A Mish Mash Quiz Today.

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Welcome to today’s quiz on the fasab blog.

Another challenging selection of questions for you.

And if you get stuck you can find the answers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating.

Enjoy and good luck.

Q. 1. M*A*S*H was a famous book, movie and TV series, but what do the letters M A S H stand for?

Q. 2. Wind transports approximately how many millions of tonnes of dust from the Sahara to the Amazon every year?

a) 4 million tonnes b) 40 million tonnes c) 400 million tonnes

Q. 3. What city is known as ‘The City Of Tigers’ ? (HINT: it is not in Asia.)

Q. 4. ‘Ring of Bright Water’ is a book about which creatures?

Q. 5. This one is the name of a rich fruit cake decorated with almonds, a town in Scotland, and the last name of a comic Australian movie character. What is it?

Q. 6. In which country is the legendary city of Timbuktu? (If you have been following the TV series American Odyssey you’ll know this one.)

Q. 7. A multi-point question. What currencies are used in the following countries?

a) USA b) Britain c) Japan d) Europe e) China

Q. 8. What percentage of internet users quit waiting for a video to load after 10 seconds?

a) 10% b) 20% c) 30% d) 40% e) 50% f) 60%

Q. 9. What were the first names of the four main characters of the long running and highly successful TV series ‘The Golden Girls’ ? (Bonus points if you can also correctly name the actresses who played them.)

Q. 10. In 1929, US Army Air Corps Lieutenant General John MacCready asked Bausch & Lomb, a New York-based medical equipment manufacturer, to create aviation sunglasses that would ban the sun rays and reduce the headaches and nausea experienced by his pilots. What name were they given?

Q. 11. “The devil on two sticks” is a former name for which juggling-like game?

Q. 12. What are the four largest countries on Earth by area? (A point for each you name correctly and a bonus point if you get them in the correct order, starting with the largest.)

Q. 13. What is the painting, ‘La Gioconda’, more usually known as?

Q. 14. What is the name of the traditional Irish potato and cabbage dish?

Q. 15. What is the name of John Lennon’s widow?

Q. 16. With whom is the fictional character ‘Alfred Pennyworth’ associated?

Q. 17. Who is the largest American retailer of lingerie?

Q. 18. In the Bible what are the names of the first and last books of the New Testament?

Q. 19. What was the name of the flamboyant and controversial Australian actor who starred in many movies during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s and played characters like ‘Robin Hood’ and ‘George Custer’?

Q. 20. What was the name of the group that Paul McCartney went on to form in 1970 after The Beatles split up?

ANSWERS

Q. 1. M*A*S*H was a famous book, movie and TV series, but what do the latters M A S H stand for?

A. 1. Mobile Army Surgical Hospital.

Q. 2. Wind transports approximately how many millions of tonnes of dust from the Sahara to the Amazon every year?

a) 4 million tonnes b) 40 million tonnes c) 400 million tonnes

A. 2. The correct answer is b) 40 million tonnes.

Q. 3. What city is known as ‘The City Of Tigers’ ? (HINT: it is not in Asia.)

A. 3. It’s Oslo, Norway. (Apparently because the city was referred to as ‘Tigerstaden’ (the City of Tigers) by the author Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson around 1870, due to his perception of the city as a cold and dangerous place.

Q. 4. ‘Ring of Bright Water’ is a book about which creatures?

A. 4. Otters.

Q. 5. This one is the name of a rich fruit cake decorated with almonds, a town in Scotland, and the last name of a comic Australian movie character. What is it?

A. 5. It is ‘Dundee’.

Q. 6. In which country is the legendary city of Timbuktu? (If you have been following the TV series American Odyssey you’ll know this one.)

A. 6. Mali, Africa.

Q. 7. A multi-point question. What currencies are used in the following countries?

a) USA b) Britain c) Japan d) Europe e) China

A. 7. a) Dollar b) Pound c) Yen d) Euro e) Yuan Renminbi

Q. 8. What percentage of internet users quit waiting for a video to load after 10 seconds?

a) 10% b) 20% c) 30% d) 40% e) 50% f) 60%

A. 8. The correct answer is e) 50%.

A. 9. They were Dorothy Zbornak (played by Bea Arthur); Rose Nylund (played by Betty White); Blanche Devereaux (played by Rue McClanahan); and Sophia Petrillo (played by Estelle Getty).

A. 10. They were called Ray Ban.

Q. 11. “The devil on two sticks” is a former name for which juggling-like game?

A. 11. Diabolo.

Q. 12. What are the four largest countries on Earth by area? (A point for each you name correctly and a bonus point if you get them in the correct order, starting with the largest.)

A. 12. 1) Russia 2) Canada 3) United States 4) PR China

Q. 13. What is the painting, ‘La Gioconda’, more usually known as?

A. 13. The Mona Lisa.

Q. 14. What is the name of the traditional Irish potato and cabbage dish?

A. 14. Colcannon.

Q. 15. What is the name of John Lennon’s widow?

A. 15. Yoko Ono.

Q. 16. With whom is the fictional character ‘Alfred Pennyworth’ associated?

A. 16. He is butler to Bruce Wayne, aka Batman.

Q. 17. Who is the largest American retailer of lingerie?

A. 17. Victoria’s Secret.

Q. 18. In the Bible what are the names of the first and last books of the New Testament?

A. 18. They are the book of Matthew and the book of Revelation.

A. 19. He was Errol Flynn.

Q. 20. What was the name of the group that Paul McCartney went on to form in 1970 after The Beatles split up?

A. 20. It was called ‘Wings’, have a taste….

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Happy Meal Facts!

