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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.  
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East, ha ha.  I was running out of questions and like you saw that one publicist even said "red", and of course the yellowish hue.  Was umming and aahing about using said question but in the end went with the majority of pages which seemed to say "orange" but promised myself that if anyone queried it I would give an extra point to everyone, so bonus point added all. 

And in honour of East keeping my brain ticking over today we have a Knowledge Quiz without the "General" in front of it!  😁

Knowledge Quiz

1.  HMS Devastation, which was launched in 1871, was the first ocean-going battleship not to have what?

2.  Aconcagua is the highest mountain in the world outside of Asia.  In what country is it in?

3.  Mary Morstan became the wife of which famous fictional character?

4.  Great Britain is known as Airstrip One in which famous book by George Orwell?

5.  What does the 'D' stand for in DC Comics?

6.  In the novel Moby Dick by Herman Melville, what type of whale is Moby Dick?

7.  Which club was Viv Anderson playing for when he became the first black footballer to represent England?

8.  The Aztec culture flourished in which modern day country from 1300 to 1521?

9. The racing suit Steve McQueen wore in which film sold for 336,000 dollars at a 2017 auction? 

10.  What did the original Hollywood Sign read before a four-letter portion of the sign was removed in 1949?

11.  Which prize is like the Oscars of the newspaper industry?

12.  Who wrote the novel Kidnapped?

13.  What is the capital of Canada?

14.  What was the name of Mickey Mouses’ dog?

15.  What do you get if you alloy copper and zinc?

16.  Name the last British monarch to be born outside Great Britain?

17.  Which four letters denote Jesus Nazareth King of the Jews?

18.  Name the last British Overseas Territory in the South Pacific?

19.  True or False. The catchphrase "Beam me up, Scotty" has never been said in any Star Trek TV series or film?

20.  How many members were in the Monty Python team?  Bonus point for each one you can name.




 
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15 for me today thanks Zico

Now don't panic I am not challenging the answer to the cheese question but I put yellow which I would say is the colour of cheese generally. Upon finding your answer was orange I decided to investigate further. I went online to view Shropshire Blue and to my eyes, the pictures mostly showed it to be of a dark yellowish hue (some not really that dark) Ah ha I thought I had cause to challenge the veracity of your answer. (as you know I relish such rare opportunities). However aware that online photos do not always show things in their true light I decided to read up on the said cheese. You of course are correct that publicists for this cheese do describe it as orange, although one suggested it was a red colour, I am not having that nearly as dishonest as suggesting it is from Shropshire when in fact it originates from Leicestershire. Stilton it is claimed to be the place but given that even Stilton Cheese doesn't really come from there I doubt that that is entirely correct either. Stilton is the place where cheese was transported from not made. Anyway that aside it got me thinking about the perception of colour and the dress that went viral a few years back and how possibly all our answers might be wrong or best different

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What colour is it Quiz 

1.  What colour is the neutral wire on a modern British domestic plug?
Blue

2.  The star on the flag of Vietnam?
Yellow

3.  In 1937’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Dopey was often seen wearing green with what colour hat?
Purple

3.  The blood of a Lobster?
Blue

4.  Post boxes in Ireland?
Green

5.  Vine Street in Monopoly?
Orange

6.  What colour is a female Blackbird?
Brown

7.  Tinky Winky from the Teletubbies?
Purple

8.  A giraffe’s tongue?
Blue

9.  What is the colour of the number 13 on a roulette wheel?
Black

10.  What is the most used colour in national flags?
Red

11.  Typical colour of emu eggs?
Green

12.  What colour stone is in the “Heart of the Ocean” necklace in the 1997 film Titanic?
Blue - Ceylon blue sapphire

13.  What colour face does the Wicked Witch have in The Wizard of Oz?
Green

14.  What colour was Thunderbird 4?
Yellow

15.  Besides blue, which colour is Shropshire Blue cheese? 
Orange

16.  In the Peanuts cartoon and comics, what colour is Woodstock?
Yellow

17.  What colour is the inner edge of the rainbow?
Violet

18.  The famous picture of Marilyn Monroe, laughing as her skirt is blown up by the blast from a subway vent.  What colour was her dress?
White

19.  What colour is the falling letter 'i' in the logo of the supermarket chain Lidl?
Red

20.  On a Scrabble board, which colour is a double-word square?
Pink
 
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What colour is it Quiz 

1.  What colour is the neutral wire on a modern British domestic plug?

2.  The star on the flag of Vietnam?

3.  In 1937’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Dopey was often seen wearing green with what colour hat?

