Daily Quiz anyone?

[zico]

Thanks to the guys for getting this great new site up and running and here is a brand new quiz thread. You know the rules. Please don't post your answers before the quizzer does. Don't forget to post your scores.  

[zico]

In case anyone is interested.  Since the restart, up to date with all scores received so far.  Apologies if I have missed anyone out.  Thanks to Easthammer for the sheet and formulas as with formulas I don't have a clue!

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[only1billybonds]

Didn't even hit double figures today.

9. Thanks Zico.

[Westside]

14. Thanks Zico.

[mallard]

A poor eight for me


Thanks Zico

[zico]

Money Quiz

1.  Fort Knox, best known as the site of the United States Bullion Depository, is in which American state?
Kentucky

2. Which stock market, the second-largest exchange in the world, is located at One Liberty Plaza, New York?
NASDAQ

3.  What is the maximum holding limit of UK Premium Bonds one person can hold (in terms of money)?
£50,000

4.  In which country was paper money first used as a currency?
China (by the 11th century Song Dynasty China). Note: modern paper money or bank notes were first used in Sweden.

5.  Which year saw the Wall Street Crash?
1929

6.  Which city is the major financial centre of the European continent?
Frankfurt

7.  A classic money trivia question is what's the well-known nickname for 'The Bank of England'?
The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street

8.  Which American company, established in December 1998 as Confinity, operates one of the largest worldwide online payments system?
PayPal

9.  What is the highest denomination of Scottish banknote in general circulation?
£100

10.  In financial terms what do the letters ISA refer?
Individual Savings Account

11.  How many cents make up a US Dime?
Ten

12.  In pre-decimal currency, how many farthings were there in one pound sterling?
960

13.  Introduced by Frank McNamara and others in 1950, which card is commonly recognized as the first modern credit card?
Diners Club

14.  Who is the Governor of the Bank of England?
Andrew Bailey

15.  What is the minimum number of coins you need to reach exactly £5.39?
8 - (£2, £2, £1, 20p, 10p, 5p, 2p, 2p)

16.  Which British gold coin was introduced by Henry VII and became worth a pound in 1817?
Gold Sovereign

17.  In what year was Decimal currency introduced in the UK?
1971

18.  What is the maximum sum you can pay solely in fifty pence pieces for it to be still legal tender?
for any amount not exceeding £10

19.  If you add the number of sides on a twenty pence piece to the sides on new one pound coin, what total do you get?
19 (20p: 7 sides, £1: 12 sides)

20.  What did Scottish inventor John Shepherd-Barron pioneer and develop?
ATM/Cash Machine








 

[zico]

Money Quiz

1.  Fort Knox, best known as the site of the United States Bullion Depository, is in which American state?

2. Which stock market, the second-largest exchange in the world, is located at One Liberty Plaza, New York?

3.  What is the maximum holding limit of UK Premium Bonds one person can hold (in terms of money)?

4.  In which country was paper money first used as a currency?

5.  Which year saw the Wall Street Crash?

6.  Which city is the major financial centre of the European continent?

7.  A classic money trivia question is what's the well-known nickname for 'The Bank of England'?

8.  Which American company, established in December 1998 as Confinity, operates one of the largest worldwide online payments system?

9.  What is the highest denomination of Scottish banknote in general circulation?

10.  In financial terms what do the letters ISA refer?

11.  How many cents make up a US Dime?

12.  In pre-decimal currency, how many farthings were there in one pound sterling?

13.  Introduced by Frank McNamara and others in 1950, which card is commonly recognized as the first modern credit card?

14.  Who is the Governor of the Bank of England?

15.  What is the minimum number of coins you need to reach exactly £5.39?

16.  Which British gold coin was introduced by Henry VII and became worth a pound in 1817?

17.  In what year was Decimal currency introduced in the UK?

18.  What is the maximum sum you can pay solely in fifty pence pieces for it to be still legal tender?

19.  If you add the number of sides on a twenty pence piece to the sides on new one pound coin, what total do you get?

20.  What did Scottish inventor John Shepherd-Barron pioneer and develop?





 

[mallard]

Eleven and a half

Yes, I answered ‘The Grinch’ too !!!!!!!!

[only1billybonds]

14 for me.

Thanks Zico.

[zebthecat]

16 1/2 today thanks zico.

[easthammer]

14! Thanks Zico

[Westside]

10. Thanks Zico.

[zico]

Exclamation Marks Quiz - every answer has an exclamation mark

1.  1965 British musical comedy-adventure film directed by Richard Lester and starring The Beatles?
Help!

