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Title: Friday Quiz Post by: Bob's Orange on Friday, May 9, 2014, 11:51:01 1. Which part of the UK is becoming part of Italy today?
2. Which country lost their prime minister this week? 3. Which wild flower takes its name from the French for ‘lion’s teeth’ because its pointed leaves resemble them? 4. Name the show (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a99/Edinburgh_STFC/Q4.jpg) (http://s9.photobucket.com/user/Edinburgh_STFC/media/Q4.jpg.html) 5. Which royal dynasty was brought to an end by the death of Elizabeth I? 6. Bank, Field and Water are three species found in Britain of which small rodent? 7. Which people, whose civilization reached its height in the sixth century BC, inhabited the part of Italy between the Tiber and the Arno? 8. What is the name of the hormone that regulates the level of glucose in the blood? 9. What links these pictures? (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a99/Edinburgh_STFC/Q9.jpg) (http://s9.photobucket.com/user/Edinburgh_STFC/media/Q9.jpg.html) 10. Who is this? (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a99/Edinburgh_STFC/Q10.jpg) (http://s9.photobucket.com/user/Edinburgh_STFC/media/Q10.jpg.html) 11. In computing, what term is used for the form of logic which is based on a notion of degrees of truth rather than something being either wholly true or wholly false? 12. Known locally as ‘El Tigre’, what is the largest species of big cat in the Americas? 13. Where do they come from? (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a99/Edinburgh_STFC/Q13.jpg) (http://s9.photobucket.com/user/Edinburgh_STFC/media/Q13.jpg.html) 14. What name is usually given to the process of coating iron or steel with zinc to protect it against corrosion? 15. Which Birmingham-based band had six top 40 singles in the 1980s, the first of which was when their lead singer was only 15 years old? 16. In the Roman Catholic church, what name is given to the assembly of cardinals which meets to elect a new pope? 17. What term, similar to the ‘Big Bang’ is used for the theory that the universe might eventually collapse back on itself and compress to a singularity? 18. Replace the question marks with any of + - * / to make the equation below correct: (6?2) ? (3?4) ? (6?2) = 25 19. What links these pictures: (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a99/Edinburgh_STFC/Q19.jpg) (http://s9.photobucket.com/user/Edinburgh_STFC/media/Q19.jpg.html) 20. Unscramble the two words: A A A B C D D L M N O S S U W Y Title: Re: Friday Quiz Post by: Flashheart on Friday, May 9, 2014, 11:53:24 2) Thailand ;D
Title: Re: Friday Quiz Post by: london_red on Friday, May 9, 2014, 11:53:42 1) Belfast
3) Dandelion? 16) COnclave 17) Big Crunch Title: Re: Friday Quiz Post by: Flashheart on Friday, May 9, 2014, 11:54:01 6) Vole
Title: Re: Friday Quiz Post by: Peter Venkman on Friday, May 9, 2014, 11:54:43 3. Dandelion
Title: Re: Friday Quiz Post by: Flashheart on Friday, May 9, 2014, 11:54:54 8. Insulin
Title: Re: Friday Quiz Post by: Peter Venkman on Friday, May 9, 2014, 11:56:00 13. Finland....Lordi
Title: Re: Friday Quiz Post by: Ironside on Friday, May 9, 2014, 11:56:42 5) Tudors
7) Etruscans 14) Galvanising ? Title: Re: Friday Quiz Post by: Peter Venkman on Friday, May 9, 2014, 11:58:19 4. The Rockford Files.
