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.  

[mallard]

15 Thanks Zico

[Westside]

7. Thanks Zico.

[easthammer]

11 thanks Zico

[zico]

Animal Logos Quiz

1. Which company's crocodile logo dates back to 1923?
Lacoste

2.  What animal is the logo for the World Wildlife Fund?
Giant panda

3.  What animal is the logo of crystal jewellery company Swarovski?
Swan

4.  Which two animals feature on the coat of arms of Australia?  Point for each
Kangaroo and the Emu

5.  Which animal is depicted on the iconic Lamborghini logo?
Charging bull – Bull is fine

6.  The logo of the luxury carmaker Ferrari is generally a a prancing black horse on what colour background?
Yellow

7.  Which animal was the inspiration for the logo of the family-owned spirits company, Bacardi?
Bats (fruit bats)

8.  Which company's logo shows two baby birds inside a nest being fed by their mother?
Nestlé

9.  The RSPB's logo depicts what type of bird?
The avocet

10.  Which company would you associate with a brightly hued peacock called the "Bird"?
NBC (National Broadcasting Company)

11.  Four years after Penguin Books was founded, came the idea came for which children's book company?
Puffin Books

12.  Which company's logo features a polo player on horseback?
Ralph Lauren

13.  Which British clothing company famous for its headwear adopted the kangaroo logo in 1983?
Kangol

14.  Which European car manufacturer's iconic logo featuring a red griffin first appeared in 1974?
Saab

15.  In February 2000, the web portal MSN introduced a new logo featuring a stylized what?
Butterfly

16.  Which British sports brand, founded in 1881, features a black panther logo?
Slazenger

17.  Which computer Operating System's logo is a cartoon penguin named Tux?
Linux

18.  Since the 1950s, which brand's logo has been a depiction of a ducal horse-drawn carriage?
Hermès

19.  Which British company has a little Scottie dog logo?
Radley

20. Francis James Barraud (Born June 16, 1856, in Liverpool, England) was an English painter and photographer. His most famous painting, "His Master's Voice," is one of the most well-known commercial logos in the world, having inspired the music industry trademark depicting a dog and phonograph, which is/was used by several corporations, including HMV, RCA, and JVC. Can you give the name of the dog in the logo?
Nipper
 

[GBHammer63]

11 yesterday, thanks Zico

[zico]

Animal Logos Quiz

1. Which company's crocodile logo dates back to 1923?

2.  What animal is the logo for the World Wildlife Fund?

3.  What animal is the logo of crystal jewellery company Swarovski?

4.  Which two animals feature on the coat of arms of Australia?  Point for each

5.  Which animal is depicted on the iconic Lamborghini logo?

6.  The logo of the luxury carmaker Ferrari is generally a a prancing black horse on what colour background?

7.  Which animal was the inspiration for the logo of the family-owned spirits company, Bacardi?

8.  Which company's logo shows two baby birds inside a nest being fed by their mother?

9.  The RSPB's logo depicts what type of bird?

10.  Which company would you associate with a brightly hued peacock called the "Bird"?

11.  Four years after Penguin Books was founded, came the idea came for which children's book company?

12.  Which company's logo features a polo player on horseback?

13.  Which British clothing company famous for its headwear adopted the kangaroo logo in 1983?

14.  Which European car manufacturer's iconic logo featuring a red griffin first appeared in 1974?

15.  In February 2000, the web portal MSN introduced a new logo featuring a stylized what?

16.  Which British sports brand, founded in 1881, features a black panther logo?

17.  Which computer Operating System's logo is a cartoon penguin named Tux?

18.  Since the 1950s, which brand's logo has been a depiction of a ducal horse-drawn carriage?

19.  Which British company has a little Scottie dog logo?

20. Francis James Barraud (Born June 16, 1856, in Liverpool, England) was an English painter and photographer. His most famous painting, "His Master's Voice," is one of the most well-known commercial logos in the world, having inspired the music industry trademark depicting a dog and phonograph, which is/was used by several corporations, including HMV, RCA, and JVC. Can you give the name of the dog in the logo?