3.  The blood of a Lobster?

4.  Post boxes in Ireland?

5.  Vine Street in Monopoly?

6.  What colour is a female Blackbird?

7.  Tinky Winky from the Teletubbies?

8.  A giraffe’s tongue?

9.  What is the colour of the number 13 on a roulette wheel?

10.  What is the most used colour in national flags?

11.  Typical colour of emu eggs?

12.  What colour stone is in the “Heart of the Ocean” necklace in the 1997 film Titanic?

13.  What colour face does the Wicked Witch have in The Wizard of Oz?

14.  What colour was Thunderbird 4?

15.  Besides blue, which colour is Shropshire Blue cheese? 

16.  In the Peanuts cartoon and comics, what colour is Woodstock?

17.  What colour is the inner edge of the rainbow?

18.  The famous picture of Marilyn Monroe, laughing as her skirt is blown up by the blast from a subway vent.  What colour was her dress?

19.  What colour is the falling letter 'i' in the logo of the supermarket chain Lidl?

20.  On a Scrabble board, which colour is a double-word square?



 
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14 today, cheers Zico.
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Sorry chaps, bozo here didn't notice that question 20 had slipped onto the next page of my word document and I didn't notice when posting, so give yourselves all a point for the non existant Q20.  I'll be impressed if anyone knew it.

If anybody has got a favourite subject (bit like Mastermind) that they would like me to do a quiz on let me know.  Was thinking for a bit of fun if we had several personal subjects we could have a bit of a competition so when it's your particular subject day you would score 1 point for a correct answer and others 2 and then add up totals at the end of the week or whatever it is.  Don't make it too difficult for me though as I would have to find the questions,,,,,and answers!  😁  Have a good weekend everyone.

Youngest Sports People – answers are male unless question suggests otherwise.

1.  In 1980, West Ham’s 17-year-old midfielder Paul Allen — then the youngest player ever to appear in an FA Cup final at Wembley — was cynically tripped by which Arsenal player on the edge of the penalty area with a foul that not long after would have gained him a straight red card?
Willie Young

2.  How old was Michael Owen when he scored for England against Argentina in the 1998 FIFA World Cup?
18 years of age

3.  Who became a household name when she competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, winning 2 gold medals for Great Britain at the age of 13?
Ellie Simmonds

4.  Pele became the youngest scorer in a FIFA World Cup finals tournament when he scored for Brazil against which home nations country in 1958?
Wales

5.  In Formula One, who is the youngest winner of the World Drivers' Championship?
Sebastian Vettel - 23 years, 133 days    in 2010

6.  Who holds the record as the youngest World Professional snooker champion?
Stephen Hendry - 21yrs 106 days in 1990

7.  How old was Nadia Comaneci when she became the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of ten at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.  Was she 14, 15 or 16?
14

8.  In tennis, which former ladies’ player is the youngest ever Grand Slam winner when in 1997, at the age of 16-years and 117-days, she won the Australian Open?
Martina Hingis (Monica Seles and Tracy Austin also won at 16 but were slightly older)

9.  In 1976, which 19-year-old Spanish golfer finished second in The Open Championship?
Seve Ballesteros

10.  Which former Spurs midfielder became the youngest manager to take charge of a Premier League game aged just 29 when he was appointed interim boss of Tottenham after the Jose Mourinho sacking?
Ryan Mason

11.  Who holds the records as the youngest player to take part in a FIFA World Cup and also the youngest player to score in a FA Cup final?
Norman Whiteside

12.  At the 2004 Olympic Games, aged 19, which swimmer became only the second athlete to win eight medals at a single Olympics?
Michael Phelps

13.  Who was the youngest heavyweight boxing champion before 20-year-old Mike Tyson beat Trevor Berbick to win the title in 1986?
Floyd Patterson (who earned the title at 21 by knocking out Archie Moore)

14.  Who is the youngest footballer to score an international goal for England?
Wayne Rooney, 17 years, 317 days, 6 September 2003, 2–1 vs. Macedonia

