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 Post subject: Re: Weekend Quiz 2016
PostPosted: February 26th, 2016, 8:06 am 
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1. The cobalt salts of aluminium/aluminum oxide produce what colour/color in ceramics, glass, etc., notably ancient Chinese porcelain? Blue
2. Henry Poor's 1800s railroad manuals and Luther Blake's Standard Statistics Bureau of non-railroad corporate information merged in 1941 to become what famous two-letter US financial services/index brand? S&P (Standard and Poor, e.g., the S&P500 listing)
3. Who painted The Starry Night, Sorrowing Old Man and Self-Portrait Without Beard? Vincent Van Gogh
4. To what very common consumer items do the IEC codes R6 and R03 and equivalent ANSI codes AA and AAA refer? Batteries (portable dry cell batteries - IEC is International Electrotechnical Commission and ANSI is the corresponding American National Standards Institute, responsible for battery codes/specifications)
5. What dangerous material occures in white, brown and blue forms respectively from Chrysotile, Amosite, and Crocidolite minerals? Asbestos
6. A mollymawk is an Australian/NZ word for what creature, strongly linked with maritime superstition? Albatross (derived from Dutch 'mal mok', foolish gull)
7. What silver-grey/gray metallic element used in high strength steels has the symbol Mo? Molybdenum
8. Brimstone is an old word for which chemical element? Sulphur
9. What typically pluralized instrument is named from Spanish 'chestnut'? Castanets (from 'castana', chestnut, being the woood traditionally used to make them)
10. In 2014 German coastal authorities reportedly introduced various bans and dimensional limits of max 4m x 0.5m for what? Sand castles
11. What character was named by George Lucas after his 'Radio' and 'Dialogue' film rolls used in making American Graffiti? R2D2 (of Star Wars - the rolls were abbreviated to R and D)
12. Macular refers to which sensory organ? Eye (macula is a central spot in the eye's retina with the keenest vision)
13. The medieval occupation and derived surname Scullion was a basic worker where? Kitchen
14. What controversial accusation is shared by the albums: Led Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy; Blind Faith's Blind Faith; and Nirvana's Nevermind? Child nudity/pornography (on the covers)
15. What term refers to a style of fatalistic or menacing cinema, coined first by French critics in describing US thrillers of the 1940s? Film Noir ('Black Film')
16. Posset is a late-medieval curdled drink of alcohol and which other liquid? Milk (the verb 'to posset' separately refers [from the 1800s] to infant regurgitation of a milk feed)
17. The traditional Queen of Puddings dessert typically comprises a bread/egg/jam base topped with what? Meringue
18. Barack Obama's incongruous 2013 expression 'Jedi mind-meld' upset fans of which two major movie franchises? Star Wars and Star Trek
19. Hilary Mantel's controversial 2014 fictional story is "The Assassination of (Which controversial leader?)" ? Margaret Thatcher
20. What was the tallest type of construction in the world for over 3,800 years before Lincoln Cathedral's completion in 1311? Pyramid (specifically the Great Pyramid of Giza)

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 Post subject: Re: Weekend Quiz 2016
PostPosted: February 27th, 2016, 9:10 am 
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Exercise for the cerebral muscle.