Title: Re: Friday Quiz Post by: Flashheart on Friday, May 9, 2014, 11:59:29 12 Leapoard
Title: Re: Friday Quiz Post by: Peter Venkman on Friday, May 9, 2014, 12:00:31 8. Glucagon
Title: Re: Friday Quiz Post by: london_red on Friday, May 9, 2014, 12:01:21 18) (6 - 2) * (3 + 4) - (6 / 2) = 4*7 - 3 = 28 - 3 = 25
Title: Re: Friday Quiz Post by: Samdy Gray on Friday, May 9, 2014, 12:16:36 10. Christy Turlington
Title: Re: Friday Quiz Post by: Samdy Gray on Friday, May 9, 2014, 12:24:40 19. Are all winners (Eurovision, GBBO, snooker). Beyond that, I have nothing.
Title: Re: Friday Quiz Post by: Ironside on Friday, May 9, 2014, 12:25:02 1) Belfast/NI
Title: Re: Friday Quiz Post by: Samdy Gray on Friday, May 9, 2014, 12:26:08 11. Fuzzy logic.
Title: Re: Friday Quiz Post by: sal66 on Friday, May 9, 2014, 12:27:22 15. Musical Youth
Title: Re: Friday Quiz Post by: Peter Venkman on Friday, May 9, 2014, 12:28:06 15. Musical Youth (doh beaten!)
Title: Re: Friday Quiz Post by: Talk Talk on Friday, May 9, 2014, 12:30:11 I can't name the toaster make :(
Title: Re: Friday Quiz Post by: Sir Pissalot on Friday, May 9, 2014, 12:39:01 Title: Re: Friday Quiz Post by: Peter Venkman on Friday, May 9, 2014, 12:45:19 I'd go for Jaguar for Q12. Me too.Title: Re: Friday Quiz Post by: Sir Pissalot on Friday, May 9, 2014, 12:58:44 Q19 - They all come from Leicester(shire). :nod:
Title: Re: Friday Quiz Post by: Red Frog on Friday, May 9, 2014, 13:03:42 16. Conclave
Title: Re: Friday Quiz Post by: Berniman on Friday, May 9, 2014, 13:20:45 13. Finland
Title: Re: Friday Quiz Post by: Bob's Orange on Friday, May 9, 2014, 13:23:48 Q19 - They all come from Leicester(shire). :nod: That's what we think too! Title: Re: Friday Quiz Post by: Bob's Orange on Friday, May 9, 2014, 13:24:44 Any ideas for 9? Does Miley Cyrus have a song called River and Magic?
Title: Re: Friday Quiz Post by: Abrahammer on Friday, May 9, 2014, 13:28:35 Any ideas for 9? Does Miley Cyrus have a song called River and Magic? Springsteen albums Title: Re: Friday Quiz Post by: Red Frog on Friday, May 9, 2014, 13:36:13 Any ideas for 9? Does Miley Cyrus have a song called River and Magic? Never thought I'd do this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBx6XVAf3Kc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBx6XVAf3Kc) River references not so obvious... Title: Re: Friday Quiz Post by: Red Frog on Friday, May 9, 2014, 13:38:57 Title: Re: Friday Quiz Post by: timmyg on Friday, May 9, 2014, 14:24:49 Not read the other posts yet, so you've probably got them all, but my effort after a Friday pub lunch:
1. Which part of the UK is becoming part of Italy today? Is this Northern Ireland with the start of the Giro D'Italia? 2. Which country lost their prime minister this week? Dunno 3. Which wild flower takes its name from the French for ‘lion’s teeth’ because its pointed leaves resemble them? Dandelion 4. Name the show Dunno. Looks shit. (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a99/Edinburgh_STFC/Q4.jpg) (http://s9.photobucket.com/user/Edinburgh_STFC/media/Q4.jpg.html) 5. Which royal dynasty was brought to an end by the death of Elizabeth I? Tudors 6. Bank, Field and Water are three species found in Britain of which small rodent? Vole 7. Which people, whose civilization reached its height in the sixth century BC, inhabited the part of Italy between the Tiber and the Arno? Etruscans? 