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Oups - 10 Charlie and Emilio's dad

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I think some answers are required!
So here they are.


1. What word is a prefix for Potato, Slug, Gooseberry, Horse, Cow, Cucumber, Lettuce, and Lion? Sea (all creatures or living things of the oceans)
2. Author Chris Van Allsburg and actor Robin Williams asserted that what 1981 book/1995 movie about a real-life/jungle-boardgame means 'many effects' in Zulu? Jumanji
3. If an insect is ‘xylophagous’, what does it feed off? Wood
4. In which British newspaper did the cartoon strip ‘The Perishers’ appear, between 1959 and 2006? Daily Mirror
5. ‘The appliance of science’ was an advertising slogan used by which manufacturer of household electrical goods? Zanussi
6. Which river flows through Settle, Clitheroe and Preston? Ribble
7. On which date of the year do the French celebrate ‘Bastille Day’? July 14th
8. Which British sitcom was set at the fictional ‘Bayview Retirement Home’? Waiting for God
9. On which continent is the State of Eritrea? Africa
10. Who has written novels entitled ‘High Fidelity’, ‘About a Boy’ and ‘A Long Way Down’? Nick Hornby
11. In which Shakespeare play would you find the characters Valentine, Proteus, Silvia and Julia? Two Gentlemen of Verona
12. What is the first name of ITV’s criminal barrister Judge Rinder? Robert
13. Who was acting leader of the Liberal Democrat party for 2 months before the election of Nick Clegg in December 2007? Vince Cable
14. How many points is the letter J worth in a game of Scrabble? 8
15. Which two men present BBC TV show ‘Eat Well For Less’, in which they try to save the British public money on their weekly grocery shop? Gregg Wallace and Chris Bavin
16. Which Christian hymn begins with the words “O Lord my God, When I in awesome wonder, Consider all the worlds Thy hands have made”? How Great Thou Art
17. What shape is rotini pasta? Corkscrew/Helix
18. In Judaism what is meant by the Hebrew word ‘Mitzvah’? Commandment (Referring to the 613 commandments given in the Torah)
19. Who is actor Emilio Estevez’s famous father? Martin Sheen
20. Which contains the most calories: A McDonald’s Big Mac or a Burger King Bacon Double Cheeseburger? A Big Mac (A Big Mac in the UK has 508 kcal, a Bacon Double Cheeseburger has 380kcal)

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I was going to say the Mirror No.4

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Here's the latest quiz

1. How long was the hundred years war?
2. From what animal is catgut usually made?
3. The lead in a pencil is made of what?
4. A horned toad is not a toad at all – what type of creature is it?
5. What type of tree is a Douglas Fir?
6. In which country was India Ink invented?
7. What is a titmouse?
8. In which country are Panama hats made?
9. In which country was the game of Chinese Checkers invented?
10. A koala bear is not a bear – what type of animal is it?
11. Which Shakespeare play do actors avoid saying the name of out loud, due to theatrical superstition?
12. Which puppet duo had a hit in 1994 with ‘Them Girls, Them Girls’?
13. How many squares are there on a chess board?
14. In which film do Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum fly an alien spaceship out of the earth’s atmosphere and dock with the mother ship?
15. In Greek mythology, who beheaded the Gorgon Medusa?
16. How long, in metres, is an Olympic swimming pool?
17. What colour is an amethyst?
18. Which famous logo is the company’s name written in blue, inside a yellow oval which in turn sits inside a blue rectangle?
19. What is the name of the head meerkat in the ‘Compare The Market’ adverts?
20. Which country hosted the 1992 Summer Olympics?

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Great quiz Mr L

4. Lizard
5. Pine tree
8. Uraguay
10. Marsupial
11. Macbeth
13. 64
15. Perseus
16. 50m
17. Purple

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Very good, PK. All correct.

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Following on from PK

1. 116 years
2. Sheep
3. Graphite
6. China
7. A bird
9. Not China
18. Ikea
19. Aleksander

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1.... 100 years
2 oh ffs cat's
If all the other questions are do easy, I will leave it to 2BB , Pasty and Paul

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14. Independence Day
20. Espana

all the other ones i knew other people knew first

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Both good answers.
Whilst 9 is technically correct, it is not actually the answer that was required.
19. Do you know Aleksander's surname?

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Oh

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12. Thankfully I have no recollection of the atrocity itself but was it Zig and Zag?

Indeed.

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Solzenytsen?

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13. I count 204 And I know I am right

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And the correct answers were:


1. How long was the hundred years war? 116 years
2. From what animal is catgut usually made? Sheep (or goat)
3. The lead in a pencil is made of what? Graphite
4. A horned toad is not a toad at all – what type of creature is it? A lizard
5. What type of tree is a Douglas Fir? Pine
6. In which country was India Ink invented? China
7. What is a titmouse? A type of bird
8. In which country are Panama hats made? Ecuador
9. In which country was the game of Chinese Checkers invented? Germany
10. A koala bear is not a bear – what type of animal is it? A marsupial
11. Which Shakespeare play do actors avoid saying the name of out loud, due to theatrical superstition? Macbeth
12. Which puppet duo had a hit in 1994 with ‘Them Girls, Them Girls’? Zig and Zag
13. How many squares are there on a chess board? 64
14. In which film do Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum fly an alien spaceship out of the earth’s atmosphere and dock with the mother ship? Independence Day
15. In Greek mythology, who beheaded the Gorgon Medusa? Perseus
16. How long, in metres, is an Olympic swimming pool? 50
17. What colour is an amethyst? Purple
18. Which famous logo is the company’s name written in blue, inside a yellow oval which in turn sits inside a blue rectangle? Ikea
19. What is the name of the head meerkat in the ‘Compare The Market’ adverts? Aleksandr Orlov
20. Which country hosted the 1992 Summer Olympics? Spain (Barcelona)

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204 !!!

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Maybe you counted some of the same squares more than once.
http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/problem- ... chessboard

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No, I counted only different squares, built of the same squares...
I knew I was right

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