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Welcome to happy meal day at the fasab blog.

So tuck in tso a few interesting facts.

But above all…

Enjoy.

Every 14.5 hours a McDonald’s

opens somewhere in the world

Almost everything in space is unimaginably big

and the supergiant, as the name suggests, is no exception.

Supergiants are among the most massive and

most luminous stars, more massive and up to a

million times more luminous than the Sun.

In Ancient Egypt servants were covered in honey

to keep flies away from pharaoh

Antarctica holds as much water in its ice

as the entire Atlantic Ocean

In spite of the fact that they

built over 30,000 km of road,

the Incas never developed

or discovered the wheel

2.5% of the American population perished

during the American Civil War

The Hope Diamond is estimated to be worth

$200-250 million and resides at the

Smithsonian Natural History Museum.

It is said to be cursed and supposedly causes

great misfortune and misery to whoever wears it.

One wearer was even said to have been

ripped apart by dogs, and another by a French mob.

Did you know that you can get ice cream in

Bacon, Garlic, Deep Fried Oyster

and Corn on the Cob flavors?

In Denmark all drivers must

check under the car before starting it,

just to see if there is someone underneath

The Constitution of the Confederate States of America

banned the slave trade, and when

the American Civil War started,

Confederate Robert E. Lee owned no slaves,

whereas Union general U.S. Grant did.

Apparently men buy more ties during harder times

to appear as though they’re working.

Tie width used to be a factor due to austerity measures

during past wars but these days economists mainly

just look at the number of ties being bought.

Yellowstone in the USA was the

first national park on Earth.

President Ulysses S Grant declared

it a protected area in 1872.

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The Quizzes March On!

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The quizzes do March on and we are starting this month with a good mix of questions. Some you should get without too much difficulty and some you will have to think about for a while.

Oh yes, and one that I will be surprised if anyone gets the bonus points for. You’ll know it when you see it.

As usual if you do get stuck, you can find the answers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating.

Enjoy and good luck.

Q. 1: ‘Solidarity’ was an important Trade Union in which country in the 1980s?

Q. 2: In lawn bowls (and its indoor version), what is the target ball called?

Q. 3: Which creature lives on mulberry leaves?

Q. 4: In the USA what cities are known as the

a) Big D? b) Steel City? c) City of Brotherly Love? d) Emerald City?

(A point for each correct answer and a bonus point if get all four correct.)

Q. 5: In relation to power what is the equivalent of 746 watts?

Q. 6: What word denoted the new policy of openness adopted by Mikhail Gorbachev’s government in the Soviet Union?

Q. 7: What well known pottery form takes its name from the Italian for “baked earth”?

Q. 8: How long did Rip Van Winkle sleep for?

Q. 9: What term is given to a piece of rock or metal from space that reaches the surface of the Earth?

Q. 10: The suffix ‘stan’ is Persian for ‘place of’ or ‘country’. The names of seven countries end in ‘stan’, what are they? (You get a point for each one you can name correctly and five (yes, 5) bonus points if get them all correct.)

a) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ stan

b) _ _ _ _ _ _ stan

c) _ _ _ _ _ _ stan

d) _ _ _ _ stan

e) _ _ _ _ _ _ stan

f) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ stan

g) _ _ _ _ _ _ stan

Q. 11: What color is the most-prized variety of jade?

Q. 12: Whose theorem uses a 3, 4, 5 triangle?

Q. 13: Piraeus serves as the port for which major city?

Q. 14: Which insects communicate with one another by dancing?

Q. 15: What was the name of Captain Nemo’s submarine?

Q. 16: What creature is an ophidiophobe afraid of?

Q. 17: In the US and the UK what is the name given to the government department responsible for formulating and recommending economic, financial, tax, and fiscal policies?

Q. 18: Which of the 12 Zodiac signs start with the letter ‘L’ ?

Q. 19: Which English politician, when told by Lady Nancy Astor that if he were her husband she’d put poison in his coffee, replied that if she were his wife he’d drink it?

Q. 20: What popular song originated as the jingle “Buy the World a Coke” in the groundbreaking 1971 “Hilltop” television commercial for Coca-Cola? (A bonus point is available if you can also correctly name the group.)

ANSWERS

Q. 1: ‘Solidarity’ was an important Trade Union in which country in the 1980s?

A. 1: Poland.

Q. 2: In lawn bowls (and its indoor version), what is the target ball called?

A. 2: Jack.

Q. 3: Which creature lives on mulberry leaves?

A. 3: The Silk worm.

Q. 4: In the USA what cities are known as the

a) Big D? b) Steel City? c) City of Brotherly Love? d) Emerald City?

(A point for each correct answer and a bonus point if get all four correct.)

