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Title: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: Bob's Orange on Friday, May 30, 2014, 12:16:26 1. Which children’s cartoon show was first broadcast in the UK 10 years ago tomorrow?
2. According to a recent study, which island nation has the highest proportion of overweight people of any country in the world ? 3. Most English translations of the Bible begin with which three words? 4. What is this? (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a99/Edinburgh_STFC/Q4-5.jpg) (http://s9.photobucket.com/user/Edinburgh_STFC/media/Q4-5.jpg.html) 5. What is the name of the chalk headland, situated near Eastbourne, which is one of the highest cliffs on the South Coast of England? 6. What name is given to the male reproductive part of a plant where pollen is produced, consisting of the anther and the filament? 7. A white heart-shaped face and an eerie shriek are distinguishing features of which owl? 8. If a French dish contains onions as a principal ingredient, what word is often used in describing it? 9. What links these pictures? (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a99/Edinburgh_STFC/Q9-5.jpg) (http://s9.photobucket.com/user/Edinburgh_STFC/media/Q9-5.jpg.html) 10. Name the film. (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a99/Edinburgh_STFC/Q10-5.jpg) (http://s9.photobucket.com/user/Edinburgh_STFC/media/Q10-5.jpg.html) 11. What name is given to any of the group of twenty organic molecules that are the basic building blocks of proteins? 12. In mathematics, what is represented by a symbol resembling a figure of eight, lying on its side? 13. Who is this ? (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a99/Edinburgh_STFC/Q13-5.jpg) (http://s9.photobucket.com/user/Edinburgh_STFC/media/Q13-5.jpg.html) 14. What name was given by Westerners to members of a sect founded in what is now Turkey, because they chanted their ritual prayers with musical accompaniment, while spinning on one foot? 15. What common five-letter word, when written in capitals, looks the same when viewed upside down (180 degree rotation)? 16. Which term for an expert in a particular field, especially one called on to explain the subject to the general public, comes from the Sanskrit for ‘learned’? 17. Which term for the band of colour formed when a beam of visible light is split into its constituent wavelengths was first coined in the 1670s? 18. Neil, Sam and Michael have a race. Sam can run at 5mph but soon tires. After 2 mins of running he has to walk at 1mph for the next 3 mins before running again. Michael can run continuously at 4mph, but has a habit of swerving back and forth. So for every 3 feet he runs he only actually advances 2 feet. Neil can run straight and continuous at 2mph. Which of the three won their race over 1 mile? 19. What links these pictures: (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a99/Edinburgh_STFC/Q19-5.jpg) (http://s9.photobucket.com/user/Edinburgh_STFC/media/Q19-5.jpg.html) 20. Unscramble the two rivals: A C D E M N N O S S T T U Title: Re: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: Reg Smeeton on Friday, May 30, 2014, 12:24:13 5. Beachy Head
6.Stamen 7. Barn owl 13 Orla guerin 17 spectrum 12 infinity 2 Always used to be Nauru...not sure if it still is. In Europe terms Cyprus and Malta are up there. 11. Amino acids ? Title: Re: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: 4D on Friday, May 30, 2014, 12:24:42 5. Beachy head
Title: Re: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: 4D on Friday, May 30, 2014, 12:27:04 14. Whirling dervish?
Title: Re: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: Nomoreheroes on Friday, May 30, 2014, 12:31:20 2. In the beginning
4. Waldorf salad Title: Re: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: Baggins on Friday, May 30, 2014, 12:31:43 1. Peppa Pig
3. In the beginning 4. Food 12. Infinity 15. SWIMS 16. Pundit Title: Re: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: Sir Pissalot on Friday, May 30, 2014, 12:31:58 2. Tonga?
3. In the beginning 4. Waldorf Salad 10. Tangled Title: Re: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: Sir Pissalot on Friday, May 30, 2014, 12:34:28 9. Grace Kelly
Title: Re: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: Sir Pissalot on Friday, May 30, 2014, 12:35:46 13. BBC News reporter Orla Guerin
Title: Re: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: Sir Pissalot on Friday, May 30, 2014, 12:45:20 16. Guru
Title: Re: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: Reg Smeeton on Friday, May 30, 2014, 12:51:14 19. Bit of a long shot....is it something to do with lost, USA Lost Continent Bill Bryson. Peter Pan? and Lost boys. Thatcher famously got lost in the Sahara....Jenny Agutter got lost in Walkabout...
