Post by Lonely on Feb 1, 2023 7:52:27 GMT
Weekly Quiz: Boeing, Boeing...
Q01/- Boeing has produced its last ever 747. But when did the first one take flight?
a/- 1965
b/- 1969
c/- 1975
d/- 1979
Q02/-England did not win the World Cup. But Kyle Walker and John Stones have adopted a cat they met in Qatar. What have they called it?
a/- Cristiano
b/- Dave
c/- Fred
d/- Ronaldo
Q03/- In 1968, Tammy Wynette had a hit single with D-I-V-O-R-C-E. It’s unknown if she was interested in GCSE science questions, but for which element is C the symbol for?
a/- Cadmium
b/- Calcium
c/- Carbon
d/- Choline
Q04/- On 15 December 2001 the Leaning Tower of Pisa was reopened after a lengthy project to stabilise it. But when was the wacky building originally completed?
a/- 1172
b/- 1272
c/- 1372
d/- 1472
Q05/- Auction officials have sold what they describe as the oldest known pair of jeans in the world for $114,000. When do they date from?
a/- 1857
b/- 1877
c/- 1897
d/- 1907
Q06/- Which European country had to close a portion of its airspace after a hefty chunk of the massive rocket used to deliver the third module of China’s Tiangong space station suffered an uncontrolled fall back to earth?
a/- Austria
b/- Croatia
c/- France
d/- Spain
Q07/- In November 2022, we lost Hawkwind co-founder Nik Turner. What type of machine did they have, which was a huge hit for them initially in 1972?
a/- Silver machine
b/- Sodium machine
c/- Steel machine
d/- Sulfur machine
Q08/- We also lost Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy, who started being the voice of the Dark Knight in cartoons and video games in the 1990s. In which year did Batman make his comic debut in "The Case of the Chemical Syndicate"?
a/- 1939
b/- 1949
c/- 1959
d/- 1969
Q09/- We also lost the Iranian Mehran Karimi Nasseri, who inspired the Steven Spielberg film The Terminal starring Tom Hanks after living in an airport for many, many years. Which airport?
a/- Amsterdam: Schiphol
b/- Lisbon: Humberto Delgado
c/- Milan: Malpensa
d/- Paris: Charles de Gaulle
Q10/- Amazon Prime is basing a TV series on Blade Runner. But which year is the original 1982 movie set in?
a/- 2015
b/- 2019
c/- 2022
d/- 2026
Q11/- Which cryptocurrency changed the way it works in a software update known as "the merge" in order to reduce its hideously large carbon footprint?
a/- Bitcoin
b/- Ethereum
c/- Ponzicoin
d/- Tsuka
Q12/- A huge leak of data has revealed that the next version of Grand Theft Auto will once again be set in Vice City, as was the 2002 instalment. But Vice City is loosely based on which real US city?
a/- Chicago
b/- Las Vegas
c/- Miami
d/- New York
Q13/- The Soviet Union landed the first ever remote-controlled robot on another body in the solar system when it landed which robot on the moon on 17 November 1970?
a/- Cosmos 186
b/- Lunokhod 1
c/- Salyut 1
d/- Zond 5
Q14/- The Phantom of the Opera musical is to close on Broadway after a run of approximately 1bn years. But who wrote the original Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, which was first published in 1909?
a/- Alexandre Dumas
b/- Alphonse Daudet
c/- Gaston Leroux
d/- Leon Colbert
Q15/- UK prime minister Rishi Sunak visited his first G20 summit since taking up the role. Where was the summit being held?
a/- Aggedor
b/- Bali
c/- Jakarta
d/- Suabaya
Bonus Question: Gold Dust Woman was written and sung by Stevie on Fleetwood Mac's Rumours album. But what is the atomic number of gold?
a/- 19
b/- 39
c/- 59
d/- 79
Answers:
Q 01/- B Q 06/- D Q 11/- B
Q 02/- B Q 07/- A Q 12/- C
Q 03/- A Q 08/- A Q 13/- B
Q 04/- C Q 09/- D Q 14/- C
Q 05/- A Q 10/- B Q 15/- B
Bonus Q: D
Q01/- Boeing has produced its last ever 747. But when did the first one take flight?
