is for my loving tribute to the wonderful invention knows as Peanut Butter.
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Q is for….
Quiz Show Answers, a very funny and long running series about the dumb answers given by contestants on various TV and radio quizzes over the years. Like this for example,
Revenge Of The First Graders, part of a short series of guess the logo quizzes, apparently kids can recognize about 200 of these by the time they are ready for the first grade!
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S is for….
Stupidity, one of the foundation stones of this blog. No one is immune, especially not politicians and lawyers.
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T is for….
Tarzan and Travel Agents, both of whom made an appearance on the fasab blog.
Versatile Blogger Award. Actually that should be ‘awards’ the first nomination from Alex way back when this blog was barely two months old, and subsequently from Sunny and Wendy. The Fasab blog has also been nominated for the Illuminating Blogger Award (Kenton), Sunshine Award (Wendy again) and the Kreative Blogger Award (Nabdip). My sincere thanks to everyone who though this blog worthy of nomination and I will get round to doing a proper awards page I promise.
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W is for….
Word Play. Yes, you were right, just in the wrong place. I like puns and they feature almost every week somewhere in my blog. So like them, or hate them, or like to hate them, or even hate to like them, you’re sure to find some here.
Zero, there are no ‘Z’ posts on this blog, unless the ones that put you to sleep reading them!
I suppose I could have used some of the quiz or puzzle posts, but that’s a bit of a cop out.
I hope this means that Fasab has yet to reach its zenith.
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So that’s it, the Fasab A – Z. Feel free to click any or all of the links that take your fancy, and, as always, enjoy!
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Frank has asked me to remind everyone that no nominations are required to take part in the A2Z challenge, so why not have a go. It’s a bit of work, but fun too, and it gives you the excuse to look over some of your old posts.
The details are on Frank’s blog. To go there, click here!
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