A little quiz.

[Workingman]

[color=#000080][/color]Three attempts per person per day. No cheating - no Internetting, encyclopaedia stuff, as if.

Runs from 08:00 am one day to 07:59 am the following day. So, 8 am Tues to 7:59 Weds and so on.


1 How many Oscars did the Titanic movie get? Jo - 11
2 Which European river flows through four different capitals? Jo - Danube / Donau
3 Which famous British murderer of the 19th century was never arrested? Cromwell - Jack the Ripper
4 Who was the first man to fly around the earth in a spaceship? Cromwell - Yuri Gagarin
5 What is the name of the FC Barcelona football stadium ? Cromwell - Nou Camp
6 Which Italian artist painted the Birth of Venus? Cromwell - Botticelli
7 Who was the second president of the United States? Shell - John Adams
8 Urticaria is a skin disease otherwise known as what? Shell - Hives
9 What is the house number of the Simpsons? Jo - 742
10 Which is the largest tree in the world? Ria - Giant Redwood / Sequoia
11 Which island, once of Denmark, became independent in 1944? Gal - Iceland
12 What is another word for a wall painting or mural? Kaz - Fresco
13 Which modern narrow sea strait is Hellespont the ancient name? Cromwell - Dardanelles
14 What is the name of the Jewish candlestick with special religious meaning? Jo - Menorah
15 Which two seas are joined by the Suez Canal? Kaz - Mediterranean and Red Sea
16 Which birds have scales on their wings?
17 Which city was the capital of Australia from 1901 to 1927? Ossie - Melbourne
18 How many sides does a dodecahedron have? Gal - 12
19 In which state was Bill Clinton governor before becoming U S President? Jo - Arkansas
20 What does the name of the Russian newspaper Pravda mean? Kaz - Truth
21 What is the common name of the main component in glass? Ria - Sand
22 Which is the worlds larges cricket ground by total capacity currently in use? Cromwell - Melbourne: MCG
23 Who played Che Guevara in the movie "Evita"? Jo - Antonio Banderas
24 What is both a French wine region and an American motor vehicle? Jo - Cadillac
25 What is the national animal of China? Gal - Giant Panda
26 Which war was ended by the signing the armistice on July 27 th 1953? Ossie - Korean War
27 Which mammal cannot jump? Ria - Elephant
28 Who was the Portuguese dictator at the time of Spain's Franco? Cromwell - Salazar
29 Who is the fourth musketeer besides D'Artagnan, Athos and Porthos? Kaz - Aramis
30 What was the former name of New York? Shell - New Amsterdam
31 Which device was invented by Henry Mill?
32 What is the singular of Scampi?Gal - Scampo
33 What is the thinnest natural thread? Ria - Spider silk / web
34 Which Turkish city has the name of a cartoon character?
35 Which famous group was once known as The Quarrymen? Shell - The Beatles
36 Which country had a Prime Minister and President who were twin brothers? Cromwell - Poland
37 Which animal has green-coloured fat?
38 In which country did Shakespeare's Hamlet live? Kaz - Denmark
39 What is the colour of giraffe tongue? Ria - Blue / purplre/ black
40 What is the noisy invention of Louis Glass in 1890 called?
41 From which cactus is tequila made? Cromwell - Agave
42 What is the name of the infamous novel by Vladimir Nabokov? Gal - Lolita
43 What animal has three hearts?
44 What is the national currency of Albania?
45 Which is the dinosaur whose name means “lizard under a roof”
46 What should you do in the Arab countries to show that the food was delicious? Ossie - Belch
47 What are butterfly bends and hackamores types of? Ossie - Knots
48 Which vitamin is the only one that you will not find in an egg? Shell - Vitamin C
49 Which band had a number 1 hit with "Barbie Girl"? Jo - Aqua
50 Which planet was discovered by Frederik Herschel in 1781?

[cromwell]

3. Jack the Ripper
5. Nou Camp
6. Botticelli

[miasmum]

8. Hives
30 New Amsterdam
35 the Beatles

thanks wm (since we cleaned the keyboard caps key not working properly, sorry)

[JoM]

19. Arkansas
23. Antonio Banderas
49. Aqua

Thanks Frank!

[Workingman]

All good this am.

[meriad]

10 - Giant Redfern (doubting myself now on the name)
21 - sand
33 - spider web

[Gal2]

18 12

25 Giant Panda

42 Lolita

[Workingman]

Gal all correct.

Ria, you are so close it would be unfair to leave it open as you have given a big clue, but could you please modify the second word or as an alternative give the Cherokee name for the type of tree.

[meriad]

Giant redwood -doh!!!!! Sequoia

[Kaz]

29. Aramis
38. Denmark