Weekend Quiz.

[T_T]

If you don't mind, I shall put one of these on each Friday until my pub stops doing them.  There not brain busters, just a bit of common knowledge. If anyone else wants to do next weekends quiz, please let us know to stop us doubling up.

 

1 What is the Capital of Australia.

 

2 In which two cities is the European Parliament based.

 

3 What layer is damaged by CFC gasses.

 

4 From which country do the Ghurkas come from.

 

5 Which breed of dog is the tallest.

 

6 Where is the sea of tranquility

 

7 Who was the Viking God of Thunder.

 

8 What is the largest known fish in the sea.

 

9 What is ' campanology '

 

10 What substance is represented by the symbol Pb.

 

11 Which sport or ball game requires the largest pitch ( excluding Golf )

 

12 In which year did the general strike occur.

 

13 What was the name of the Bear in Jungle Book.

 

14 What is the Capital of Iceland.

 

15 How many sheets of paper are there in a ream.

 

16 How long is an American Presidents term.

 

17 From which fruit is Kirsch distilled.

 

18 For what do the intials NAAFI stand for.

 

19 How many points make pontoon.

 

20 Which is the only animal with poisonous glands.

 

                      Will give correct answers Sunday evening.

 

 

[Guest]

Here I go and no Googling lol

 

1,  Canberra

2.  Strasberg  Brussels

3.  Ozone

4.  Nepal

5   Great Dane

6   Moon

7   Thor

8   Whale Shark

9   Bell ringing

10 Lead

11 Shot Putt

12 1926

13 Baloo

14 Reykjavik

15 500

16 4 years

17 Cherries

18 Navy,Army, air force Institute

19 21

20 short tailed shrew

[Chatrace]

1  Canberra - Australia's national capital

2  European Parliament UK Office

   2 Queen Anne's Gate - London SW1H 9AA

  tel 020 7227 4300 - eplondon@europarl.europa.eu

  European Parliament Office in Scotland

   The Tun - 4 Jackson's Entry - Holyrood Road - Edinburgh EH8 8PJ

   tel 0131 557 7866 - epedinburgh@europarl.europa.eu

 

3  ozone layer

 

4  fighting men from the mountain kingdom of Nepal

 

5  Great Dane tallest dog

 

6  The Sea of Tranquility of the Moon

 

7  Thor, the god of Thunder

 

8  blue whale biggest fish

 

9  Campanology - the Art of Bell Ringing

 

10  Lead's symbol Pb

 

11  Soccer

 

12  UK_General_Strike_1926

 

13  a bear named Baloo

 

14  Reykjavik, the capital city of Iceland

 

15  A ream of  paper is 500 sheets

 

16 4 years in a US Pres term

 

17  kirsch isdistilled from pure cherries

 

18  Navy, Army and Airforce Institutes (NAAFI)

 

19  Pontoon, which is 21 points in two cards

 

20  animal with poisonous glands is the American toad

 

[mealybar]

2. Brussels & Strassberg

11. Cricket

 

agree with the rest

[mO]

I think

8 is the whale shark

11 is a POLO PITCH

and 20 the duck billed paltipuss

aggree with rest of chatrace post

mO.

[Guest]

I'll have another stab at question 5 and say Saluki

[mO]

Oops think Q2 in chat race answer in depth but wrong i now agree with earlier post by TT

2.  Strasberg  Brussels

[T_T]

                                                 Quiz Answers

 

1 Canberra

 

2 Brussells/Strasberg

 

3 The Ozone Layer

 

4 Nepal

 

5 Irish Wolfhound

 

6 On the Moon

 

7 Thor

 

8 The Whale Shark

 

9 Bell Ringing

 

10 Lead

 

11 Polo

 

12 1926

 

13 Ballou

 

14 Reykjavik

 

15 480

 

16 Four years

 

17 Cherries

 

18 Navy Army and Air Forces Institute

 

19 21

 

20 Duck Billed Platypus

 

                                     Well done you four ?

 

[Guest]

Get better value with paper in the States, get an extra 20 sheets to the ream lol