Daily Quiz anyone?

[zico]

Thanks to the guys for getting this great new site up and running and here is a brand new quiz thread. You know the rules. Please don't post your answers before the quizzer does. Don't forget to post your scores.  

[zico]

That's alright Gary, no apology required.  For some reason it reminded me a tad of the Fawlty Towers episode - "Napoleon didn't surrender at Waterloo, He retreated to Paris"  = "We didn't start it" - "Yes, you did, you invaded Poland!"  

Numbers Trivia Quiz

1.  How many different topics are there in a game of classic Trivial Pursuit?
Six

2.  How many people are there in each boat in the Cambridge and Oxford University Boat Race?
Nine - There are eight rowers and a cox.

3.  How many pieces of music are the castaways on "Desert Island Discs" allowed to take to the island?
Eight

4. How many inches in a foot?
Twelve

5.  How many playing squares are on a chessboard?
Sixty-Four

6.  In the 3000-metre steeplechase how many times does an athlete jump the water?
Seven

7.  How many innings in a standard Major League Baseball (MLB) baseball game?
Nine

8.  How many humans went into Noah’s Ark?
Eight - Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth, together with his wife and the wives of his three sons

9.  Before decimalization how many pennies in an old pound?
Two Hundred and Forty (240)

10.  How many landlocked countries are there in South America?
Two - (Bolivia and Paraguay)

11.  How many possible first moves are there in standard chess?
Twenty

12.  A lustrum was a period of how many years in Ancient Rome?
Five years

13.  How many cards make up a typical tarot card deck?
Seventy-Eight (78)

14.  How many Infinity Stones are there in the Marvel Universe?
Six - Time, Space, Reality, Power, Mind, and Soul.

15.  How many paintings did Vincent Van Gogh sell in his lifetime?
One

16.  How many dancers perform the Dance of The Little Swans (Danses des Petits Cygnes) in Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake"?
Four

17.  In the bible, how many Plagues of Egypt were there?
Ten

18. What do the sum of all the numbers on a standard roulette wheel add up to? 
Six Hundred and Sixty-Six (666 (0 to 36)

19.  How many days do you have to claim a National Lottery prize?
One Hundred and Eighty (180 days)

20.  How many zeroes are in a Googol?
One Hundred


 

[the coming of gary]

Napoleon didn't surrender at Waterloo
He retreated to Paris
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AFTER what battle

I changed the phrasing of the question after Gary pointed it out.

Sorry chaps,  i was a bit arsey there, please ignore
.

[zico]

Napoleon didn't surrender at Waterloo
He retreated to Paris
.

AFTER what battle

I changed the phrasing of the question after Gary pointed it out.

[Mr Anon]

Napoleon didn't surrender at Waterloo
He retreated to Paris
.

AFTER what battle

[zico]

Numbers Trivia Quiz

1.  How many different topics are there in a game of classic Trivial Pursuit?

2.  How many people are there in each boat in the Cambridge and Oxford University Boat Race?

3.  How many pieces of music are the castaways on "Desert Island Discs" allowed to take to the island?

4. How many inches in a foot?

5.  How many playing squares are on a chessboard?

6.  In the 3000-metre steeplechase how many times does an athlete jump the water?

7.  How many innings in a standard Major League Baseball (MLB) baseball game?

8.  How many humans went into Noah’s Ark?

9.  Before decimalization how many pennies in an old pound?

10.  How many landlocked countries are there in South America?

11.  How many possible first moves are there in standard chess?

12.  A lustrum was a period of how many years in Ancient Rome?

13.  How many cards make up a typical tarot card deck?

14.  How many Infinity Stones are there in the Marvel Universe?

15.  How many paintings did Vincent Van Gogh sell in his lifetime?

16.  How many dancers perform the Dance of The Little Swans (Danses des Petits Cygnes) in Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake"?

17.  In the bible, how many Plagues of Egypt were there?

18. What do the sum of all the numbers on a standard roulette wheel add up to? 

19.  How many days do you have to claim a National Lottery prize?

20.  How many zeroes are in a Googol?

 

[only1billybonds]

11.

Cheers Zico 

[easthammer]

14 thanks Zico

[mallard]

14 - Thanks Zico

[the coming of gary]

Napoleon didn't surrender at Waterloo
He retreated to Paris
.

[Westside]

21. Thanks Zico. 

[zico]

Military Themed Quiz

1.  After what battle in 1815 did Napoleon surrender to the British? (Apologies slight word change at start of question)
The Battle of Waterloo

2.  The Battle of Monte Cassino took place in which country?
Italy - also known as the Battle for Rome, was a series of four military assaults by the Allies against Axis forces in Italy during the Italian Campaign of World War II.

