Daily Quiz anyone?

[easthammer]

"If you are stuck at home and bored like me. How about exercising the old grey cells? I have for a number of years run quiz nights and couple of times a year. I was due to do one tomorrow which is now cancelled So I have a bank of questions sitting in my computer's hard drive. They are quite eclectic in their nature. I am thinking I could put up a set of questions for which you write down your answers. After 30mins or so I will put up the answers. DO NOT POST YOUR ANSWERS. before I post the right answers. You mark your own answers and post your score. I will then record the scores and at the end of the ""lockdown"" we will see who is WHO's brainbox supreme. Obiviously no looking up the answers (you only cheat yourselves) Word of warning these won't be easy questions as they have been devised for teams of six. Forming teams on here might be too problematic. So I'll try to pick out the easier questions. Any interest?"

[Far Cough]

8

[riosleftsock]

"9 today, big help that I'd already asked Q8 before.....iirc"

[Mad Dog]

7

[zico]

"US PRESIDENTS 1. What American president is associated with the Teddy Bear? Theodore Roosevelt 2. Which president delivered the Gettysburg Address? Abraham Lincoln 3. George W. Bush was governor of which state before becoming the President? Texas 4. By what name was the commission created to investigate John F. Kennedy's assassination widely known as? Warren Commission 5. Who was the only president to win more than two consecutive presidential elections? Franklin D. Roosevelt 6. Hailed as the 'Father of the Constitution', name the fourth President of the United States? James Madison 7. What is the call sign of the helicopter that transports the President of the United States? Marine One 8. Mount Rushmore has four American presidents' faces carved into it - but which US state is it in? South Dakota 9. President Tim Beck and President Allan Trumbull are fictional Presidents in films that were played by which actor? Morgan Freeman (Deep Impact & Angel Has Fallen) 10. There are four U.S. state capitals named after presidents, for four points can you name them? LINCOLN, Nebraska for Abraham Lincoln, MADISON, Wisconsin for James Madison, JACKSON, Mississippi for Andrew Jackson, and JEFFERSON City, Missouri for Thomas Jefferson."

[zico]

"Give yourself a bonus point Turps for that info. Wasn't the easiest answer to double check so not surprised.,"

[Turpinator]

"11 but the Nasdaq answer is incorrect. Headquarters are on 42nd Street and there is no physical floor anymore, with the trades being processed in a hub in New Jersey somewhere"

[zico]

"US PRESIDENTS 1. What American president is associated with the Teddy Bear? 2. Which president delivered the Gettysburg Address? 3. George W. Bush was governor of which state before becoming the President? 4. By what name was the commission created to investigate John F. Kennedy's assassination widely known as? 5. Who was the only president to win more than two consecutive presidential elections? 6. Hailed as the 'Father of the Constitution', name the fourth President of the United States? 7. What is the call sign of the helicopter that transports the President of the United States? 8. Mount Rushmore has four American presidents' faces carved into it - but which US state is it in? 9. President Tim Beck and President Allan Trumbull are fictional Presidents in films that were played by which actor? 10. There are four U.S. state capitals named after presidents, for four points can you name them?"

[charlie paynter]

8. Never knew that about Shirley Temple!

[chim chim cha boo]

"Hello, just popped in for my two-monthly appointment to tell Texas Iron that he's absolutely full of shit. What the fuck does an old boy get out of pretending he's more clever than he really is to a bunch of people he'll never meet?"

[Mad Dog]

11

[Texas Iron]

10

[riosleftsock]

10

[Far Cough]

12

[Syd Puddefoot]

10. Guessed Shirley Temple but then though naah cant be and changed it.

[Syd Puddefoot]

10. Guessed Shirley Temple but then though naah cant be and changed it.

[zico]

