Sunday Quiz 09/08

Hazel · 06-08-2009, 09:17 PM

I'm going to London first thing tomorrow so thought I'd better post the quiz now. Plus, it gives you more time to PM me your answers!

The 17 'feel free to Google' questions:

1. What is the most closely related language to English? FRISIAN
2. What are the ingredients in a snakebite and black? LAGER, CIDER, BLACKCURRANT
3. Which bone is the only bone in the human body to not be joined to another bone? HYOID BONE
4. Who was Farrokh Bulsara? FREDDIE MERCURY
5. In 1875, who was the Prime Minister (of the UK)? BENJAMIN DISRAELI
6. What is the main ingredient in a butter pie? POTATOES
7. Solve the anagram: Saddle Derriere (Clue: relevant to this site) RED-EARED SLIDER
8. The building which was once the famous Haçienda nightclub in Manchester, has now been turned into what? APARTMENTS
9. What is the most well known member of the Kuiper Belt? PLUTO
10.What happened to Walt Disney's body after he died? CREMATED
11. Where did Chop Suey originate? USA
12. Coca Cola used to contain cocaine- true, or urban myth? TRUE
13. What do the following animals have in common- humans, great apes, bottlenose dolphins, Asian elephants, magpies, killer whales. SELF RECOGNITION
14. According to the film Back to the Future, what speed to you have to reach to go back in time? 88 MPH
15. I am full of holes, but can still hold water. What am I? A SPONGE
16. The harpsichord is an instrument VERY typical of one historical period of music. Which one? BAROQUE
17. What is the answer to life, the universe and everything? 42

The 3 NO GOOGLING tie breaker questions! Best/most/closest answers win in the case of tiebreaks.
All these questions are related in some way to the questions above:

18. How old will Kylie Minogue be on her next birthday? 42
19. What is a hurdy gurdy? MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
20. What breed of cow is known as a Holstein cow in the US? (i.e. what do we call it in the UK) FRISIAN

I will post the results tonight
Thanks to those who entered

**Alan1** · 08-08-2009, 07:35 AM

Done it!!!! good quiz hazel

linda · 08-08-2009, 03:52 PM

a brilliant quiz

i love the way your tie breakers work with the other questions

**Alan1** · 08-08-2009, 04:54 PM

I won't be involved in the tie breakers by the way

Kirkie · 08-08-2009, 09:43 PM

And in last place....Kirkie!

Hazel · 10-08-2009, 12:42 PM

I have now added the answers! I'll score your quizzes tonight and see who won

lindso3000 · 10-08-2009, 01:17 PM

apologies i was away so missed it

**Alan1** · 10-08-2009, 01:30 PM

well mine won't be hard to do, 1point

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however i might point out that my answers to Q's 10, 13 and 15 are technically not incorrect

10.. it went stiff
13.. hearts and eyes
15.. the sea bed

Hazel · 10-08-2009, 06:57 PM

1st place: Linda (one answer in the tie breaker questions clinched it, just!)
2nd place: Marie (Star)- great score
3rd place: Kirkie- good score considering no googling

4th place: Alan (caledonia), although I am most impressed with the lack of Googling and the hurdy gurdy answer in particular!

**Alan1** · 10-08-2009, 10:34 PM

The Hurdy Gurdy Man was a hit record for Donovan, before your time tho

06-08-2009, 09:17 PM	#1
Hazel Member Juvenile Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Manchester Posts: 853	Sunday Quiz 09/08 I'm going to London first thing tomorrow so thought I'd better post the quiz now. Plus, it gives you more time to PM me your answers! The 17 'feel free to Google' questions: 1. What is the most closely related language to English? FRISIAN 2. What are the ingredients in a snakebite and black? LAGER, CIDER, BLACKCURRANT 3. Which bone is the only bone in the human body to not be joined to another bone? HYOID BONE 4. Who was Farrokh Bulsara? FREDDIE MERCURY 5. In 1875, who was the Prime Minister (of the UK)? BENJAMIN DISRAELI 6. What is the main ingredient in a butter pie? POTATOES 7. Solve the anagram: Saddle Derriere (Clue: relevant to this site) RED-EARED SLIDER 8. The building which was once the famous Haçienda nightclub in Manchester, has now been turned into what? APARTMENTS 9. What is the most well known member of the Kuiper Belt? PLUTO 10.What happened to Walt Disney's body after he died? CREMATED 11. Where did Chop Suey originate? USA 12. Coca Cola used to contain cocaine- true, or urban myth? TRUE 13. What do the following animals have in common- humans, great apes, bottlenose dolphins, Asian elephants, magpies, killer whales. SELF RECOGNITION 14. According to the film Back to the Future, what speed to you have to reach to go back in time? 88 MPH 15. I am full of holes, but can still hold water. What am I? A SPONGE 16. The harpsichord is an instrument VERY typical of one historical period of music. Which one? BAROQUE 17. What is the answer to life, the universe and everything? 42 The 3 NO GOOGLING tie breaker questions! Best/most/closest answers win in the case of tiebreaks. All these questions are related in some way to the questions above: 18. How old will Kylie Minogue be on her next birthday? 42 19. What is a hurdy gurdy? MUSICAL INSTRUMENT 20. What breed of cow is known as a Holstein cow in the US? (i.e. what do we call it in the UK) FRISIAN I will post the results tonight Thanks to those who entered __________________ Last edited by Hazel; 10-08-2009 at 06:52 PM.

10-08-2009, 12:42 PM	#6
Hazel Member Juvenile Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Manchester Posts: 853	I have now added the answers! I'll score your quizzes tonight and see who won __________________

10-08-2009, 01:17 PM	#7
lindso3000 Senior Member Adult Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Cumbria Posts: 2,675	apologies i was away so missed it __________________ Keeper of horsfields, redfoots, Hermans, bearded dragon and 2 rats

10-08-2009, 06:57 PM	#9
Hazel Member Juvenile Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Manchester Posts: 853	1st place: Linda (one answer in the tie breaker questions clinched it, just!) 2nd place: Marie (Star)- great score 3rd place: Kirkie- good score considering no googling 4th place: Alan (caledonia), although I am most impressed with the lack of Googling and the hurdy gurdy answer in particular! __________________

08-08-2009, 07:35 AM	#2
Alan1 Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sunny Scotland Posts: 21,512	Done it!!!! good quiz hazel

08-08-2009, 03:52 PM	#3
linda Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: west midlands Posts: 17,134	a brilliant quiz i love the way your tie breakers work with the other questions

08-08-2009, 04:54 PM	#4
Alan1 Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sunny Scotland Posts: 21,512	I won't be involved in the tie breakers by the way

08-08-2009, 09:43 PM	#5
Kirkie Senior Member Adult Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 4,887	And in last place....Kirkie!

10-08-2009, 01:30 PM	#8
Alan1 Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sunny Scotland Posts: 21,512	well mine won't be hard to do, 1point ... however i might point out that my answers to Q's 10, 13 and 15 are technically not incorrect 10.. it went stiff 13.. hearts and eyes 15.. the sea bed

10-08-2009, 10:34 PM	#10
Alan1 Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sunny Scotland Posts: 21,512	The Hurdy Gurdy Man was a hit record for Donovan, before your time tho

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