24-09-2010, 06:17 PM | #1 |
Senior Member
Sub Adult
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Surrey
Posts: 1,403
|
Sunday Quiz 26th Sept
As I have been teaching dictionary skills and the alphabet in school this week have decided to do an alphabet quiz.
The answers begin with each letter of the alphabet in the order so should be worth ahving a guess at each question. 1. The fruit in Tarte Tatin? Apple 2. Children's TV programme featuring Professor Yaffle (the wooden woodpecker)? Bagpuss 3. Charles Babbage's notable invention? Computer 4. Framework for oil well drilling machinery? Derrick 5. Traditional fur trim on ceremonial and heraldic robes?Ermine 6. A maker of arrows? Fletcher 7. A hot spring which shoots out boiling water and steam? Geyser 8. Metric unit equal to 10,000 square metres? Hectare 9. Chemical element with atomic number 53? Iodine 10. Contest fought between medieval knights with lances on horseback? Joust 11. Basketball-netball hybrid game for mixed male and female teams? Korfball 12. Zurich's river? Limmet 13. The twelfth letter of the Greek alphabet? Mu 14. The Tokyo stock exchange index? Nikkei 15. A fine translucent stiff cotton muslin used chiefly for making dresses? Organza 16. Female part of a flower? Pistil 17. A type of low fat curd cheese? Quark 18. The right page of an open book? Recto 19. The white part of the human eye? Sclera 20. Bride in the 1998 film Bride of Chucky? Tiffany 21. Mottled green and yellow citrus fruit hybrid between a grapefruit and tangerine? Ugli Fruit 22. Roman goddess of the hearth? Vesta 23. US state of which Madison is capital? Wisconsin 24. Irrational fear or dislike of people from foreign countries? Xenophobia 25. Circular collapsible tent of felt or skins used by Mongolian nomads? Yurt 26. Italian dessert of whipped egg yolks, sugar and marsala wine? Zabbaglione Sorry its a bit late but hopefully people will still have time to enter Please pm answers by 9pm Sunday Enjoy This weeks results 1st WriterNick and Gregnobes 2nd NaomiT 3rd Linda 4th TortoiseBea 5th Caledonia Last edited by purplelynn; 26-09-2010 at 09:00 PM. |
25-09-2010, 08:54 PM | #2 |
Super Moderator
Adult
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Sunny Scotland
Posts: 21,512
|
done it but didn't get many
|
25-09-2010, 08:58 PM | #3 |
Senior Member
Sub Adult
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Surrey
Posts: 1,403
|
Thats two - come on guys lets have a few more
|
25-09-2010, 09:05 PM | #4 |
Super Moderator
Adult
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Sunny Scotland
Posts: 21,512
|
is it 9pm deadline tomorrow night?
|
25-09-2010, 09:06 PM | #5 |
Super Moderator
Adult
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Sunny Scotland
Posts: 21,512
|
never mind, just spotted that it is
|
25-09-2010, 09:06 PM | #6 |
Senior Member
Sub Adult
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Surrey
Posts: 1,403
|
Yes Al - thought I'd put it on the post
Just trying to drum up a few more entrants |
25-09-2010, 09:12 PM | #7 | |
Super Moderator
Adult
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Sunny Scotland
Posts: 21,512
|
damn, i didn't see this most important bit
Quote:
|
|
25-09-2010, 09:16 PM | #8 |
Senior Member
Sub Adult
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Surrey
Posts: 1,403
|
Oops
Have another go then - I don't mind |
26-09-2010, 07:53 AM | #9 |
Super Moderator
Adult
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Sunny Scotland
Posts: 21,512
|
no it's okay i will just leave it as it is
|
26-09-2010, 10:53 AM | #10 |
Senior Member
Sub Adult
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Surrey
Posts: 1,403
|
Bumpity bump - come on guys its not too hard
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
|
|