3.  What year was the Royal Air Force formed, was it 1918, 1928 or 1938?
1918 - formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918 through the merger of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS).

4.  What is the name of the successful businessman and Dragon’s Den star who apparently was once dishonourably discharged from the Royal Navy for throwing an officer off a boat landing jetty?
Duncan Bannatyne

5.  Which former Army Sergeant won two gold medals at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens?
Dame Kelly Holmes

6.  Who starred as General Melchett in the TV series, “Blackadder Goes Forth”?
Stephen Fry

7.  In which English county is RAF Benson?
Oxfordshire - South Oxfordshire

8.  The remains of what U.S. battleship can be viewed from above the water at the Pearl Harbor National Memorial in Hawaii?
USS Arizona

6.  In which sea did the Battle of Jutland take place in 1916?
North Sea

7.  Who wrote the novels featuring the character Richard Sharpe which later became a successful television series on ITV with Sean Bean?
Bernard Cornwell

8.  A joint venture of Lockheed and Raytheon, the FGM-148 portable anti-tank launcher shares its nickname with what decathlon event?
Javelin

9.  Sharing a name with Captain Nemo's vessel in “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea,” what was the name of the world's first operational nuclear-powered submarine?
USS Nautilus

10.  What was the name of the boat sunk by Opération Satanique in July 1985 by a French military action? The ship was at the Port of Auckland in New Zealand on its way to a protest against a planned nuclear test.
Rainbow Warrior

11.  Now the namesake of a class of aircraft carriers, what Texan commanded the US Pacific fleet during World War II and served as America's Chief of Naval Operations from 1945 to 1947?
Nimitz - Chester W. Nimitz

12.  Starring Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen and James Farentino can you name the 1980 American science fiction war film about a modern, nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that travels through time to the day before the December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor?
The Final Countdown - It was set and filmed on board USS Nimitz (CVN-68)

13.  The sinking of which ship led to the greatest single loss of life at sea in the history of the U.S. Navy in 1945?
USS Indianapolis

14. The 2001 film “Blackhawk Down”, directed by Ridley Scott, centres on a military operation that took place in which East African country in 1993? 
Somalia

15.  Meaning roughly "strugglers or strivers, doers of jihād')," what M-word name was given to the various Afghanistan rebel groups that fought against the Soviet Union in the Soviet-Afghan War in the 1980s?
Mujahideen

16.  The shortest war in history took place in 1896. It lasted between 38 and 45 minutes when which African archipelago surrendered to the British Empire?
Zanzibar

17.  In the Sean Connery film “The Hunt for Red October” what is the name of the secret drive aboard the 'Red October' submarine that allows them to run very quiet in the water?
Caterpillar Drive

18.  'Richard the Lionheart' was a Christian leader during which crusade: The First, Second, Third, Fourth, or Fifth?
The Third Crusade

19. Which American battleship is best remembered as the site of the surrender of Japan at the end of World War II?
USS Missouri

20.  "Broadsword calling Danny Boy" is a famous line from the 1968 film "Where Eagles Dare," which has become iconic in popular culture. What were the surnames of the three double agents (traitors) Major Smith (Richard Burton) proved guilty with the undeliberate help of Colonel Kramer (Anton Diffring)?  Point fort each
Thomas, Christiansen, and Berkeley

 

[zico]

Military Themed Quiz

1.  At what battle in 1815 did Napoleon surrender to the British?

2.  The Battle of Monte Cassino took place in which country?

3.  What year was the Royal Air Force formed, was it 1918, 1928 or 1938?

4.  What is the name of the successful businessman and Dragon’s Den star who apparently was once dishonourably discharged from the Royal Navy for throwing an officer off a boat landing jetty?

5.  Which former Army Sergeant won two gold medals at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens?

6.  Who starred as General Melchett in the TV series, “Blackadder Goes Forth”?

7.  In which English county is RAF Benson?

8.  The remains of what U.S. battleship can be viewed from above the water at the Pearl Harbor National Memorial in Hawaii?

6.  In which sea did the Battle of Jutland take place in 1916?

7.  Who wrote the novels featuring the character Richard Sharpe which later became a successful television series on ITV with Sean Bean?

8.  A joint venture of Lockheed and Raytheon, the FGM-148 portable anti-tank launcher shares its nickname with what decathlon event?

9.  Sharing a name with Captain Nemo's vessel in “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea,” what was the name of the world's first operational nuclear-powered submarine?

10.  What was the name of the boat sunk by Opération Satanique in July 1985 by a French military action? The ship was at the Port of Auckland in New Zealand on its way to a protest against a planned nuclear test.

11.  Now the namesake of a class of aircraft carriers, what Texan commanded the US Pacific fleet during World War II and served as America's Chief of Naval Operations from 1945 to 1947?

