Yes, today’s quiz questions include a couple about fast birds.
That and a lot more to test your knowledge.
But don’t worry, if you get stuck you can find the answers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, however NO cheating please!
Enjoy and good luck.
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Q. 1. What proportion of the items kept at the British Museum are actually on display?
a) 1% b) 10% c) 20% d) 30%
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Q. 2. What was the name of the world’s first supercomputer and in what year was it installed? (A point for each correct answer.)
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Q. 3. In what modern country was the Aztec empire based?
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Q. 4. What is the only animal with four knees?
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Q. 5. What town in Manitoba, Canada, and named after perhaps the most famous English politician of all time, is known as the “Polar Bear Capital of the World”?
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Q. 6. What word to describe a large group of islands that are located close together?
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Q. 7. Robert Southey wrote what famous children’s story in 1834?
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Q. 8. What country spans the greatest number of contiguous time zones, and how many? (You get a point for each correct answer.)
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Q. 9. What is the fastest running bird in the world?
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Q. 10. What does the acronym ‘UNICEF’ stand for?
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Q. 11. The names of how many countries in South America end in the letter ‘a’ ? (A point for the correct number and an additional point for each one you can name correctly.)
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Q. 12. What was the middle name of the founder of the store chain J C Penney?
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Q. 13. By ferry, approximately how long will it take you to reach Africa from Spain?
a) 30 minutes b) 1 hour c) 90 minutes d) 2 hours
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Q. 14. What nationality is the toy company ‘Lego’ ?
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Q. 15. What was the first sport to be pictured on the cover of Sports Illustrated?
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Q. 16. What is the world’s largest retail chain store?
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Q. 17. In what country is the prime minister known by the name ‘Taoiseach’ ?
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Q. 18. What were the names of the Captains of the USS Enterprise in Star Trek – The Original Series and Star Trek – The Next Generation; and the actors who played them? (A point for each correct answer, so a total of four points up for grabs.)
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Q. 19. What woman holds the all-time world record for the 100 meter dash?
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Q. 20. How many ways did Paul Simon say there were to leave your lover?
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ANSWERS
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Q. 1. What proportion of the items kept at the British Museum are actually on display?
a) 1% b) 10% c) 20% d) 30%
A. 1. The correct answer is a) 1%.
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Q. 2. What was the name of the world’s first supercomputer and in what year was it installed? (A point for each correct answer.)
A. 2. It was called the Cray-1 (you get the point if you said ‘Cray’), and was installed at Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States in 1976 at a cost of $8.8 million.
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Q. 3. In what modern country was the Aztec empire based?
A. 3. Mexico.
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Q. 4. What is the only animal with four knees?
A. 4. The elephant.
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Q. 5. What town in Manitoba, Canada, and named after perhaps the most famous English politician of all time, is known as the “Polar Bear Capital of the World”?
A. 5. It is the town of Churchill.
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Q. 6. What word to describe a large group of islands that are located close together?
A. 6. Archipelago.
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Q. 7. Robert Southey wrote what famous children’s story in 1834?
A. 7. “Goldilocks and the Three Bears”.
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Q. 8. What country spans the greatest number of contiguous time zones, and how many? (You get a point for each correct answer.)
A. 8. The correct answers are ‘Russia’ and it has ‘9’ time zones.
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Q. 9. What is the fastest running bird in the world?
A. 9. The fastest running bird is the Ostrich, which has been clocked at 97.5 kilometres per hour.
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Q. 10. What does the acronym ‘UNICEF’ stand for?
A. 10. The United Nations Children’s Fund.
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Q. 11. The names of how many countries in South America end in the letter ‘a’ ? (A point for the correct number and an additional point for each one you can name correctly.)
A. 11. There are 6 countries whose names end with the letter ‘a’, Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana and Venezuela.
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Q. 12. What was the middle name of the founder of the store chain J C Penney?
