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Quiz of the Week!!

Postby Kaz » 12 Jun 2015, 17:02

Three guesses per day, per person :)

1. Who discovered Lake Tanganyika? Sir Richard Burton - Paddypix
2. What is the most westerly point of continental Europe? Cape Roca, Portugal
3. The first Oceanographic expedition around the globe was performed by which ship? HMS Challenger
4. The historical territory of Dacia is in which country? Romania - Workingman
5. In which country are the majority of Lapps to be found? Norway - Workingman
6. Which 3 countries make up the Opium growing area known as the Golden Triangle? Burma Laos and Botswana - Workingman
7. The Gegs are an indigenous race of which country? Albania - Ossie
8. Bechuanaland was the former name of which country? Botswana - Workingman
9 Name the fast chariot driving King of Israel who featured in the bible? Jehu - Ossie
10. Who is the Norse god of love? Freya - Workingman
11. What do Americans call, what Brits call a handbag? A purse - Jenniren
12. Who was executed in 1916 for leading the Easter Rising? Roger Casement - Paddypix
13. Who was nicknamed the King of Hi De Ho? Cab Calloway - Ossie
14. Cran is a unit of measurement for the weight of what? Herring - Debih
15. What make and model of car was driven by the Saint? Volvo P1800 - Debih
16. The anti-knock index of petrol is more commonly known as what? Octane rating - Workingman
17. Who was the chief minister of Louis XIII? Cardinal Richlieu - Jenniren
18. The Haymarket massacre of 1886 occurred in which US city? Chicago - Workingman
19. Who revealed Pentagon secret documents on the American role in Vietnam in 1971? Daniel Ellsberg
20. The Watts riots occurred in which US city in 1965? Los Angeles - TheOstrich
21. The Waterloo cup is contested in which 2 sports? Hare coursing (and bowls) - Ossie
22. The Grand Prix circuit at Sepang is in which country? Malaysia - Miasmum
23. What term describes the receding of the Spectral effect? Red shift - Workingman
24. Who was the 3rd man to step on the moon? Charles Conrad - Paddypix
25. Which spacecraft was the first to take pictures from another planet? Varena 9 - Workingman
26. What is the highest recorded total for a single hole in Women's Tournament Golf? 166
27. What is the medical term for the period that comes immediately after childbirth? Post Partum - Miasmum
28. Where in the body is the organ of Corti? The ear - Jenniren
29. What is the smallest cell in the human body? The male spermatozoa - Debih
30. What is the largest cell in the human body? The female ovum - Debih
31. Which musician's original name was Tom Graph? Art Garfunkel - Debih
32. Who wrote the novels 'The Citadel' and the 'Hatter's Castle'? A J Cronin - Lozzles
33. Who wrote 'Crime and Punishment' and 'The Idiot'? Dostoyevski - Paddypix
34. Which literary character's wife was called Sophie Western? Tom Jones - Workingman
35. Which Norse god was known as the guardian of the bridge? Heimdall
36. Who was the wife of King Priam and mother to Paris, Hector, Troilus and Cassandra? Hecuba - Debih
37. Who was the supreme god of the Algonquians of North America? Manitou - Jenniren
38. Name the Egyptian god who had the head of a Falcon? Horus - Debih
39. The house of Briganza ruled which country? Portugal - Jenniren
40. Who originated the phrase ' The Balance of Power'? Sir Robert Walpole
41. The act of settlement ensured the crown for which monarch? George I
42. Which Scottish Football Club plays home matches at Gayfield Park? Arbroath - TheOstrich
43. Lincoln's act to provide land free to settlers to cultivate was known as what? Homesteaders' Act - Workingman
44. Who was the most famous of Charlemagne's paladins or knights? Roland - Debih
45. Which former slaves went on to rule Egypt and Palestine in the late middle ages? The Marmalukes
46. Who was the first explorer to reach the North Pole? Peary - TheOstrich
47. In France the first was formed in 1792 and the second in 1871, both radical alternatives to government and with major political influence, what were they known as? Communes de Paris
48. Which term denoted a southern supporter of the reconstruction after the American Civil War? Scallywags - Workingman
49. After his abdication, King Edward VIII became the Duke of Windsor and governor of? The Bahamas - Debih
50. Which Nazi leader's widely read memoirs were titled "Inside the Third Reich"? Albert Speer - Debih
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Re: Quiz of the Week!!

Postby Aggers » 12 Jun 2015, 17:55

Do you know - this is the first quiz I have ever seen where I do not know even one answer.

I must be going off.
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Re: Quiz of the Week!!

Postby Kaz » 12 Jun 2015, 18:00

Oh dear, I hope it isn't too hard :?
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Re: Quiz of the Week!!

Postby miasmum » 12 Jun 2015, 18:20

4 Spain

22 Malaysia

27 Post partum

Thats my lot :lol: :lol: :lol:

I thought it was me Aggers. No I am sure its not too hard Kaz. I rarely know more than about 3 answers. I am in awe of Frank and Debih etc
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Re: Quiz of the Week!!

Postby TheOstrich » 12 Jun 2015, 18:30

5 - Finland
14 - Cranberry :mrgreen:
20 - Los Angeles. Watts was the suburb, I think.
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Re: Quiz of the Week!!

Postby jenniren » 12 Jun 2015, 18:37

Thanks Kaz :D

Well here goes, they are hard so not sure if I'll be able to answer many more..........

11. Purse

17. Cardinal Richelieu

28. The ear
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Re: Quiz of the Week!!

Postby TheOstrich » 12 Jun 2015, 18:44

Darn, I nearly said "purse", jenni ...... :lol:
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Re: Quiz of the Week!!

Postby Workingman » 12 Jun 2015, 18:58

It is really tough, Kaz, good job there are a few geography, history and science questions in there.

4. Romania

5. Norway

16. Octane rating
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Re: Quiz of the Week!!

Postby miasmum » 12 Jun 2015, 19:29

Thats my number 4 wrong then. It was only a guess because Dacia the car manufacturer are Spanish
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Re: Quiz of the Week!!

Postby Workingman » 12 Jun 2015, 19:40

miasmum wrote:Thats my number 4 wrong then. It was only a guess because Dacia the car manufacturer are Spanish

Ah, I thought the Spanish version of Fiat is Seat.

In the Balkans they were Dacia and Zastava.

I accidentally bought a Dacia for my sister thinking it was a Fiat 128, it was actually a damned good car. :o :D :D
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