A. 4: The correct answers are

a) The Big D = Dallas

b) The Steel City = Pittsburgh

c) The City of Brotherly Love = Philadelphia

d) The Emerald City = Seattle

Q. 5: In relation to power what is the equivalent of 746 watts?

A. 5: 746 watts is the equivalent of 1 horse power.

Q. 6: What word denoted the new policy of openness adopted by Mikhail Gorbachev’s government in the Soviet Union?

A. 6: Glasnost.

Q. 7: What well known pottery form takes its name from the Italian for “baked earth”?

A. 7: Terracotta.

Q. 8: How long did Rip Van Winkle sleep for?

A. 8: Twenty years.

Q. 9: What term is given to a piece of rock or metal from space that reaches the surface of the Earth?

A. 9: It is known as a ‘Meteorite’.

Q. 10: The suffix ‘stan’ is Persian for ‘place of’ or ‘country’. The names of seven countries end in ‘stan’, what are they? (You get a point for each one you can name correctly and seven (yes, 7) bonus points if get them all correct.)

a) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ stan

b) _ _ _ _ _ _ stan

c) _ _ _ _ _ _ stan

d) _ _ _ _ stan

e) _ _ _ _ _ _ stan

f) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ stan

g) _ _ _ _ _ _ stan

A. 10: They are in alphabetical order,

a) Afghanistan

b) Kazakhstan

c) Kyrgyzstan

d) Pakistan

e) Tajikistan

f) Turkmenistan

g) Uzbekistan

Q. 11: What color is the most-prized variety of jade?

A. 11: Green.

Q. 12: Whose theorem uses a 3, 4, 5 triangle?

A. 12: Pythagoras.

Q. 13: Piraeus serves as the port for which major city?

A. 13: Athens.

Q. 14: Which insects communicate with one another by dancing?

A. 14: Bees.

Q. 15: What was the name of Captain Nemo’s submarine?

A. 15: It was called the ‘Nautilus’.

Q. 16: What creature is an ophidiophobe afraid of?

A. 16: Snakes.

Q. 17: In the US and the UK what is the name given to the government department responsible for formulating and recommending economic, financial, tax, and fiscal policies?

A. 17: Treasury.

Q. 18: Which of the 12 Zodiac signs start with the letter ‘L’ ?

A. 18: They are Leo and Libra.

Q. 19: Which English politician, when told by Lady Nancy Astor that if he were her husband she’d put poison in his coffee, replied that if she were his wife he’d drink it?

A. 19: Winston Churchill.

A. 20: “I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony) by The New Seekers.

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Happy Thanksgiving 2014.

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Today is the fourth Thursday of November and also the last Thursday in November so whether you think Lincoln was right or Roosevelt was right, it still Thanksgiving Day in the USA.

To everyone who participates, enjoy the family holiday, eat too much and drink too much.

Last year I did what turned out to be a very popular post called “I Had To Post A Few Turkey Puns Today, Of Course They Are Fowl” ( Click here if you would like to read it.) And this year I’ve done it again.

So here are some more really bad jokes.

Enjoy or endure.

Thanksgiving,

the time of year when turkeys

fatten Americans up for Christmas!

Why didn’t the Pilgrim want to make the stuffing?

Because it’s such a crummy job!

What happened when the turkey got into a fight?

He got the stuffing knocked out of him.

What kind of music did the Pilgrims like?

Plymouth Rock, of course!

What would you get if you crossed

a turkey with a baked fruit dessert?

A peach gobbler!

What’s the best dance to do on Thanksgiving?

The turkey trot

What does a Turkey drink wine in?

In a gobble-let

What did baby corn say to mama corn?

Where’s popcorn?

Why did the turkey sit on the tomahawk?

To try to hatchet!

Teacher: “What did the Indians bring

to the first Thanksgiving?”

Student: “Baseballs.”

Teacher: “Baseballs?”

Student: “Yeah,

they were Cleveland Indians!”

Who is the turkey’s favorite movie star?

Gregory Peck.

If you divide the circumference

of a pumpkin by its diameter

Do you end up with

Pumpkin pi?

Can a turkey jump higher than

the Empire State Building?

Yes of course it can

– a building can’t jump at all.

Why did the pilgrim’s pants keep falling down?

Because his buckle was on his hat!

And finally,

instead of talking turkey,

let’s hear someone sing turkey instead.

Take it away Dickie Stickhead

(Phew, you have to be careful how you say that name!)

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Chain Stores, Axes And Earthquakes Are Just Some Of Today’s Facts.

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Yes, chain stores, axes and earthquakes are just some of today’s random selection of fabulous facts here at the fasab blog.

Hope find a few things new and interesting.

Enjoy.

NASA’s New Horizons mission will

be the first probe to study Pluto.

It was launched on January 2006,

and will be near Pluto on July 2015.

The world’s largest Axe is located

in Nackawic, New Brunswick, Canada.

It stands 15 metres (49 ft) tall,

weighs over 55 tons and the

axe-head is 7 metres (23 ft) wide and

has a time capsule embedded within it.

It sits on a concrete stump 10 metres (33 ft) in diameter.

The axe was commissioned, designed and

built in 1991 by a company in Woodstock and it

symbolizes the importance of the forest industry in the region.

There is a small town in Estonia (actual name ‘Tartu’)

that has been nicknamed of ‘Souptown’ because most

of its streets are named after various vegetables,

such as Kartuli (Potato), Herne (Pea), Oa (Bean),

Marja (Berry) and Meloni (Melon).