Title: Re: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: kerry red on Friday, May 30, 2014, 12:52:08 7. Screech Owl
14. Dervishes Title: Re: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: Bob's Orange on Friday, May 30, 2014, 12:55:37 Sir Pissalot appears to be the quiz king! Hope you aren't cheating Mr Piss?
Title: Re: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: 4D on Friday, May 30, 2014, 12:56:16 18. Neil in 22.5 mins
Then Sam in 23.077 mins Then Mike in 30 mins. ;) Edit. Oops, put the names the wrong way around. Swap Mike and Neil. Mike won! :pint: Title: Re: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: Reg Smeeton on Friday, May 30, 2014, 12:58:02 Sir Pissalot appears to be the quiz king! Hope you aren't cheating Mr Piss? Just writes them down after me. Title: Re: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: Bob's Orange on Friday, May 30, 2014, 13:03:16 Just writes them down after me. I Actually hadn't seen your original post Reg, my humble apologies! Title: Re: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: Sir Pissalot on Friday, May 30, 2014, 13:05:23 Just writes them down after me. Sorry! Hadn't spotted your Orla Guerin answer! Title: Re: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: Reg Smeeton on Friday, May 30, 2014, 13:10:34 The onion thing is annoying me....seems like it should be easy, but can't think of anything
Title: Re: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: Bob's Orange on Friday, May 30, 2014, 13:12:12 The onion thing is annoying me....seems like it should be easy, but can't think of anything I think we have that one answered it you want our suggestion? Title: Re: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: Reg Smeeton on Friday, May 30, 2014, 13:14:27 I think we have that one answered it you want our suggestion? Someone else might want to have a go....so hold fire. Title: Re: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: Sir Pissalot on Friday, May 30, 2014, 13:16:35 Someone else might want to have a go....so hold fire. 20. Mutants and Codes fits, but can't see how they're rivals. Haha, so do tandems and counts but they don't fit either! Title: Re: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: Reg Smeeton on Friday, May 30, 2014, 13:18:41 Haha, so do tandems and counts but they don't fit either! There should be an extra n in mine....which gives second mutants...again no good. Title: Re: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: kerry red on Friday, May 30, 2014, 13:20:56 Is the answer to the onion question Chowder?
Title: Re: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: Bob's Orange on Friday, May 30, 2014, 13:22:29 Is the answer to the onion question Chowder? Not what we have. Title: Re: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: Peter Venkman on Friday, May 30, 2014, 13:24:26 Lyonnaise.
Title: Re: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: 4D on Friday, May 30, 2014, 13:25:43 Olympic? :)
Title: Re: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: Bob's Orange on Friday, May 30, 2014, 13:27:11 Title: Re: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: Reg Smeeton on Friday, May 30, 2014, 13:32:26 Title: Re: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: Peter Venkman on Friday, May 30, 2014, 13:33:25 That differs :( My wife is a trained chef and thats the answer she came out with for it straight away.No idea myself though. Title: Re: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: Bob's Orange on Friday, May 30, 2014, 13:35:10 We have confit. Is that wrong? Thinking about it you have confit of duck and stuff don't you?
