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 Post subject: Re: Weekend Quiz 2016
PostPosted: January 30th, 2016, 3:06 pm 
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1. fondue
4. Israel
6. collateral
8. sugar
18. slingshot

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1. Fondue
2. Tiger
4. Israel
5. Ram
6. Escrow
8. Sugar
10. A diamond is forever /for life
11.. :dom: whip
12. Railway (Pullman carriage)
14. :bj: or mouth organ :mrgreen:
17. Levis
18. Slingshot
19. Burlesque
20. Bunting?

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PostPosted: January 31st, 2016, 12:24 am 
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2. Tigers? :yes:
5. Ram? :yes:
10. Diamonds are a girls best friend :no:
12. Trains? :yes:
14. Electric Guitar? :no:
16. Dolby? :no:
17. Levi Strauss? :yes:
19. Burlesque :yes:
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1. fondue :yes:
4. Israel :yes:
6. collateral :no:
8. sugar :yes:
18. slingshot :yes:
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1. Fondue :yes:
2. Tiger :yes:
4. Israel :yes:
5. Ram :yes:
6. Escrow :yes:
8. Sugar :yes:
10. A diamond is forever /for life :yes:
11.. :dom: whip :yes:
12. Railway (Pullman carriage) :yes:
14. :bj: or mouth organ :mrgreen: :yes:
17. Levis :yes:
18. Slingshot :yes:
19. Burlesque :yes:
20. Bunting? :yes:
Pretty good going all round. :wise:

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7. I don't know....Mr Carr told me to forget...

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Very goo. :kiss:

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The full set of questions and answers.


1. What communal cooking method/equipment derives from French 'melted'? Fondue
2. As at the mid-2010s, which creature reportedly numbered over 5,000 in private USA ownership, compared to about 3,000 surviving in the world elsewhere? Tiger
3. The residual presence of what, gives brown sugar its colour/color? Molasses (or black treacle)
4. Likud, Yesh Atid, and Shas are political parties of which country? Israel
5. What animal was used as the US Dodge automotive logo in the 1930s-50s, and again 1970s-2000s? Ram
6. What technical term refers to documents/money held by a third party while agreement/conditions are fulfilled between two others? Escrow
7. Bright, Burley, and Oriental are leaves used for what? Cigarettes
8. In biochemistry the suffix '-ose' usually denotes what common sort of substance? Sugar
9. The works of which dramatic writer feature at least 64 bird species including all seven British crows? William Shakepeare (the dove or turtle dove is mentioned most times at 60 in all works [source: acobas.net])
10. Which 1947-originated DeBeers slogan is according to Advertising Age magazine the best advertising slogan of the 20th century? "A Diamond Is Forever" (Ian Fleming's novel 'Diamonds Are Forever' became the 7th James Bond film and heavily reinforced the notion in global consciousness - it is not known whether DeBeers paid the film-makers any sort of 'concept placement' fee..)
11. The word scourge - 'a cause of suffering' - is metaphorically derived from what instrument of punishment? Whip (from Latin, corrigia)
12. US engineer/industrialist George Pullman (1831-1897) is eponymously associated which form of travel? Rail (Pullman cars refer to railway sleeping and dining carriages which he developed and which concept then spread internationally)[/b]
13. What is Acetylsalicylic Acid better known as? Aspirin
14. The main part of what musical instrument, commonly available in chromatic and diatonic forms, is called a 'comb'? Harmonica (or Mouth organ)
15. What literally connects Vikramshila Setu, Rajendra Setu, Mahatma Gandhi Setu and Farakka Barrage? The Ganges (they all span the River Ganges in India - 'setu' is Sanskrit for bridge - a barrage is a water-diverting dam)
16. Name the trademarked bass-frequency cinematic effect developed by Cerwin-Vega and Universal Studios initially for the 1974 film Earthquake? Sensurround
17. Whose logo features two pulling horses and the words 'original riveted'? Levi's (or Levi Strauss, denim garments)
18. What traditional American word for an ancient weapon refers to the gravity-based accelerational effect of a celestial object on another, or on a spacecraft? Slingshot
19. What term, derived from Italian/French theatrical farce, nowadays fashionably refers to mildly erotic entertainment and striptease? Burlesque (originally from Italian burla, mockery)
20. What is a finch-like bird, a festive decoration, and a baby's hooded sleeping garment? Bunting

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Me me me me me

:african: :mememe: :african: :mememe: :african: :mememe: :african: :mememe: :african: :mememe: :african: :mememe:

I got one! :mandy:

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:african: :mememe: :african: :mememe: :african: :mememe: :african: :mememe: :african: :mememe: :african: :mememe:

I got one! :mandy:


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Additional weekend quiz:

1. Who won the 2016 Women Final of the Australian Open at Melbourne?
2. Which team won the 2016 European Handball Championship?

