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?"

[Syd Puddefoot]

Not quite as old as EH but also 9.

[easthammer]

"Being a bit of an old relic myself, it is not surprising that I managed 9 today. Annoyed I didn't get the Fishbourne one as I visited that site a few years back. And I kind of knew that rabbits arrived with the Romans"

[easthammer]

"Being a bit of an old relic myself, it is not surprising that I managed 9 today. Annoyed I didn't get the Fishbourne one as I visited that site a few years back. And I kind of knew that rabbits arrived with the Romans"

[zico]

"Archaeology Quiz 1. Which method, developed in the 1940s, is used to date organic objects? Carbon dating or radiocarbon dating 2. In August 2012 an ambitious excavation began under a Leicester car park which discovered whose remains? For a bonus point which old church was also found during the excavation? Richard III - Grey Friars Church 3. What were allegedly found in the Qumran Caves, Palestine, by an Arab shepherd in 1946? Dead Sea Scrolls 4. The Herculaneum papyri are more than 1,800 documents carbonized by the eruption of which volcano? Mount Vesuvius (in AD 79) 5. Name the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete which has been called Europe's oldest city? Knossos 6. For two points - In 1922, which British archaeologist broke through a doorway that was the entrance to a boy pharaoh’s tomb which had remained sealed for more than 3,200 years? What was the name of this ancient Egyptian pharaoh? Howard Carter. Tutankhamun. 7. By what name are the Parthenon Marbles better known? Elgin Marbles 8. What modern country is home the remains of the ancient city of Troy? Turkey 9. What was name given to the famous hoax ""discovered"" in a pit in Sussex, England, between 1908-1912? Piltdown Man 10. A tiny bone found at Fishbourne Roman Palace in Sussex revealed that which animals arrived in the British Isles 1,000 years earlier than previously thought? Rabbits"

[zico]

"I'm on the early evening shift tonight so answers will be earlier than usual. Archaeology Quiz 1. Which method, developed in the 1940s, is used to date organic objects? 2. In August 2012 an ambitious excavation began under a Leicester car park which discovered whose remains? For a bonus point which old church was also found during the excavation? 3. What were allegedly found in the Qumran Caves, Palestine, by an Arab shepherd in 1946? 4. The Herculaneum papyri are more than 1,800 documents carbonized by the eruption of which volcano? 5. Name the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete which has been called Europe's oldest city? 6. For two points - In 1922, which British archaeologist broke through a doorway that was the entrance to a boy pharaoh’s tomb which had remained sealed for more than 3,200 years? What was the name of this ancient Egyptian pharaoh? 7. By what name are the Parthenon Marbles better known? 8. What modern country is home the remains of the ancient city of Troy? 9. What was name given to the famous hoax ""discovered"" in a pit in Sussex, England, between 1908-1912? 10. A tiny bone found at Fishbourne Roman Palace in Sussex revealed that which animals arrived in the British Isles 1,000 years earlier than previously thought?"

[Texas Iron]

16 ?üòÄ?üòÄ

[easthammer]

13 today missed yesterday

[Mad Dog]

I had bifocals as the answer for Benjamin Franklin. Surely worth a point as he invented more than just the 1 item.

[Mad Dog]

16 ... assuming its only 1 mark for 3 elements that can be magnetised. However I put iron sulfide for fools gold. If you disagree with that let me know and I'll take a point off. (Always remembered that from silence of the lambs)

[zico]

"Thanks for today Cough as always. Got back too late to have a go but a good quiz that. A really depressing stat is West Ham fans getting better scores on a Science quiz than a West Ham quiz!! Bar Mr Puddyfoot of course! BTW Clive Thomas was Referee at the League Cup Final a year later and allowed the offside goal hence why he is more ""memorable"" than Courtenay!"

[Syd Puddefoot]

"13, thanks Cough."

[riosleftsock]

16 today

[Far Cough]

"Answers: 1. Atomic number 2. False: Phobos and Deimos belong to Mars 3. The acidity or alkalinity of a solution 4. Lightning conductor 5. Pyrite 6. William Herschel 7. Photosynthesis 8. Insects 9. Albert Einstein 10. Evaporation 11. Elastic Potential Energy 12. Iron, nickel and cobalt 13. Mars 14. Dmitri Mendeleev 15. True 16. Palladium 17. Sodium chloride 18. Ernest Rutherford 19. Air/gas pressure 20. True"

[Mad Dog]

"After a bad run, finally, today will be a good score."

[Far Cough]

"Science Quiz: 1. On the periodic table, elements are arranged in order of what? 2. True or false: The moons Phobos and Deimos belong to planet Saturn? 3. What does a litmus test establish? 4. What did Benjamin Franklin invent? 5. What is fool's gold made of? 6. Which astronomer discovered Uranus whilst surveying the night sky through a telescope? 7. What is the process by which plants convert light energy into food known as? 8. What group of invertebrate animals have three pairs of legs and a body split into three parts? 9. Which famous scientist wrote to President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939 advising that the United States should focus on its own nuclear weapon research? 10. What is the first stage of the hydrologic cycle? 11. What type of energy is stored by a spring when it is stretched? 12. Which 3 elements can be magnetised?? 13. Which planet takes approximately 23 Earth months to orbit the Sun? 14. Which Russian chemist became the first scientist to create a periodic table? 15. True or false: More than half of the bones in a human body are found in the hands and feet? 16. Which silvery-white metal has the atomic number 46? 17. What scientific name is table salt known as? 18. Which famous physicist discovered and named the proton? 19. What powers pneumatic machinery? 20. True or false: Stephen Hawking was born exactly 300 years following the death of Galileo?"