1. The sulphate/sulfate used as a contrast agent for gastro-intenstinal x-rays contains which metallic element?
2. Native to Indonesia, what spice is a flower bud from a tall evergreen tree 'Syzygium aromaticum'?
3. Shellshock, in Bash, was in 2014 described as the most dangerous (what?) since Heartbleed?
4. Which country in the UK is not represented in the Union Jack flag?
5. What portmanteau term created in the 1960s is the science of copying or duplicating documents/graphics?
6. The multi-billionaire celebrity businessman and aspiring US president, Donald Trump, was tricked in 2014 into 'retweeting' on Twitter a picture of which serial killers as supposedly having been admirers of his?
7. In India, what does a gharry-wallah do?
8. In what discipline was Alex Jesaulenko's 'Mark of the Century'?
9. What, unrelatedly, refers to ancient Israel/Hebrew Bible Law, and to a pattern created by small pieces of ceramic/glass/stone?
10. In which discipline would you see the abbreviations: P C 1B 2B SS 3B LF CF and RF?
11. What do the abbreviations in the previous question actually stand for?
12. What are the 'impossible' Penrose Stairs and Devil's Pitchfork?
13. Name IBM's artificial intelligence computer, which answers 'knowledge' questions with startling effectiveness, named after the company's first CEO/chairman?
14. What's the full name of Sherlock Holmes' companion/narrator?
15. Originating in the fictional 'Game of Thrones' and launched internationally in 2014 as a real training program, what is 'Dothraki'?
16. Name the iconic Israeli drink company/brand (especially 1960-80s) associated with the slogan "Get busy with the fizzy"?
17. What nation, the most sparsely populated of the EU, has nearly 200,000 lakes?
18. Founded 1938 by Lee Byung-chul, Samsung is which country's biggest business (at 2014)?
19. Where is the mountainous geographical region called the Caucasus?
20. What sparking wine from Catalonia is traditionally and incorrectly referred to as Spanish Champagne?
21. What formal menswear, often abbreviated to three letters, is named after a New York park where it was first worn in the 1880s?
22. What famous corporation, having a flying crane logo, is named from Germany's late-medieval defensive commercial federation the Hanseatic League, and word for 'air'?
23. Which famous online brand is a green circle containing three stacked arcs?
24. Popular in the mid-1900s, what consumer product derives from the Smilax ornata plant and is named from Spanish for bramble and little trailing vine?
25. Cuore, kardhya, kalp, serce, corazon, and herz refer to what in Italian, Greek, Turkish, Polish, Spanish and German?

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 Post subject: Re: Weekend Quiz 2016
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Just off to work now, I'll be back. :yes:

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 Post subject: Re: Weekend Quiz 2016
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Just before I go and do some gardening...

1 barium
2 cloves
4 wales
5 repographics or something like that
The answers to all the others, Nipple Clamps

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 Post subject: Re: Weekend Quiz 2016
PostPosted: February 27th, 2016, 10:34 am 
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Before I join MH in the garden

3. Computer virus
6. Fred and Rose West
9. Mosaic
12. Optical illusions
14. Dr John H Watson
15. A language?
17 Finland

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 Post subject: Re: Weekend Quiz 2016
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Just before I go and do some gardening...

1 barium
2 cloves
4 wales
5 repographics or something like that
The answers to all the others, Nipple Clamps
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Before I join MH in the garden

3. Computer virus
6. Fred and Rose West
9. Mosaic
12. Optical illusions
14. Dr John H Watson
15. A language?
17 Finland
Apart from NCs, all answers so far are correct. A small spelling mistake in "Reprographics" has been overlooked

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 Post subject: Re: Weekend Quiz 2016
PostPosted: February 27th, 2016, 3:30 pm 
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10. baseball
11. those are the fielding positions, Pitcher, Catcher, First baseman, Second baseman, Shortstop, Third baseman, Left fielder, Center fielder, Right fielder
13. Watson
18.South Korea
19. western europe

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11. those are the fielding positions, Pitcher, Catcher, First baseman, Second baseman, Shortstop, Third baseman, Left fielder, Center fielder, Right fielder

These are all sexually related terms...

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 Post subject: Re: Weekend Quiz 2016
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21 Tuxedo
22 Lufthansa

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All the ones i know have gone :fp:

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GSDFM thought she knew 2. Cloves butt you had that 1 2. :gsdfm:

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25. :love:

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7. eat, drink and sleep from time to time I presume :dunno:

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7. eat, drink and sleep from time to time I presume :dunno:
Whilst this answer is technically correct, it is not particularly informative.

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7. eat, drink and sleep from time to time I presume :dunno:
Whilst this answer is technically correct, it is not particularly informative.
oh :rake: :monkey: :monkey: :monkey:

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:runstripe: :stripe: I like it when RickY answers the question......

23 :spot: :optician:

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 Post subject: Re: Weekend Quiz 2016
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Very goo MH. 23 is indeed Spotify.
Here are the rest of the answers.