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Another weekend, another quiz.


1. What maritime exclamation did Alexander Graham Bell suggest be the standard telephone answering greeting before Edison's 'Hello'?
2. What must be no smaller than 1.68 inches (42.67mm), weigh no more than 1.62oz (45.93g) and be symmetrically dimpled?
3. What French term traditionally seeks to convey a product/service's extra comfort/elegance, ironically from the Latin origin 'excess'?
4. A 'lustrum' refers to a period of how many years?
5. What remarkable world-changing South American engineering project celebrated its centenary in August 2014?
6. What is the more common English/Western biblical name of Golgotha, the site of Christ's crucifixion?
7. The old French term 'eshec mat' is terminology in which game?
8. What is the traditional technical term for a road/paving granite block, alternatively called a Belgian block, and incorrectly a cobble or cobblestone?
9. What English uprising ended with the death of one its leaders Wat Tyler in June 1381?
10. Which corporation operates the $multi-billion two-sided advertising service branded AdSense and AdWords?
11. What name is given to human intolerance of gliadin, a gluten protein in wheat, barley and rye?
12. In music, what term refers to a measure of sound over time?
13. PDF, Adobe's universal computer document format, stands for what?
14. Chatsworth House gardener, engineer and greenhouse expert, Joseph Paxton, created which iconic 1851 London building?
15. What was a originally an ancient Greek post-banquet drinking party, and nowadays refers to a researchers/academic conference?
16. Which punningly alliteratively named professor drove the No3 Convert-a-Car in Wacky Races?
17. What Anglicized Italian term from Latin 'not known' refers to a person's having a concealed or false identity?
18. In 1849 US mechanic Walter Hunt patented what multi-billion-selling and punk rock device?
19. Which multi-award-winning 1982s movie is considered to have included the biggest ever crowd of extras?
20. What potent plant is called technically Papaver somniferum?
21. Appearing in many food/drink names, what is produced when cereal grain germination is halted by hot air drying?
22. In 2014 the EU introduced a maximum 1600watt power rating for what?
23. In 2014 Russia closed branches of what global brand amidst East-West sanction?
24. Of what is Brahmanism an ancient formative religion?
25. Burlap is an old material traditionally used in making what?

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4 tarters

1 ..must be "ahoy shipmates"
2...Golf ball?
3 de luxe
5 Panama anal
8 set

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1. Ahoy
2. :golf:
3. De Luxe
4. 5
5. Panama Canal
6. Calvary
7. :chess:
9. Peasants Revolt
10. Google
11. Coeliac disease
13. Portable Document Format
14. Crystal Palace
17. Incognito
18. Safety pin
20. Poppy (opium)
22. vacuum cleaners :dust:
23 McDonalds
24. Hinduism
25. Sacks

Well done Miss, you were up before me :flaccid:

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PostPosted: February 6th, 2016, 3:18 pm 
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nice of Miss to leave me one

15 symposium

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15 symposium
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16. I could picture the car but couldn't think of the name without Google. :fp:

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15 symposium
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PostPosted: February 7th, 2016, 11:57 am 
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Well done everyone. Just these 2 left to answer.

12. In music, what term refers to a measure of sound over time?
21. Appearing in many food/drink names, what is produced when cereal grain germination is halted by hot air drying?

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21. MH's favourite. Malt :chab:

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PostPosted: February 8th, 2016, 8:21 am 
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Well done everyone. Just one question missed.

