Off Topic Baldrick's Summer Quiz - Part 1

Answers next week, no cheating...

1) What element is denoted by the chemical symbol Sn in the periodic table?
2) In which European country would you find the Rijksmuseum?
3) What is the smallest planet in our solar system?
4) Continental United States has 4 time zones, can you name any 3?
5) Street artist Banksy is originally associated with which British city?
6) How many times has Andy Murray won Wimbledon playing singles?
7) How many valves does the heart have?
8) What did Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams collectively create?
9) What flavour chocolate would you find in a green triangle in a box of Quality Streets
10) Which fashion designer reportedly had a relationship with Winston Churchill?
11) What type of seafood is used in the Spanish dish paella?
12) What was the first James Bond movie ever made?
13) What is Scooby Doo's full name?
14) Which member of the Spice Girls once guest-starred in Sex and The City?
15) What does the AC button on a calculator stand for?
16) Where in the human body can the smallest bone be found?
17) How many Olympic gold medals does Sir Mo Farah have?
18) Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in which US state?
19) What year was Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush released?
20) Why do otters hold hands while sleeping?

 

1.
2. Netherlands
3. Mercury
4. Pacific, Central & Atlantic
5. Cambridge
6. 1
7. 3
8. Blackberry
9. Milk
10. Coco Chanel
11.
12. Casino Royale
13.
14. Posh
15. All Clear
16. Ear
17. 3
18. New York
19. 1979
20.

 

1) Tin from the Latin Stannum
11) Anything at hand

 

When I saw the questions I though I'd do alright with this but when I read the answers it's fair to say I'd have struggled to do any good in a pub quiz.

 

1) Sodium
2) Holland
3) Uranus
4) Eastern, Central, Pacific,
5) Bristol
6) 2
7) 4
8) Swing bands
9) Mint
10) Norman Hartnell....drinking buddies
11) shrimps
12) Casino Royale
13) Billy Scobby-Doo
14) God knows
15) Auto calculate
16) Ear
17) 2
18) Lorraine Motel, Memphis, TENNESSEE.
19) 1980
20) So they can be sure their pockets are not being picked.

 

number 1 is tin

 

Not sure Casino Royale is defined as a "Movie" in the common meaning of the term as It was made for TV. Had a few different views on that one.

I'm definitely in the more traditional "Dr. No" camp.

Green triangle is praline i.e hazelnut

Smallest planet is now Mercury assuming Pluto hasn't flip-flopped status wise.

 

1. Tin
2. Germany
3. Mercury
4. EST, PST, no
5. Bristol
6.
7. Two.
8.
9. Chocolate truffle
10.
11.
12.
13. Scooby Dooby Doo
14 Geri
15 All Clear
16 Ear
17.
18.
19. 1985.
20. So they don't float apart.

 

11) Paella with seafood has a special name called Paella de marisco. If you just use Paella, it would refer to original recipe, which is Valencia region, where no seafood is used, rabbit and chicken preferred, rarely duck.

 

Scoobert Doo

 

The first person to play bond was bob holness of blockbuster fame. On the radio

 

ANSWERS BELOW....

1) What element is denoted by the chemical symbol Sn in the periodic table?
2) In which European country would you find the Rijksmuseum?
3) What is the smallest planet in our solar system?
4) Continental United States has 4 time zones, can you name any 3?
5) Street artist Banksy is originally associated with which British city?
6) How many times has Andy Murray won Wimbledon playing singles?
7) How many valves does the heart have?
8) What did Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams collectively create?
9) What flavour chocolate would you find in a green triangle in a box of Quality Streets
10) Which fashion designer reportedly had a relationship with Winston Churchill?
11) What type of seafood is used in the Spanish dish paella?
12) What was the first James Bond movie ever made?
13) What is Scooby Doo's full name?
14) Which member of the Spice Girls once guest-starred in Sex and The City?
15) What does the AC button on a calculator stand for?
16) Where in the human body can the smallest bone be found?
17) How many Olympic gold medals does Sir Mo Farah have?
18) Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in which US state?
19) What year was Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush released?
20) Why do otters hold hands while sleeping?


1Tin
2) Netherlands
3) Mercury
4) Pacific, Mountain, Central, Eastern
5) Bristol
6) Twice - in 2013 against Novak Djokovic and in 2016 against Milos Raonic
7) Four - the mitral, tricuspid, aortic and pulmonic valves
8) Twitter
9) Praline chocolate
10) Coco Chanel
11) Shrimp
12) Dr. No
13) Scoobert Doo
14) Geri Halliwell
15) All clear
16) The ear
17) Four Olympic gold medals. He first was at the London 2012 Olympic games when he finished the 10,000m in a time of 27:30.42. He won gold the same year for the Men's 5,000m, which he completed in 13:41:66. At the Rio 2016 Olympics, he won another gold medal for the 10,000m, and a fourth gold medal for the 5,000m.
18) Tennessee
19) 1985
20) So they don’t float away from each other

 

I got 9, but they were the hardest 9…

 

I think that's a decent score.

 

Thanks, it was easier than the ones Chazz sometimes posts!

 

That's true. I realise if you make them too difficult many can't be arsed having a go.

 

8.

better than my usual 0.

 

Not bad

 

Think I scored 8/20. Not too bad considering half were guesses.

 

13 but hard not to look at the answers!