1. The sulphate/sulfate used as a contrast agent for gastro-intenstinal x-rays contains which metallic element? Barium (Barium sulphate, as in 'barium meal')
2. Native to Indonesia, what spice is a flower bud from a tall evergreen tree 'Syzygium aromaticum'? Clove
3. Shellshock, in Bash, was in 2014 described as the most dangerous (what?) since Heartbleed? Computer bug (or vulnerbility, or security fault, or words to that effect - Bash is an operating system used by many internet servers)
4. Which country in the UK is not represented in the Union Jack flag? Wales (the diagonal red cross is the saltire of St Patrick of Ireland; the diagonal white cross is the saltire of St Andrew of Scotland; and the vertical red cross is of England's St George)
5. What portmanteau term created in the 1960s is the science of copying or duplicating documents/graphics? Reprographics (or Reprography - from reproduce and graphics)
6. The multi-billionaire celebrity businessman and aspiring US president, Donald Trump, was tricked in 2014 into 'retweeting' on Twitter a picture of which serial killers as supposedly having been admirers of his? Fred and Rosemary West
7. In India, what does a gharry-wallah do? Drives a horse and carriage (a gharry is a horse-drawn carriage)
8. In what discipline was Alex Jesaulenko's 'Mark of the Century'? Australian Rules Football (revered by many as the greatest catch in the sport - a mark is a catch after the ball is kicked in at least 15m to the air)
9. What, unrelatedly, refers to ancient Israel/Hebrew Bible Law, and to a pattern created by small pieces of ceramic/glass/stone? Mosaic (which in the Hebrew sense refers to Moses)
10. In which discipline would you see the abbreviations: P C 1B 2B SS 3B LF CF and RF? Baseball (Defense player positions)
11. What do the abbreviations in the previous question actually stand for? Pitcher, Catcher, First Baseman, Second Baseman, Short Stop, Third Baseman, Left Fielder, Center Fielder, Right Fielder
12. What are the 'impossible' Penrose Stairs and Devil's Pitchfork? Optical Illusions (four staircases which impossibly rise and descend in a continuous square, and the impossible arch with two pillars at the top and three at the bottom)
13. Name IBM's artificial intelligence computer, which answers 'knowledge' questions with startling effectiveness, named after the company's first CEO/chairman? Watson (after Thomas Watson, who is quoted as saying in 1943 that "I think there's a world market for maybe five computers...")
14. What's the full name of Sherlock Holmes' companion/narrator? Dr John H Watson (John Watson is a less accurate but acceptable answer)
15. Originating in the fictional 'Game of Thrones' and launched internationally in 2014 as a real training program, what is 'Dothraki'? A Language (a gutteral dialect spoken by the Horse-Warriors of Esso - the online course costs $30...)
16. Name the iconic Israeli drink company/brand (especially 1960-80s) associated with the slogan "Get busy with the fizzy"? Sodastream
17. What nation, the most sparsely populated of the EU, has nearly 200,000 lakes? Finland
18. Founded 1938 by Lee Byung-chul, Samsung is which country's biggest business (at 2014)? South Korea
19. Where is the mountainous geographical region called the Caucasus? SE Europe (between the Black and Caspian Seas, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and SE Russia)
20. What sparking wine from Catalonia is traditionally and incorrectly referred to as Spanish Champagne? Cava (Champagne is a technically an EU-protected product name referring to wines from that region in France)
21. What formal menswear, often abbreviated to three letters, is named after a New York park where it was first worn in the 1880s? Tuxedo ('Tux', men's dinner jacket)
22. What famous corporation, having a flying crane logo, is named from Germany's late-medieval defensive commercial federation the Hanseatic League, and word for 'air'? Lufthansa (airline)
23. Which famous online brand is a green circle containing three stacked arcs? Spotify
24. Popular in the mid-1900s, what consumer product derives from the Smilax ornata plant and is named from Spanish for bramble and little trailing vine? Sarsaparilla (soft drink)
25. Cuore, kardhya, kalp, serce, corazon, and herz refer to what in Italian, Greek, Turkish, Polish, Spanish and German? Heart

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I knew 20! I thought Cava was cheap rubbish until I watched a program about saving money at Xmas. The couple under scrutiny were buying loads of bottles of champagne at £30 a bottle. At the party they were hosting the presenters put some blind testing on. The expensive Champagne came out last with everyone thinking it was Cava..The Cava was was rated best.

