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14-08-2009, 07:11 PM
All entries in by Sunday 16th Aug 09 (please PM them to me) by 8.30pm the latest and the answers should be listed up by around 9.30-10.30pm on the same sunday
You may google these questions
1. Which of the oceans has the deepest depths?Pacific ocean
2. It occurs once in a minute, twice in a week and once in a year, what is it? E
3. Which one of these anagrams is the odd one out, and why? prujien, hrbci, cusrep, nettschcu, etentl, ilowwl? Nettle, the others are trees, juniper, birch, spruce, chestnut, and willow.
4. Forest Gump meets a selection of presidents in the film, which ones are they? Nixon, Lyndon Johnson.
5. Which country from the commonwealth has not got a colonial link with Britain? Mozambique
6. Which city is the only one in the world, based on two continents? Istanbul
7. Atlantic or the Pacific Ocean, which of these is the largest and by how much? the pacific is twice the size of the Atlantic
8. Which percent of eighteen carat yellow gold is silver? 75% gold 16% silver 9% copper
9. What is the Star of India? The world’s largest sapphire
10. Veni, Vidi, Vici means what?? I came, I saw, I concurred
11. The doldrums are? Doldrums is the belt of low pressure near the equator.
12. In Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, Scrooge has a dead business partner...what was his name? Jacob Marley
13. In the UK, we only have one venomous snake, which is it? Adder
14. Where is the one place that the American Flag flies all day long, every day, yet it is never saluted? Moon
15. What top speed can an alligator run at, when on land? 34mph
16. David Bowie released an album in 1999 called? Hours
17. There are seven wonders of the ancient world, name them.
a. The Great Pyramid of Giza
b. The State of Zeus at Olympia
c. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
d. The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
e. The Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus
f. The Colossus of Rhodes
g. The Lighthouse of Alexandria( Ishtar Gate)
18. The title of Adolf Hitler’s book ‘Mein Kampf’ means? My struggle
19. The first ever child to win the Whitbread prize for the book of the year was? Philip Pullman
20. Nick Park won an Oscar in 1995 for his animation of? A close shave
Tie Breaker questions No Googling
21. The strongest muscle in the body is the? Tongue
22. What is the chemical symbol for Iron? Fe
23. Oxygen is the most common element on earth, which is the second? Silicon
24. The most non-Contagious disease in the world is? Tooth Decay
25. Sinn Fein means what? Ourselves Alone
Sorry if these are not to great, this is my first ever quiz so SoOOoOoOORRrRRRrRRrrRRYYyYYyYYyY :)
You may google these questions
1. Which of the oceans has the deepest depths?Pacific ocean
2. It occurs once in a minute, twice in a week and once in a year, what is it? E
3. Which one of these anagrams is the odd one out, and why? prujien, hrbci, cusrep, nettschcu, etentl, ilowwl? Nettle, the others are trees, juniper, birch, spruce, chestnut, and willow.
4. Forest Gump meets a selection of presidents in the film, which ones are they? Nixon, Lyndon Johnson.
5. Which country from the commonwealth has not got a colonial link with Britain? Mozambique
6. Which city is the only one in the world, based on two continents? Istanbul
7. Atlantic or the Pacific Ocean, which of these is the largest and by how much? the pacific is twice the size of the Atlantic
8. Which percent of eighteen carat yellow gold is silver? 75% gold 16% silver 9% copper
9. What is the Star of India? The world’s largest sapphire
10. Veni, Vidi, Vici means what?? I came, I saw, I concurred
11. The doldrums are? Doldrums is the belt of low pressure near the equator.
12. In Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, Scrooge has a dead business partner...what was his name? Jacob Marley
13. In the UK, we only have one venomous snake, which is it? Adder
14. Where is the one place that the American Flag flies all day long, every day, yet it is never saluted? Moon
15. What top speed can an alligator run at, when on land? 34mph
16. David Bowie released an album in 1999 called? Hours
17. There are seven wonders of the ancient world, name them.
a. The Great Pyramid of Giza
b. The State of Zeus at Olympia
c. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
d. The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
e. The Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus
f. The Colossus of Rhodes
g. The Lighthouse of Alexandria( Ishtar Gate)
18. The title of Adolf Hitler’s book ‘Mein Kampf’ means? My struggle
19. The first ever child to win the Whitbread prize for the book of the year was? Philip Pullman
20. Nick Park won an Oscar in 1995 for his animation of? A close shave
Tie Breaker questions No Googling
21. The strongest muscle in the body is the? Tongue
22. What is the chemical symbol for Iron? Fe
23. Oxygen is the most common element on earth, which is the second? Silicon
24. The most non-Contagious disease in the world is? Tooth Decay
25. Sinn Fein means what? Ourselves Alone
Sorry if these are not to great, this is my first ever quiz so SoOOoOoOORRrRRRrRRrrRRYYyYYyYYyY :)