a/- 1965
b/- 1969
c/- 1975
d/- 1979
Q02/-England did not win the World Cup. But Kyle Walker and John Stones have adopted a cat they met in Qatar. What have they called it?
a/- Cristiano
b/- Dave
c/- Fred
d/- Ronaldo
Q03/- In 1968, Tammy Wynette had a hit single with D-I-V-O-R-C-E. It’s unknown if she was interested in GCSE science questions, but for which element is C the symbol for?
a/- Cadmium
b/- Calcium
c/- Carbon
d/- Choline
Q04/- On 15 December 2001 the Leaning Tower of Pisa was reopened after a lengthy project to stabilise it. But when was the wacky building originally completed?
a/- 1172
b/- 1272
c/- 1372
d/- 1472
Q05/- Auction officials have sold what they describe as the oldest known pair of jeans in the world for $114,000. When do they date from?
a/- 1857
b/- 1877
c/- 1897
d/- 1907
Q06/- Which European country had to close a portion of its airspace after a hefty chunk of the massive rocket used to deliver the third module of China’s Tiangong space station suffered an uncontrolled fall back to earth?
a/- Austria
b/- Croatia
c/- France
d/- Spain
Q07/- In November 2022, we lost Hawkwind co-founder Nik Turner. What type of machine did they have, which was a huge hit for them initially in 1972?
a/- Silver machine
b/- Sodium machine
c/- Steel machine
d/- Sulfur machine
Q08/- We also lost Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy, who started being the voice of the Dark Knight in cartoons and video games in the 1990s. In which year did Batman make his comic debut in "The Case of the Chemical Syndicate"?
a/- 1939
b/- 1949
c/- 1959
d/- 1969
Q09/- We also lost the Iranian Mehran Karimi Nasseri, who inspired the Steven Spielberg film The Terminal starring Tom Hanks after living in an airport for many, many years. Which airport?
a/- Amsterdam: Schiphol
b/- Lisbon: Humberto Delgado
c/- Milan: Malpensa
d/- Paris: Charles de Gaulle
Q10/- Amazon Prime is basing a TV series on Blade Runner. But which year is the original 1982 movie set in?
a/- 2015
b/- 2019
c/- 2022
d/- 2026
Q11/- Which cryptocurrency changed the way it works in a software update known as "the merge" in order to reduce its hideously large carbon footprint?
a/- Bitcoin
b/- Ethereum
c/- Ponzicoin
d/- Tsuka
Q12/- A huge leak of data has revealed that the next version of Grand Theft Auto will once again be set in Vice City, as was the 2002 instalment. But Vice City is loosely based on which real US city?
a/- Chicago
b/- Las Vegas
c/- Miami
d/- New York
Q13/- The Soviet Union landed the first ever remote-controlled robot on another body in the solar system when it landed which robot on the moon on 17 November 1970?
a/- Cosmos 186
b/- Lunokhod 1
c/- Salyut 1
d/- Zond 5
Q14/- The Phantom of the Opera musical is to close on Broadway after a run of approximately 1bn years. But who wrote the original Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, which was first published in 1909?
a/- Alexandre Dumas
b/- Alphonse Daudet
c/- Gaston Leroux
d/- Leon Colbert
Q15/- UK prime minister Rishi Sunak visited his first G20 summit since taking up the role. Where was the summit being held?
a/- Aggedor
b/- Bali
c/- Jakarta
d/- Suabaya
Bonus Question: Gold Dust Woman was written and sung by Stevie on Fleetwood Mac's Rumours album. But what is the atomic number of gold?
a/- 19
b/- 39
c/- 59
d/- 79
Answers:
Q 01/- B Q 06/- D Q 11/- B
Q 02/- B Q 07/- A Q 12/- C
Q 03/- A Q 08/- A Q 13/- B
Q 04/- C Q 09/- D Q 14/- C
Q 05/- A Q 10/- B Q 15/- B
Bonus Q: D