Title: Re: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: Peter Venkman on Friday, May 30, 2014, 13:35:44 20. Amundsen Scott
Title: Re: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: Peter Venkman on Friday, May 30, 2014, 13:36:27 We have confit. Is that wrong? Thinking about it you have confit of duck and stuff don't you? Quote Confit is a generic term for various kinds of food that have been cooked in oil or sugar water Title: Re: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: Sir Pissalot on Friday, May 30, 2014, 13:39:54 Title: Re: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: timmyg on Friday, May 30, 2014, 13:47:33 1. Which children’s cartoon show was first broadcast in the UK 10 years ago tomorrow? no idea... Dora the Explorer? 2. According to a recent study, which island nation has the highest proportion of overweight people of any country in the world ? Samoa? 3. Most English translations of the Bible begin with which three words? Once Upon A...? In the beginning 4. What is this? Waldorf Salad (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a99/Edinburgh_STFC/Q4-5.jpg) (http://s9.photobucket.com/user/Edinburgh_STFC/media/Q4-5.jpg.html) 5. What is the name of the chalk headland, situated near Eastbourne, which is one of the highest cliffs on the South Coast of England? Beachy Head? 6. What name is given to the male reproductive part of a plant where pollen is produced, consisting of the anther and the filament? Stamen 7. A white heart-shaped face and an eerie shriek are distinguishing features of which owl? Barn Owl 8. If a French dish contains onions as a principal ingredient, what word is often used in describing it? no idea... I bet it's obvious though! 9. What links these pictures? Both been bummed by Tom Cruise? (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a99/Edinburgh_STFC/Q9-5.jpg) (http://s9.photobucket.com/user/Edinburgh_STFC/media/Q9-5.jpg.html) 10. Name the film. Tangled (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a99/Edinburgh_STFC/Q10-5.jpg) (http://s9.photobucket.com/user/Edinburgh_STFC/media/Q10-5.jpg.html) 11. What name is given to any of the group of twenty organic molecules that are the basic building blocks of proteins? Amino Acids? 12. In mathematics, what is represented by a symbol resembling a figure of eight, lying on its side? Infinity 13. Who is this ? (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a99/Edinburgh_STFC/Q13-5.jpg) (http://s9.photobucket.com/user/Edinburgh_STFC/media/Q13-5.jpg.html) 14. What name was given by Westerners to members of a sect founded in what is now Turkey, because they chanted their ritual prayers with musical accompaniment, while spinning on one foot? 15. What common five-letter word, when written in capitals, looks the same when viewed upside down (180 degree rotation)? SWIMS (if you angle your M in the right way...) 16. Which term for an expert in a particular field, especially one called on to explain the subject to the general public, comes from the Sanskrit for ‘learned’? Guru 17. Which term for the band of colour formed when a beam of visible light is split into its constituent wavelengths was first coined in the 1670s? Spectrum? 18. Neil, Sam and Michael have a race. Sam can run at 5mph but soon tires. After 2 mins of running he has to walk at 1mph for the next 3 mins before running again. Michael can run continuously at 4mph, but has a habit of swerving back and forth. So for every 3 feet he runs he only actually advances 2 feet. Neil can run straight and continuous at 2mph. Which of the three won their race over 1 mile? Mike in 22.5 mins, just ahead of Sammy in a fraction over 23 mins. Neil struggling in at 30 mins. 19. What links these pictures: (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a99/Edinburgh_STFC/Q19-5.jpg) (http://s9.photobucket.com/user/Edinburgh_STFC/media/Q19-5.jpg.html) 20. Unscramble the two rivals: A C D E M N N O S S T T U Struggling to make the Rivals part fit. SCOTT and someone? Title: Re: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: timmyg on Friday, May 30, 2014, 13:47:53 Now to read the answers that everyone else has put.
edit: Amundsen! I should have got that once I'd offered SCOTT, but couldn't unscramble what was left, good get. Lyonnais I've heard of but would never have known. LOST might be a good shout for the link... Title: Re: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: 4D on Friday, May 30, 2014, 14:06:01 2. Nauru
Title: Re: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: Bob's Orange on Friday, May 30, 2014, 14:27:54 19. Bit of a long shot....is it something to do with lost, USA Lost Continent Bill Bryson. Peter Pan? and Lost boys. Thatcher famously got lost in the Sahara....Jenny Agutter got lost in Walkabout... 2 is the Little Prince, by Antoine de St Exupery. Did he get lost? Title: Re: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: Reg Smeeton on Friday, May 30, 2014, 14:45:07 2 is the Little Prince, by Antoine de St Exupery. Did he get lost? Apparently crashed in desert. There's also an episode of Lost, called The Little Prince. Title: Re: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: Bob's Orange on Friday, May 30, 2014, 14:53:27 Unfortunately I have to leave the office early today and answers are out at 5, so this will have to wait until Monday morning.