[Far Cough]

4

[mallard]

Question 3 was a depressing stat

[Syd Puddefoot]

"10. Had Clive Thomas istead of George Courtney (which was bad as I was there) and did not get Brabrook and Byrne for Q10. Other than that, well West Ham me!"

[riosleftsock]

4 today

[Texas Iron]

6

[Mad Dog]

5 yesterday (including the gimme nu.ber 10) 4 today

[zico]

"WEST HAM IN THE FA CUP 1. Where did the 1975 FA Cup semi-final replay between West Ham and Ipswich take place? Stamford Bridge 2. Who was the Referee in the 1980 FA Cup Final against Arsenal? George Courtney 3. Name the only West Ham player to score a penalty in the 2006 Final? Teddy Sheringham 4. It’s said that Phil Parkes kept West Ham in the 1980 FA Cup thanks to a masterclass in a third-round tie away against which team? West Bromwich Albion 5. West Ham United were the first ever winners of the Football League War Cup. The competition was in place of the FA Cup that was cancelled during the Second World War. The Hammers beat which team in the final? Blackburn Rovers 6. The Hammers play Kidderminster in the next round of this year’s competition but have visited their Aggborough home before, triumphing 1-0 in a 1994 fifth round tie thanks to whose goal? Lee Chapman 7. Who was the Fulham keeper who had a nightmare in the 1975 final, spilling one shot into Alan Taylor’s path and letting another shot through his legs? Peter Mellor 8. Which Everton player scored and was sent off in the 1980 semi-final? Brian Kidd 9. West Ham’s hold on the FA Cup didn’t last long in the following years to winning the trophy with a fourth-round loss in 1965 and third round defeats in 1976 and 1981. Can you name the clubs who knocked The Hammers out in those years for three points? 64/65 4th Round Chelsea 75/76 3rd Round Liverpool 80/81 3rd Round Wrexham 10. Only five West Ham players scored the goals in the 1963/64 cup run all the way to the trophy. For five points name them? Geoff Hurst (7), Johnny Byrne (4), Ronnie Boyce (3), John Sissons (3), Peter Brabrook (2)"

[zico]

"WEST HAM IN THE FA CUP (and I've double checked question 10!) 1. Where did the 1975 FA Cup semi-final replay between West Ham and Ipswich take place? 2. Who was the Referee in the 1980 FA Cup Final against Arsenal? 3. Name the only West Ham player to score a penalty in the 2006 Final? 4. It’s said that Phil Parkes kept West Ham in the 1980 FA Cup thanks to a masterclass in a third-round tie away against which team? 5. West Ham United were the first ever winners of the Football League War Cup. The competition was in place of the FA Cup that was cancelled during the Second World War. The Hammers beat which team in the final? 6. The Hammers play Kidderminster in the next round of this year’s competition but have visited their Aggborough home before, triumphing 1-0 in a 1994 fifth round tie thanks to whose goal? 7. Who was the Fulham keeper who had a nightmare in the 1975 final, spilling one shot into Alan Taylor’s path and letting another shot through his legs? 8. Which Everton player scored and was sent off in the 1980 semi-final? 9. West Ham’s hold on the FA Cup didn’t last long in the following years to winning the trophy with a fourth-round loss in 1965 and third round defeats in 1976 and 1981. Can you name the clubs who knocked The Hammers out in those years for three points? 10. Only five West Ham players scored the goals in the 1963/64 cup run all the way to the trophy. For five points name them?"

[zico]

"WEST HAM IN THE FA CUP (and I've double checked question 10!) 1. Where did the 1975 FA Cup semi-final replay between West Ham and Ipswich take place? 2. Who was the Referee in the 1980 FA Cup Final against Arsenal? 3. Name the only West Ham player to score a penalty in the 2006 Final? 4. It’s said that Phil Parkes kept West Ham in the 1980 FA Cup thanks to a masterclass in a third-round tie away against which team? 5. West Ham United were the first ever winners of the Football League War Cup. The competition was in place of the FA Cup that was cancelled during the Second World War. The Hammers beat which team in the final? 6. The Hammers play Kidderminster in the next round of this year’s competition but have visited their Aggborough home before, triumphing 1-0 in a 1994 fifth round tie thanks to whose goal? 7. Who was the Fulham keeper who had a nightmare in the 1975 final, spilling one shot into Alan Taylor’s path and letting another shot through his legs? 8. Which Everton player scored and was sent off in the 1980 semi-final? 9. West Ham’s hold on the FA Cup didn’t last long in the following years to winning the trophy with a fourth-round loss in 1965 and third round defeats in 1976 and 1981. Can you name the clubs who knocked The Hammers out in those years for three points? 10. Only five West Ham players scored the goals in the 1963/64 cup run all the way to the trophy. For five points name them?"

[easthammer]

4+5=9 I am better at maths than guessing