A. 12. The founder of JC Penny had the very appropriate middle name of ‘Cash’.
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Q. 13. By ferry, approximately how long will it take you to reach Africa from Spain?
a) 30 minutes b) 1 hour c) 90 minutes d) 2 hours
A. 13. The correct answer is a) 30 minutes, they’re closer than you think.
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Q. 14. What nationality is the toy company ‘Lego’ ?
A. 14. Danish.
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Q. 15. What was the first sport to be pictured on the cover of Sports Illustrated?
A. 15. Baseball.
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Q. 16. What is the world’s largest retail chain store?
A. 16. Wal-Mart.
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Q. 17. In what country is the prime minister known by the name ‘Taoiseach’ ?
A. 17. Ireland.
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Q. 18. What were the names of the Captains of the USS Enterprise in Star Trek – The Original Series and Star Trek – The Next Generation; and the actors who played them? (A point for each correct answer, so a total of four points up for grabs.)
A. 18. The correct answers are, Captain James T Kirk in the Original Series played by William Shatner, and Jean-Luc Picard in The Next Generation played by Patrick Stewart.
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Q. 19. What woman holds the all-time world record for the 100 meter dash?
A. 19. Florence Griffith-Joyner, aka “Flo-Jo” by her many fans, set the all-time world record in the 100-meter dash at 10.49 seconds set in 1988.
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Q. 20. How many ways did Paul Simon say there were to leave your lover?
I don’t know what it is, but I can’t resist using that “May The Force Be With You” thing on this date. Sorry, but you’ll probably see another version of it next year if we’re all still around in the blogshpere.
But to get on with today’s real business, I do have another quiz for you.
The usual random selection and also as usual you can find the answers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating.
Enjoy and good luck.
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Q. 1: What word links vacations to the phonetic alphabet?
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Q. 2: What is the collective noun for a group of owls?
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Q. 3: ‘PL’ is the international car registration for which country?
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Q. 4: What city is also known as the ‘City of 72 Nations’ ?
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Q. 5: What is the highest score that can be awarded by a figure-skating judge?
a) 2 b) 4 c) 6 d) 8 e) 10
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Q. 6: For what operation on the brain was Antonio de Egas Moniz of Portugal awarded the Nobel prize for medicine in 1949?
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Q. 7: Who was prime minster of China under Chairman Mao?
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Q. 8: Which literary characters set out on a journey from the Tabard Inn, Southwark?
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Q. 9: What is the brightest star in the night sky?
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Q. 10: Spain has many famous ‘costas’. A point for each one of the following you can name correctly the four below and a bonus point if you get them all.
Costa _ _ _ _ _ _
Costa _ _ _ _ _
Costa _ _ _ _ _ _
Costa _ _ _ _ _ _
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Q. 11: What name links the writers Kipling, Conrad and Heller?
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Q. 12: As well as being a girl’s best friend Diamonds are a form of which chemical element?
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Q. 13: What is the difference in paddles between canoeing and kayaking?
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Q. 14: In which country is Liberation of Saigon Day on April 30 a public holiday?
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Q. 15: What is created when the loop of a meander of a river is cut off and the river diverted on a different course?
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Q. 16: The number of voting representatives in the House of Representatives was fixed by law in 1911 at what number?
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Q. 17: What color is a Welsh poppy?
a) Blue b) Yellow c) Red d) White
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Q. 18: How many valves does a trumpet have?
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Q. 19: Which is the only American state to begin with the letter ‘P’ ?
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Q. 20: Which band were Living Next Door to Alice in 1976?
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ANSWERS
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Q. 1: What word links vacations to the phonetic alphabet?
A. 1: Hotel.
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Q. 2: What is the collective noun for a group of owls?
A. 2: A parliament.
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Q. 3: ‘PL’ is the international car registration for which country?
A. 3: Poland.
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Q. 4: What city is also known as the ‘City of 72 Nations’ ?
