Off Topic Saturday Quiz
- Thread starter Chazz Rheinhold
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No Kemps, what the world needs now is for us to win 3-0 on Monday.
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The answers
1 12-inch single.
2 An artist’s complete works.
3 Diggers (or True Levellers).
4 Orangutan.
5 Turkmenistan (Darvaza).
6 Pentagon.
7 Thor.
8 D-day landings.
9 Lost status as capital city, replaced by: Ankara; Brasilia; Abuja; Nay Pyi Taw.
10 Ancient Greek lyric poets.
11 UK indices of price inflation.
12 Parts of (Nike) trainers.
13 Dead people persistently rumoured to be alive.
14 Films: The Battle of… titles.
15 Evidence of infidelity (real or imagined).
Try this one
The questions
1 Which Joni Mitchell song is about a 1969 event she didn’t attend?
2 Which symbol was added to morse code in 2004?
3 Pedro I and Pedro II were the only emperors of which empire?
4 The fen raft and the cardinal are the UK’s largest types of what creature?
5 What food is variously known as garbanzo, gram and chana?
6 Which US state has hosted both the summer and winter Olympics?
7 Which war is credited with popularising cigarette smoking in Britain?
8 Ducati, Maserati and Lamborghini were all founded in which city?
What links:
9 Meena; Tay; Blenderbot; Kuki; Jasper?
10 Newfoundland; Gibraltar; Alcatraz; St Peter; Dwayne Johnson?
11 A to Ant (1888); Wise to Wyzen (1928)?
12 Bertram Mills; William Smart; James Chipperfield?
13 Duke of Perth; Dashing White Sergeant; Gay Gordons; Monymusk?
14 His Girl Friday; Citizen Kane; All the President’s Men; Spotlight?
15 Celebes crested macaque; Bradley Cooper; Robert Cornelius; Curiosity Rover?
The questions
1 Which Joni Mitchell song is about a 1969 event she didn’t attend?
2 Which symbol was added to morse code in 2004?
3 Pedro I and Pedro II were the only emperors of which empire?
4 The fen raft and the cardinal are the UK’s largest types of what creature?
5 What food is variously known as garbanzo, gram and chana?
6 Which US state has hosted both the summer and winter Olympics?
7 Which war is credited with popularising cigarette smoking in Britain?
8 Ducati, Maserati and Lamborghini were all founded in which city?
What links:
9 Meena; Tay; Blenderbot; Kuki; Jasper?
10 Newfoundland; Gibraltar; Alcatraz; St Peter; Dwayne Johnson?
11 A to Ant (1888); Wise to Wyzen (1928)?
12 Bertram Mills; William Smart; James Chipperfield?
13 Duke of Perth; Dashing White Sergeant; Gay Gordons; Monymusk?
14 His Girl Friday; Citizen Kane; All the President’s Men; Spotlight?
15 Celebes crested macaque; Bradley Cooper; Robert Cornelius; Curiosity Rover?
1. Woodstock
2. Cell phone
3. Brazilian
4. Butterfly
5. Spaghetti
6. New York
7. 100 years war
8. Turin
9. Skiing resorts
10. Rocks
11. Summat about telephone books
12. Philosophers
13. Dances
14. Joseph Cotton.
15. Made in Oregon
All guesses, though I suspect #1 is on the money.
2. Cell phone
3. Brazilian
4. Butterfly
5. Spaghetti
6. New York
7. 100 years war
8. Turin
9. Skiing resorts
10. Rocks
11. Summat about telephone books
12. Philosophers
13. Dances
14. Joseph Cotton.
15. Made in Oregon
All guesses, though I suspect #1 is on the money.
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1 Woodstock
2 @
3 ?
4 Spiders
5 Chickpeas
6 California
7 ?
8 Bologna
What links:
9 ?
10 Rocks
11 Oxford English Dictionary Volumes
12 Founded circuses
13 Scottish country dances
14 Movies based on newspapers/publishing
15 (Famous) selfies
2 @
3 ?
4 Spiders
5 Chickpeas
6 California
7 ?
8 Bologna
What links:
9 ?
10 Rocks
11 Oxford English Dictionary Volumes
12 Founded circuses
13 Scottish country dances
14 Movies based on newspapers/publishing
15 (Famous) selfies