Post by Lonely on Jan 28, 2022 16:22:03 GMT
Time to don the thinking caps. 
Q 1/- The second Asterix volume to be published in France was called La Serpe d'or. But what was the title of the English translation?
a/- Asterix and the Golden Fleece
b/- Asterix and the Golden Sickle
c/- Asterix and the Golden Serpent
d/- Asterix and the Big Fight
Q 2/- A flame test is one way of identifying which metal you have to hand. If you have lithium, what colour flame are you going to get?
a/- Blue-green
b/- Lilac
c/- Red
d/- Yellow
Q 3/- One of these is NOT a line from the lyrics of popular new year ditty Auld Lang Syne. Which one?
a/- And surely ye'll be your pint-stoup!
b/- But we've wander'd mony a weary fit
c/- And we'll tak' a right gude-willie waught
d/- And wi' a meikle hazel rung
Q 4/- What is Arthur Wynne often credited with inventing in 1913?
a/- Anagrams
b/- Crosswords
c/- Scrabble
d/- A European Super League
Q 5/- What was the name of the comedy sketch show in which Tracey Ulman also starred in with Lenny Henry and David Copperfield?
a/- Three of a Kind
b/- The Fast Show
c/- A Kick up the Eighties
d/- Laugh??? I Nearly Paid My Licence Fee
Q 6/- Claimed to be the tallest three-sided obelisk in the world, which feels like a niche category if ever there was one, £3.1m has been spent on restoring this monument on a hill in Somerset. Who is it for?
a/- Viscount Palmerston
b/- William Pitt the Elder
c/- The Duke of Wellington
d/- Benjamin Disraeli
Q 7/- For a drink to count as a Scotch, it has to be distilled in Scotland and aged for a minimum of how many years in an oak barrel?
a/- Six years
b/- Three years
c/- Twelve years
d/- Nine years
Q 8/- The Cité du Vin museum is the hilariously literal name of one of France's finest museums. But where is it located?
a/- Reims, in the Champagne region
b/- Tours, in the Loire Valley region
c/- Bordeaux, in the Bordeaux region
d/- Dijon, in the Burgundy region
Q 9/- Which British sitcom features these actors as regular supporting characters? Kirsten Cooke, Arthur Bostrom and Guy Siner
a/- Brush Strokes
b/- Keeping Up Appearances
c/- Hi-De-Hi
d/- Allo 'Allo
Q10/- In Australia, during July 2021, the Aboriginal flag turned how many years old?
a/- 15 years
b/- 25 years
c/- 50 years
d/- 75 years
Q11/- Mary I was the daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. She compounded her Spanish roots by marrying which Spanish monarch?
a/- Philip of Spain
b/- Alfonso of Spain
c/- Ferdinand of Spain
d/- Charles of Spain
Q12/- The 1980’s: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark had two – TWO! – hits about the same historical figure. Who was she?
a/- Amelia Earhart
b/- Enola Gay
c/- Joan of Arc
d/- Louise Brooks
Q13/- The Volga and the Danube are considered to be the two longest rivers in Europe. But which of THESE four major European rivers is the longest of the four?
a/- Dnieper
b/- Elbe
c/- Rhine
d/- Tagus
Q14/- Talking of rivers, a wild giant river otter has been spotted in a country where it had not been seen since the 1980’s and was feared extinct. Where?
a/- Argentina
b/- Bolivia
c/- Chile
d/- Ecuador
Q15/- In 2021, who won the billionaires' space race to become the first private citizen to enter space in his (obviously) own spaceship?
a/- Elon Musk
b/- Richard Branson
c/- Jeff Bezos
d/- Rupert Murdoch
Q16/- Which country's interior provided the endless desert used in the sandworm and ornithopter scenes in sci-fi epic Dune?
a/- Namibia
b/- Sahara
c/- Mongolia
d/- Abu Dhabi
Q17/- In March2021, the container ship Ever Given got stuck and blocked the Suez Canal for how many days?
a/- 6
b/- 8
c/- 10
d/- 12
Q18/- Only three countries in the world do NOT use the metric system - which of these four does?
a/- Liberia
b/- Myanmar
c/- North Korea
d/- USA
Q19/- Hadrian’s Wall will be how old in 2022?
a/- 1,500
b/- 1,700
c/- 1,900
d/- 2,100
20/- In which US state would you find the highly secret Area 51?
a/- Alaska
b/- Idaho
c/- New Mexico
d/- Nevada
BONUS QUESTION:
In September2021, which country became the first to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender?
a/- El Salvador
b/- Thailand
c/- Iceland
d/- South Korea
Answers:
Q 01/- B Q 06/- C Q11/- A Q16/- D
Q 02/- C Q 07/- B Q12/- C Q17/- A
Q 03/- D Q 08/- C Q13/- A Q18/- C
Q 04/- B Q 09/- D Q14/- A Q19/- C
Q 05/- A Q 10/- C Q15/- B Q20/- D
BONUS Q/- A
Q 1/- The second Asterix volume to be published in France was called La Serpe d'or. But what was the title of the English translation?