12.  Starring Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen and James Farentino can you name the 1980 American science fiction war film about a modern, nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that travels through time to the day before the December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor?

13.  The sinking of which ship led to the greatest single loss of life at sea in the history of the U.S. Navy in 1945?

14. The 2001 film “Blackhawk Down”, directed by Ridley Scott, centres on a military operation that took place in which East African country in 1993? 

15.  Meaning roughly "strugglers or strivers, doers of jihād')," what M-word name was given to the various Afghanistan rebel groups that fought against the Soviet Union in the Soviet-Afghan War in the 1980s?

16.  The shortest war in history took place in 1896. It lasted between 38 and 45 minutes when which African archipelago surrendered to the British Empire?

17.  In the Sean Connery film “The Hunt for Red October” what is the name of the secret drive aboard the 'Red October' submarine that allows them to run very quiet in the water?

18.  'Richard the Lionheart' was a Christian leader during which crusade: The First, Second, Third, Fourth, or Fifth?

19. Which American battleship is best remembered as the site of the surrender of Japan at the end of World War II?

20.  "Broadsword calling Danny Boy" is a famous line from the 1968 film "Where Eagles Dare," which has become iconic in popular culture. What were the surnames of the three double agents (traitors) Major Smith (Richard Burton) proved guilty with the undeliberate help of Colonel Kramer (Anton Diffring)?  Point fort each




 

[only1billybonds]

11.


Cheers Zico 

[Westside]

14. Thanks Zico.

[easthammer]

12 thanks Zico

[mallard]

12 Thanks Zico

[zico]

Generals Quiz

1.  Who starred in the 1926 silent movie "The General"?
Buster Keaton

2.  General Zod was played by which actor in the films "Superman" (1978) and "Superman II" (1980)?
Terence Stamp

3.  Who ruled as dictator of Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975?
General Franco

4.  What rank in the British Army immediately precedes that of a Major-General?
Brigadier

5.  Which famous inventor was one of the founders of the General Electric Company?
Thomas Edison

6.  What was the name of the car driven by Luke and Bo Duke in TV's "The Dukes of Hazard"?
General Lee

7. “They Died with Their Boots On” is a 1941 American biographical western war film which offers a highly fictionalized account of the life of General George Armstrong Custer.  Which swashbuckling actor played the title role?
Errol Flynn

8.  Who starred as General Tanz in the 1967 movie "The Night of the Generals"?
Peter O' Toole

9.  First broadcast in 1963, which US medical drama, is the second longest soap opera still in production?
General Hospital (Coronation Street is the longest)

10.  Which World War II general was known as "Blood and Guts"?  Two points for full name.
General Patton (1 point) – George Patton or George S. Patton (2 points)

11.  The ARA General Belgrano was the name of the ship sunk by the Royal Navy submarine Conqueror during the Falkland War in 1982.  Sold to Argentina in October 1951 by the United States, what was the original name of the ship, was it USS Philadelphia, USS Phoenix or USS Savannah?
USS Phoenix

12. What was the stage name of Charles Sherwood Stratton, the little person made famous by circus pioneer P T Barnum?
General Tom Thumb

13.  Who famously said "I Will Return" after being defeated in The Philippines in World War II?
General MacArthur?

14.  The largest automaker in the United States General Motors Company is an American multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in which city in Michigan?
Detroit

15.  In the 2000 film “Gladiator” Russell Crowe starred as the Roman General Maximus.  What was the characters full name?
Maximus Decimus Meridius

16. Founded in 1917 as the Philadelphia Sphas, which basketball team was sold to Red Klotz in 1950, and under a new name went on to tour with - and play against - the Harlem Globetrotters? 
Washington Generals

17.  The largest tree in the world by volume, a giant sequoia in California is named after which US Civil War General?
General Sherman

18.  Which band from Swindon had a minor UK hit in 1980 with "Generals and Majors"?
XTC (It reached number 30)

19.  Believed to be responsible for hanging some 300 women as witches in the 17th Century, who became known as the Witchfinder General?
Matthew Hopkins

20. Who played the role of the Witchfinder General in the 1968 film of the same name?
Vincent Price 

 

[zico]

Generals Quiz

1.  Who starred in the 1926 silent movie "The General"?

2.  General Zod was played by which actor in the films "Superman" (1978) and "Superman II" (1980)?

3.  Who ruled as dictator of Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975?

4.  What rank in the British Army immediately precedes that of a Major-General?

5.  Which famous inventor was one of the founders of the General Electric Company?

6.  What was the name of the car driven by Luke and Bo Duke in TV's "The Dukes of Hazard"?

7. “They Died with Their Boots On” is a 1941 American biographical western war film which offers a highly fictionalized account of the life of General George Armstrong Custer.  Which swashbuckling actor played the title role?