1. What maritime exclamation did Alexander Graham Bell suggest be the standard telephone answering greeting before Edison's 'Hello'? Ahoy (variants are found in many other languages, and it shares the same word origins as hey and hi)
2. What must be no smaller than 1.68 inches (42.67mm), weigh no more than 1.62oz (45.93g) and be symmetrically dimpled? Golf ball
3. What French term traditionally seeks to convey a product/service's extra comfort/elegance, ironically from the Latin origin 'excess'? De luxe (literally 'of comfort')
4. A 'lustrum' refers to a period of how many years? Five (from Ancient Rome, entering English in the 1500s as mainly a historical term)
5. What remarkable world-changing South American engineering project celebrated its centenary in August 2014? Panama Canal
6. What is the more common English/Western biblical name of Golgotha, the site of Christ's crucifixion? Calvary
7. The old French term 'eshec mat' is terminology in which game? Chess (origin/meaning 'checkmate')
8. What is the traditional technical term for a road/paving granite block, alternatively called a Belgian block, and incorrectly a cobble or cobblestone? Sett (also plural, e.g., 'a sett market square' or 'a sett road' - technically a cobble/cobblestone is a large round pebble, which was the earlier form)
9. What English uprising ended with the death of one its leaders Wat Tyler in June 1381? The Peasants' Revolt (also called Wat Tyler's Rebellion or the Great Rising)
10. Which corporation operates the $multi-billion two-sided advertising service branded AdSense and AdWords? Google (AdSense is for selling ad space; Adwords is for buying it)
11. What name is given to human intolerance of gliadin, a gluten protein in wheat, barley and rye? Coeliac disease (or celiac disease or celiac sprue [US] - from Greek koiliakós, abdominal)
12. In music, what term refers to a measure of sound over time? Sustain
13. PDF, Adobe's universal computer document format, stands for what? Portable Document Format
14. Chatsworth House gardener, engineer and greenhouse expert, Joseph Paxton, created which iconic 1851 London building? Crystal Palace
15. What was a originally an ancient Greek post-banquet drinking party, and nowadays refers to a researchers/academic conference? Symposium (from sun, together, and potes, drinker)
16. Which punningly alliteratively named professor drove the No3 Convert-a-Car in Wacky Races? Pat Pending
17. What Anglicized Italian term from Latin 'not known' refers to a person's having a concealed or false identity? Incognito
18. In 1849 US mechanic Walter Hunt patented what multi-billion-selling and punk rock device? Safety pin (reportedly he sold the patent to repay a modest debt, and thereby failed to benefit greatly from his invention)
19. Which multi-award-winning 1982s movie is considered to have included the biggest ever crowd of extras? Gandhi (over 300,000 for the funeral scene)
20. What potent plant is called technically Papaver somniferum? Opium poppy
21. Appearing in many food/drink names, what is produced when cereal grain germination is halted by hot air drying? Malt
22. In 2014 the EU introduced a maximum 1600watt power rating for what? Vacuum cleaners
23. In 2014 Russia closed branches of what global brand amidst East-West sanction? McDonald's
24. Of what is Brahmanism an ancient formative religion? Hinduism
25. Burlap is an old material traditionally used in making what? Sacks (it's rough, made typically of jute or hemp)

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Well done everyone. Just one question missed.

1. What maritime exclamation did Alexander Graham Bell suggest be the standard telephone answering greeting before Edison's 'Hello'? Ahoy (variants are found in many other languages, and it shares the same word origins as hey and hi)
2. What must be no smaller than 1.68 inches (42.67mm), weigh no more than 1.62oz (45.93g) and be symmetrically dimpled? Golf ball
3. What French term traditionally seeks to convey a product/service's extra comfort/elegance, ironically from the Latin origin 'excess'? De luxe (literally 'of comfort')
4. A 'lustrum' refers to a period of how many years? Five (from Ancient Rome, entering English in the 1500s as mainly a historical term)
5. What remarkable world-changing South American engineering project celebrated its centenary in August 2014? Panama Canal
6. What is the more common English/Western biblical name of Golgotha, the site of Christ's crucifixion? Calvary
7. The old French term 'eshec mat' is terminology in which game? Chess (origin/meaning 'checkmate')
8. What is the traditional technical term for a road/paving granite block, alternatively called a Belgian block, and incorrectly a cobble or cobblestone? Sett (also plural, e.g., 'a sett market square' or 'a sett road' - technically a cobble/cobblestone is a large round pebble, which was the earlier form)
9. What English uprising ended with the death of one its leaders Wat Tyler in June 1381? The Peasants' Revolt (also called Wat Tyler's Rebellion or the Great Rising)
10. Which corporation operates the $multi-billion two-sided advertising service branded AdSense and AdWords? Google (AdSense is for selling ad space; Adwords is for buying it)
11. What name is given to human intolerance of gliadin, a gluten protein in wheat, barley and rye? Coeliac disease (or celiac disease or celiac sprue [US] - from Greek koiliakós, abdominal)
12. In music, what term refers to a measure of sound over time? Sustain
13. PDF, Adobe's universal computer document format, stands for what? Portable Document Format
14. Chatsworth House gardener, engineer and greenhouse expert, Joseph Paxton, created which iconic 1851 London building? Crystal Palace
15. What was a originally an ancient Greek post-banquet drinking party, and nowadays refers to a researchers/academic conference? Symposium (from sun, together, and potes, drinker)
16. Which punningly alliteratively named professor drove the No3 Convert-a-Car in Wacky Races? Pat Pending
17. What Anglicized Italian term from Latin 'not known' refers to a person's having a concealed or false identity? Incognito
18. In 1849 US mechanic Walter Hunt patented what multi-billion-selling and punk rock device? Safety pin (reportedly he sold the patent to repay a modest debt, and thereby failed to benefit greatly from his invention)
19. Which multi-award-winning 1982s movie is considered to have included the biggest ever crowd of extras? Gandhi (over 300,000 for the funeral scene)
20. What potent plant is called technically Papaver somniferum? Opium poppy
21. Appearing in many food/drink names, what is produced when cereal grain germination is halted by hot air drying? Malt
22. In 2014 the EU introduced a maximum 1600watt power rating for what? Vacuum cleaners
23. In 2014 Russia closed branches of what global brand amidst East-West sanction? McDonald's
24. Of what is Brahmanism an ancient formative religion? Hinduism
25. Burlap is an old material traditionally used in making what? Sacks (it's rough, made typically of jute or hemp)

