As Frances from Hertfordshire, England reminded me the other day - there hasn't been an episode of "Quiztime" on this blog for quite a while. So here we go. The theme is arches and all you have to do is decide where the arch is located - choosing from four alternatives. You will find the correct answers in the comments section. Good luck!
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1. (a) Delhi, India (b) Singapore (c) Budapest, Hungary (d) Bombay, India
2. (a) Brussels, Belgium (b) London, England
(c) Melbourne, Australia (d) Athens, Greece
3. (a) Madrid (b) St Petersburg (c) Paris (d) Vienna
5. (a) Lisbon, Portugal (b) New York, USA
(c) Tirana, Albania (d) Toronto, Canada
6. (a) Edinburgh (b) Athens (c) Avignon, France (d) Rome
7. (a) Saudi Arabia (b) Japan (c) The Philippines (d) North Korea
8. (a) Cleveland, Ohio (b) San Francisco, California
(c) New Orleans, Louisiana (d) St Louis, Missouri
9. Sadly this natural arch collapsed in 2021
(a) The Orkney Islands, Scotland (b) The Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
(c) Lofoten Islands, Norway (d) Chatham Islands, New Zealand
10. (a) Canada and USA border (b) Poland and Germany border
(c) North Korea and South Korea border (d) Ukraine and Russia border
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That's all folks! How did you do?
ANSWERS
ReplyDelete1. (d) Bombay, India
2. (b) London, England
3. (c) Paris
4. (a) Syria
5. (b) New York, USA
6. (d) Rome
7. (b) Japan
8. d) St Louis, Missouri
9. (b) The Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
10. (a) Canada and USA border
I missed two and I'm not feeling bad about that. (numbers 1 and 9)
ReplyDeleteI hope you did not use your smartphone Kelly? Come on. Own up now.
DeleteI do not cheat when it comes to your quizzes, Mr. Pudding.
DeleteI got 4 out of 10.
ReplyDeleteBombay. London. Paris. New York.
It feels like Junior School. A girl across from me was super smart.
Aged eight, I gazed at her longingly. She was a post-war look-alike of Anne Frank.
And she gazed back thinking. "Is that a turnip?"
DeleteTurnip is a Neep. Burns' Night Menu : Bashed Neeps with Haggis.
DeleteNumpty, Tumshie, Malky, Radge, Glaikit, Dunderheid, Bawheid ...
Scottish words for folks who are not the sharpest pencil in the box.
Priscilla Bawcut is a clever lady who wrote a book on William Dunbar.
Many people are called Dunbar like the poet but Bawcut is a rare surname.
As for my little Anne, she became a brilliant mathematician.
Algebraic Topology and Noncommutative Geometry are her fields.
Categorical Logic and Homotopy Type Theory are more of a hobby.
Roger Penrose : Is Mathematics Invented or Discovered ? YouTube.
Silvia Jones : Is Mathematics Invented or Discovered ? YouTube.
I got 7 purely on guesses. Missed #1-5-9
ReplyDeleteGuessing is PROHIBITED!
Delete2/10
ReplyDeleteOh ****!
DeleteI missed 8 and 9.
ReplyDelete10. "May these gates never close", and "Brethren dwelling together in unity". Lol. Not anymore.
Not until the orange baby at the top is booted out.
DeleteI only recognised London. And that was only because of the Buses!
ReplyDeleteSorry that I did not include the Wainwright Arch Bridge in Blackburn.
DeleteOnly 5 out of 10 this time. I could pretend it's because I'm out of practise, which is of course partly your fault for not having hosted a quiz in such a long time.
ReplyDeleteOh dear, only 3 correct! London Paris and Japan. But thanks for a quiz!
ReplyDeleteEasy for me. 10/10 though I needed the multiple choice for no 9
ReplyDelete1. One of the India photos. So I'm half-wit and half-right.
ReplyDelete2.London. The busses gave it away!
3. Ah, Paree!
4. Lebanon X
5. Washington Square in La Grande Apple!
6.. Rome
7. Japan.
8. Meet Me In St. Louis!
9. Can't even hazard a guess though I'm saddened that it's gone. X
10. Canada and US border. I know because I've been there and also because that picture was used in a Jeopardy question this week!
7 correct, #6 is from an unfamiliar angle.
ReplyDeleteI only got 4 correct and had to guess at a LOT of these.
ReplyDeleteI missed no. 6 and no. 9. Are the ruins in Syria some of the ancient remains of Palmyra that were destroyed by ISIS in recent years?
ReplyDeleteOnly got 5. And I have no idea where number 10 is located.
ReplyDeleteSix out of ten. The four wrong were wild guesses!
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