2.  An epic war film about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?
Tora! Tora! Tora!

3.  Due to Covid, the 20th and 21st series of this ITV show was filmed in Abergele's Gwrych Castle?
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

4.  Popular American TV game show created by Merv Griffin?
Jeopardy!

5.  They wore oversized T-shirts with the slogans "CHOOSE LIFE"?
Wham!

6.  Julie Walters played fun-loving Rosie Mulligan in which film directed by Phyllida Lloyd?
Mamma Mia!

7.  The first ever musical written by both Rodgers and Hammerstein?
Oklahoma!

8.  Action-comedy series starring Roger Moore and Tony Curtis who team together to solve cases the police cannot?
The Persuaders!

9.  Children's book about a bad-tempered creature who lives close to the town of Whoville?
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (by Dr. Seuss) -  Half a point if you just put The Grinch

10.  "Surely you can't be serious? - I am serious. And don't call me Shirley." are lines from which film?
Airplane!

11.  "Let's go girls! Come on. I'm going out tonight, I'm feelin' alright, gonna let it all hang out." are the opening lines to which late-1990s song?
Man! I Feel Like a Woman! - Shania Twain

12.  Which 2001 musical romantic drama film directed by Baz Luhrmann actually means "red mill" in English?
Moulin Rouge!

13.  Word used with an exclamation indicating a sudden discovery associated with Archimedes?
Eureka!

14.  The first game show broadcast in the UK to offer cash prizes? Failure was met by the bang of a gong?
Take Your Pick!

15.  The title song of a popular 1964 musical which was also a massive hit for Satchmo?
Hello, Dolly!

16.  Internet company established by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994 with an exclamation mark in its logo?
Yahoo!

17.  Choreography for this 1965 Supreme's song involved one hand on the hip and the other outstretched?
Stop! In the Name of Love

18.  Name the UK football magazine (which ceased publication in 2008) that was known its annual free "League Ladders"?
Shoot!

19. 1968 film that won the Academy Award for Best Picture?
Oliver!

20. British sitcom that ran for nine series between September 1984 and December 1992?
'Allo 'Allo!

 

[zico]

Good to see so many scores fellas,

Exclamation Marks Quiz - every answer has an exclamation mark

1.  1965 British musical comedy-adventure film directed by Richard Lester and starring The Beatles?

2.  An epic war film about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?

3.  Due to Covid, the 20th and 21st series of this ITV show was filmed in Abergele's Gwrych Castle?

4.  Popular American TV game show created by Merv Griffin?

5.  They wore oversized T-shirts with the slogans "CHOOSE LIFE"?

6.  Julie Walters played fun-loving Rosie Mulligan in which film directed by Phyllida Lloyd?

7.  The first ever musical written by both Rodgers and Hammerstein?

8.  Action-comedy series starring Roger Moore and Tony Curtis who team together to solve cases the police cannot?

9.  Children's book about a bad-tempered creature who lives close to the town of Whoville?

10.  "Surely you can't be serious? - I am serious. And don't call me Shirley." are lines from which film?

11.  "Let's go girls! Come on. I'm going out tonight, I'm feelin' alright, gonna let it all hang out." are the opening lines to which late-1990s song?

12.  Which 2001 musical romantic drama film directed by Baz Luhrmann actually means "red mill" in English?

13.  Word used with an exclamation indicating a sudden discovery associated with Archimedes?

14.  The first game show broadcast in the UK to offer cash prizes? Failure was met by the bang of a gong?

15.  The title song of a popular 1964 musical which was also a massive hit for Satchmo?

16.  Internet company established by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994 with an exclamation mark in its logo?

17.  Choreography for this 1965 Supreme's song involved one hand on the hip and the other outstretched?

18.  Name the UK football magazine (which ceased publication in 2008) that was known its annual free "League Ladders"?

19. 1968 film that won the Academy Award for Best Picture?

20. British sitcom that ran for nine series between September 1984 and December 1992?


 

[zebthecat]

13 thanks zico

[mallard]

8 - thanks

[only1billybonds]

10.

Thanks Zico.

[easthammer]

It is rumoured I scored 9 thanks, Zico

[Westside]

9. Thanks Zico.

[zico]

Urban Myths Quiz

1.  There is a popular rumour that which bridge, relocated to Lake Havasu City, Arizona, was purchased under the mistaken belief that it was Tower Bridge?
London Bridge

2.  There's a legend that which large animals inhabit the sewer system of New York City?
Alligators

3.  Which British children's TV show is the subject of an urban myth claiming many of the characters have rude names?
Captain Pugwash - While it did feature a Master Mates and a Pirate Willy, characters like Seaman Staines, Roger the Cabin Boy and Master Bates just did not exist on board the Black Pig pirate ship.