The town of ‘Superior’ in Wisconsin in the USA

is also known as ‘Soup Town’

but this is simply because the name was shortened

to ‘Soup’ and then ‘Town’ added later.

The first recorded chain store was British-owned W H Smith,

founded in London in 1792 by Henry Walton Smith and his wife.

The store sells books, stationery, magazines, newspapers,

and entertainment products.

In the U.S., chain stores began with the founding of

The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (A&P) in 1859.

By the early 1920s, the U.S. boasted three national chains:

A&P, Woolworth’s, and United Cigar Stores.

Ants are known to be able to lift and carry

about 50 times their own bodyweight,

but a recent scientific research study by

Ohio State University suggests it can be up

to an incredible 5000 times their bodyweight.

It was during the stupid ‘Prohibition’ period

in the Unites States (1920-1933),

when there was a nationwide Constitutional ban

on the sale, production, importation, and

transportation of alcoholic beverages,

that ‘cocktails’ gained popularity.

They were offered to mask the flavor of poorly made

alcohol and popular versions included

‘Mary Pickford’, ‘French 75’, ‘Barbary Coast’,

‘Bee’s Knees’, and the ‘Sidecar’.

And, by the way,

it is still illegal in Ohio to get a fish drunk.

Barack Obama is the USA’s 44th President,

but there actually have only been 43 presidents:

Grover Cleveland was elected for two non-consecutive terms

and is counted twice, as the 22nd and 24th President.

Although the Great Wall of China has

existed for more than two thousand years,

most of the rest of the world didn’t know

about it until after the first European,

a Portuguese explorer named Bento de Gois,

discovered it in 1605.

Not quite as old as the Great Wall of China,

but nonetheless impressive, was Brazilian woman

Maria do Carmo Jeronimo who for a while

was the oldest living person on earth.

She was the last Brazilian slave,

and one of very few people in history who

managed to live during three different centuries;

she was born in Brazil in 1871 and

she died on June 14, 2000,

at the incredible age of 129 years and 102 days.

Unfortunately lack of a birth certificate,

which were not often issued in those days especially for slaves,

prevented her official recognition as the world’s oldest woman.

If you ever wondered what it would be like

trying to eat your dinner during an earthquake

then you should book a table at

Disaster Café, in Lloret de Mar, Spain.

At the “disastrous” dinners customers experience

an artificial 7.8 magnitude earthquake

so don’t wear your best gear as there are likely

to be spilled food and drinks during the meal.

When James Wan agreed to direct the horror movie ‘Saw’

he also agreed not to receive an “up front” salary

but instead opted for a generous percentage

of the movie’s box office earnings.

‘Saw’ made over $100 million globally and it is

considered one of the most profitable horror movies of all time.

Wan’s risk also enabled him to become one of the youngest

and highest-earning directors in movie history.

The world’s shortest commercial flight takes place

between the two Orkney Islands, Westray and

Papa Westray, north of Scotland.

Operated by Loganair,

the flight covers a distance of only 1.7 miles (2.7 km)

and if the weather conditions are favorable,

it can be completed in just 47 seconds.

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Hats Off, It’s The Quiz!

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I suppose I should have said Panama hats off because that’s one of today’s questions.

You will also need to have a sprinkling of knowledge about marbles, wars, cooking and even fairytales to stack up the points today.

But if you get stuck, as always, you can find the answers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating!

Enjoy and good luck.

Q. 1: An easy one to start with, where did Panama hats originate?

Q. 2: What are toy marbles made from?

Q. 3: How long did the ‘100 Years War’ last?

a) 106 years b) 116 years c) 126 years

Q. 4: what is the only mobile National Monument in the USA?

Q. 5: Here’s one for all you beer drinkers, in what month is the world famous ‘Munich Oktoberfest’ beer festival held?

Q. 6: It contains beef or pork, but what is the main ingredient of the thick and spicy soup known as ‘Borscht’ that originated in Ukraine but is also popular in many Eastern and Central European countries.

Q. 7: What type of building is a ‘picture palace’?

Q. 8: From which part of its body does a cow, and presumably also a bull, sweat?

Q. 9: How many sides has a ‘Prism’?

Q. 10: What type of creature is a ‘horned toad’?

Q. 11: Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?

Q. 12: What sort of fruit is a ‘Chinese gooseberry’?

Q. 13: In the original French medieval version of the story of ‘Cinderella’ (which gave us the modern Western version) what were Cinderella’s slippers made from?

Q. 14: In sunscreen lotions, what does the abbreviation ‘SPF’ stand for?

Q. 15: What do bullet proof vests, windshield wipers and laser printers have in common?

Q. 16: What is the most prevalent infectious disease in the UK?

Q. 17: A ‘mahout’ is a person who works with and rides what?

Q. 18: How many times was Richard Burton nominated for an Oscar and how many times did he win? (A point for each correct answer.)

Q. 19: Which breed of cats, rabbits, and goats have the same name?

Q. 20: Finally, a guy is condemned to death and has three rooms to choose from and he must choose one of them. Room #1 contains a fiery inferno; room #2 contains 50 Assassins with loaded guns; and room #3 contains hungry lions that haven’t eaten in three months. Which room should he choose?