 

[zebthecat]

12 today thanks zico

[Westside]

10. Thanks Zico.

[easthammer]

15 Thanks Zico

[mallard]

9 - tough quiz today

Thanks Zico 

[zico]

Famous Animals Quiz

1.  True or False, Red Rum, the champion thoroughbred steeplechaser, never fell in a career spanning in 100 races?
True  -  Incredible.

2.  Who had a horse called Black Bess?
Dirk Turpin

3.  Who rode a horse called Bucephalus?
Alexander the Great

4.  Where might you see Toby the Dog, Hector the Horse and a crocodile?
Punch and Judy puppet show

5. Greyfriars Bobby, a Skye Terrier, was said to have kept vigil each night at his master’s grave until he himself died 14 years later. A memorial statue to "Greyfriars Bobby" can be found in which Scottish city?
Edinburgh

6.  What was the name of the horse in the Steptoe and Son television series?
Hercules

7.  What was the name of the black and white collie dog who found the stolen Jules Rimet World Cup in March 1966?
Pickles

8.  Legend has it that Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland drew inspiration from which animal?
Spider - Watched a spider making its web

9.  Incitatus was the favourite horse of which Roman emperor?
Caligula

10.  What was the name of the golden eagle which escaped from London Zoo in 1965?
Goldie

11.  Who owned the black labrador that was killed on the evening of the Dam Busters raid?
Guy Gibson

12.  "Blondi" was a German Shepherd that belonged to whom?
Adolf Hitler

13.  What is the name of the only book written by Anna Sewell?
Black Beauty

14.  What was the name of Don Quixote's horse in the novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes?
Rocinante

15.  Which bird was the first animal Noah sent from the ark?  
Raven - we all remember the dove, but the raven was released first.

16. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill had a number of cats and owned a black cat that bore the name of what famous British military hero? 
Nelson

17.  Punxsutawney Phil is a groundhog residing in Young Township near Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, United States, who is the central figure in Punxsutawney's annual Groundhog Day celebration.  In which US state is Punxsutawney in?
Pennsylvania

18.  Who wrote the book War Horse?
Michael Morpurgo

19.  There is only one play written by William Shakespeare that features a dog. This dog's name is Crab. Which play does Crab feature in?
The Two Gentlemen of Verona

20.  What was the name of the dog in the humorous novel Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome?
Montmorency
 

[zico]

Famous Animals Quiz

1.  True or False, Red Rum, the champion thoroughbred steeplechaser, never fell in a career spanning in 100 races?

2.  Who had a horse called Black Bess?

3.  Who rode a horse called Bucephalus?

4.  Where might you see Toby the Dog, Hector the Horse and a crocodile?

5. Greyfriars Bobby, a Skye Terrier, was said to have kept vigil each night at his master’s grave until he himself died 14 years later. A memorial statue to "Greyfriars Bobby" can be found in which Scottish city?

6.  What was the name of the horse in the Steptoe and Son television series?

7.  What was the name of the black and white collie dog who found the stolen Jules Rimet World Cup in March 1966?

8.  Legend has it that Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland drew inspiration from which animal?

9.  Incitatus was the favourite horse of which Roman emperor?

10.  What was the name of the golden eagle which escaped from London Zoo in 1965?

11.  Who owned the black labrador that was killed on the evening of the Dam Busters raid?

12.  "Blondi" was a German Shepherd that belonged to whom?

13.  What is the name of the only book written by Anna Sewell?

14.  What was the name of Don Quixote's horse in the novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes?

15.  Which bird was the first animal Noah sent from the ark?  

16. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill had a number of cats and owned a black cat that bore the name of what famous British military hero? 

17.  Punxsutawney Phil is a groundhog residing in Young Township near Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, United States, who is the central figure in Punxsutawney's annual Groundhog Day celebration.  In which US state is Punxsutawney in?

18.  Who wrote the book War Horse?

19.  There is only one play written by William Shakespeare that features a dog. This dog's name is Crab. Which play does Crab feature in?

20.  What was the name of the dog in the humorous novel Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome?



 

[GBHammer63]

14 also, thanks Z

[only1billybonds]

16.


Cheers Zico 

[zebthecat]

Especially when you get to my age.
I have difficulty remembering things from yesterday let alone months ago.

