Post by Lonely on Aug 1, 2021 10:37:08 GMT
The Questions:
Q01/- Tokyo 2020 is now underway. Which four cities are due to be hosts of the next four winter and summer Olympics and Paralympics?
a/- Beijing, Paris, Milano-Cortina, Los Angeles
b/- Beijing, Paris, Stockholm, Los Angeles
c/- Beijing, Paris, Stockholm, Brisbane
Q02/- Loch Ness in Scotland contains more water in it than all the freshwater lakes of England and Wales combined.
a/- True
b/- False
Q03/- Disney's Donald Duck has a ludicrous middle name. What is it?
a/- Lysander
b/- Fauntleroy
c/- Eggbert
d/- Artemis
Q04/- What is the chemical symbol for silver?
a/- Si
b/- S
c/- Ar
d/- Ag
Q05/- In Douglas Adams' peerless Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, what drink had effects similar to "having your brains smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick."
a/- Bugblatter beast of traal
b/- Total Perspective Vortex
c/- Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster
d/- Jynnan Tonnyx
Q06/- Matt Berry is fond of shouting "Bat!" just before his vampire character Laszlo Cravensworth transforms in What We Do In The Shadows. But what is the name of his ever-alluring vampire wife, played by Natasia Demetriou?
a/- Natalia
b/- Drusilla
c/- Rosanna
d/- Nadja
Q07/- Which member of the Beatles was the youngest? George, John, Ringo or Paul?
a/- George
b/- John
c/- Paul
d/- Ringo
Q08/- In 1976 Niki Lauda suffered a severe accident in a grand prix which nearly killed him. At which circuit?
a/- Zandvoort, Netherlands
b/- Österreichring, Austria
c/- Monza, Italy
d/- Nürburgring, Germany
Q09/- The Brits , recently had a star-studded evening with Dua Lipa and Little Mix making the headlines. But what year were the first Brits held?
a/- 1977
b/- 1987
c/- 1997
d/- 2007
Q10/- Who recently withdrew from the French Open tennis after being fined for failing to attend a press conference, having already told organisers they would not be appearing?
a/- Aryna Sabalenka
b/- Elina Svitolina
c/- Iga Swiatek
d/- Naomi Osaka
Q11/- Named after Gustav Ludwig Hertz, the hertz is the derived unit of magnetic flux in the International System of Units.
a/- True
b/- False
Q12/- The 1963 movie Jason and the Argonauts depicts the quest for the "Golden Fleece". In Greek myth, what was the name of the legendary golden-woolled winged ram that was the source of the fleece?
a/- Pegasus
b/- Charybdis
c/- Chrysomallos
d/- Telos
Q13/- How cold do you have to make it before the metal mercury becomes a solid?
a/- -46.6C
b/- -38.84C
c/- -24.4
d/- -412.2C
Q14/- Everybody knows that the Welsh flag is one of the best in the world. It's got a dragon on it, so who is going to argue with that? But whose dragon is it traditionally held to be?
a/- Cadwaladr, King of Gwynedd
b/- Edward I
c/- Iolo Morganwg
d/- Saint David
Q15/- Why are parents in the US complaining that by watching Peppa Pig is doing what to their kids?
a/- Turning them into vegetarians
b/- Making them splash in muddy puddles
c/- Giving them British accents
The Answers:
Q01/- A Q02/- A Q03/- B
Q04/- D Q05/- C Q06/- D
Q07/- A Q08/- D Q09/- 1997
Q10/- D Q11/- B Q12/- C
Q13/- B Q14/- A Q15/- C
Q01/- Tokyo 2020 is now underway. Which four cities are due to be hosts of the next four winter and summer Olympics and Paralympics?
a/- Beijing, Paris, Milano-Cortina, Los Angeles
b/- Beijing, Paris, Stockholm, Los Angeles
c/- Beijing, Paris, Stockholm, Brisbane
Q02/- Loch Ness in Scotland contains more water in it than all the freshwater lakes of England and Wales combined.
a/- True
b/- False
Q03/- Disney's Donald Duck has a ludicrous middle name. What is it?
a/- Lysander
b/- Fauntleroy
c/- Eggbert
d/- Artemis
Q04/- What is the chemical symbol for silver?
a/- Si
b/- S
c/- Ar
d/- Ag
Q05/- In Douglas Adams' peerless Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, what drink had effects similar to "having your brains smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick."
a/- Bugblatter beast of traal
b/- Total Perspective Vortex
c/- Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster
d/- Jynnan Tonnyx
Q06/- Matt Berry is fond of shouting "Bat!" just before his vampire character Laszlo Cravensworth transforms in What We Do In The Shadows. But what is the name of his ever-alluring vampire wife, played by Natasia Demetriou?
a/- Natalia
b/- Drusilla
c/- Rosanna
d/- Nadja
Q07/- Which member of the Beatles was the youngest? George, John, Ringo or Paul?
a/- George
b/- John
c/- Paul
d/- Ringo
Q08/- In 1976 Niki Lauda suffered a severe accident in a grand prix which nearly killed him. At which circuit?
a/- Zandvoort, Netherlands
b/- Österreichring, Austria
c/- Monza, Italy
d/- Nürburgring, Germany
Q09/- The Brits , recently had a star-studded evening with Dua Lipa and Little Mix making the headlines. But what year were the first Brits held?
a/- 1977
b/- 1987
c/- 1997
d/- 2007
Q10/- Who recently withdrew from the French Open tennis after being fined for failing to attend a press conference, having already told organisers they would not be appearing?
a/- Aryna Sabalenka
b/- Elina Svitolina
c/- Iga Swiatek
d/- Naomi Osaka
Q11/- Named after Gustav Ludwig Hertz, the hertz is the derived unit of magnetic flux in the International System of Units.
a/- True
b/- False
Q12/- The 1963 movie Jason and the Argonauts depicts the quest for the "Golden Fleece". In Greek myth, what was the name of the legendary golden-woolled winged ram that was the source of the fleece?
a/- Pegasus
b/- Charybdis
c/- Chrysomallos
d/- Telos
Q13/- How cold do you have to make it before the metal mercury becomes a solid?
a/- -46.6C
b/- -38.84C
c/- -24.4
d/- -412.2C
Q14/- Everybody knows that the Welsh flag is one of the best in the world. It's got a dragon on it, so who is going to argue with that? But whose dragon is it traditionally held to be?
a/- Cadwaladr, King of Gwynedd
b/- Edward I
c/- Iolo Morganwg
d/- Saint David
Q15/- Why are parents in the US complaining that by watching Peppa Pig is doing what to their kids?
a/- Turning them into vegetarians
b/- Making them splash in muddy puddles
c/- Giving them British accents
The Answers:
Q01/- A Q02/- A Q03/- B
Q04/- D Q05/- C Q06/- D
Q07/- A Q08/- D Q09/- 1997
Q10/- D Q11/- B Q12/- C
Q13/- B Q14/- A Q15/- C
