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highlander

28-Nov-04, 16:42

well u asked for some more quiz questions, here we go!

1. Where was Charles Darwin born in 1809?
2. What is the capital of Denmark?
3.What do palaeontolgists study?
4.where was Walt Disney born?
5. Who sang the hit in 1967 Massachusetts?
6.What is a Tsunami?
7. Thomas Edison patents the lightbulb, but in which year?
8.Which is the largest elephant Asian or Africian?
9. In 1894 who wrote The Jungle Book?
10.How many times did Muhammad Ali regain the world heavyweight title?
11. What is a Queen Alexandras birdwing?
12 Who was the captain of the ship Endeavour?
13. What do the words scissors, trousers,binoculars and jeans have in common?
14. Dogfish are types of what?
15. What are devils on horseback on a menu?
16. Which popular soft drink was originally known as brads drink?
17 How many lanes make-up an olympic sized pool?
18. What is the hardest substance in our bodies?
19. can giraffes swim?
20. who sang the song in 1972 Beg,Steal, or Borrow?

The Godfather

28-Nov-04, 17:32

well u asked for some more quiz questions, here we go!
2. What is the capital of Denmark?
6.What is a Tsunami?
9. In 1894 who wrote The Jungle Book?
14. Dogfish are types of what?
18. What is the hardest substance in our bodies?

2. Copenhagen
6. Tidel Wave
9. Rudyard Kipling
14. Shark
18. Enamel

Yes!, Finaly an outlet for all my pointless knowledge. Thanks Highlander :)

Bill Fernie

28-Nov-04, 17:58

3 An archaeological discipline studying fossils
13 Plural words describing a single article

DrSzin

28-Nov-04, 18:18

There's only one left:

10.How many times did Muhammad Ali regain the world heavyweight title?

Twice:
Once against George Foreman -- The Rumble in the Jungle;
Once against Leon Spinks.

He held the title three times, so he regained it twice.

Guess who was an Ali fan as a kid? But it's a bit embarrassing now.

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Well, there was only one question left unanswered when I started that post! And the answer to question 5 is indeed the Bee Gees and not Tom Jones [lol]

Thanks for giving everyone else a chance to have a shot. :D

KitKat

28-Nov-04, 19:18

No 5 was the BeeGees
No 20 Was it the New Seekers?

2little2late

28-Nov-04, 21:44

13. What do the words scissors, trousers,binoculars and jeans have in common?
They all end with the letter s
14. Dogfish are types of what?
Dogfish
20. who sang the song in 1972 Beg,Steal, or Borrow?
The seekers

Drutt

28-Nov-04, 21:59

Post removed.

Edited because I answered a questioned that had already been answered before. That'll teach me to read all the posts before posting myself, oops.

JAWS

29-Nov-04, 01:10

8. African
17. Eight

sassylass

30-Nov-04, 02:14

*raises hand* OOH OOOH I know number 11

Queen Alexandras Birdwing is the world's largest butterfly

Tristan

30-Nov-04, 08:54

well u asked for some more quiz questions, here we go!

1. Where was Charles Darwin born in 1809?
4.where was Walt Disney born?
7. Thomas Edison patents the lightbulb, but in which year?
12 Who was the captain of the ship Endeavour?
15. What are devils on horseback on a menu?
16. Which popular soft drink was originally known as brads drink?
19. can giraffes swim?

1. Shrewsbury, England
4. Chicago, Illinois
7. Interesting question - he applied for the patent in 1880, which was invalidated in 1883, then he finally got validation in 1889.
12. Captain Cook
15. Prunes stuffed with chutney wrapped in bacon
16. Pepsi
19. No

norscot

30-Nov-04, 10:45

I think you're all missing the obvious with question 13. Surely the correct answer is 'pair'.

Pair of trousers, pair of jeans, pair of binoculars, pair of scissors.

Kenn

30-Nov-04, 19:59

6.Tidal wave
11.Butterfly
14.Shark

Don't think any one else had answered those :eyes
Thanks highlander

JAWS

30-Nov-04, 20:22

Tristan, Darwin, born in England? No wonder he thought he was decsended from monkeys! :eek:

2little2late

30-Nov-04, 23:11

6.What is a Tsunami?

A very large ocean wave caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption.

Tristan

01-Dec-04, 13:49

Tristan, Darwin, born in England? No wonder he thought he was decsended from monkeys! :eek:

Actually, it was apes we are descended from, Jaws.

norscot

01-Dec-04, 15:50

Dogfish belong to the Shark family. I would have thought that Jaws would have been on the ball with that one!! :)

bosstard

01-Dec-04, 17:45

17 How many lanes make-up an olympic sized pool?
19. can giraffes swim?

I believe all the others have been answered correctly in some previous thread (apart from no11 and I haven't a clue on that!!)

17. 10
19 Yes, I think all mammals are natural swimmers aren't they?

George Brims

01-Dec-04, 20:14

Can't they just walk along the bottom and stick their heads out of the water? Maybe they never actually *need* to swim!

highlander

02-Dec-04, 00:15

scorrie

02-Dec-04, 01:01

Giraffes CANNOT swim!! Let's face it have you ever seen one wearing goggles. Seriously though they would topple over and drown very quickly.
Only 8 lanes in an olympic pool, fastest qualifier swims from lane 4 in the final.

Tristan

02-Dec-04, 14:06

I thought i better check up on the answer for question 7,
7. Thomas Edison patents the electric lightbulb what year?
the answer i had was 1879.
But after Tristan had said he applied for patent in 1880, which was invalidated in 1883, then he finally got validation in 1889.
So i thought i better look into this further

Electric Lights.
application date Oct 14th 1878
issued on April 22nd 1879

Apparatus for electric lights
application date Feb 1879
issued Feb 10th 1880

Electric light
application date Feb 3rd 1879
issued May 4th 1880

this was found on www.tomedison.org/patent.html

I thought the question was for the light-bulb itself, which in my humble opinion concerned the encasement of the filament in a near-perfect vacuum, which was the patent (no. 223,898 for anyone who really cares) I was referring to.

You are correct that Edison had patents for electrical light apparatuses (apparati?) in 1879, but as these mostly referred to improvements in the method of conduction, not the bulb itself, I didn't think that was the answer the question was looking for. My apologies if I was mistaken!

highlander

02-Dec-04, 22:48

Here is the answers for this weeks questions

1.Shewsbury, England
2.Copenhagen
3.fossils
4.Chicago, Usa
5.Bee Gees
6.huge wave 100ft high
7.1879
8.African
9. Rudyard Kipling
10.3 times
11. Butterfly
12. Captain James Cook
13. they cant be singular
14. shark
15. prunes wrapped in bacon (yuckie)
16. pepsi cola, invented by american pharmacist Caleb Bradham
17. 8 lanes
18. tooth enamel
19.no
20. New seekers

thank you all for taking part in the quiz, i will make up some more questions and post them soon

The Godfather

02-Dec-04, 23:04

Lies!! Giraffes can swim. I saw one swimming down the Dunbeath Strath in the summer!