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Title: bB5 Quiz - Questions and Answers Post by: kinboshi on October 16, 2007, 10:54:47 AM Round 1
1. According to Genesis in the bible, who was Adam and Eve's 3rd son? Seth 2. What is the speed limit for a car towing a caravan on a UK motorway? 60 mph 3. Which 'rogue trader' lost $1.4 billion speculating on futures and options for Barings Bank, leading to the company's collapse after 230 years of trading? Nick Leeson 4. Which children's engineering construction kit was patented by Frank Hornby in 1893? Meccano 5. Which organisation founded in 1946 in Oxford by two barristers, has a name that is Latin for "table"? Mensa 6. Currently, what is the most expensive production car available to buy new in the UK? Bugatti Veyron 7. Anyone fitting a gas cooker or fireplace must be CORGI registered. What does CORGI stand for? Council for Registered Gas Installers 8. Which Ghanaian replaced Boutros Boutros-Ghali as Secretary General of the United Nations in 1997? Kofi Annan 9. In the Bible, who according to Acts, purchased a plot of land known as Potters Field? Judas Iscariot 10. Saffron is the most expensive spice in the world. What is the second most expensive? Vanilla 11. How old is Gordon Brown – 52, 56, 58 or 62? 56 12. Who is the current Home Secretary? Jacqui Smith 13. How many possible variations (positions) are there in chess after both players have moved once? 400 14. How many states in the US don’t sanction the death penalty? 12 15. We have all used Google, some of use it many times a day. But in the Google logo, what are the colours of each of the 6 letters? Blue, Red, Yellow, Blue, Green, Red Title: Re: bB5 Quiz - Questions and Answers Post by: kinboshi on October 16, 2007, 11:00:56 AM Round 2
16. What is the chemical symbol for mercury? Hg 17. What percentage of an iceberg is visible above the surface of the water? 9%, 11%, 15% or 19%? 11% 18. You have a 900W fridge. What size fuse do you put in the plug? 5 amp 19. Ultravox's Vienna was kept off the number one spot in the UK charts by which song? Joe Dolce's "Shaddap You Face" 20. "Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" was the first album for which group? Pink Floyd 21. What was Dr Hook’s only UK no. 1 single? When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman 22. Who wrote, “I Will Always Love You”? Dolly Parton 23. Which Blondie hit was featured in the film "American Gigolo"? Call Me 24. Who are these singers better known as: a. Orville Richard Burrill Shaggy b. David Robert Jones David Bowie c. Paul David Hewson Bono d. Farrokh Bulsara Freddie Mercury e. Arnold George Dorsey Englebert Humperdink 25. In what 1971 song (also won a Grammy for Best R&B Song in 1972) are the words "I Know" repeated consecutively 26 times? "Ain't No Sunshine" by Bill Withers 26. In November of 1987, which rock star married Lisa Bonet, who played Denise Huxtible on The Cosby Show? Lenny Kravitz 27. In what two cities did the 1985 Live Aid concerts take place? London & Philadelphia 28. Which band took their name from a Tolkien book and originally featured Derek William Dick on lead vocals? Marillion 29. In which year did Robbie Williams leave Take That ? 1995 Title: Re: bB5 Quiz - Questions and Answers Post by: kinboshi on October 16, 2007, 11:05:44 AM Round 3
30. Football - can you name the three English clubs with the largest stadia outside the Premiership? Leeds - Elland Road (40,242), Sheffield Wednesday - Hillsborough (39,814), Southampton - St Mary's (32,689) 31. Who was the first Scot to make 100 football appearances for his country? Kenny Dalglish 32. Battledore was a 19th century primitive form of which sport? Badminton 33. Which fence is the highest jump in the Grand National? The Chair 34. Who knocked 29 seconds off the Men’s Marathon World record at the end of September with a time of 2hours 4m 26s? Haile Gebrselassie 35. Scottish TV presenter Paul Coia was the first voice to be heard on where? Channel 4 36. What was the first record to be played on Radio 1 when it was launched in 1967? Flowers in the Rain by The Move 37. What role did Leslie Phillips play in the Harry Potter films? The sorting hat 38. Which famous sketch ends with John Cleese saying "It's rung down the curtain and joined the choir invisible"? The dead parrot sketch 39. Which 1971 film directed by Stanley Kubrick, was based on a novel by Anthony Burgess? A Clockwork Orange 40. What did Del Boy and Rodney find and auction for £6,000,000, in Only Fools and Horses? A watch 41. Who starred in both An Officer and a Gentleman and Shadowlands? Debra Winger 42. Which television sitcom starred Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson and Lesley Joseph? Birds of a Feather 43. Floccinaucinihilipilification is a fairly long word, how many letters does it have (3 points for getting it spot on, 2 points for one either way, and 1 point if you're within 3)? 30 44. What is the official language of South American country, Guyana? English 45. What does the word 'karaoke' mean in Japanese? Empty orchestra 46. Which Joseph Heller book describes a ‘no win’ situation? Catch 22 47. What does the French expression "cordon bleu" literally translate to in English? Blue Ribbon 48. Which Indian term literally means “clay oven”? Tandoori 49. Which musical instrument means ‘jumping flea’ in Hawaiian? Ukelele 50. Name the only English city that begins with the letter T. Truro 51. Which railway station in London, designed by Edward Wilson and opened in 1874, serves East Anglia? Liverpool Street 52. In 2006, which country produced more than a billion metric tons of cement and is the largest producer of cement in the world? China 53. Where in England was the first designated New Town in 1946? Stevenage Title: Re: bB5 Quiz - Questions and Answers Post by: kinboshi on October 16, 2007, 11:10:43 AM WORLD GEOGRAPHY
