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July 27, 2015 July 27, 2015 fasab Questions, Tests	Afghanistan, Aintreee, American Declaration of Independence, Australia, Batmania, Beluga, bribe, British aristocracy, car, chess, CIA, city, classical music composer, Columbo, common name, country, detectives, District of Columbia, drug, Duplicatus, education, England, Entertainment, executed, fictional character, first and the final drafts, general knowledge, Geography, gourmet, history, insured his taste buds, intortus, Kal-El, King of England, Liverpool, major landmass, mountain range, nature, People, perlucidus, petition, petitioned to become a state, places, populated by humans, questions, quiz, quizzes, saltwater, six wives, steeplechase horse race, super yachts, tax dollars, television, The Backbone Of England, Volkswagen Beetle, warlords, water, winter resort, young female cow that has not given birth
People and places feature a lot in today's quiz so if you're good at those then you are in with a good chance of scoring well.
You will also find out what the CIA has been up to with your tax dollars. Makes you proud!
As usual, if you get stuck, you can find the answers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating!
Q. 1. A 'Beluga' is a type of what?
Q. 2. In what country did the game of 'Chess' originate?
Q. 3. In 1983 the District of Columbia petitioned to become a state, if the petition had been successful what was the new state to be called?
Q. 4. The popular 'Volkswagen Beetle' car was developed under whose direction?
Q. 5. What drug did the CIA hand out in order to bribe warlords in Afghanistan?
Q. 6. What began as a winter resort for the British aristocracy in the late 1700s and now hosts 50% of the world's super yachts every year?
Q. 7. What two men wrote the first and the final drafts of the American Declaration of Independence? (A point for each correct answer.)
Q. 8. What percentage of the water on Earth is saltwater?
a) 17% b) 37% c) 57% d) 77% e) 97%
Q. 9. What mountain range is sometimes known as "The Backbone Of England" ?
Q. 10. What was the last major landmass on earth to be populated by humans?
Q. 11. What is the name given to a young female cow that has not given birth?
Q. 12. What famous gourmet insured his taste buds for £250,000 in 1993?
Q. 13. 'Duplicatus', 'intortus' and 'perlucidus' are among the varieties of what?
Q. 14. What well known city in Australia used to be known as 'Batmania' ?
Q. 15. What King of England was famous for having six wives?
Q. 16. And how many of his six wives did this King have executed? (A bonus point for each one you can name correctly.)
Q. 17. What is the more common name for the fictional character 'Kal-El' and where is he supposed to be from? (A point for each correct answer.)
Q. 18. What is the famous steeplechase horse race run at Aintreee in Liverpool, England every year?
Q. 19. What well known classical music composer has the initials 'W.A.M.' ?
Q. 20. And finally for today another name. Columbo is one of the most famous ever detectives to appear on television but what is his first name?
A. 1. Whale.
A. 2. Chess originated in India during the Gupta Empire (almost 1,400 years ago)
A. 3. New Columbia.
A. 4. Volkswagen Beetles were developed by Hitler because he wanted to manufacture a cheap, affordable car for his roadways.
A. 5. Viagra.
A. 6. The French Riviera.
A. 7. Benjamin Franklin actually wrote the first Declaration of Independence. Eventually, however, Thomas Jefferson was chosen to write the final draft.
A. 8. The correct answer is e) 97%.
A. 9. The Pennines.
A. 10. New Zealand.
A. 11. It is known as a heifer.
A. 12. Egon Ronay.
A. 13. They are all the names of clouds (cirrus duplicatus, cirrus intortus and altocumulus perlucidus to be more precise.)
A. 14. The city of Melbourne used to be called 'Batmania'.
A. 15. Henry VIII.
A. 16. Henry VIII had two of his wives executed, Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard.
A. 17. His more common name is Superman and hs home planet is Krypton.
A. 18. It is called the 'Grand National'.
Q. 19. What well known classical music composer has the initials 'W.A.M.'
A. 19. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
A. 20. His first name is "Frank". It can be seen on his police ID, for example, in the 1971 episode "Dead Weight", when Columbo introduces himself to General Hollister. So now you know!
It's The Quiz Of The Week!
January 27, 2014 fasab Questions, Tests	2014 Winter Olympics, 911 Carrera RS, Academy Award for best actor, Acme Corporation, Bahrain, Bergerac, best selling songs, Betty Grable, Bhutan, Bill Haley & His Comets, bird, capital, characters, classic automobile, classic television series, Columbo, common name, company, country, cyborg, dehydrated, detectives, education, Entertainment, facts, fictional detective, fish, garden flower, general knowledge, Geography, Helianthus, Hindi, history, insect, inventions, Korea, Leonard Nimoy, Magnum, mammal, Misc, Miscellaneous, Miso, mixed drink, moons, Morse, movie, movies, Mrs Hudson, music, Nash Bridges, Nepal, Northern Europe, Ophelia, picture, pin-up, planet, policemen, portable, Portia, questions, quiz, quizzes, Random, robot, Rosalind, Sanskrit, Scandinavia, science, single, soup, Super Bowl XLVII, T-800, television, test, tests, The Roadrunner, Thimpu, tv, United States of America, Vietnam, War, whinchat, white bathing suit, Winter Olympics, WWI, WWII
Hi and welcome to another week and another quiz.