I am now on Cava xxx

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I knew 20! I thought Cava was cheap rubbish until I watched a program about saving money at Xmas. The couple under scrutiny were buying loads of bottles of champagne at £30 a bottle. At the party they were hosting the presenters put some blind testing on. The expensive Champagne came out last with everyone thinking it was Cava..The Cava was was rated best.

I am now on Kaba xxx
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I knew 20! I thought Cava was cheap rubbish until I watched a program about saving money at Xmas. The couple under scrutiny were buying loads of bottles of champagne at £30 a bottle. At the party they were hosting the presenters put some blind testing on. The expensive Champagne came out last with everyone thinking it was Cava..The Cava was was rated best.

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Darn it I knew 16. and no one else got it. I couldn't have read the complete question down to the slogan. :fp:

And spookily I saw Soda Stream cylinders for sale today. :think:

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I knew 20! I thought Cava was cheap rubbish until I watched a program about saving money at Xmas. The couple under scrutiny were buying loads of bottles of champagne at £30 a bottle. At the party they were hosting the presenters put some blind testing on. The expensive Champagne came out last with everyone thinking it was Cava..The Cava was was rated best.

I am now on Kaba xxx
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Happy quizzing


1. What Andalusian city gave its name to a bitter orange used especially in marmalade?
2. What famous headwear and safety harness brand was devised from the original raw materials silk, angora and wool?
3. Which once war-torn Balkan capital city has a world-leading human DNA analysis laboratory?
4. Georges Bizet devised the word 'toreador' for what opera?
5. What is a remark, act, or chess move seeking advantage, from Italian for trip-up, and leg?
6. Which big-selling artist 1999-2003 shares her name with the founding Queen of Carthage?
7. What edible weed is named from 'lion's tooth'?
8. Disney's Lion King movie/musical is generally said to be based on what Shakespeare play?
9. What is the UK's most senior royal palace and official residence of the monarch?
10. What instrument is sized according to terms such as 0, 00, 000, Grand Auditorium and Dreadnought?
11. What 1930s-originating genericized trademark came to refer to 'piped' background recorded music played in elevators, reception areas, airports, etc?
12. Which fictional family lived at 1313 Mockingbird Lane, Mockingbird Heights, California?
13. Name the chemical separation process in which electricity passes through a conducting substance between two electrodes?
14. What shape is the highest US military award, the Medal of Honor?
15. The Persian shamsher, 'paw claw', inspired what name/weapon, also a 1970s sports car by the makers of the Robin and Bond Bug?
16. What London medicinal water site, later a music hall, was the birthplace of the Royal Ballet and English National Opera?
17. The Drachma was which nation's main currency unit before the Euro in 2002?
18. Which popular UK stop-motion animated children's TV character based at Fixham was given a CGI update in 2014?
19. Satya Nadella, boss of which vast corporation, apologised in 2014 for suggesting female workers should rely on faith and karma instead of asking for a pay rise?
20. Historically, malmsey wine came from what nation and its surrounding islands?
21. Pioneering collaborative UK/Poland surgery to repair human spinal cord was demonstrated in 2014 using what uniquely regenerating human nerve cells?
22. Equating to Roman goddess Diana, name Apollo's huntress chaste twin sister, also ironically a 600-customer Berlin brothel?
23. The Union of Myanmar, capital Rangoon, is traditionally (in the 'west') called what country?
24. In the 1850s, what was produced using the 'open-hearth process'?
25. Bullace is a thorny shrub with fruit similar what?

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2. Kangol?
4. Carmen
9. Buckingham Palace?
10. Guitar
11. Elevator music?
13. Electrolysis
17. Greece

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