1. Log in now to remove adverts - no adverts at all to registered members!

Off Topic Baldrick's December Quiz

Discussion in 'Hull City' started by Baldrick's Cunning Plan, Dec 12, 2024.

  1. Baldrick's Cunning Plan

    Baldrick's Cunning Plan Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 7, 2012
    Messages:
    2,042
    Likes Received:
    2,508
    Answers next week, no cheating. If you Google the answers don't post.

    1) Which player has won the most Premier League titles?
    2) What/where is the largest football stadium in the world by seating capacity?
    3) What colours does Tiger Woods traditionally wear during the final round of golf tournaments?
    4) What sport did bank robber John Dillinger play?
    5) In 1949, what became Canada's tenth province?
    6) What is acrophobia a fear of?
    7) How many countries in the world have nuclear weapons?
    8) What was Lord Kitchener's cause of death in 1916?
    9) Who was the first black man to win the Academy Award for Best Actor?
    10) What was the nationality of the creator of the Rubik’s Cube?
    11) What company was initially known as "Blue Ribbon Sports"?
    12) Saint Nicholas, the inspiration for Santa, was from what country?
    13) What is a word, phrase, number, or other sequence of characters that reads the same backward as forward?
    14) When Napoleon died, where was he buried?
    15) What bird’s tongue is so long that it ends up wrapping around its skull when it’s not in use?
    16) What country is the largest exporter of bananas in the world?
    17) What animal did Edison film with while experimenting with moving images with his Kinetograph invention in 1892?
    18) What colour is the starboard light on a ship?
    19) Name the only two US presidents who have been divorced?
    20) What Rolling Stones song title is also a restaurant chain?
     
    #1
    x likes this.
  2. balkan tiger

    balkan tiger Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    May 10, 2014
    Messages:
    14,558
    Likes Received:
    12,426
    3 out of 20 I'm getting better at this.
     
    #2
  3. Plum

    Plum Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 19, 2013
    Messages:
    16,705
    Likes Received:
    13,151
    8 possible answers so far...
    edit, make that 9
     
    #3
  4. Brucebones

    Brucebones Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 28, 2012
    Messages:
    8,873
    Likes Received:
    4,160
    1. Ryan Giggs
    2. USA
    3. Green & Red
    4. Baseball
    5. British Columbia
    6. Open Spaces
    7. 7
    8. Pointed at the wrong person
    9. Denzel Washington
    10. Hungarian
    11.
    12. Poland
    13. Palindrome
    14. Waterloo
    15. Hummingbird
    16. Brazil
    17. Dog
    18. Green
    19. Ford, Reagan
    20. Ruby Tuesday
     
    #4
  5. The B&S Fanclub

    The B&S Fanclub Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 27, 2011
    Messages:
    11,595
    Likes Received:
    6,777
    1) David Silva
    2) Maracanã .....Rio...Once held/had 200,000. Now.....Some place in Saudi, or North Korea.
    3) Red and black....Red top/black trousers....Seen him a few times at Open.
    4) Baseball
    5) Nova Scotia
    6) Open space
    7) 11: Israel / South Africa / India/ Pakistan/ USA / Russia / UK / France/ N Korea/ China / Belarus (though they may be Russian controlled)
    8) Fell off his horse
    9) Sidney Poitier
    10) Hungarian
    11) Adidas
    12) Russia
    13) Palindrome
    14) St. Helena
    15) Kookaburra
    16) Dominican Republic
    17) Dog
    18) Red
    19) (1) Ronald Reagan 1st wife actress/then married Nancy Davis.... (2) Donald Trump 1st wife Ivana Trump/ then somebody Marples. Tiffany Trump is their daughter.
    20) Ruby Tuesdays

    Definite....3..7.. 9 confident.. 10..13..19.....The rest are guesses.
     