a/- Asterix and the Golden Fleece
b/- Asterix and the Golden Sickle
c/- Asterix and the Golden Serpent
d/- Asterix and the Big Fight
Q 2/- A flame test is one way of identifying which metal you have to hand. If you have lithium, what colour flame are you going to get?
a/- Blue-green
b/- Lilac
c/- Red
d/- Yellow
Q 3/- One of these is NOT a line from the lyrics of popular new year ditty Auld Lang Syne. Which one?
a/- And surely ye'll be your pint-stoup!
b/- But we've wander'd mony a weary fit
c/- And we'll tak' a right gude-willie waught
d/- And wi' a meikle hazel rung
Q 4/- What is Arthur Wynne often credited with inventing in 1913?
a/- Anagrams
b/- Crosswords
c/- Scrabble
d/- A European Super League
Q 5/- What was the name of the comedy sketch show in which Tracey Ulman also starred in with Lenny Henry and David Copperfield?
a/- Three of a Kind
b/- The Fast Show
c/- A Kick up the Eighties
d/- Laugh??? I Nearly Paid My Licence Fee
Q 6/- Claimed to be the tallest three-sided obelisk in the world, which feels like a niche category if ever there was one, £3.1m has been spent on restoring this monument on a hill in Somerset. Who is it for?
a/- Viscount Palmerston
b/- William Pitt the Elder
c/- The Duke of Wellington
d/- Benjamin Disraeli
Q 7/- For a drink to count as a Scotch, it has to be distilled in Scotland and aged for a minimum of how many years in an oak barrel?
a/- Six years
b/- Three years
c/- Twelve years
d/- Nine years
Q 8/- The Cité du Vin museum is the hilariously literal name of one of France's finest museums. But where is it located?
a/- Reims, in the Champagne region
b/- Tours, in the Loire Valley region
c/- Bordeaux, in the Bordeaux region
d/- Dijon, in the Burgundy region
Q 9/- Which British sitcom features these actors as regular supporting characters? Kirsten Cooke, Arthur Bostrom and Guy Siner
a/- Brush Strokes
b/- Keeping Up Appearances
c/- Hi-De-Hi
d/- Allo 'Allo
Q10/- In Australia, during July 2021, the Aboriginal flag turned how many years old?
a/- 15 years
b/- 25 years
c/- 50 years
d/- 75 years
Q11/- Mary I was the daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. She compounded her Spanish roots by marrying which Spanish monarch?
a/- Philip of Spain
b/- Alfonso of Spain
c/- Ferdinand of Spain
d/- Charles of Spain
Q12/- The 1980’s: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark had two – TWO! – hits about the same historical figure. Who was she?
a/- Amelia Earhart
b/- Enola Gay
c/- Joan of Arc
d/- Louise Brooks
Q13/- The Volga and the Danube are considered to be the two longest rivers in Europe. But which of THESE four major European rivers is the longest of the four?
a/- Dnieper
b/- Elbe
c/- Rhine
d/- Tagus
Q14/- Talking of rivers, a wild giant river otter has been spotted in a country where it had not been seen since the 1980’s and was feared extinct. Where?
a/- Argentina
b/- Bolivia
c/- Chile
d/- Ecuador
Q15/- In 2021, who won the billionaires' space race to become the first private citizen to enter space in his (obviously) own spaceship?
a/- Elon Musk
b/- Richard Branson
c/- Jeff Bezos
d/- Rupert Murdoch
Q16/- Which country's interior provided the endless desert used in the sandworm and ornithopter scenes in sci-fi epic Dune?
a/- Namibia
b/- Sahara
c/- Mongolia
d/- Abu Dhabi
Q17/- In March2021, the container ship Ever Given got stuck and blocked the Suez Canal for how many days?
a/- 6
b/- 8
c/- 10
d/- 12
Q18/- Only three countries in the world do NOT use the metric system - which of these four does?
a/- Liberia
b/- Myanmar
c/- North Korea
d/- USA
Q19/- Hadrian’s Wall will be how old in 2022?
a/- 1,500
b/- 1,700
c/- 1,900
d/- 2,100
20/- In which US state would you find the highly secret Area 51?
a/- Alaska
b/- Idaho
c/- New Mexico
d/- Nevada
BONUS QUESTION:
In September2021, which country became the first to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender?
a/- El Salvador
b/- Thailand
c/- Iceland
d/- South Korea
Answers:
Q 01/- B Q 06/- C Q11/- A Q16/- D
Q 02/- C Q 07/- B Q12/- C Q17/- A
Q 03/- D Q 08/- C Q13/- A Q18/- C
Q 04/- B Q 09/- D Q14/- A Q19/- C
Q 05/- A Q 10/- C Q15/- B Q20/- D
BONUS Q/- A