What an excellent quiz Mister L

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The quizmaster strikes again.


1. Viticulture refers to the cultivation of what fruit?
2. What ancient seminal Palestinian city is 'house of meat' in Arabic, and 'house of bread' in Hebrew?
3. 'Die Adler', nickname of the German national soccer team, means 'The (What)'?
4. What did 'Pole', meaning leading contender, in 'pole-position', originally refer to?
5. What rum-based cocktail is named from Spanish 'little wet thing'?
6. In the the expression 'whet your appetite', what does the old word 'whet' technically mean?
7. Petroliam Nasional Berhad, the huge Malaysian gas/oil corporation gave its abbreviated name to what world-leading Kuala Lumpa landmark?
8. In Australian slang, what is someone called a 'mollydooker'?
9. What were Olivetti, Olympia, Underwood, Smith Corona, and Remington were famous makers of in the 1900's?
10. The famous 'Kitemark' quality symbol, registered in England in 1903, one of the world's oldest trademarks still in use, contains which two letters (besides the 'V' shape)?
11. Bosintang/Boshintang (or Gaejangguk) is a Korean soup of declining popularity made chiefly of what meat?
12. Name the Lebanese writer Kahlil Gibran's famous 1923 philosophical collection of verses, with sales of over 100m copies?
13. Anopheles and Aedes, which indirectly kill millions of people every year, are what?
14. What central European bread supposedly originated in monasteries and represents praying hands?
15. The 2014 Ice Bucket Challenge internet phenomenon originally promoted awareness and fundraising for which disease?
16. What word meaning 'misbehaved' evolved through 'wicked' from originally 'possessing nothing'?
17. What is the 'hull' of a seed?
18. Which spice is named from Hungarian for pepper?
19. Which two similar creatures, and the only major predators of mosquitos, are differentiated by their respective perpendicular and parallel resting wing positions?
20. What medieval term for a knights' equestrian tournament is also a fairground ride and an airport mechanism?
21. Which German rye bread is named, according to many reliable sources, from the original meaning 'Devil's fart'?
22. Brinjal is an Indian/S African word for what vegetable?
23. In the Isle of Man TT motorcycle race, the TT stands for what?
24. What term refers to a fashion/lifestyle/music genre, and wood that is light and flaky due to rot or fungal attack?
25. What technical Anglicized French word for a rank or level is from French for ladder?
26. Related to voting/headcount, what technical term refers to the removal of a tree's top branches, usually to encourage new growth?
27. Dart, mushroom, grain, notions, and piping are terms used in what handicraft?
28. A nuclear reactor which produces more 'fissile' material (i.e., which sustains a chain reaction) than it consumes in fuel is known by what sexual term?
29. Haslet is a traditional (mostly UK) inexpensive chopped, pressed and cooked cold loaf of: Fruit; Fish; Offal; or Chocolate fudge with nuts and raisins?
30. In rugby union, how many meters is a team penalized for arguing with a referee's decision?

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