    #5
    Last edited: Dec 12, 2024
  6. Heimdallr

    Heimdallr Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Dec 8, 2019
    Messages:
    1,661
    Likes Received:
    2,119
    16) Colombia
    18) Green
    20) Sticky Fingers (closed down now, I believe)
     
    #6
  7. Baldrick's Cunning Plan

    Baldrick's Cunning Plan Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 7, 2012
    Messages:
    2,042
    Likes Received:
    2,508
    Some interesting answers so far. I'm having to amend some answers for next week thanks to the brain team on here.
     
    #7
  8. x

    x Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 30, 2011
    Messages:
    9,094
    Likes Received:
    3,290
    1) Which player has won the most Premier League titles?
    ryan giggs
    3) What colours does Tiger Woods traditionally wear during the final round of golf tournaments?
    yellow
    13) What is a word, phrase, number, or other sequence of characters that reads the same backward as forward?
    palindrome
    14) When Napoleon died, where was he buried?
    in the ground
    16) What country is the largest exporter of bananas in the world?
    south africa
    17) What animal did Edison film with while experimenting with moving images with his Kinetograph invention in 1892?
    horse
    18) What colour is the starboard light on a ship?
    green
    20) What Rolling Stones song title is also a restaurant chain?
    kentucky fried chicken

    mostly guesses though i know two of them are correct.
     
    #8
  9. Baldrick's Cunning Plan

    Baldrick's Cunning Plan Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 7, 2012
    Messages:
    2,042
    Likes Received:
    2,508
    [QUOTE="The B&S Fanclub, post: 18027126, member: 1002073"
    ]1) David Silva
    2) Maracanã .....Rio...Once held/had 200,000. Now.....Some place in Saudi, or North Korea.
    3) Red and black....Red top/black trousers....Seen him a few times at Open.
    4) Baseball
    5) Nova Scotia
    6) Open space
    7) 11: Israel / South Africa / India/ Pakistan/ USA / Russia / UK / France/ N Korea/ China / Belarus (though they may be Russian controlled)
    8) Fell off his horse
    9) Sidney Poitier
    10) Hungarian
    11) Adidas
    12) Russia
    13) Palindrome
    14) St. Helena
    15) Kookaburra
    16) Dominican Republic
    17) Dog
    18) Red
    19) (1) Ronald Reagan 1st wife actress/then married Nancy Davis.... (2) Donald Trump 1st wife Ivana Trump/ then somebody Marples. Tiffany Trump is their daughter.
    20) Ruby Tuesdays

    Definite....3..7.. 9 confident.. 10..13..19.....The rest are guesses.[/QUOTE]

    Good try.
    2) Which one?
    7) South Africa ended its nuclear weapons programme in 1989. All the bombs (six constructed and one under construction) were dismantled and South Africa acceded to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in 1991.
     
    #9
  10. balkan tiger

    balkan tiger Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    May 10, 2014
    Messages:
    14,558
    Likes Received:
    12,426
    ****ing hell only 2

    Are you sure number 20 the restaurant isn't sticky fingers?

    EDIT hang on I thought the post above was the answers, it's not.
     
    #10

  11. highpeak tiger

    highpeak tiger Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 29, 2011
    Messages:
    4,252
    Likes Received:
    4,498
    8) He drowned when HMS Hampshire hit a mine
    13) Palindrome
    14) St Helena (they moved him to Les Invalides later)
    18) Green

    The rest I would be guessing
     
    #11
  12. x

    x Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 30, 2011
    Messages:
    9,094
    Likes Received:
    3,290
    just the one this week, although i might appeal re number 14.
     
    #12
  13. tiptoe through the kempton

    tiptoe through the kempton Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jul 23, 2011
    Messages:
    703
    Likes Received:
    857
    18 is definitely green.
    I’m delighted I finally know one.
     
    #13
  14. The B&S Fanclub

    The B&S Fanclub Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 27, 2011
    Messages:
    11,595
    Likes Received:
    6,777
    Good try.
    2) Which one?
    7) South Africa ended its nuclear weapons programme in 1989. All the bombs (six constructed and one under construction) were dismantled and South Africa acceded to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in 1991.[/QUOTE]

    2...North Korea for a guess.
    7....10 then...
     