ANSWERS

Q. 1: An easy one to start with, where did Panama hats originate?

A. 1: Okay, maybe not so easy, they originated in Ecuador.

Q. 2: What are toy marbles made from?

A. 2: Although called ‘marbles’ they are made from ‘glass’.

Q. 3: How long did the ‘100 Years War’ last?

a) 106 years b) 116 years c) 126 years

A. 3: The correct answer is b) 116 years.

Q. 4: what is the only mobile National Monument in the USA?

A. 4: San Francisco cable cars.

Q. 5: Here’s one for all you beer drinkers, in what month is the world famous ‘Munich Oktoberfest’ beer festival held?

A. 5: In September.

A. 6: The main ingredient of ‘Borscht’ is beetroot.

Q. 7: What type of building is a ‘picture palace’?

A. 7: It would be understandable if you said art gallery, but in fact a ‘picture palace’ was the name given to a cinema or theater for showing movies.

Q. 8: From which part of its body does a cow, and presumably also a bull, sweat?

A. 8: Its nose.

Q. 9: How many sides has a ‘Prism’?

A. 9: Five.

Q. 10: What type of creature is a ‘horned toad’?

A. 10: A ‘horned toad’ is a lizard.

Q. 11: Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?

A. 11: Their birthplace.

Q. 12: What sort of fruit is a ‘Chinese gooseberry’?

A. 12: It is a Kiwifruit. It originated in China but renamed kiwifruit by growers/exporters in New Zealand.

Q. 13: In the original French medieval version of the story of ‘Cinderella’ (which gave us the modern Western version) what were Cinderella’s slippers made from?

A. 13: They were made from squirrel fur which when you think about it is a lot more sensible than glass. The reason we ended up with a glass slipper is because the French word for squirrel fur is ‘vair’, which was misunderstood by Charles Perrault, writer of the modern version, to be verre, which means glass. You got it wrong Charlie and I guess so did most people who answered this question!

Q. 14: In sunscreen lotions, what does the abbreviation ‘SPF’ stand for?

A. 14: ‘SPF’ stands for Sun Protection Factor.

Q. 15: What do bullet proof vests, windshield wipers and laser printers have in common?

A. 15: They were all invented by women.

Q. 16: What is the most prevalent infectious disease in the UK?

A. 16: The Common Cold.

Q. 17: A ‘mahout’ is a person who works with and rides what?

A. 17: Elephants.

Q. 18: How many times was Richard Burton nominated for an Oscar and how many times did he win? (A point for each correct answer.)

A. 18: Richard Burton was nominated seven times for an Oscar and surprisingly never won any. The correct answers are 7 and 0.

Q. 19: Which breed of cats, rabbits, and goats have the same name?

A. 19: Angora.

A. 20: He should choose room #3 because the lions would be dead if they hadn’t eaten in three months.

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It’s The Quiz!

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“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”

It’s the quiz again.

Time to test your knowledge of a wide range of subjects including geography, history, politics, music, movies, sport… even space!

And a lot of muli-pointers to give you the chance of building up a good score.

As usual if you get stuct you can find the answers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating!

Enjoy and good luck.

Q. 1: What side of the road do you drive on in Japan, is it on the right (like the USA) or on the left (like Britain)?

Q. 2: Who won this year’s (2014) Gentlemans and Ladies Singles titles at the world famous Wimbledon Tennis Tournament in England? (A point for each correct answer and a bonus point if you get both correct.)

Q. 3: What is the most distant human-made object from Earth?

Q. 4: What is the automobile that began as a project between Swatch and Mercedes most commonly known as?

Q. 5: In the days when countries took control of other nations and territories overseas they were called Empires. Which country at one time controlled the largest Empire in the world (in terms of land area)?

Q. 6: There are twelve buttons on a touch tone phone. What two symbols bear no digits?

Q. 7: In which branch of the armed forces did William Hitler, a nephew of Adolf Hitler, serve during World War II?

Q. 8: One chocolate chip can give you enough energy to walk approximately how many feet?

a) 50 feet b) 100 feet c) 150 feet d) 200 feet

Q. 9: Plus or minus ten, The Bahamas consists of approximately how many islands?

Q. 10: How many ‘Terminator’ movies have there been to date (2014)? (Bonus points if you can name them and the year they were released.)

Q. 11: Who were the magician duo, known for their magic with big cats, who became the most successful and best known entertainers in Las Vegas?

Q. 12: How many US Presidents have been assassinated? (A bonus point for each that you can name and even more points if you know where the assassinations took place and the names of the assassins.)

Q. 13: If you added the number of players in a basket ball team, the number of players in an American football team, the number of players in a soccer team and the number of players in a rugby union team, what would be the total?

Q. 14: Famous as Bret Maverick and Jim Rockford, who was he?

Q. 15: What is the collective name for the 26 self-governing districts into which Switzerland is divided?

Q. 16: The month of August falls within which two Zodiac signs?

Q. 17: What was the name of the unexpected hit TV series about an unlikely duo who cook methamphetamine?

Q. 18: Who is the current Prime Minister of Israel?

Q. 19: Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited is currently owned by whom?

Q. 20: What song by the group Queen made it to number 1 in the British charts twice, in 1976 and 1991?

ANSWERS

Q. 1: What side of the road do you drive on in Japan, is it on the right (like the USA) or on the left (like Britain)?

A. 1: In Japan you must drive on the left side of the road.

A. 2: In the 2014 Wimbledon tennis tournament Novak Djokovic was the winner of the Gentlemen’s Singles and Petra Kvitova was the winner of the Ladies’ Singles.

