“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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Yes, there is the opportunity to land yourself with a lot of points in today’s quiz, but some of the questions are quite difficult too so don’t be over confidant.
However, don’t worry, if you get stuck you can always find the answers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating!
Enjoy and good luck.
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Q. 1: How many legs has a tarantula?
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Q. 2: ‘Zn’ is the symbol of which chemical element?
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Q. 3: What name is given to a baby elephant?
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Q. 4: What is the smallest bone in the body and where is it located? (A point for each correct answer.)
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Q. 5: What is the fahrenheit equivalent of 20 degrees centigrade?
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Q. 6: What city is known as ‘The City of Lilies’ ?
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Q. 7: Who was famous for his theory of gravity and 3 laws of motion?
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Q. 8: What is the most common transplant operation?
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Q. 9: What is the major element of the diet of the Koala bear?
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Q. 10: And in a related question, what is the major element of the diet of the wild giant panda?
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Q. 11: Which gas is responsible for global warming?
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Q. 12: The Ross and Weddell Seas are to be found off the shore of which continent?
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Q. 13: Now for a mega-point question. Listed below (in alphabetical order) are ten countries ending in the word ‘land’. A point for each one you can name correctly.
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Q. 14: Who led the Seventh Cavalry to its doom at the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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Q. 15: John Flamsteed was the first holder of which far-sighted post, created in 1675?
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Q. 16: What term is given to the technique where paint is mixed and bound with egg yolk?
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Q. 17: What was launched by Pope Urban II at the Council of Clermont in 1095?
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Q. 18: Who went on a circumnavigation of the world from the Reform Club as the result of a bet?
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Q. 19: Which New Zealand-born physicist is credited with splitting the atom?
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Q. 20: Which motoring aid was invented by Percy Shaw?
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ANSWERS
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Q. 1: How many legs has a tarantula?
A. 1: Eight.
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Q. 2: ‘Zn’ is the symbol of which chemical element?
A. 2: Zinc.
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Q. 3: What name is given to a baby elephant?
A. 3: A baby elephant is called a ‘Calf’.
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Q. 4: What is the smallest bone in the body and where is it located? (A point for each correct answer.)
A. 4: It is called the ‘Stirrup’ and it is located in the ear.
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Q. 5: What is the fahrenheit equivalent of 20 degrees centigrade?
A. 5: 20 degrees centigrade is 68 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Q. 6: What city is known as ‘The City of Lilies’ ?
A. 6: Florence.
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Q. 7: Who was famous for his theory of gravity and 3 laws of motion?
A. 7: Sir Isaac Newton.
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Q. 8: What is the most common transplant operation?
A. 8: The Bone graft.
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Q. 9: What is the major element of the diet of the Koala bear?
A. 9: Eucalyptus leaves.
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Q. 10: And in a related question, what is the major element of the diet of the wild giant panda?
A. 10: A wild giant panda’s diet is almost exclusively (99 percent) bamboo.
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Q. 11: Which gas is responsible for global warming?
A. 11: Carbon dioxide.
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Q. 12: The Ross and Weddell Seas are to be found off the shore of which continent?
A. 12: Antarctica.
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Q. 13: Now for a mega-point question. Listed below (in alphabetical order) are ten countries ending in the word ‘land’. A point for each one you can name correctly.
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A. 13: The correct answers are:
FINLAND
ICELAND
IRELAND
NORTHERN IRELAND
NEW ZEALAND
THE NETHERLANDS
POLAND
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SWITZERLAND
THAILAND.
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Q. 14: Who led the Seventh Cavalry to its doom at the Battle of Little Bighorn?
A. 14: Lt-Col George Armstrong Custer.
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Q. 15: John Flamsteed was the first holder of which far-sighted post, created in 1675?
A. 15: He was the first Astronomer Royal.
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Q. 16: What term is given to the technique where paint is mixed and bound with egg yolk?
A. 16: It is known as ‘Tempera’.
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Q. 17: What was launched by Pope Urban II at the Council of Clermont in 1095?
A. 17: The First Crusade.
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Q. 18: Who went on a circumnavigation of the world from the Reform Club as the result of a bet?
A. 18: Phileas Fogg and his servant Passepartout (you get the point for naming Phileas Fogg correctly AND two posssible bonus points if you also knew the name of his servant. (From Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days).
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Q. 19: Which New Zealand-born physicist is credited with splitting the atom?
A. 19: Sir Ernest Rutherford.
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Q. 20: Which motoring aid was invented by Percy Shaw?
A. 20: He invented the reflectors known as ‘Cats eyes’, getting his inspiration when he saw a light reflecting off a cat’s eyes as it walked towards him. (British comedian Ken Dodd said that if the cat had been walking away from him he would probably have invented the pencil sharpener!)
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