A. 4: Tehran.
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Q. 5: What is the highest score that can be awarded by a figure-skating judge?
a) 2 b) 4 c) 6 d) 8 e) 10
A. 5: The correct answer is c) 6.
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Q. 6: For what operation on the brain was Antonio de Egas Moniz of Portugal awarded the Nobel prize for medicine in 1949?
A. 6: Prefrontal lobotomy.
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Q. 7: Who was prime minster of China under Chairman Mao?
A. 7: Chou En-Lai (or Zhou Enlai).
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Q. 8: Which literary characters set out on a journey from the Tabard Inn, Southwark?
A. 8: The pilgrims in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.
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Q. 9: What is the brightest star in the night sky?
A. 9: Sirius (The Dog Star).
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Q. 10: Spain has many famous ‘costas’. A point for each one of the following you can name correctly the four below and a bonus point if you get them all.
Costa _ _ _ _ _ _
Costa _ _ _ _ _
Costa _ _ _ _ _ _
Costa _ _ _ _ _ _
A. 10: The correct answers are Costa BLANCA, Costa BRAVA, Costa DORADA, and the Costa DEL SOL
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Q. 11: What name links the writers Kipling, Conrad and Heller?
A. 11: The answer is ‘Joseph’. Joseph Conrad, Joseph Heller and although he was much better known as Rudyard Kipling his first name was also Joseph.
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Q. 12: As well as being a girl’s best friend Diamonds are a form of which chemical element?
A. 12: Carbon.
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Q. 13: What is the difference in paddles between canoeing and kayaking?
A. 13: Canoe paddles have a single face and Kayak paddles a double face.
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Q. 14: In which country is Liberation of Saigon Day on April 30 a public holiday?
A. 14: Vietnam.
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Q. 15: What is created when the loop of a meander of a river is cut off and the river diverted on a different course?
A. 15: Oxbow Lake.
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Q. 16: The number of voting representatives in the House of Representatives was fixed by law in 1911 at what number?
A. 16: The number of voting representatives in the House of Representatives was fixed by law in 1911 at no more than 435, proportionally representing the population of the 50 states.
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Q. 17: What color is a Welsh poppy?
a) Blue b) Yellow c) Red d) White
A. 17: The correct answer is b) Yellow.
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Q. 18: How many valves does a trumpet have?
A. 18: A trumpet has 3 valves.
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Q. 19: Which is the only American state to begin with the letter ‘p’?
A. 19: Pennsylvania.
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Q. 20: Which band were Living Next Door to Alice in 1976?
Well maybe not just so easy a quiz as all that. You’ll find out below, and why I called it that too.
All the usual mixture of questions are here.
And as usual if you get stuck you can find the answers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating!
Enjoy and good luck.
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Q. 1: What city is known as ‘The Big Easy’ ?
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Q. 2: What color are the flowers of the ‘harebell’ ?
a) red b) green c) blue d) yellow
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Q. 3: What is the name of the process in which a solid turns directly into a gas, without passing through the liquid phase?
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Q. 4: What is the largest wild member of the dog family?
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Q. 5: Which element has the symbol ‘Au’ ?
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Q. 6: What is the electrical unit of resistance?
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Q. 7: Who invented the jet engine in 1930?
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Q. 8: How many sheets of paper are there in a ‘ream’ ?
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Q. 9: It is called the ‘Hunter’ and consists of 3 stars, what is the proper name of this constellation?
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Q. 10: What did the British government do on the roads in order to reduce accidents in 1925?
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Q. 11: What is a ‘Flemish giant’ ?
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Q. 12: The Balearic Islands are an archipelago of Spain in the western Mediterranean Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula. You get a point if you can name any of the four largest islands that make up this group. (If you can correctly name more than one, give yourself a bonus point for each.)
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Q. 13: If you were ‘purling’, what activity would you be doing?
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Q. 14: Which famous battle was fought on June 18 1815?
