Post by Lonely on Jul 23, 2021 9:08:50 GMT
The Grey Matter matters quiz.
Q01/- What links the words: Aisle; business; talk; clue; autumn; listen?
Q02/- Which island got its name thanks to spin by Erik the Red?
Q03/- Which gemstone’s name is from Greek for “not drunk”?
Q04/- Leatherjackets are the larvae of which insect?
Q05/- What links: Mineral extractor; under-18; talking starling?
Q06/- What is a Dutch cabbage salad better known as?
Q07/- Whose parents met in a Russian class in Hawaii?
Q08/- Which estuary is formed by the Paraná and Uruguay rivers?
Q09/- Where was a 37m cat geoglyph recently - within 2 years - revealed?
Q10/- What links: Adèle Dumont d’Urville; Ferdinand Magellan; Alexander von Humboldt?
Q11/- The phrase “old sport” appears 45 times in which novel?
Q12/- Which Russian composer was a chemistry professor?
Q13/- Who wears egg-and-bacon ties?
Q14/- Which gland secretes melatonin?
Q15/- What year is the longest, so far, in Roman numerals?
Answers:
Q01/- Words with silent letters: S; I; L; E; N; T. Q02/- Greenland. Q03/- Amethyst.
Q04/- Crane flies (daddy long legs). Q05/- Homophones: miner; minor; myna.
Q06/- Coleslaw (koolsla). Q07/- Barack Obama. Q08/- River Plate.
Q09/- Peru (Nazca lines). Q10/- Penguins named after them: Adélie; Magellanic; Humboldt.
Q11/- The Great Gatsby. Q12/- Alexander Borodin. Q13/- MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club) members.
Q14/- Pineal. Q15/- 1888. (MDCCCLXXXVIII).
Q01/- What links the words: Aisle; business; talk; clue; autumn; listen?
Q02/- Which island got its name thanks to spin by Erik the Red?
Q03/- Which gemstone’s name is from Greek for “not drunk”?
Q04/- Leatherjackets are the larvae of which insect?
Q05/- What links: Mineral extractor; under-18; talking starling?
Q06/- What is a Dutch cabbage salad better known as?
Q07/- Whose parents met in a Russian class in Hawaii?
Q08/- Which estuary is formed by the Paraná and Uruguay rivers?
Q09/- Where was a 37m cat geoglyph recently - within 2 years - revealed?
Q10/- What links: Adèle Dumont d’Urville; Ferdinand Magellan; Alexander von Humboldt?
Q11/- The phrase “old sport” appears 45 times in which novel?
Q12/- Which Russian composer was a chemistry professor?
Q13/- Who wears egg-and-bacon ties?
Q14/- Which gland secretes melatonin?
Q15/- What year is the longest, so far, in Roman numerals?
Answers:
Q01/- Words with silent letters: S; I; L; E; N; T. Q02/- Greenland. Q03/- Amethyst.
Q04/- Crane flies (daddy long legs). Q05/- Homophones: miner; minor; myna.
Q06/- Coleslaw (koolsla). Q07/- Barack Obama. Q08/- River Plate.
Q09/- Peru (Nazca lines). Q10/- Penguins named after them: Adélie; Magellanic; Humboldt.
Q11/- The Great Gatsby. Q12/- Alexander Borodin. Q13/- MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club) members.
Q14/- Pineal. Q15/- 1888. (MDCCCLXXXVIII).