15.  17-year-old Luke Littler became the youngest PDC world darts champion in January.  Who was previously the youngest world champion in the elite PDC competition, winning the 2014 final at age 24?
Michael van Gerwen

16.  How old was Lester Piggott when he rode the first of his nine Derby winners, was he 17, 18 or 19?
18

17.  Tiger Woods turned professional in 1996 at the age of 20. By the end of April 1997, he had won three PGA Tour events in addition to his first major.  Which Major was it?
The Masters

18.  In the Rugby World Cup in 2003 Jonny Wilkinson was England’s youngest player at 24.  At the time he played for …………….. Falcons.  Fill in the gap?
Newcastle

19.  Who is West Ham’s youngest ever player to make an appearance for the first team?
Reece Oxford - aged 16 years and 198 days back in 2015 against Andorran club Lusitanos in a UEFA Europa League first qualifying round first leg tie

20.  Who did a 17-year-old Boris Becker defeat to win his first Wimbledon Single's title?
Kevin Curren 
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Zeb - Yeah, can't imagine how many bloody coins you carried around!
East - Thank god for that thought you were going to bollock me foir a wrong answer!  😁  I guess back when we were kids we used football cards or top trumps as some sort of currency.  Wonder what they would be worth now. I still have no idea at all what Bitcoin is!

Youngest Sports People – answers are male unless question suggests otherwise.

1.  In 1980, West Ham’s 17-year-old midfielder Paul Allen — then the youngest player ever to appear in an FA Cup final at Wembley — was cynically tripped by which Arsenal player on the edge of the penalty area with a foul that not long after would have gained him a straight red card?

2.  How old was Michael Owen when he scored for England against Argentina in the 1998 FIFA World Cup?

3.  Who became a household name when she competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, winning 2 gold medals for Great Britain at the age of 13?

4.  Pele became the youngest scorer in a FIFA World Cup finals tournament when he scored for Brazil against which home nations country in 1958?

5.  In Formula One, who is the youngest winner of the World Drivers' Championship?

6.  Who holds the record as the youngest World Professional snooker champion?

7.  How old was Nadia Comaneci when she became the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of ten at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.  Was she 14, 15 or 16?

8.  In tennis, which former ladies’ player is the youngest ever Grand Slam winner when in 1997, at the age of 16-years and 117-days, she won the Australian Open?

9.  In 1976, which 19-year-old Spanish golfer finished second in The Open Championship?

10.  Which former Spurs midfielder became the youngest manager to take charge of a Premier League game aged just 29 when he was appointed interim boss of Tottenham after the Jose Mourinho sacking?

11.  Who holds the records as the youngest player to take part in a FIFA World Cup and also the youngest player to score in a FA Cup final?

12.  At the 2004 Olympic Games, aged 19, which swimmer became only the second athlete to win eight medals at a single Olympics?

13.  Who was the youngest heavyweight boxing champion before 20-year-old Mike Tyson beat Trevor Berbick to win the title in 1986?

14.  Who is the youngest footballer to score an international goal for England?

15.  17-year-old Luke Littler became the youngest PDC world darts champion in January.  Who was previously the youngest world champion in the elite PDC competition, winning the 2014 final at age 24?

16.  How old was Lester Piggott when he rode the first of his nine Derby winners, was he 17, 18 or 19?

17.  Tiger Woods turned professional in 1996 at the age of 20. By the end of April 1997, he had won three PGA Tour events in addition to his first major.  Which Major was it?

18.  In the Rugby World Cup in 2003 Jonny Wilkinson was England’s youngest player at 24.  At the time he played for …………….. Falcons.  Fill in the gap?

19.  Who is West Ham’s youngest ever player to make an appearance for the first team?

 
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12 today thanks Zico
I am bit disappointed particularly as I used to teach Monetary Economics to aspiring Bank Managers.  Which probably explains a lot about the state of our Economy. 
 Did you know?

Romans paid their soldiers in salt thus the word salary.
and
In India tea was used as money.

Which when you think about it makes more sense than Bit Coins - such is progress
 
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12 today thanks zico.
Only missed the decimalisation by a year - Pounds, shillings and pence was deeply silly.and that is before you get to florins and guineas.
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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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Didn't even hit double figures today.

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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








 
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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?





 
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Eleven and a half

Yes, I answered ‘The Grinch’ too !!!!!!!!
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14 for me.

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16 1/2 today thanks zico.
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