Sorry! Title: Re: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: Red Frog on Friday, May 30, 2014, 15:04:48 Apparently crashed in desert. There's also an episode of Lost, called The Little Prince. St Exupery's P-38 was lost in the Med near Corsica, thought to have been shot down by an Me109. Title: Re: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: 4D on Friday, May 30, 2014, 15:26:39 Jenny Agutter was in a film called survivor, about a plane crash.
Title: Re: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: Bob's Orange on Monday, June 2, 2014, 08:15:38 1. Which children’s cartoon show was first broadcast in the UK 10 years ago tomorrow? Peppa Pig
2. According to a recent study, which island nation has the highest proportion of overweight peple of any country in the world? Tonga 3. Most English translations of the Bible begin with which three words? “In the beginning…” 4. What is this? Waldorf salad 5. What is the name of the chalk headland, situated near Eastbourne, which is one of the highest cliffs on the South Coast of England? Beachy Head 6. What name is given to the male reproductive part of a plant where pollen is produced, consisting of the anther and the filament? Stamen 7. A white heart-shaped face and an eerie shriek are distinguishing features of which owl? Barn owl 8. If a French dish contains onions as a principal ingredient, what word is often used in describing it? Lyonnaise 9. What links these pictures? Grace Kelly (recently played by Nicole Kidman, and also the name of a hit by Mika) 10. Name the film. Tangled 11. What name is given to any of the group of twenty organic molecules that are the basic building blocks of proteins? Amino acid 12. In mathematics, what is represented by a symbol resembling a figure of eight, lying on its side? Infinity 13. Who is this ? Foreign correspondent Orla Guerin 14. What name was given by Westerners to members of a sect founded in what is now Turkey, because they chanted their ritual prayers with musical accompaniment, while spinning on one foot? Whirling dervish 15. What common five-letter word, when written in capitals, looks the same when viewed upside down (180 degree rotation)? SWIMS 16. Which term for an expert in a particular field, especially one called on to explain the subject to the general public, comes from the Sanskrit for ‘learned’? Pundit 17. Which term for the band of colour formed when a beam of visible light is split into its constituent wavelengths was first coined in the 1670s? Spectrum 18. Neil, Sam and Michael have a race. Sam can run at 5mph but soon tires. After 2 mins of running he has to walk at 1mph for the next 3 mins before running again. Michael can run continuously at 4mph, but has a habit of swerving back and forth. So for every 3 feet he runs he only actually advances 2 feet. Neil can run straight and continuous at 2mph. Which of the three won their race over 1 mile? Sam won the race in 21min 36 secs 19. What links these pictures: All lost / stranded in the desert. America were ‘in the desert with a horse with no name’ in the 1970s; the Little Prince was stranded in the desert; Mark Thatcher famously got lost in the desert; Jenny Agutter was lost in the Australian desert in Walkabout) 20. Unscramble the two rivals: A C D E M N N O S S T T U AMUNDSEN & SCOTT Title: Re: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: Reg Smeeton on Monday, June 2, 2014, 10:35:49 Do I get a mark (not Thatcher please) for my lost connection; even though a slightly circuitous route?
The good folk of Nauru must have been dieting, or the King of Tonga, must have been feeding his people more pies, rather than starting TEF match day threads. Title: Re: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: 4D on Monday, June 2, 2014, 10:43:22 I've got 'horse with no name' going around in my head now :)
Title: Re: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: Reg Smeeton on Monday, June 2, 2014, 10:52:23 I've got 'horse with no name' going around in my head now :) Good old tune.....I saw America, perform it down at the old college in about 71. Bunch of hippies sat cross legged on a Persian rug while playing....so much for idealism, the venue is soon to be part of a loss making supermarket chain. Title: Re: Friday Quiz 30/05/2014 Post by: kerry red on Monday, June 2, 2014, 12:05:07 Jenny Agutter was in a film called survivor, about a plane crash. She also got her tits out in Logan's Run!! |