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Q. 15: In which country was the world’s first female Prime Minister elected in 1960?
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Q. 16: What is the name of Long John Silver’s parrot?
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Q. 17: This is the name of a famous bicycle manufacturing company, the capital city of a state in the US, and of a writer, poet, soldier, politician, courtier, spy, and explorer in Elizabethan England, what is it?
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Q. 18: Who created the famous sculptures ‘The Thinker’ and ‘The Kiss’ ?
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Q. 19: A lot of us now use it, but what does the acronym ‘VOIP’ stand for?
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Q. 20: Which group’s best-known recording is the 1967 single ‘A Whiter Shade of Pale’ ?
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ANSWERS
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Q. 1: What city is known as ‘The Big Easy’ ?
A. 1: New Orleans is known as ‘The Big Easy’.
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Q. 2: What color are the flowers of the harebell?
a) red b) green c) blue d) yellow
A. 2: The correct answer is c) blue.
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Q. 3: What is the name of the process in which a solid turns directly into a gas, without passing through the liquid phase?
A. 3: The process is called ‘sublimation’.
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Q. 4: What is the largest wild member of the dog family?
A. 4: The wolf.
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Q. 5: Which element has the symbol ‘Au’ ?
A. 5: Gold.
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Q. 6: What is the electrical unit of resistance?
A. 6: The ‘ohm’.
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Q. 7: Who invented the jet engine in 1930?
A. 7: Frank Whittle.
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Q. 8: How many sheets of paper are there in a ‘ream’ ?
A. 8: 500.
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Q. 9: It is called the ‘Hunter’ and consists of 3 stars, what is the proper name of this constellation?
A. 9: It is ‘Orion’s belt’.
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Q. 10: What did the British government do on the roads in order to reduce accidents in 1925?
A. 10: They painted white lines.
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Q. 11: What is a ‘Flemish giant’ ?
A. 11: I’m tempted to give you a point if you said “A big Belgian’ but I won’t. You get the point if you said a Flemish giant was a Rabbit.
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Q. 12: The Balearic Islands are an archipelago of Spain in the western Mediterranean Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula. You get a point if you can name any of the four largest islands that make up this group. (If you can correctly name more than one, give yourself a bonus point for each.)
A. 12: The four largest Balearic islands are Majorca, Minorca, Ibiza and Formentera.
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Q. 13: If you were ‘purling’, what activity would you be doing?
A. 13: You’d be knitting.
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Q. 14: Which famous battle was fought on June 18 1815?
A. 14: The Battle of Waterloo.
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Q. 15: In which country was the world’s first female Prime Minister elected in 1960?
A. 15: Sri Lanka (or Ceylon as it was then – the woman in question being Mrs Sirimavo Bandaranaike)
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Q. 16: What is the name of Long John Silver’s parrot?
A. 16: Captain Flint.
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Q. 17: This is the name of a famous bicycle manufacturing company, the capital city of a state in the US, and of a writer, poet, soldier, politician, courtier, spy, and explorer in Elizabethan England, what is it?
A. 17: It is ‘Raleigh’. Raleigh is a famous bicycle manufacturing company, Raleigh is the capital city of North Carolina, and the famous Elizabethan was Sir Walter Raleigh.
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Q. 18: Who created the famous sculptures ‘The Thinker’ and ‘The Kiss’ ?
A. 18: Auguste Rodin.
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Q. 19: A lot of us now use it, but what does the acronym ‘VOIP’ stand for?
A. 19: Voice Over Internet Protocol.
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Q. 20: Which group’s best-known recording is the 1967 single ‘A Whiter Shade of Pale’ ?
As usual if you get stuck you can find the answers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please, NO cheating!
Enjoy and good luck.
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Q. 1: Who played Cameron Poe in the action movie Con Air?
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Q. 2: What is the lowest number on the FM dial?