    #14
  15. Baldrick's Cunning Plan

    Baldrick's Cunning Plan Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 7, 2012
    Messages:
    2,042
    Likes Received:
    2,508
    2...North Korea for a guess.
    7....10 then...[/QUOTE]

    2) Your guess is good.
     
    #15
    The B&S Fanclub likes this.
  16. Baldrick's Cunning Plan

    Baldrick's Cunning Plan Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 7, 2012
    Messages:
    2,042
    Likes Received:
    2,508
    December Quiz, Answers below...

    1) Which player has won the most Premier League titles?
    2) What/where is the largest football stadium in the world by seating capacity?
    3) What colours does Tiger Woods traditionally wear during the final round of golf tournaments?
    4) What sport did bank robber John Dillinger play?
    5) In 1949, what became Canada's tenth province?
    6) What is acrophobia a fear of?
    7) How many countries in the world have nuclear weapons?
    8) What was Lord Kitchener's cause of death in 1916?
    9) Who was the first black man to win the Academy Award for Best Actor?
    10) What was the nationality of the creator of the Rubik’s Cube?
    11) What company was initially known as "Blue Ribbon Sports"?
    12) Saint Nicholas, the inspiration for Santa, was from what country?
    13) What is a word, phrase, number, or other sequence of characters that reads the same backward as forward?
    14) When Napoleon died, where was he buried?
    15) What bird’s tongue is so long that it ends up wrapping around its skull when it’s not in use?
    16) What country is the largest exporter of bananas in the world?
    17) What animal did Edison film with while experimenting with moving images with his Kinetograph invention in 1892?
    18) What colour is the starboard light on a ship?
    19) Name the only two US presidents who have been divorced?
    20) What Rolling Stones song title is also a restaurant chain?
     
    #16
  17. Baldrick's Cunning Plan

    Baldrick's Cunning Plan Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 7, 2012
    Messages:
    2,042
    Likes Received:
    2,508
    Answers...

    1) Ryan Giggs
    2) Rungrado 1st of May Stadium (North Korea)
    3) Red and Black
    4) Baseball
    5) Newfoundland
    6) Heights
    7) 9, The United States, Russia, France, China, the United Kingdom, Pakistan, India, Israel, and North Korea. In total, the global nuclear stockpile is close to 13,000 weapons.
    8) Sent on a mission to Russia in June 1916, he drowned on 5 June when his ship, HMS Hampshire was sunk by a German mine off the Orkneys.
    9) Sidney Poitier, in 1964 for his role in Lilies of the Field
    10) Hungarian
    11) Nike
    12) Turkey
    13) Palindrome
    14) St Helena
    15) Woodpecker
    16) Ecuador
    17) Cat
    18) Green
    19) Donald Trump and Ronald Reagan
    20) "Ruby Tuesday"
     
    #17
  18. The B&S Fanclub

    The B&S Fanclub Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 27, 2011
    Messages:
    11,595
    Likes Received:
    6,777
    10 out of 20...50% pleased with that, considering most were guesses.
     
    #18
  19. The B&S Fanclub

    The B&S Fanclub Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 27, 2011
    Messages:
    11,595
    Likes Received:
    6,777
    Good quiz.....
    Minor detail, sort of. Belarus has an arsenal of nuclear weapons on its soil. Probably under Russian control.
     
    #19
  20. Baldrick's Cunning Plan

    Baldrick's Cunning Plan Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 7, 2012
    Messages:
    2,042
    Likes Received:
    2,508
    That seems to be correct. First there was this... Welcoming the accession of Belarus to the NPT as a non nuclear weapon state Russia, UK and USA provided security assurances to Belarus and signed on 5 December 1994 Budapest Memorandum. The withdrawal of nuclear weapons from the territory of Belarus was completed in November 1996.

    Now we have this... https://www.voanews.com/a/belarus-s...n-nukes-is-ready-for-new-missile/7896357.html
     
    #20
    The B&S Fanclub likes this.

Share This Page