Q. 3: What is the most distant human-made object from Earth?

A. 3: The Voyager 1 spacecraft is the most distant human-made object from Earth.

Q. 4: What is the automobile that began as a project between Swatch and Mercedes most commonly known as?

A. 4: It is called the “SMART car”, an abbreviation of its original code name, the Swatch & Mercedes Art Car.

A. 5: Britain, whose Empire at one stage was 33.2 million km² (approximately 8.2 billion acres).

Q. 6: There are twelve buttons on a touch tone phone. What two symbols bear no digits?

A. 6: The star * and the hash # buttons have no digits.

Q. 7: In which branch of the armed forces did William Hitler, a nephew of Adolf Hitler, serve during World War II?

A. 7: Adolf Hitler’s nephew, William, served in the Navy during WWII – the U.S. Navy!

Q. 8: One chocolate chip can give you enough energy to walk approximately how many feet?

a) 50 feet b) 100 feet c) 150 feet d) 200 feet

A. 8: The correct answer is c) 150 feet.

Q. 9: Plus or minus ten, The Bahamas consists of approximately how many islands?

A. 9: The Bahamas consists of approximately 501 islands, give yourself a point if you said anything between 491 to 511.

Q. 10: How many ‘Terminator’ movies have there been to date (2014)? (Bonus points if you can name them and the year they were released.)

A. 10: There have been four ‘Terminator’ movies to date (2014); they are ‘The Terminator’ (1984); ‘Terminator 2: Judgment Day’ (1991); ‘Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines’ (2003); and, ‘Terminator Salvation’ (2009). A fifth Terminator movie is in post production scheduled for release in 2015.

Q. 11: Who were the magician duo, known for their magic with big cats, who became the most successful and best known entertainers in Las Vegas?

A. 11: Siegfried and Roy.

A. 12: Four US Presidents have been assassinated: Abraham Lincoln, in Washington, D.C., on Good Friday, April 14, 1865, by John Wilkes Booth; James A. Garfield, also in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, July 2, 1881, by Charles J. Guiteau; William McKinley, in Buffalo, New York, on Friday, September 6, 1901, by Leon Czolgosz; and John F. Kennedy, in Dallas, Texas, on Friday, November 22, 1963, by Lee Harvey Oswald.

A. 13: The answer is 42 (5 + 11 + 11 + 15).

Q. 14: Famous as Bret Maverick and Jim Rockford, who was he?

A. 14: He was James Garner, who sadly passed away on July 19, 2014.

Q. 15: What is the collective name for the 26 self-governing districts into which Switzerland is divided?

A. 15: They are called ‘Cantons’.

Q. 16: The month of August falls within which two Zodiac signs?

A. 16: The zodiac signs for the month of August are Leo (until August 22) and Virgo (from August 23 onwards).

Q. 17: What was the name of the unexpected hit TV series about an unlikely duo who cook methamphetamine?

A. 17: Breaking Bad. The show originally aired on the AMC network for five seasons, from January 20, 2008 to September 29, 2013.

Q. 18: Who is the current Prime Minister of Israel?

A. 18: Benjamin Netanyahu. (No points deducted if you get the spelling wrong.)

Q. 19: Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited is currently owned by whom?

A. 19: Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of BMW AG.

Q. 20: What song by the group Queen made it to number 1 in the British charts twice, in 1976 and 1991?

A. 20: “Bohemian Rhapsody”.

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What Day Is It? – It’s Quiz Day, And That Wasn’t One Of The Questions!

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“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”

No, sorry, no points if you said it was Quiz Day, even though you are right.

Twenty more challenging questions for you to ponder over.

So get a pot of coffee going and try you hand at these.

As usual, if you get stuck, you can find the answers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating!

Enjoy and good luck.

Q. 1: You’ve heard of tasers, you’ve probably seen videos of them on TV or YouTube, but what do the letters ‘T-A-S-E-R’ stand for?

Q. 2: Out of the 40,000 men who served on U-boats during World War II, approximately how many returned safely?

a) 100% b) 75% c) 50% d) 25% e) 15%

Q. 3: When did the Cold War end?

Q. 4: On which side of a venetian blind is the cord that adjusts the opening between the slats?

Q. 5: To which country do the Galapagos Islands belong?

Q. 6: What member of Britain’s Royal Family was assassinated whilst sailing from Mullaghmore in Ireland in 1979?

Q. 7: Harry Potter is a very famous and successful series of seven fantasy novels, who wrote them?

Q. 8: Does a merry-go-round turn clockwise or counter-clockwise?

Q. 9: Which popular dried fruit is named after a port city in Greece?

Q. 10: Currently the highest priced painting in the world with a sales price equivalent to something in the region of $300 million, ‘The Card Players’ was painted by whom?

Q. 11: The old name for this island country stems from the Latin word for beautiful, what is it called today?

Q. 12: Complete the title of each of the following Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales. (And yes, you get a point for each correct answer.)

a) The Red ….. b) The Emperor’s … ……. C) The Steadfast … …….

d) The Princess And … … and, e) The Wild …..