CITIES From the list of 30 cities below, pick out the 10 that are marked on the map (A-J). Adelaide Barcelona Beijing Brasilia Canberra Freetown Kolkata Kursk Lagos Madrid Mecca Melbourne Moscow Mumbai Nagoya New Delhi New York Osaka Philadelphia Rio de Janeiro Riyadh Sao Paulo Sapporo Shanghai St Petersburg Tabuk Timbuktu Valencia Washington DC Xi’an COUNTRIES Name the countries numbered from 1-10 on the map. Title: Re: bB5 Quiz - Questions and Answers Post by: kinboshi on October 16, 2007, 11:12:45 AM WORLD GEOGRAPHY ANSWERS
Name the countries numbered from 1-10 on the map. 1. Paraguay 2. Sudan 3. Senegal 4. Kazakhstan 5. Iraq 6. Honduras 7. Austria 8. Papa New Guinea 9. Ukraine 10. Cambodia From the list of 30 cities below, pick out the 10 that are marked on the map (A-J) Adelaide = J Barcelona = G Beijing Brasilia = C Canberra Freetown Kolkata = I Kursk Lagos Madrid Mecca = B Melbourne Moscow Mumbai Nagoya New Delhi New York = A Osaka Philadelphia Rio de Janeiro Riyadh Sao Paulo Sapporo = D Shanghai St Petersburg = H Tabuk Timbuktu = E Valencia Washington DC Xi’an = F Title: Re: bB5 Quiz - Questions and Answers Post by: kinboshi on October 16, 2007, 11:19:29 AM Round 4
(the one we didn't have time for!) 14 October…On this Day 54. On this day in 1947 what did Chuck Yeager become the first person to do? Fly faster than the speed of sound in level flight (in a Bell X-1) 55. On this day In 1963, a term was coined by the British press after the previous night’s performance by a British group on Val Parnell’s Sunday Night at the London Palladium. What was the term? Beatlemania 56. Which James Bond actor was born on this day in 1927? Roger Moore 57. Which King of England famously died on this day in history? King Harold Godwinson, 1066 58. Which coin received a mixed reception when it was put into circulation on this day in 1969? 50p blonde poker 59. As of 2nd October, how many days (to the nearest whole day) has TightEnd spent on the blonde forum, according to the site stats – 96 days, 101 days, 175 days, 265 days or 395 days? He joined on 31 January 2005 if that helps… 175 days 60. When will DTD open its doors for the first time? 29 November 61. Who started the ‘2 word poker story’ on August 30 this year? thetank 62. 12 May 2007 was a momentous day on blonde. What happened? Colchester Kev started his healthy living regime! 63. Mr & Mrs Red-Dog celebrated a wedding anniversary this year. What would the traditional gift have been to mark this special anniversary? Pearl (30th) 64. Who started a thread in June entitled “I’ve had it with this country” Sofa-King 65. blonde members Stuart Fox and Jon Kalmar both reached final tables in this year’s WSOP. What were their combined winnings from these two events? One point if you’re within $100,000, 2 points if you’re within $50,000, and 3 points if you’re within $10. $448,892 + $1,255,069 = $1,703,961 66. On 7 July, Tikay started a thread called “Vegas & the Aftermath – Diary”. When I wrote this question (on 2 October), how many times had it been read? 7,429, 8,362, 13,333, 16,882, or 19,131? 19,131 Title: Re: bB5 Quiz - Questions and Answers Post by: kinboshi on October 16, 2007, 03:27:00 PM I will also post up Monkey Matt's answers when I've scanned them in. Very good, including one he accidentally got correct!
Title: Re: bB5 Quiz - Questions and Answers Post by: turny on October 16, 2007, 06:49:00 PM what a bloody fiddle! i knew the answers to every one of the missing round so would have won it!
its a conspiracy lol Title: Re: bB5 Quiz - Questions and Answers Post by: matt674 on October 16, 2007, 11:12:37 PM I will also post up Monkey Matt's answers when I've scanned them in. Very good, including one he accidentally got correct! ??? I was part of the team "to boldie go where no monkey has gone before" Title: Re: bB5 Quiz - Questions and Answers Post by: Robert HM on October 16, 2007, 11:20:48 PM what a bloody fiddle! i knew the answers to every one of the missing round so would have won it! its a conspiracy lol (http://www.tgdaily.com/picturegalleries/20070423/1_google_logo.jpg) ;hide; Title: Re: bB5 Quiz - Questions and Answers Post by: matt674 on October 16, 2007, 11:29:29 PM what a bloody fiddle! i knew the answers to every one of the missing round so would have won it! its a conspiracy lol (http://www.tgdaily.com/picturegalleries/20070423/1_google_logo.jpg) ;hide; Blue, red, yellow, blue, green and red - yeah i think we got that question right!! ;) |