Twenty more random questions to test you knowledge, some easy and some difficult, but there are a few multi-pointers in to help you with your score.
As usual the answers can be found waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating.
Q. 1: How many 'contiguous' states are there in the United States of America?
Q. 2: In which movie would you find the robot or cyborg known as the 'T-800'?
Q. 3: The 2014 Winter Olympics are being held next month (February 2014) in what country? (A bonus point is available if you can also name the City.)
Q. 4: Where were the previous (2010) Winter Olympics held and what location has been chosen for the next Winter Olympics in 2018? (A point for each and bonus points if you can also name the Cities.)
Q. 5: Which company built the '1972 911 Carrera RS' classic automobile?
Q. 6: In what country did the soup known as 'Miso' originate?
Q. 7: Name the fictional detective associated with 'Mrs. Hudson'.
Q. 8: What kind of mixed drink takes its name from the Hindi or Sanskrit word for 'five'?
Q. 9: What is the common name for the garden flower 'Helianthus'?
Q. 10: 'Thimpu' is the capital of what country?
a) Nepal b) Bhutan c) Bahrain
Q. 11: Where was Super Bowl XLVII played on February 3, 2013?
Q. 12: In the late 1960s and early 1970s Leonard Nimoy starred in two classic television series, what were they? (Yes, a point for each correct answer and bonus points for the names of the characters he portrayed.)
Q. 13: 'Rosalind', 'Portia' and 'Ophelia' are moons of which planet?
Q. 14: A picture of Betty Grable wearing a white bathing suit made her the most popular pin-up of which war?
a) WWI b) WWII c) Korea d) Vietnam
Q. 15: Scandinavia is a large region of Northern Europe. What are the four mainland countries and one island nation that are generally collectively known as 'Scandinavia'? (A point for each correct answer.)
Q. 16: As of the end of 2013, who has won the Academy award for Best Actor the most times? (Bonus points if you can name the movies too.)
Q. 17: What sort of creature is a whinchat?
a) fish b) insect c) bird d) mammal
Q. 18: 'Columbo', 'Morse', 'Magnum', 'Bergerac', and 'Nash Bridges' were all television detectives and policemen who had one thing in common apart from their jobs, what was it?
Q. 19: With one word complete the following Acme Corporation inventions in 'The Roadrunner'.
a) dehydrated _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and, b) portable _ _ _ _ _
Q. 20: Released in 1954, a single by Bill Haley & His Comets became one of the best selling songs of all time with sales of 25 million. What was it?
A. 1: 48.
A. 2: Terminator.
A. 3: The 2014 XXII Winter Olympics will be held in Sochi, Russia.
A. 4: Vancouver, Canada in 2010 and Pyeongchang, South Korea in 2018.
A. 5: Porsche.
A. 6: Japan.
A. 7: Sherlock Holmes.
A. 8: Punch.
A. 9: Sunflower.
A. 10: b) Bhutan.
A. 11: At the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.
A. 12: Mr. Spock in Star Trek (1966-1969, 79 episodes) and Paris in Mission Impossible (1969-1971, 49 episodes).
A. 13: Uranus.
A. 14: b) WWII
A. 15: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland.
A. 16: Daniel Day-Lewis. (In 1990 for 'My Left Foot', in 2008 for 'There Will Be Blood', and in 2013 for 'Lincoln'.)
A. 17: c) bird.
A. 18: They all drove classic or distinctive cars.
A. 19: a) dehydrated boulders and, b) portable holes
A. 20: "Rock Around the Clock"
Say Mad Man Gore Ran US?
October 28, 2012 fasab Anagrams, comedy, Humour, Language, Uncategorized, Unusual	actor, Al Gore, Alcatraz, anagram, anagrams, bad credit, Bruce Springsteen, cast, censor, Comedy, cow farts, debit card, destroying the planet, detect thieves, detectives, dormitory, Entertainment, escape, Florence Nightingale, frozen, funny, God save us all, Gore, heavy rain, hidden meaning, hidden meanings, Hillary Clinton, Humor, Humour, Iron Leg, Islam, living rooms, Misc, Miscellaneous, naturalist, Navy, Newt Grinrich, People, politics, Random, right wing, Salman Rushdie, salvaged, scare-monger, soul, star, Sunday, sycophant, Sylvester Stallone, telescope, television, television programming, thrill, trails, trails nut, US
Don't worry, it's not another political rant.
And nothing to do with the man who made a fortune peddling scare-mongering nonsense like cow farts are destroying the planet.
'Say Mad Man Gore Ran US' ……is…….'More Sunday Anagrams!!!'
It's a scary thought, though.
Enjoy the anagrams!
'Florence Nightingale'
Nigel, Fetch an Iron Leg
'Sycophant'
acts phony
'The Detectives'
detect thieves
'Salman Rushdie'
read, shun Islam
'Television programming'
permeating living rooms
'Debit card'
'Naturalist'
A trails nut
'God save us all'
salvaged soul
'heavy rain'
hire a navy
'dormitory'
dirty room
'escape from alcatraz'
frozen cast in lame crap
'O Mister Newt Gingrich'
right wing censor time
'A telescope'
To see place
'Actor Sylvester Stallone'
Very cool talentless star
'Bruce Springsteen'
Creep brings tunes
'Hillary Clinton'
only I can thrill
(Is feet tickling part of it?)
Biden gets feet tickled in vp debate