Q. 13: Some wills are strange, which very famous man left his wife his second best bed?

Q. 14: It’s the name of a dessert, the largest city in North Carolina, USA, and the wife of King George III – what is it?

Q. 15: Which of the following was NOT the name of a Chinese dynasty?

a) Qing b) Xin c) Ming d) Jin e) Ching or, e) Tang

Q. 16: What huge sporting tournament begins June 14^th this year?

Q. 17: Who was the first US President to have electricity in the White House?

Q. 18: What are very small clouds that look like they have been broken off of bigger clouds called?

Q. 19: He was the mythical founder of the city of Rome and the slayer of his twin brother. His name was also used for a war-like race of aliens in the series Star Trek. What was his name? (And a bonus point on offer if you can also correctly name his twin brother.)

Q. 20: It was the end of Napoleon’s career and the start of ABBA’s, what was it?

ANSWERS

Q. 1: You’ve heard of tasers, you’ve probably seen videos of them on TV or YouTube, but what do the letters ‘T-A-S-E-R’ stand for?

A. 1: ‘Taser’ – Stands for ‘Thomas A Swift Electric Rifle’.

Q. 2: Out of the 40,000 men who served on U-boats during World War II, approximately how many returned safely?

a) 100% b) 75% c) 50% d) 25% e) 15%

A. 2: The correct answer is d) 25%. Out of the 40,000 men who served on U-boats during WWII, only approximately 10,000 returned safely.

Q. 3: When did the Cold War end?

A. 3: This year (2014) is the 25^th anniversary of the end of the Cold War, so take a point if you said ‘1989’.

Q. 4: On which side of a venetian blind is the cord that adjusts the opening between the slats?

A. 4: It’s on the left.

Q. 5: To which country do the Galapagos Islands belong?

A. 5: Ecuador.

Q. 6: What member of Britain’s Royal Family was assassinated whilst sailing from Mullaghmore in Ireland in 1979?

A. 6: Earl Mountbatten.

Q. 7: Harry Potter is a very famous and successful series of seven fantasy novels, who wrote them?

A. 7: The Harry Potter series was written by the British author J. K. Rowling.

Q. 8: Does a merry-go-round turn clockwise or counter-clockwise?

A. 8: Counter-clockwise.

Q. 9: Which popular dried fruit is named after a port city in Greece?

A. 9: Corinthians (after the port city Corinth).

Q. 10: Currently the highest priced painting in the world with a sales price equivalent to something in the region of $300 million, ‘The Card Players’ was painted by whom?

A. 10: Paul Cézanne.

Q. 11: The old name for this island country stems from the Latin word for beautiful, what is it called today?

A. 11: The old name was ‘Formosa’, but the island nation is now known as Taiwan or officially the Republic of China.

Q. 12: Complete the title of each of the following Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales. (And yes, you get a point for each correct answer.)

a) The Red ….. b) The Emperor’s … ……. C) The Steadfast … …….

d) The Princess And … … and, e) The Wild …..

A. 12: The five answers are a) The Red SHOES b) The Emperor’s NEW CLOTHES

c) The Steadfast TIN SOLDIER d) The Princess And THE PEA e) The Wild SWANS

Q. 13: Some wills are strange, which very famous man left his wife his second best bed?

A. 13: There was a clue in the question, the answer is Will Shakespeare.

Q. 14: It’s the name of a dessert, the largest city in North Carolina, USA, and the wife of King George III – what is it?

A. 14: Charlotte.

Q. 15: Which of the following was NOT the name of a Chinese dynasty?

a) Qing b) Xin c) Ming d) Jin e) Ching or, e) Tang

A. 15: They are all the names of Chinese dynasties except for e) Ching which I just made up! Take a point if you answered e).

Q. 16: What huge sporting tournament begins June 14^th this year?

A. 16: The football (soccer) World Cup.

Q. 17: Who was the first US President to have electricity in the White House?

A. 17: Benjamin Harrison was the first president to have electricity in the White House. However, he was so scared of getting electrocuted that he would never touch the light switches himself.

Q. 18: What are very small clouds that look like they have been broken off of bigger clouds called?

A. 18: Very small clouds that look like they have been broken off of bigger clouds are called ‘scuds’.

A. 19: His name was ‘Romulus’. His twin brother’s name was ‘Remus’.

Q. 20: It was the end of Napoleon’s career and the start of ABBA’s, what was it?

A. 20: Waterloo.

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Last Day Of The Month, First Quiz Of The Week.

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Welcome to another start of the week quiz.

Another twenty brain teasing questions to stimulate those old grey cells.

As usual the answers can be found waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating!

Enjoy and good luck.

Q. 1: Where would you go to look at the Abominable Snowman?

Q. 2: Who was Jacqueline Lee Bouvier’s second husband?

Q. 3: Where were Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire and Antony Perkins in the 1959 post apocalyptic movie that they starred in?

Q. 4: What famous magician shares his name with an equally famous Dickens’ character?

Q. 5: In which country is Togariro National park with its three volcanoes, including Mt. Ruapahu?

Q. 6: Very few non Russians appeared on postage stamps in the USSR between 1922 and 1991, but two Americans did. Can you name them? (A point for each.)

