“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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Month nine of 2013 and quiz number – I don’t know how many – but here’s another one anyway.
Usual random mixture and answers to be found waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please, NO cheating!
Enjoy.
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Q. 1: The name of which famous band is also the Aramaic word for ‘the father, my father’?
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Q. 2: Which popular beverage’s name is the German word for ‘to store’?
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Q. 3: Cruciverbalists get down sometimes when they get their meaning across. What are cruciverbalists?
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Q. 4: How many zeros are in one trillion when written out in numerical form?
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Q. 5: In which US City was the TV police show ‘Cagney and Lacy’ set?
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Q. 6: In which movies do each of the following play a missionary? (A point for each correct answer)
a. Katherine Hepburn
b. Jeremy Irons
c. Jack Hawkins
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Q. 7: In which fictional town did the ‘Flintstones’ live?
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Q. 8: Which modern means of transport now usually replaces the richly adorned but antiquated and impractical ‘Sedia Gestatoria’?
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Q. 9: Which two contributions to western tea culture were introduced by US tea merchants, one at the St. Louis world fair in 1904, the other in New York restaurants in 1908? (A point for each)
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Q. 10: Which sport legend was given the nickname ‘Le Crocodil’?
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Q. 11: A plot element in a movie is often called which one of the following?
a. Macbeth
b. Macduff
c. MacGuffin
d. Macleod
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Q. 12: Who began her show with the words ‘I was born in the Bronx in New York, in December 1941’?
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Q. 13: In Japan, what is a ‘Gaijin’?
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Q. 14: On a standard dart board, what is the lowest number that cannot be scored with a single dart?
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Q. 15: Which millionaire first introduced a free school milk program in Chicago to combat rickets?
a. Al Capone
b. Richard W. Sears
c. Hugh Hefner
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Q. 16: Which vegetable has the most calories?
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Q. 17: What was the name of Jacques Cousteau’s boat?
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Q. 18: Which chivalrous expression is closely associated with the sinking of the HMS Birkenhead in Febuary 1852?
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Q. 19: Who played ‘Blake Carrington’ in the TV series Dynasty and was also the voice of the ‘boss’ in Charlie’s Angels?
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Q. 20: Still used today, what is the very popular, though sometimes frightening Anglo Saxon word meaning ‘pledge’? Three letters
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ANSWERS
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Q. 1: The name of which famous band is also the Aramaic word for ‘the father, my father’?
A. 1: Abba
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Q. 2: Which popular beverage’s name is the German word for ‘to store’?
A. 2: Lager.
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Q. 3: Cruciverbalists get down sometimes when they get their meaning across. What are cruciverbalists?
A. 3: Creators or lovers of crossword puzzles
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Q. 4: How many zeros are in one trillion when written out in numerical form?
A. 4: 12 (1,000,000,000,000)
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Q. 5: In which US City was the TV police show ‘Cagney and Lacy’ set?
A. 5: New York.
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Q. 6: In which movies do each of the following play a missionary? (A point for each correct answer)
a. Katherine Hepburn
b. Jeremy Irons
c. Jack Hawkins
A. 6: a. Katherine Hepburn in ‘The African Queen’
b. Jeremy Irons in ‘The Mission’
c. Jack Hawkins in ‘Zulu’
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Q. 7: In which fictional town did the ‘Flintstones’ live?
A. 7: Bedrock.
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Q. 8: Which modern means of transport now usually replaces the richly adorned but antiquated and impractical ‘Sedia Gestatoria’?
A. 8: The ‘Popemobile(s)’
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Q. 9: Which two contributions to western tea culture were introduced by US tea merchants, one at the St. Louis world fair in 1904, the other in New York restaurants in 1908? (A point for each)
A. 9: Ice tea (1904) and tea bags (1908)
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Q. 10: Which sport legend was given the nickname ‘Le Crocodil’?
A. 10: Rene Lacoste
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Q. 11: A plot element in a movie is often called which one of the following?
a. Macbeth
b. Macduff
c. MacGuffin
d. Macleod
A. 11: Answer c. it is called a MacGuffin
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Q. 12: Who began her show with the words ‘I was born in the Bronx in New York, in December 1941’?
A. 12: Rhoda.
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Q. 13: In Japan, what is a ‘Gaijin’?
A. 13: A foreigner. Gaijin means ‘outside person’.
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Q. 14: On a standard dart board, what is the lowest number that cannot be scored with a single dart?
A. 14: 23
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Q. 15: Which millionaire first introduced a free school milk program in Chicago to combat rickets?
a. Al Capone
b. Richard W. Sears
c. Hugh Hefner
A. 15: Answer a. Al Capone
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Q. 16: Which vegetable has the most calories?
A. 16: Avocado.
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Q. 17: What was the name of Jacques Cousteau’s boat?
A. 17: The Calypso.
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Q. 18: Which chivalrous expression is closely associated with the sinking of the HMS Birkenhead in Febuary 1852?
A. 18: ‘Women and children first’
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Q. 19: Who played ‘Blake Carrington’ in the TV series Dynasty and was also the voice of the ‘boss’ in Charlie’s Angels?
A. 19: John Forsythe
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Q. 20: Still used today, what is the very popular, though sometimes frightening Anglo Saxon word meaning ‘pledge’? Three letters
A. 20: Wed
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