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Q. 3: We’ve all seen the iconic ‘Jeep’, but approximately how many were built during WWII?
a) 250,000 b) 450,000 c) 650,000 d) 850,000 or e) 1,050,000
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Q. 4: Think about a map of the bottom of South America for this one, what strait separates Chile from Tierra Del Fuego?
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Q. 5: One of the most famous up-market automobile brands is BMW, but what do the letters ‘B-M-W’ stand for?
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Q. 6: Who is former government agent ‘Raymond “Red” Reddington’ in the excellent television series ‘The Blacklist’?
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Q. 7: Founded in 1592, what is the oldest university in the Republic of Ireland called?
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Q. 8: Founded in 1908 what is the oldest university in Northern Ireland called?
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Q. 9: How many hot dog buns are in a standard package?
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Q. 10: What is the capital city of each of the following European countries? (A point for each correct answer, plus a bonus point if you name them all correctly.)
a) Greece b) Britain c) France d) Spain e) Portugal f) Switzerland
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Q. 11: Fifty cardinals, two flamingos and six penguins attended the 1963 London premiere of what movie?
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Q. 12: Mahatma Gandhi qualified in England for which profession before practicing in South Africa and then moving back to India?
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Q. 13: Name North America’s ‘Great Lakes’? (A point for each correct answer, plus a bonus point if you name them all correctly.)
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Q. 14: The stirring voices of Anthony Quinn, Richard Burton and Curd Jürgens were all used, albeit in different versions, to narrate what?
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Q. 15: How many states in the United States of America begin with the letter ‘C’? (Bonus points for each one you name correctly.)
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Q. 16: What American born actor of the 1930s to the 1950s shares his name with a county in Northern Ireland?
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Q. 17: Who was allegedly the first Christian Emperor of Rome and founder of Constantinople?
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Q. 18: Which fruit plays a role in the downfall of Captain Queeg in the movie ‘The Caine Mutiny’?
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Q. 19: In which year did William Shakespeare die?
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Q. 20: What member of this musical family was a ‘Long Haired Lover From Liverpool’?
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ANSWERS
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Q. 1: Who played Cameron Poe in the action movie Con Air?
A. 1: Nicolas Cage.
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Q. 2: What is the lowest number on the FM dial?
A. 2: 88.
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Q. 3: We’ve all seen the iconic ‘Jeep’, but approximately how many were built during WWII?
a) 250,000 b) 450,000 c) 650,000 d) 850,000 or e) 1,050,000
A. 3: The correct answer is c) approximately 650,000 Jeeps were built during WWII.
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Q. 4: Think about a map of the bottom of South America for this one, what strait separates Chile from Tierra Del Fuego?
A. 4: The Strait of Magellan. (Sometimes also called The Straits of Magellan.)
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Q. 5: One of the most famous up-market automobile brands is BMW, but what do the letters ‘B-M-W’ stand for?
A. 5: ‘BMW’ is an acronym for ‘Bavarian Motor Works’.
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Q. 6: Who is former government agent ‘Raymond “Red” Reddington’ in the excellent television series ‘The Blacklist’?
A. 6: James Spader.
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Q. 7: Founded in 1592, what is the oldest university in the Republic of Ireland called?
A. 7: Trinity College, aka the University of Dublin.
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Q. 8: Founded in 1908 what is the oldest university in Northern Ireland called?
A. 8: Queens University.
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Q. 9: How many hot dog buns are in a standard package?
A. 9: 8.
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Q. 10: What is the capital city of each of the following European countries? (A point for each correct answer, plus a bonus point if you name them all correctly.)
a) Greece b) Britain c) France d) Spain e) Portugal f) Switzerland
A. 10: a) Athens b) London c) Paris d) Madrid e) Lisbon f) Berne
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Q. 11: Fifty cardinals, two flamingos and six penguins attended the 1963 London premiere of what movie?
