Friday Quiz 30/05/2014

[Peter Venkman]

20. Amundsen Scott

[Peter Venkman]

We have confit. Is that wrong? Thinking about it you have confit of duck and stuff don't you?

Confit is a generic term for various kinds of food that have been cooked in oil or sugar water

[Sir Pissalot]

20. Amundsen Scott

Wow!  Good call.

[timmyg]

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



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?


 
 
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 Acids?
12.   In mathematics, what is represented by a symbol resembling a figure of eight, lying on its side?   Infinity
13.   Who is this ?   



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:

       

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?

[timmyg]

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...

[4D]

2. Nauru

[Bob's Orange]

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?

[Reg Smeeton]

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.

[Bob's Orange]

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!

[Red Frog]

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.

[4D]

Jenny Agutter was in a film called survivor,  about a plane crash.

[Bob's Orange]

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

[Reg Smeeton]

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.

[4D]

I've got 'horse with no name' going around in my head now 

[Reg Smeeton]

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.