Okay... I have received the hint from quizzical visitors like Arkansas Kelly and Harpenden Frances. The day has arrived for another "Quiztime"! I can already hear the whoops of excitement from clamouring contestants but what will be the theme this time? Actually, there is no theme today. It is a random, pot luck general knowledge quiz. As usual, the answers will be given in the comments section. Good luck!
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1. What does the Japanese word さようなら (sayonara) mean?
(a) General Eisenhower (b) General Patton
(c) General Ulyssess S. Grant (d) General MacArthur
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(a) I love you (b) nice to meet you
(c) goodbye (for a while) (d) thank you very much
2. Of which modern car company is this the logo?
3. Which pop band that rose to prominence in the late 1970s had hits with "Heart of Glass" and "The Tide is High"?
4. As this is a general knowledge quiz, we need a question about a famous general. This fellow was an American general in World War II but who was he? He died at sixty after a car accident in Germany and had a dog called Willie.
(a) General Eisenhower (b) General Patton
(c) General Ulyssess S. Grant (d) General MacArthur
5. This burrowing rodent is native to The Horn of Africa but what is it?
(a) naked mole rat (b) hairless weasel
(c) desert land mouse (d) African sand digger
6. Can you name the family to which this flower belongs? In other words, what is it?
7. What is the name of the currency used in Vietnam?
(a) dung (b) ding (c) dang (d) dong
8. In which country will you find this enormous statue of Genghis Khan?
9. Normally, how many pages are there in The Holy Quaran - the core text of Islam?
(a) 365 (b) 604 (c) 1111 (d) 3752
10. In which European capital city was this picture taken?
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That's all folks! How did you do?
Answers
ReplyDelete1. (c) goodbye (for a while)
2. Hyundai
3. Blondie
4. (b) General Patton
5. (a) naked mole rat
6. hibiscus
7. (d) dong
8. Mongolia
9. (b) 604 pages
10. Oslo
60% this week,
ReplyDeleteNot too bad for a yankee doodle dandy.
Delete8/10. Missed Ghengis Khan and Blondie. Now I have The Tide is High running through my head.
ReplyDeleteGenghis Khan's mum also missed him went away to burn and pillage.
DeleteI missed 5,7, and 9.
ReplyDeleteThey missed you too Jennifer.
DeleteThree wrong - (4,5,9 - no ideas)
ReplyDeleteAnd I thought you were a woman of the world!
Delete6 correct for me, too!
ReplyDeleteThat's good for an Illinois grandmaw!
DeleteMuch to my surprise I got 7 !! missed 1, 6 and 9. Have to admit I looked at a map to remember Mongolia ,and Oslo was a complete lucky guess ! Having been asking for flower quiz, I didn't get the flower, thought maybe Datura. Thanks...good quiz.
ReplyDeleteI shall now start panicking about my hip operation tomorrow!
Hip operation? Best of luck Frances! I hope it goes well with no complications. Shame you didn't get the flower!
DeleteI got 6/10. I was close (but no cigar) on the ones I missed. My uncle, who was a colonel, served on Patton's staff, so I didn't even need any hits for that question.
ReplyDeleteSo - you smoke cigars? Not many ladies do these days.
Delete10/10 but I did research on question 9. I pulled my Penguin Classics translation off the bookshelf and it is 434 pages - so assumed Arabic would not be shorter and went for (b)
ReplyDeleteI'm definitely *not* following your blog just for the quizzes! ;-) (2/10)
ReplyDelete3,5,8, 9 and 10 stumped me. So 50% for me
ReplyDelete7/10
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