A. 11: The clue was in the question, it was the movie premier of ‘The Birds’.
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Q. 12: Mahatma Gandhi qualified in England for which profession before practicing in South Africa and then moving back to India?
A. 12: Law.
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Q. 13: Name North America’s ‘Great Lakes’? (A point for each correct answer, plus a bonus point if you name them all correctly.)
A. 13: North America’s ‘Great Lakes’ consist of Lakes ‘Superior’, ‘Michigan’, ‘Huron’, ‘Erie’, and ‘Ontario’.
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Q. 14: The stirring voices of Anthony Quinn, Richard Burton and Curd Jürgens were all used, albeit in different versions, to narrate what?
A. 14: Jeff Wayne’s musical version of ‘The War Of The Worlds’. Burton’s was used in the English version, Quinn’s in the Spanish, and Jürgens’ in the German.
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Q. 15: How many states in the United States of America begin with the letter ‘C’? (Bonus points for each one you name correctly.)
A. 15: Three states in the US begin with the letter’C’, California, Colorado and Connecticut.
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Q. 16: What American born actor of the 1930s to the 1950s shares his name with a county in Northern Ireland?
A. 16: Tyrone Power. County Tyrone is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland.
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Q. 17: Who was allegedly the first Christian Emperor of Rome and founder of Constantinople?
A. 17: Constantine The Great.
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Q. 18: Which fruit plays a role in the downfall of Captain Queeg in the movie ‘The Caine Mutiny’?
A. 18: Strawberries.
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Q. 19: In which year did William Shakespeare die?
A. 19: It should be an easy one to remember, the year was 1616.
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Q. 20: What member of this musical family was a Long Haired Lover From Liverpool?
Welcome to the start of another week and to another quiz.
Quite a tough selection this time, I think, but if you enjoy a challenge give them a go.
No point if they were all too easy 🙂
As always if you get stuck you can find the answers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating!
Enjoy and good luck.
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Q. 1: Which is farther south, New York City or Rome, Italy?
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Q. 2: What is the ball on top of a flagpole called?
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Q. 3: Which are there more of in the United States of America, public libraries or McDonald’s fast food outlets?
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Q. 4: Apart from wanting to be US President what did all three major 1996 Presidential candidates, Clinton, Dole and Perot, have in common.
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Q. 5: Where was chocolate milk was invented?
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Q. 6: If you’re in Detroit and you walk south, what is the first country you’ll enter?
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Q. 7: Where did the ever popular trousers called ‘Jeans’ get their name?
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Q. 8: And what was the origin of ‘Denim’ the material that jeans are made from?
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Q. 9: What is the most filmed story of all time? (Bonus points if you can name second and third aswell.)
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Q. 10: When ocean tides are at their highest, they are called ‘spring tides’. What are they called when they are at their lowest?
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Q. 11: Which of these kills the most humans on average every year?
a) crocodiles b) hippopotamus c) mosquitos d) tigers
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Q. 12: What do you call a scholar who studies the works of the Marquis de Sade?
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Q. 13: What are ‘second unit’ movie shots?
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Q. 14: Which well known American writer was born on a day in 1835 when Haley’s Comet came into view and died on a day in 1910 when Haley’s Comet came into view again? (Will accept either his real name or pen name, a bonus point if you know both.)
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Q. 15: Which of these is the oldest?
a) The Aztec Empire b) The Inca Empire c) Cambridge University
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Q. 16: What is the only state of the USA whose name is just one syllable? (Hint: the answer is not California.)
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Q. 17: You’ve seen it many times and on lots of things, but what does the name ‘NABISCO’ mean?
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Q. 18: Which side of a woman’s blouse are the buttons on?
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Q. 19: He was a Spanish hero who, before he was 20, led a Spanish force against the Moors and drove them out of Spain. He is celebrated in poem and romance. Who was he?
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Q. 20: In 1972 who didn’t want Ruby to take her love to town?
