quiz answers to volumes 340 & 341
August, 17th 2009 21:54 PM

Here are last weeks and this weeks answers for you and a shot at WAI

 

1.  In what century was Charles Darwin born? 19th

2.  What is the largest office building in the USA? The Pentagon

3.  Which wind blows from the Sahara to southern Italy? Sirocco

4.  Which Canadian island has Victoria as its capital? British Columbia

5.  Which country has the time zones Eastern, Central, Mountain and Pacific? USA

6.  In which ocean are the Maldives? Indian Ocean

7.  Which US state is known as the Lone Star State? Texas

8.  According to George Bernard Shaw’s play, what was John Bull’s Other Island? A) The United States B) Australia C) Ireland ‘C’

 

1. Who banged the drum in the opening song? Simon Wolstencroft

 

2. What is thrown in the Olympics weighing 4lb 6oz? Men's Discus

 

3. What name is given to a whale’s breathing organs? Blowhole – it’s lungs!

 

4. What is a devil’s coachhorse? A beetle

 

5. What is the plural of mongoose? Mongooses or rarely Mongeese

 

6.  What is the capital of Ecuador? Quito

 

7. Who were Booker T’s backing group? MG’s

 

8.  What is the pejorative term for an Irish person with English affections? A) A West Brit B) An eejit C) A Hibernophobe ‘A’

 

WAI- Gerry McGhee – na – who?


 

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