8.  Who starred as General Tanz in the 1967 movie "The Night of the Generals"?

9.  First broadcast in 1963, which US medical drama, is the second longest soap opera still in production?

10.  Which World War II general was known as "Blood and Guts"?  Two points for full name.

11.  The ARA General Belgrano was the name of the ship sunk by the Royal Navy submarine Conqueror during the Falkland War in 1982.  Sold to Argentina in October 1951 by the United States, what was the original name of the ship, was it USS Philadelphia, USS Phoenix or USS Savannah?

12. What was the stage name of Charles Sherwood Stratton, the little person made famous by circus pioneer P T Barnum?

13.  Who famously said "I Will Return" after being defeated in The Philippines in World War II??

14.  The largest automaker in the United States General Motors Company is an American multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in which city in Michigan?

15.  In the 2000 film “Gladiator” Russell Crowe starred as the Roman General Maximus.  What was the characters full name?

16. Founded in 1917 as the Philadelphia Sphas, which basketball team was sold to Red Klotz in 1950, and under a new name went on to tour with - and play against - the Harlem Globetrotters? 

17.  The largest tree in the world by volume, a giant sequoia in California is named after which US Civil War General?

18.  Which band from Swindon had a minor UK hit in 1980 with "Generals and Majors"?

19.  Believed to be responsible for hanging some 300 women as witches in the 17th Century, who became known as the Witchfinder General?

20. Who played the role of the Witchfinder General in the 1968 film of the same name?

 

[zebthecat]

13 thanks zico

[only1billybonds]

13.

Cheers Zico.

[easthammer]

16 thanks Zico

[Westside]

14. Thanks Zico.

[mallard]

11 - mainly guesses, Thanks Zico

[zico]

True or False.


1.  Hippos can't actually swim.
True – Google it!

2.  The Great Sphinx of Giza was originally built with pink marble
False

3.  In Japan, it is customary to bow to vending machines as a sign of respect
False

4.  The longest wedding veil on record was over four miles (or over six kilometres) long
True

5.  The only letter that doesn't appear in any U.S. state name is the letter "Q
True

6.  The oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9,000 years old
True

6. A shrimp's heart is located in its head
True

7.   The world's first computer was made entirely out of wood and powered by steam
False

8.  The fingerprints of a koala are so similar to human fingerprints that they have been confused at a crime scene
True

9.  Jupiter is the hottest planet in the solar system
False—Venus is the hottest

10.  California is the most populous U.S. state
True

11.  The world’s highest waterfall is in South Africa
False – Its in Venezuela

12.  There are five bones in the human ear
False—there are three bones in the ear

13.  Coca-Cola was the first soft drink in the United States
False—it was Dr Pepper

14.  Meghan Markle's first name is Rachel. 
True

15. Elvis Presley never played live shows outside the U.S.
False – He only performed in three cities outside of the US – Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver – during brief tours to Canada in 1957
 
16.  Bohemian Rhapsody was Queen's second Number One hit in the UK.
False – it was their first UK No 1

17.  A normal piano has 89 total keys, including the black keys
False - A regular piano keyboard has 88 keys total

18.  Albert Einstein won a Nobel Prize specifically for the theory of relativity
False - he was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to Theoretical Physics, and specifically for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect”

19. The Black Death occurred in the 14th century 
True - It peaked in Europe between 1347 and 1351

20.  Walt Disney was cryogenically frozen after his death
False - This is an urban myth—Disney was cremated

  

[zico]

True or False.


1.  Hippos can't actually swim.

2.  The Great Sphinx of Giza was originally built with pink marble

3.  In Japan, it is customary to bow to vending machines as a sign of respect

4.  The longest wedding veil on record was over four miles (or over six kilometres) long

5.  The only letter that doesn't appear in any U.S. state name is the letter "Q

6.  The oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9,000 years old

6. A shrimp's heart is located in its head

7.   The world's first computer was made entirely out of wood and powered by steam

8.  The fingerprints of a koala are so similar to human fingerprints that they have been confused at a crime scene

9.  Jupiter is the hottest planet in the solar system

10.  California is the most populous U.S. state

11.  The world’s highest waterfall is in South Africa

12.  There are five bones in the human ear

13.  Coca-Cola was the first soft drink in the United States

14.  Meghan Markle's first name is Rachel. 

15. Elvis Presley never played live shows outside the U.S.

16.  Bohemian Rhapsody was Queen's second Number One hit in the UK.

17.  A normal piano has 89 total keys, including the black keys

18.  Albert Einstein won a Nobel Prize specifically for the theory of relativity

19. The Black Death occurred in the 14th century 

20.  Walt Disney was cryogenically frozen after his death