- QFTCIUA19 Final, Rounds 4,6: Entertainment, Science - 2 Updates
- Kebab's Quiz #1 - 1 Update
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 07 11:01PM +0200 > 14. Ernest Hemingway's last major work was a short novel written > in 1952. Name it. For Whom the Bell Tolls > ** Final, Round 6 - Science > * Scatological Animal Facts > 8. Which marsupial's poop is cubical? Wombat > After its introduction in 2012, it was banned from casinos > and movie theaters, and in 2015, made illegal while driving. > Soon this nerdy device was gone for good. What was its name? Google glasses > to dinner. Something he ate tasted particularly sweet, which > he traced to a chemical compound he'd spilled on his hand. > Name his discovery. Saccarine |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 07 04:10PM -0700 On Monday, October 7, 2019 at 8:24:21 AM UTC+10, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. Three big rock'n'rollers died on 1959-02-02 in a plane crash at > Clear Lake IA. Which one of them has *not* yet been commemorated > with a popular movie about his life? The Big Bopper > Name him. > 3. What then-shocking 1955 movie, starring Glenn Ford, Vic Morrow, > and Sidney Poitier, launched the song "Rock Around the Clock"? The Lilies of the Field > 4. A 30-minute comedy series about an Army sergeant who used > his position as leader of a motor pool to earn money via various > underhanded schemes. Gomer Pyle? > Philadelphia. He changed his name and created a show > introducing new bands and hit songs. In 1956 it moved to > TV with great success. Name either the show or its host. Wolfman Jack? > and Panavision, used for films like "Oklahoma!" and "Around the > World in 80 Days". It didn't help when the founder, Mike Todd, > was killed in a plane crash. Who was his *widow*? Taylor > in the early 20th century. Name that book. > 14. Ernest Hemingway's last major work was a short novel written > in 1952. Name it. A Farewell to Arms, The Old Man and the Sea > 15. One of the first books to imagine a world after a nuclear > holocaust was this 1957 book written by Nevil Shute. Name it. On the Beach > pelvis and leg bones of a fully bipedal creature. She is > considered a member of which extinct species? (2 words -- > in Latin.) Homo erectus > human ancestor, the remains of which were discovered on a remote > Indonesian island in 2004. What more colloquial name did the > media give these hominids? Java man > 7. Their diet of cellulose makes these tiny creatures more flatulent > than any others on Earth. Name those little farters. > 8. Which marsupial's poop is cubical? Wombat > with the VHS VCR... and lost, badly. Despite dismal sales, the > manufacturer continued to make the machines until 2002 and the > tapes until 2016. Name the device. Beta > to dinner. Something he ate tasted particularly sweet, which > he traced to a chemical compound he'd spilled on his hand. > Name his discovery. Saccharine > silicone oil and boric acid seeking an alternative to rubber for > tank treads, boots, etc. It didn't work, but it led to a popular > children's play product marketed by Crayola. Name the product. Flubber > liquid plastic. The flask didn't shatter -- which led to the > creation of what product, just in time for the introduction of > the automobile? Vulcanised rubber cheers, calvin |
| Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Oct 07 03:19PM -0700 On Friday, October 4, 2019 at 9:15:09 PM UTC+10, K3BAB87 wrote: > I was wondering if I could join this group and post quiz questions to you all please? > I quiz family and friends, and occasionally provide questions to the local pub so have kept a running spreadsheet of questions and came across this group yesterday and wondered if i could share them with you (I dont know my way around this yet, so please bear with me :) ) > So if you'd like to join in, that would be great! We would indeed! Welcome. > 1 Who directed the 2000 film Snatch? Ritchie > 2 In which building might you encounter the Dewey Decimal System? Library > 4 Which of the Harry Potter books is the longest? > 5 Rosencrantz is a character from which Shakespeare play? > 6 What does the word Crestfallen mean? Sadly disappointed > 7 The New Deal was implemented by which US president? FDR > 8 In which US state would you find the 8km Mackinac Bridge? Alaska > 11 Pellagra is caused by a deficiency in which vitamin? > 12 The Ayutthaya Historical Park is located in which country? > 13 Which metal has atomic number 11? Sodium > 14 What is Rogaine meant to treat? I thought it was an activity similar to orienteering... > 15 What game is sometimes called roshambo? No idea. cheers, calvin |
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