8. What is the name of the hormone that regulates the level of glucose in the blood? Insulin 9. What links these pictures? They have all been crudely pasted into Paint without much care? (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a99/Edinburgh_STFC/Q9.jpg) (http://s9.photobucket.com/user/Edinburgh_STFC/media/Q9.jpg.html) 10. Who is this? Dunno, but she's hot and has a squinty eye. (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a99/Edinburgh_STFC/Q10.jpg) (http://s9.photobucket.com/user/Edinburgh_STFC/media/Q10.jpg.html) 11. In computing, what term is used for the form of logic which is based on a notion of degrees of truth rather than something being either wholly true or wholly false? Fuzzy Logic? 12. Known locally as ‘El Tigre’, what is the largest species of big cat in the Americas? Jaguar? 13. Where do they come from? Finland (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a99/Edinburgh_STFC/Q13.jpg) (http://s9.photobucket.com/user/Edinburgh_STFC/media/Q13.jpg.html) 14. What name is usually given to the process of coating iron or steel with zinc to protect it against corrosion? Galvanisation 15. Which Birmingham-based band had six top 40 singles in the 1980s, the first of which was when their lead singer was only 15 years old? Dunno. UB40? 16. In the Roman Catholic church, what name is given to the assembly of cardinals which meets to elect a new pope? Conclave 17. What term, similar to the ‘Big Bang’ is used for the theory that the universe might eventually collapse back on itself and compress to a singularity? Big Crash? 18. Replace the question marks with any of + - * / to make the equation below correct: (6?2) ? (3?4) ? (6?2) = 25 (6-2)x(3+4)-(6/2) = 4x7-3 = 28-3 = 25 19. What links these pictures: They are all women or have had a car crash in the last week (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a99/Edinburgh_STFC/Q19.jpg) (http://s9.photobucket.com/user/Edinburgh_STFC/media/Q19.jpg.html) 20. Unscramble the two words: A A A B C D D L M N O S S U W Y Ducaswaby Almonds (I may have made this up) Title: Re: Friday Quiz Post by: Bob's Orange on Friday, May 9, 2014, 14:33:49 Nobody has worked out 20 so far.
Thanks for commenting on my copy and paste skills Timmy! Title: Re: Friday Quiz Post by: Samdy Gray on Friday, May 9, 2014, 15:03:25 For 20, you can get Subway & Macdonalds - but the proper spelling of McDonalds has no 'a' in it.
Title: Re: Friday Quiz Post by: timmyg on Friday, May 9, 2014, 15:19:03 Are the two words in #20 related? Or are they just two words that don't go together at all, but are words in their own right?
Title: Re: Friday Quiz Post by: Bob's Orange on Friday, May 9, 2014, 15:29:47 Are the two words in #20 related? Or are they just two words that don't go together at all, but are words in their own right? Generally they are related. I reckon Samdy has it, but with a small error in the question. Title: Re: Friday Quiz Post by: Mother Brown on Friday, May 9, 2014, 20:48:39 For 20, you can get Subway & Macdonalds - but the proper spelling of McDonalds has no 'a' in it. Why have you spelt(spolling) it with "an a" in it then ? Title: Re: Friday Quiz Post by: timmyg on Friday, May 9, 2014, 21:51:11 Any answers yet Bob?
Title: Re: Friday Quiz Post by: Bob's Orange on Monday, May 12, 2014, 08:13:52 1. Norn Iron
2. Thailand 3. Dandelion 4. Rockford Files 5. Tudors 6. Vole 7. Etruscans 8. Insulin 9. Bruce Springsteen Albums 10. Christy Turlington 11. Fuzzy Logic 12. Jaguar 13. Finland 14. Galvanising 15. Musical Youth 16. Conclave 17. Big Crunch 18. (6 - 2) * (3 + 4) - (6 / 2) = 25 (6*2) - (3-4 )+ (6*2)= 25 19. Leicester(shire). 20. Subway and Macdonalds The quiz master, who apparently is the New Malden Scrabble champion admitted that he made a boob with the last question! |