[mallard]

14 Thanks Zico

Don't worry about duplicates, it’s a test in itself that we’ve been paying attention 
 

[Westside]

15. Thanks Zico.

[easthammer]

14thanks Zico

[zebthecat]

18 today thanks zico mainly due to the boxers.
Briian London was the only other brit heavyweight I could ramember fighting for titles around that time,

[zico]

Can I just apologise if you these days notice questions that have been asked in the past.  I do my best not to duplicate but after a good three years or so it's inevitable a few will slip through as it obvisouly gets harder to find questions.

Random Trivia 52

1.  What name is given to the home of a badger?
A Sett

2.  Which Disney movie is based on a 6th Century Chinese poem?
Mulan

3.  Phobos and Deimos are the names of the two moons of which planet?
Mars

4.  By what name was 617 Squadron of the Royal Air Force better known?
The Dambusters

5.  Which word can be a spot, a small burrowing animal or a unit in science?
Mole

6.  With which sport is the ABA concerned with?
Boxing (Amateur Boxing Association)

7.  Which song has been a hit for Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes, Thelma Houston and The Communards?
"Don't Leave me This Way"

8.  In medicine what is measured using a spirometer?
Lung capacity

9. Released in 2000, “The Voice” was the title of which classical singers first album?
Russel Watson

10.  Before Rory McIlroy achieved it earlier in the year who was the only non-US golfer to have won the sport's Grand Slam?
Gary Player (South Africa)

11.  Whose abduction led to the Trojan Wars?
Helen of Troy

12. For which war movie did David Lean win a Best Director Oscar in 1957?
The Bridge on the River Kwai 

13. What was the only ABBA single to hit number 1 in both the UK and the USA?
"Dancing Queen"

14.  Who played the title role in the TV series 'The District Nurse'?
Nerys Hughes

15. In which US State would you find the towns of Norfolk, Suffolk and Somerset?
Virginia

16.  Who partnered Roger Federer when he won gold in 2008 and 2012 in the Olympic men’s doubles competition?
Stanilas Wawrinka

17.  Which 1955 movie provided Marlon Brando with his only singing role?
"Guys and Dolls"

18.  In the novel by D H Lawrence, what was Lady Chatterley's first name?
Constance

19.  In the 1994 movie, what book did Forrest Gump always carry in his briefcase?
Curious George

20.  Which were the only four boxers who held British citizenship to have fought professionally against Muhammed Ali?  Point for each
Brian London, Henry Cooper, Joe Bugner and Richard Dunne


 

[zico]

Random Trivia 52

1.  What name is given to the home of a badger?

2.  Which Disney movie is based on a 6th Century Chinese poem?

3.  Phobos and Deimos are the names of the two moons of which planet?

4.  By what name was 617 Squadron of the Royal Air Force better known?

5.  Which word can be a spot, a small burrowing animal or a unit in science?

6.  With which sport is the ABA concerned with?

7.  Which song has been a hit for Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes, Thelma Houston and The Communards?

8.  In medicine what is measured using a spirometer?

9. Released in 2000, “The Voice” was the title of which classical singers first album?

10.  Before Rory McIlroy achieved it earlier in the year who was the only non-US golfer to have won the sport's Grand Slam?

11.  Whose abduction led to the Trojan Wars?

12. For which war movie did David Lean win a Best Director Oscar in 1957?

13. What was the only ABBA single to hit number 1 in both the UK and the USA?

14.  Who played the title role in the TV series 'The District Nurse'?

15. In which US State would you find the towns of Norfolk, Suffolk and Somerset?

16.  Who partnered Roger Federer when he won gold in 2008 and 2012 in the Olympic men’s doubles competition?

17.  Which 1955 movie provided Marlon Brando with his only singing role?

18.  In the novel by D H Lawrence, what was Lady Chatterley's first name?

19.  In the 1994 movie, what book did Forrest Gump always carry in his briefcase?

20.  Which were the only four boxers who held British citizenship to have fought professionally against Muhammed Ali?  Point for each


 

[only1billybonds]

Zeb

Yep, if know that as well.

[zebthecat]

17 today thanks zico without no Rolling Stones.
Will file that one away with the first song played on Radio 1 which I do know.

[only1billybonds]

17.


Cheers Zico 

[mallard]

12 Thanks Zico