"WOMEN IN HISTORY 1. In which country would you find Mother Theresa airport? Albania 2. Who was the author of the classic horror story ""Frankenstein""? Mary Shelley 3. Who went from being the youngest actress to win an Oscar to being US Ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia ? Shirley Temple-Black (Will accept just Shirley Temple) 4. What was the name of the suffragette who threw herself under the King‚Äôs horse during the 1913 Derby? Emily Davison 5. Who in 2012 became the first woman to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing? Nicola Adams 6. In which city would you find Anne Frank's house? Amsterdam 7. Which French heroine was known as the ""Maid of Orleans""? Joan of Arc 8. She was the first Briton to go into space in 1991 on Project Juno, name her? Helen Sharman 9. What was the title of the book by Germaine Greer that in 1970 became important to the feminist movement? The Female Eunuch 10. One of the most influential women in America today, what is the name of Oprah Winfrey's production company? Harpo (Productions or Studios) Bonus questions 11. Atoms of different elements having the same number of neutrons are called? Isotopes 12. What was the name of the world's first artificial nuclear reactor built in 1942 by Nobel Prize winner Enrico Fermi? The reactor was built underneath the University of Chicago's Stagg Field football stadium. CP-1 (Chicago Pile 1 Reactor) 13. In the Battle of Austerlitz, also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors in what is widely regarded as the greatest victory achieved by Napoleon, the Grande Arm?©e of France defeated which two armies? Point for each. Russian and Austrian 14. In which Italian city will you find Europe‚Äôs oldest university in continuous operation having been founded in 1088? Bologna 15. What‚Äôs the name of the fictional town in Frank Capra‚Äôs 1946 film ‚ÄúIt‚Äôs a Wonderful Life‚Äù? Bedford Falls 16. Who are Superman's biological parents? Jor-el and Lara Lor-van (point for each) 17. Which year saw the Wall Street Crash? 1929 18. Which stock market, the second-largest exchange in the world, is located at One Liberty Plaza, New York? NASDAQ"

[zico]

"Apologies for the intrusion yesterday, when it wasn't my day!! I repost the quiz below with some bonus questions in case some of you had already answered the posted one. They are what I started with the WHO quiz, with peoples personal subjects but didn't get enough in for a full quiz, so yes some are tough but individuals may pick up a bonus or two. WOMEN IN HISTORY 1. In which country would you find Mother Theresa airport? 2. Who was the author of the classic horror story ""Frankenstein""? 3. Who went from being the youngest actress to win an Oscar to being US Ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia ? 4. What was the name of the suffragette who threw herself under the King‚Äôs horse during the 1913 Derby? 5. Who in 2012 became the first woman to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing? 6. In which city would you find Anne Frank's house? 7. Which French heroine was known as the ""Maid of Orleans""? 8. She was the first Briton to go into space in 1991 on Project Juno, name her? 9. What was the title of the book by Germaine Greer that in 1970 became important to the feminist movement? 10. One of the most influential women in America today, what is the name of Oprah Winfrey's production company? Bonus questions 11. Atoms of different elements having the same number of neutrons are called? 12. What was the name of the world's first artificial nuclear reactor built in 1942 by Nobel Prize winner Enrico Fermi? The reactor was built underneath the University of Chicago's Stagg Field football stadium. 13. In the Battle of Austerlitz, also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors in what is widely regarded as the greatest victory achieved by Napoleon, the Grande Arm?©e of France defeated which two armies? 14. In which Italian city will you find Europe‚Äôs oldest university in continuous operation having been founded in 1088? 15. What‚Äôs the name of the fictional town in Frank Capra‚Äôs 1946 film ‚ÄúIt‚Äôs a Wonderful Life‚Äù? 16. Who are Superman's biological parents? 17. Which year saw the Wall Street Crash? 18. Which stock market, the second-largest exchange in the world, is located at One Liberty Plaza, New York?"

[Far Cough]

2

[riosleftsock]

3

[Texas Iron]

4

[Mad Dog]

6

[charlie paynter]

5. Or 5.5 as per Syd for J

[Syd Puddefoot]

"For Turps ""official"" Monday questions - 6 or 6.5 I get just J for 3."

[Turpinator]

"1.

[zico]

Oops sorry Turps I got thrown by working elsewhere today. Apologies. I'll re post mine tomorrow.