Q. 7: This famous actor starred in a movie being himself, who is he?

Q. 8: Who was ‘The Once and Future King’?

a) Elvis b) Arthur c) Idi Amin d) Aragorn

Q. 9: What was the name of the first director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and who is it’s current chief? (A point for each correct answer.)

Q. 10: What is the name of the river that rises on the Tibetan Plateau of western China and has flooded more often and killed more people than any other?

Q. 11: Why were there no registered births or deaths in England on September 3rd 1752?

Q. 12: The name of which form of literature stems from a Greek word meaning ‘making’?

Q. 13: Which actor won his only Oscar for his role in the western ‘True Grit’?

Q. 14: The old name for which island country stems from the Latin word for beautiful?

Q. 15: What is the real name of The Shark Tank’s ‘Mr Wonderful’?

Q. 16: What is the capital of Equador?

Q. 17: Vincent van Gogh is not only a very famous artist with his works now commanding millions of dollars, but he is also well known for an incident in which he cut off an ear. Which one? (Go on, you have a 50:50 chance on this one!)

Q. 18: What aliases did Hannibal Hayes and Kid Curry use in the long running television series?

Q. 19: Who was hailed as the founder of the Mongol Empire?

Q. 20: What was Elvis Presley’s first number one hit single in the USA?

ANSWERS

Q. 1: Where would you go to look at the Abominable Snowman?

A. 1: The Himalayas.

Q. 2: Who was Jacqueline Lee Bouvier’s second husband?

A. 2: Greek shipping magnate, Aristotle Onassis.

Q. 3: Where were Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire and Antony Perkins in the 1959 post apocalyptic movie that they starred in?

A. 3: On The Beach.

Q. 4: What famous magician shares his name with an equally famous Dickens’ character?

A. 4: David Copperfield.

Q. 5: In which country is Togariro National park with its three volcanoes, including Mt. Ruapahu?

A. 5: New Zealand.

Q. 6: Very few non Russians appeared on postage stamps in the USSR between 1922 and 1991, but two Americans did. Can you name them? (A point for each.)

A. 6: They were Benjamin Franklin and Mark Twain.

Q. 7: This famous actor starred in a movie being himself, who is he?

A. 7: He is John Malkovich, who starred in the movie ‘Being John Malkovich’.

Q. 8: Who was ‘The Once and Future King’?

a) Elvis b) Arthur c) Idi Amin d) Aragorn

A. 8: b) Arthur.

Q. 9: What was the name of the first director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and who is it’s current chief? (A point for each correct answer.)

A. 9: J Edgar Hoover was the first, the current director is James Comey.

Q. 10: What is the name of the river that rises on the Tibetan Plateau of western China and has flooded more often and killed more people than any other?

A. 10: The Yellow River.

Q. 11: Why were there no registered births or deaths in England on September 3rd 1752?

A. 11: There was no September 3rd 1752. The British government adopted the Gregorian calendar. It was decreed that the day following September 2nd 1752 should be called September 14.

Q. 12: The name of which form of literature stems from a Greek word meaning ‘making’?

A. 12: Poetry.

Q. 13: Which actor won his only Oscar for his role in the western ‘True Grit’?

A. 13: John Wayne.

Q. 14: The old name for which island country stems from the Latin word for beautiful?

A. 14: Formosa (the modern name is Taiwan.)

Q. 15: What is the real name of The Shark Tank’s ‘Mr Wonderful’?

A. 15: Kevin O’Leary.

Q. 16: What is the capital of Equador?

A. 16: Quito.

A. 17: It was his left ear.

Q. 18: What aliases did Hannibal Hayes and Kid Curry use in the long running television series?

A. 18: They were ‘Alias Smith And Jones’.

Q. 19: Who was hailed as the founder of the Mongol Empire?

A. 19: Genghis Khan.

Q. 20: What was Elvis Presley’s first number one hit single in the USA?

A. 20: Heartbreak Hotel (in 1956).

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There’s A Fine Line Between Hyphenated Words…

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“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”

There is indeed a fine line between hyphenated words – haven’t you noticed?

Yes, it’s the day to play on words, or play with words.

Whatever way you want to put it, it’s pun day!

Enjoy or endure!

The other day I held the door open for a clown.

I thought it was a nice jester.

I thought my Granny was going to get me a jumper for my birthday

but she just gave me a card again.

I play for my shop fitting company’s football team.

We are great on the counter attack.

I’ve sent a few angry letters to my Congressman.

A ‘G’ and three ‘R’s.

I had a good morning today, I met Cameron Diaz.

And her brother, Buenos.

I’m lying in bed listening to the Carpenters…

Who are taking way too long installing the new kitchen.

I’ve just started a new extermination company

that specialises in felines.

I’m calling it curiosity.

L’Oreal Saudi Arabia.

Burkas you’re worth it.

My other half reckons I might have schizophrenia!

I took a poll recently,

and 100% of the strippers asked

were angry they had nothing to dance on.

“OK son, what do you understand

by the word ‘omniscient’?”

He said, “God knows…”

What a clever little boy!

I’m writing a post about storms.

So far, it’s just a rough draft.

Did you hear about the mexcian train killer?

He had locomotives.

What’s the singular of ‘werewolves’?

‘I’m a wolf’.

I was gob smacked when my Swedish friend came to

visit from the states and was now living as a woman.

He was Bjorn in the U.S.A.

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