7. Babel Fish
3.Zombie
1. J P Morgan
4. Putin
8. Lithography
6. 2.54cm = 1 inch
9. Parliament
7. Babel Fish
3.Zombie
1. J P Morgan
4. Putin
8. Lithography
6. 2.54cm = 1 inch
9. Parliament
19. North (Forth), South (Mouth), East (Oast), West (Best).
16 Hyena
17 Jamb
Friday Quiz September 20th 2013
1.An errant cetacean has resulted in record penalties for which financial institution? JP Morgan
2.Which European country is holding general elections this weekend? Germany
3.Which word for the walking undead was originally the name of a God in West African voodoo cults? Zombie
4.Which world leader is supposed to look like this dog? Vladimir Putin
5.What name for a college of religious instruction comes from the Arabic for 'to study'? Madrasa
6.Multiplying by 2.54 converts what to what? Inches to centimetres (and not the other way round!)
7.What fictional creature, when placed in the ear, enables the user to understand anything said to them in any language? Babel fish
8.What name is given to the method of printing a design that was originally drawn onto a special plate of flat limestone with a greasy crayon? Lithograph
9.What links the two pictures? Parliament (European parliament / parliament of owls)
10.Name the film 1980s classic Electric Dreams
11.Which toy has a name thought to mean 'come-come' in a South-East Asian language? Yo-yo
12.Which word can mean an apparatus for raising heavy weights, a small flag indicating nationality and a male donkey? Jack
13. Name the popular board game. Settlers of Catan
14.When viewed from two widely different points in space, a nearby star will appear to have shifted slightly in position with respect to more distant stars. What is this apparent displacement called? Parallax
15.Which word for a person who sets too much value on social standing was originally a slang term for a cobbler? Snob
16.Spotted is the largest of three species of which scavenging animal, native to Africa and Asia? Hyena
17.What name is used for the sidepiece or post of a door or window frame? Jamb
18.Mrs Jones gave seven sweets to each child in her class and had 24 left over. If she had 32 more sweets, she could give them 9 each. How many children were there, and how many sweets did she have? 28 children & 220 sweets
19.What links these pictures: The four points of the compass with the first letter changed (Forth; mouth; oast; best)
20.Unscramble these two adversaries E E G H I M N N O O R R U W MOURINHO & WENGER
Testing
hello steve have we got a quiz this week?
8. Harold Lloyd.
11. Cerebellum. Not sure of spelling.
1.Spain
15. Panatone
17. Bodega
9. Beryl
19. Take That
5.Louise Bagshawe?
12.Brazil?
Yes on 5 - Mensch by marriage.
The photo after the Corrie star looks like Brian Johnston of the Beach Boys who part wrote the song "Deirdre". That though could be a red herring.
On 2, I've gone through my sort of places like the Marquee, the 100 Club and Ronnie Scotts but most are earlier so I've settled on Annabel's.
The only two I knew have been answered.
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ October 25 2013, 9:56 AM BST19. Take That
Ah, clever!
Is it 4.5 miles on the trains?
I'm not sure that it matters what time they collide although that might be at 28 minutes and 48 Seconds.
Isn't it more about the rate at which they get closer?
I think that could be 2.25 miles per minute.
ie
55mph train covers 22 miles in 24 minutes.
80mph train covers 32 miles in 24 minutes.
They get 54 miles closer to each other in 24 minutes.
They are therefore getting closer by 2.25 miles per minute.
But I may well be wrong.