quiz answers to volume 316
February, 19th 2009 05:09 AM

Here you go and a shot at WHI

 

1.   Apart from being a Smurf’s bum is a blue star fish carnivorous or non-carnivorous? Non carnivorous

2.  The Magnificent Seven was a remake of which 50’s Japanese film? Seven Samurai

3.  Which popular tourist area is Northern Africa’s smallest country? Tunisia

4.  What animal was the first to be sent in to space by the Americans? Fruit flies in 1947 after that a Rhesus Monkey in 1949

5.  Which city did the cowardly lion want to get to? The Emerald City

6.  In which century was Charles Darwin born? 19th

7.  Which radio and TV star used the phrase “in the best possible taste”? Kenny Everett

8.  Who were the original Levellers? A) A political movement in the American Civil War B) A political movement in the British Civil Wars C) A folk-punk band from the 80’s and 90’s ‘B’

WHI – Jim Henson - Nope

 

Hi fool - haven't had a crack at this for a while..has been a fairly busy season.

Trust all is well in the nam. cheers

1.   What is a rubric?

 A rubric is a word or section of text which is written or printed in red ink to highlight it

2.  In which country were the Borgias family?

Italy, though they had Valencian roots

3.  Which country put the first woman in space?

 Soviet Union

4.  Do bananas grow pointing up or down?

Pointing up, i.e. the base of the banana points to the air, but the tip of the banana is attached at the underside, so in effect they are pointing up… 

5.  What colour is Rupert the Bear's scarf? Yellow, often with black or cerulean blue checks

6.  What is the skin on a deer's antlers called? Velvet

7.  Which war is the first for which there is photographic evidence? Crimean War

8.  What is the most common element in the Universe? A) Oxygen B) Hydrogen C) Nitrogen

B

 

WAI:  The Pink Panther - nope

 

 

 

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