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ANSWERS
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Q. 1: Which is farther south, New York City or Rome, Italy?
A. 1: New York City is further south than Rome, Italy.
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Q. 2: What is the ball on top of a flagpole called?
A. 2: The ball on top of a flagpole is called the truck.
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Q. 3: Which are there more of in the United States of America, public libraries or McDonald’s fast food outlets?
A. 3: There are more public libraries than McDonald’s in the U.S.
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Q. 4: Apart from wanting to be US President what did all three major 1996 Presidential candidates, Clinton, Dole and Perot, have in common.
A. 4: All three major 1996 Presidential candidates, Clinton, Dole and Perot, are left-handed.
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Q. 5: Where was chocolate milk was invented?
A. 5: Chocolate milk was invented in Ireland.
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Q. 6: If you’re in Detroit and you walk south, what is the first country you’ll enter?
A. 6: Understandable if you said Mexico, but If you’re in Detroit and you walk south, the first country you’ll enter will be Canada.
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Q. 7: Where did the ever popular trousers called ‘Jeans’ get their name?
A. 7: ‘Jeans’ were named after their place of origin, Genoa, Italy.
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Q. 8: And what was the origin of ‘Denim’ the material that jeans are made from?
A. 8: ‘Denim’ also takes its name from its place of origin, Nimes, in France. It was originally called ‘serge de Nimes’ or ‘fabric from Nimes’. The ‘serge’ soon disappeared and left us with ‘de Nimes’ or ‘denim’.
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Q. 9: What is the most filmed story of all time? (Bonus points if you can name second and third aswell.)
A. 9: Dracula is the most filmed story of all time, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is second and Oliver Twist is third.
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Q. 10: When ocean tides are at their highest, they are called ‘spring tides’. What are they called when they are at their lowest?
A. 10: When ocean tides are at their lowest, they are call ‘neep tides’.
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Q. 11: Which of these kills the most humans on average every year?
a) crocodiles b) hippopotamus c) mosquitos d) tigers
A. 11: The correct answer is c) Mosquitos. They kill as many as 1,000,000 people per year from Malaria. Although it appears quite docile, the Hippopotamus is considered the most dangerous animal in Africa, killing 3,000 people per year. Crocodiles kill between 1500 and 2500 people per year. And Tigers are estimated to kill around 100 humans per year.
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Q. 12: What do you call a scholar who studies the works of the Marquis de Sade?
A. 12: A scholar who studies the works of the Marquis de Sade is called a ‘Sadian’, not a ‘Sadist’.
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Q. 13: What are ‘second unit’ movie shots?
A. 13: ‘Second unit’ movie shots do not require the presence of actors.
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Q. 14: Which well known American writer was born on a day in 1835 when Haley’s Comet came into view and died on a day in 1910 when Haley’s Comet came into view again? (Will accept either his real name or pen name, a bonus point if you know both.)
A. 14: Samuel Clemens aka Mark Twain was born on a day in 1835 when Haley’s Comet came into view and died on a day in 1910 when Haley’s Comet came into view again.
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Q. 15: Which of these is the oldest?
a) The Aztec Empire b) The Inca Empire c) Cambridge University
A. 15: The correct answer is c) Cambridge University in England is older than both the Aztec and Inca empires.
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Q. 16: What is the only state of the USA whose name is just one syllable? (Hint: the answer is not California.)
A. 16: Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
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Q. 17: You’ve seen it many times and on lots of things, but what does the name ‘NABISCO’ mean?
A. 17: ‘NABISCO’ simply means NAtional BIScuit COmpany.
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Q. 18: Which side of a woman’s blouse are the buttons on?
A. 18: The left.
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Q. 19: He was a Spanish hero who, before he was 20, led a Spanish force against the Moors and drove them out of Spain. He is celebrated in poem and romance. Who was he?
A. 19: El Cid.
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Q. 20: In 1972 who didn’t want Ruby to take her love to town?
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