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The Quiz – The Answers!

// May 30th, 2006 // Personal

I have a confession to make… I’d accidentally deleted the original answers and had to piece this together from memory – nothing like taking your own quiz to appreciate just how much of a bastard some of the questions are.

Anyhoo the answers are below. By all means sound off in the comments to let me (and the world) know how well you did / didn’t do!

First Half

• General Knowledge
  • 1 In which decade were parking meters introduced in the UK? – 1950s
  • 2 What is the metal or plastic end of a shoelace called? – An Agelt
  • 3 How many sides does a Rhombus have? – 4
  • 4 How many carats is pure gold? – 24
  • 5 Where would you use Nori and Wasabe? – Sushi
• TV & Film
  • 6 What film was the first sequel to win a Best Picture Oscar? The Godfather Part II
  • 7 Debra Messing & Eric McCormack starred in which hit, American sitcom which ended earlier this year? – Will & Grace
  • 8 Carnforth railway station was the main setting for which 1940s film? -Brief Encounter
  • 9 What does BAFTA stand for? (point for each letter) – British Academy of Film and Television Arts
  • 10 In which 1980s children’s TV program would you find Autobots and Decepticons? – Transformers
• Geography
  • 11 In which English county is the ancient monument Stonehenge? – Wiltshire
  • 12 New York is on which river? – The Hudson
  • 13 What is the world’s smallest ocean? - The Arctic Ocean
  • 14 In which country is Timbuktu? Options: Peru, Australia, or Mali? – Mali
  • 15 Apart from London which three other cities in Britain have an underground railway system?- Liverpool, Newcastle and Glasgow
• Science & Nature
  • 16 What region of Earth’s atmosphere lies above the stratosphere? – The Ionosphere
  • 17 What are kept in an apiary? – Bees
  • 18 How many hearts does an octopus have? – 3
  • 19 How many bones are in a normal adult human skull? – 28
  • 20 Vulpine relates to which animals? – Foxes
• Music
  
  5 intros to fairly well known songs. A point for the artist and the title.
  • 21 – click to download the MP3 - Ghost Town – The Specials
  • 22 – click to download the MP3 – Ray of Light – Madonna
  • 23 – click to download the MP3 – Sand in my Shoes – Dido
  • 24 – click to download the MP3 – My Lumps – The Black Eyed Peas
  • 25 – click to download the MP3 – Motego Bay – Bobby Bloom

2nd Half

• General Knowledge
  • 26 In the U.S.A. , what is celebrated on February 2nd and is also the title of a film starring Bill Murray? – Groundhog Day
  • 27 Arctic King, Saladin and Tom Thumb are which types of vegetable? – Lettuce
  • 28 What is the chemical symbol for the element Potassium? – K
  • 29 What spirit is used to make a Harvey Wallbanger? – Vodka
  • 30 Which Sunday newspaper was founded by John Browne Bell in 1843? – The News of the World
• Sport
  • 31 Who scored England’s first goal in the 1998 World Cup Final tournament? – Alan Shearer
  • 32 How many players are in a basketball team? – 5
  • 33 How many times in succession did Bjorn Borg win the Men’s Tennis Singles at Wimbledon? – 5
  • 34 How many hulls does a catamaran have? – 2
  • 35 In which country was tennis player John McEnroe born? – Germany
• Arts and Literature
  • 36 How many syllables make up a Haiku? – 17
  • 37 Who wrote the opera ‘The Barber of Seville? – Rossini
  • 38 In Greek mythology who flew too close to the sun and fell to his death when his wax wings melted? – Icarus
  • 39 In Bram Stoker’s novel, where did Dracula come ashore in England? – Whitby
  • 40 What colour is the Mr Men character Mr Happy? – Yellow
• History
  • 41 What were the codenames of the five DDay Landing beaches? – Utah, Ohama, Gold, Sword, Juno
  • 42 What cost 37 pence when it was abolished in 1988? – A dog licence
  • 43 Sui, Liao and Yuan were all dynasties in which country? – China
  • 44 By which nickname was Edward Teach known? – Black Beard
  • 45 The Battle of Naseby was fought during which war? – The English Civil War
• Faces
  10 celebrity faces. Real names only – no character names
  • Click to view / download the faces sheet
  • 46a – Will Smith
  • 46b – Andrew Johnson
  • 47a – Deputy Ben Fox – Sorry to all non Jersey People, this is a local government guy.
  • 47b – Rachel Weisz
  • 48a – Adele Silva
  • 48b – David Jason
  • 49a – Kay Burley
  • 49b – Lauren Bacall
  • 50a – Anthony McPartlin
  • 50b – Chris Martin