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.
"My Little Anne" - the latest book from Scotland's foremost romantic novelist - Jacqueline Haggerty.
Delete"Jack is heartbroken when Anne spurns his repeated advances. Eventually she flees south to England and finds sanctuary in the warm embrace of rugged Sir Horace Pudding - one of the country's leading statisticians" - The Glasgow Herald
I got 7 purely on guesses. Missed #1-5-9
ReplyDeleteGuessing is PROHIBITED!
DeleteWhy? Would you prefer I cheat by looking up answers?
DeleteNEVER challenge the QUIZMASTER! Or elsie.
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.
ReplyDeleteMy fault? Grrr! Do you challenge the quizmaster at the Irish pub too?
DeleteOf course we do, when he makes a mistake!
DeleteOh dear, only 3 correct! London Paris and Japan. But thanks for a quiz!
ReplyDeleteMust try harder young lady! And stay off the dry sherry!
DeleteEasy for me. 10/10 though I needed the multiple choice for no 9
ReplyDeletePride comes before a fall
Delete1. 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!
Good effort young man!
Delete7 correct, #6 is from an unfamiliar angle.
ReplyDeleteI didn't want to make it too easy on your seventy fifth birthday!
DeleteI only got 4 correct and had to guess at a LOT of these.
ReplyDeleteMaybe you need more brain food Ellen.
DeleteI 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?
ReplyDeleteYes Palmyra. So head-shakingly awful that they would seek to obliterate such an important ancient site.
DeleteOnly got 5. And I have no idea where number 10 is located.
ReplyDeleteBut you live in Canada Shammy! I guess you can take the girl out of Devon but you can't take Devon out of the girl!
DeleteSix out of ten. The four wrong were wild guesses!
ReplyDeleteOr wild geese?
DeleteI got half of them right, didn't bother to guess on the rest, where it felt like a total gamble for me... ;)
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