“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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Yes, time to test those brains again.
Another selection of twenty random questions to stimulate the mind and memory.
As usual the answers are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating!
Enjoy and good luck.
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Q. 1: What was the first commercial jet airliner?
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Q. 2: In which American town or city was the TV series Cannon set?
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Q. 3: ‘John ‘the cat’ Robie’ was the debonair central character in which popular movie?
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Q. 4: In 1894, which French officer was convicted of treason and sent to Devil’s island?
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Q. 5: The name of which edible product stems from the Portugese word for the quince fruit?
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Q. 6: Spats Columbo is the bad guy in which popular black and white movie that starred Marilyn Monroe?
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Q. 7: What ship conveyed 120 anti-Catholic Puritans across the Atlantic in 1620?
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Q. 8: Pluto orbits our sun once every how many years?
a) 8 years
b) 16 years
c) 86 years
d) 248 years
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Q. 9: In the 1968 movie when was ‘The Space Odyssey’?
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Q. 10: In what country did the Long March of 1934 take place?
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Q. 11: The common cold is what kind of virus? Five letters
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Q. 12: The Bridge of Sighs in Venice connected the Doge’s palace to what?
a) a state prison and place of execution
b) a tax office
c) a cemetary
d) a Turkish bath house
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Q. 13: What type of Cowboy was Jon Voight in the 1969 movie?
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Q. 14: Which European country did not grant women the right to vote until 1971?
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Q. 15: Which best selling and often banned book apparently inspired Mark David Chapman to murder John Lennon?
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Q. 16: What did Winston Churchill describe as “a riddle wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma”?
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Q. 17: Who were the three famous personalities who starred in the popular ‘Road To’ movie series made during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s? (A point for each correct answer.)
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Q. 18: On 18th March 1965 what was Alexi Leonov the first man to achieve?
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Q. 19: What is Donald Duck’s middle (i.e. second) name?
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Q. 20: Which of the following is a theory in physics?
a) Schrödinger’s dog
b) Schrödinger’s cat
c) Schrödinger’s butterfly
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ANSWERS
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Q. 1: What was the first commercial jet airliner?
A. 1: The Comet.
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Q. 2: In which American town or city was the TV series Cannon set?
A. 2: Los Angeles.
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Q. 3: ‘John ‘the cat’ Robie’ was the debonair central character in which popular movie?
A. 3: To Catch A Thief (Cary Grant played John Robie)
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Q. 4: In 1894, which French officer was convicted of treason and sent to Devil’s island?
A. 4: Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
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Q. 5: The name of which edible product stems from the Portugese word for the quince fruit?
A. 5: Marmalade (from marmelo).
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Q. 6: Spats Columbo is the bad guy in which popular black and white movie that starred Marilyn Monroe?
A. 6: Some Like It Hot.
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Q. 7: What ship conveyed 120 anti-Catholic Puritans across the Atlantic in 1620?
A. 7: The Mayflower.
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Q. 8: Pluto orbits our sun once every how many years?
a) 8 years
b) 16 years
c) 86 years
d) 248 years
A. 8: d) 248 years
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Q. 9: In the 1968 movie when was ‘The Space Odyssey’?
A. 9: 2001.
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Q. 10: In what country did the Long March of 1934 take place?
A. 10: China.
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Q. 11: The common cold is what kind of virus? Five letters
A. 11: Rhino.
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Q. 12: The Bridge of Sighs in Venice connected the Doge’s palace to what?
a) a state prison and place of execution
b) a tax office
c) a cemetary
d) a Turkish bath house
A. 12: d) A state prison and place of execution
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Q. 13: What type of Cowboy was Jon Voight in the 1969 movie?
A. 13: Midnight.
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Q. 14: Which European country did not grant women the right to vote until 1971?
A. 14: Switzerland.
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Q. 15: Which best selling and often banned book apparently inspired Mark David Chapman to murder John Lennon?
A. 15: The Catcher in the Rye, a 1951 novel by J. D. Salinger, whose protagonist and antihero, Holden Caulfield, has become an icon for teenage rebellion.
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Q. 16: What did Winston Churchill describe as “a riddle wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma”?
A. 16: Russia.
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Q. 17: Who were the three famous personalities who starred in the popular ‘Road To’ movie series made during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s? (A point for each correct answer.)
A. 17: Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour and Bing Crosby.
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Q. 18: On 18th March 1965 what was Alexi Leonov the first man to achieve?
A. 18: Walk in Space.
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Q. 19: What is Donald Duck’s middle (i.e. second) name?
A. 19: Fauntleroy.
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Q. 20: Which of the following is a theory in physics?
a) Schrödinger’s dog
b) Schrödinger’s cat
c) Schrödinger’s butterfly
A. 20: b) Schrödinger’s cat which is a thought experiment, sometimes described as a paradox in quantum mechanics. In the course of developing this experiment, Schrödinger coined the term Verschränkung (entanglement).
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