4.  Clint Eastwood has denied being the son of which comedian after a rumour circulated?
Stan Laurel

5.  Which area is another name for a portion of the Nevada Test Range that some think contains evidence of visitors from outer space?
Area 51

6.  There are claims that Adolf Hitler lived in which British city for some months in 1912 to 1913?
Liverpool

7.  In October 1969, a rumour circulated that which musician had died in a car crash in 1966 and was replaced by a lookalike?
Paul McCartney

8. Claims that which former US First Lady is a man can be found on social media?
Michelle Obama (a debunked conspiracy)
 
9.  A group of people formed a society in Canada in 1989 after reportedly seeing sightings of which dead star?
Elvis Presley

10.  Kumari Kandam is a mythical continent supposedly located in which ocean?
Indian Ocean

11.  Which fictional character first appeared as the villain in the penny dreadful serial The String of Pearls in the 1840s?
Sweeney Todd

12.  There was an urban myth that footballers Les Ferdinand and Dennis Wise smashed up what when they were teenagers?
Blue Peter Garden

13.  If what leaves the Tower of London, the monarchy and the kingdom will fall?
The Ravens

14.  What is said to have been hidden by the Scots who tricked the English into taking a substitute in 1296?
The Stone of Scone

15.  Who was rumoured to be buried between platforms 9 and 10 at King's Cross station?
Boudicca, queen of the Iceni tribe.

16.  Lord Carnarvon's death from an infected mosquito bite was blamed on a curse from whose tomb?
Tutankhamun’s tomb

17.  What was the occupation of Robert Wilson, who reportedly took the first photo of the Loch Ness Monster's head and neck in 1934?
Surgeon, or gynaecologist (it's called the 'surgeon's photograph')

18.  Folklore tells of a creature sent by Satan to which English cathedral, only to be turned into stone by an angel?
Lincoln Cathedral

19.  It has been falsely claimed that the world's population could fit onto which UK island?
Isle of Wight

20. According to rumour, the actor who played TV's Superman started to believe he really was the Man of Steel and died in 1959 trying to imitate him by attempting to fly.  What was his name?
George Reeves - In reality, he suffered from depression and committed suicide but not like that.


 

[zico]

Urban Myths Quiz

1.  There is a popular rumour that which bridge, relocated to Lake Havasu City, Arizona, was purchased under the mistaken belief that it was Tower Bridge?

2.  There's a legend that which large animals inhabit the sewer system of New York City?

3.  Which British children's TV show is the subject of an urban myth claiming many of the characters have rude names?

4.  Clint Eastwood has denied being the son of which comedian after a rumour circulated?

5.  Which area is another name for a portion of the Nevada Test Range that some think contains evidence of visitors from outer space?

6.  There are claims that Adolf Hitler lived in which British city for some months in 1912 to 1913?

7.  In October 1969, a rumour circulated that which musician had died in a car crash in 1966 and was replaced by a lookalike?

8. Claims that which former US First Lady is a man can be found on social media?

9.  A group of people formed a society in Canada in 1989 after reportedly seeing sightings of which dead star?

10.  Kumari Kandam is a mythical continent supposedly located in which ocean?

11.  Which fictional character first appeared as the villain in the penny dreadful serial The String of Pearls in the 1840s?

12.  There was an urban myth that footballers Les Ferdinand and Dennis Wise smashed up what when they were teenagers?

13.  If what leaves the Tower of London, the monarchy and the kingdom will fall?

14.  What is said to have been hidden by the Scots who tricked the English into taking a substitute in 1296?

15.  Who was rumoured to be buried between platforms 9 and 10 at King's Cross station?

16.  Lord Carnarvon's death from an infected mosquito bite was blamed on a curse from whose tomb?

17.  What was the occupation of Robert Wilson, who reportedly took the first photo of the Loch Ness Monster's head and neck in 1934?

18.  Folklore tells of a creature sent by Satan to which English cathedral, only to be turned into stone by an angel?

19.  It has been falsely claimed that the world's population could fit onto which UK island?

20. According to rumour, the actor who played TV's Superman started to believe he really was the Man of Steel and died in 1959 trying to imitate him by attempting to fly.  What was his name?



 

[zebthecat]

11 today thanks zico.

[only1billybonds]

16.

Cheers Zico.

[easthammer]

11 thanks Zico. I was going for gold but the scores others have posted has left me green with envy and feeling blue but I'll be all white by tomorrow

[mallard]

13 Thanks Zico

[Westside]

14. Thanks Zico.