Crazy Fool's Newsround - a few quiz answers

a few quiz answers
July, 15th 2010 23:56 PMa few answers courtesy of SPfkaSTP

Seeing that I have not seen you put any of my answers on your weekly newsletter I can only presume that you did not get them so here they are all again just for you dear chap

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1. Which country first tinned fish? – Next week, beef. France

2. How would 27% doubled be shown as a decimal? 0.54

3. Who did Don Johnson play in “Miami Vice”? James “Sonny” Crockett

4. Where in the body are the rods and cones? Your eyes

5. In the White House who went after Nancy and came before Hillary? Barbara Bush

6. Which branch of biology deals with the structure of animals? Zoology

7. What is the chemical symbol for iodine? I

8. When were parking meters first introduced? A) 1958 B) 1963 C) 1965 I would love to know where you get your answers from, because once again it is none of these years, it was in 1935 in Oklahoma city

WAI – Phil Daniels

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1. Which country first tinned beef? UK, this must be correct because we couldn’t be outdone by the French inventing tinned fish

2. Auctioned in 2007, who produced the painting “St James, the Greater”? Ignác Viktorin Raab

3. Which ex-US President died the same month as Ray Charles? Ronald Reagan

4. In which square does the famous department store Macy’s stand? Herald Square, Broadway

5. Who was the first opponent to beat Roger Federer in a grand slam final? I presume that you mean in the singles event, because his first loss was in a doubles match in 2002 in the same competition that he lost in the singles final to Andre Agassi

6. Which England soccer midfielder won an MBE in the 2007 New Year’s honours list? Steven Gerrard

7. Which company bought YouTube in 2006? Google

8. What 90’s grunge band featured Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl? A) Smashing Pumpkins B) Nirvana C) Pearl Jam ‘B’

WAI – Nemo

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1. Which singer from 1975 believed in miracles? Errol Brown (Hot Chocolate)

2. What does the term largo mean in music? Fairly slow & broad tempo

3. Dying in 2006, who created the famous fictional shark, ‘Jaws’? Peter Bradford Benchley

4. Who was the first person to have been soccer coach of England and Australia? Soccer!!!! Soccer??? Well the first FOOTBALL coach of them both was Terry Venables, but soccer only an Aussie or Yank would know what that is

5. What did Ben Travers specialise in writing? Farces or if you like Comedy

6. In Shakespeare’s play which king does Macbeth murder? Duncan

7. How many shots does each player get at the target in curling? 2

8. Where did the name of chart toppers T’Pau come from? A) A Vulcan official in Star Trek B) The Japanese word for ‘peace’ C) The band member’s initials ‘A’

WAI- I still think its Nemo

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1. What was on of the professions named in Eric’s song titled above? Doctor

2. To the nearest year, how long was Diana divorced from Charles before her death? One year & 3 days

3. Which Spielberg movie had the ad line, “Whoever save one life, saves the world entire? Schindlers List

4. ‘Billie Jean’ was the only No.1 single from which Michael Jackson album Not 100% sure but I think it was “Thriller”

5. ir. Is the internet code for which country? Iran

6. How many bicycles did Katie Mlua sing about, Where did you dig this one up from? 9 Million is the answer

7. What was the previous name of Belarus? Byelorussia

8. In geometry, what is a reflex angle? A) One that is more than 90 but less than 180 B) One that, when added to another, makes up 90 C) One that is more than 180 but less than 360 ‘C’

Now I know it is Nemo