Easy General Knowledge Quiz

[Chick]

Question 1) Which film actor was called ‘The Muscles from Brussels’

Question 2) True or False: By air, Cairo is approx. 2,750 miles from London?

Question 3) Which element has the chemical symbol Sc?

Question 4) What is the currency of both North and south Korea?

Question 5) Which word means to pull faces, a cleaning implement and a mass of hair?

Question 6) Off which continent is the Bight of Bonny?

Question 7) Which grain is sometimes called mealie?

Question 8) What is a coalmouse?

Question 9) Name the actress mother of actress Joely Richardson?

Question 10) Who played Mama Rose in the 1993 remake of the film Gypsy?

1 Point per answer. Good luck contestants.

[barto11]

q1-jean claude van damm

q3-scandium

q7-maize/corn(depending on which coutry you come from)

q4-a korean won

q9-vanessa redgrave

[Chick]

barto11

q1-jean claude van damm - Correct
q3-scandium - Correct
q7-maize/corn - Correct
q4-a korean won - Correct
q9-vanessa redgrave - Correct

Well done. 5 points

[Chick]

R E C A P


Question 2) True or False: By air, Cairo is approx. 2,750 miles from London?

Question 5) Which word means to pull faces, a cleaning implement and a mass of hair?

Question 6) Off which continent is the Bight of Bonny?

Question 8) What is a coalmouse?

Question 10) Who played Mama Rose in the 1993 remake of the film Gypsy?


1 Point per answer. Good luck contestants.

[nightape]

Q 6)off the African coast
Q10) Bette Midler

[Chick]

nightape

Question 6) Off which continent is the Bight of Bonny?
a) off the African coast

Question 10) Who played Mama Rose in the 1993 remake of the film Gypsy?
a) Bette Midler

Correct. 2 points.

[nightape]

Q5) Mop
Q8) used to start fires in a coal stove or furnace!

[Chick]

nightape

Q5) Mop - Correct. 1 point

Q8) used to start fires in a coal stove or furnace - not even close but very logical answer.

[Chick]

R E C A P


Question 2) True or False: By air, Cairo is approx. 2,750 miles from London?

Question 8) What is a coalmouse?

1 Point per answer. Good luck contestants.

[nightape]

nightape

Q5) Mop - Correct. 1 point

Q8) used to start fires in a coal stove or furnace - not even close but very logical answer.


lol - damn thought I had it! Will try again! But it is a gen article....see here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_mouse


Q8) Ok, is it a fecking bird???rofl...rips hair out!

[Chick]

nightape

Question 8) What is a coalmouse?
a)Ok, is it a fecking bird???rofl...rips hair out!

No fecking, it's just a bird. Correct. 1 point

interesting article btw.

[Chick]

R E C A P

Question 2) True or False: By air, Cairo is approx. 2,750 miles from London?

Last question in this round. Have a guess.

[barto11]

true

[Chick]

barto11

Question 2) True or False: By air, Cairo is approx. 2,750 miles from London?
a) true - incorrect, please try again

[barto11]

uh....false??

[Chick]

barto11

Question 2) True or False: By air, Cairo is approx. 2,750 miles from London?

a) false. correct. 1 point

Not sure how you got this right, well done!

[barto11]

me either...it was a lucky guess...:smiley36: :smiley36: :smiley36:

[Chick]

Here are the points so far:

Barto 6 points
Nightape 4 points

Well done, 10 more questions will be posted soonest.

http://www.greatlittleparties.co.uk/acatalog/noddy_party_bags.jpg

[zimajays]

oohhh noddy!!! :smiley9: :smiley36:

[sally]

oh dear, hide noddy, he is in danger!!

[Chick]

Question 11 Who played the stewardess who had to fly the plane in the film Airport 1975

Question 12 Where are the islands of Brechou, Lihou and Jethou?


Question 13 Is the deepest sea the Caribbean, the South China or the Sea of Japan?


Question 14 What did the Queen of England decide to do from April 6th, 1993?


Question 15 Which city is served by Fiumicino airport?


Question 16 Who wrote Rose Madder and The Green Mile?


Question 17 In which country was Maria Callas born?


Question 18 Which country is separated from South America by the Serpent’s Mouth and the Dragon’s Mouth?


Question 19 What is a croydon?


Question 20 Which word means the offspring of a male ass and a mare, an instrument for spinning cotton and a backless slipper?

[zimajays]

Ok lets have a go


Question 14 What did the Queen of England decide to do from April 6th, 1993?
Ans - pay tax


Question 16 Who wrote Rose Madder and The Green Mile?
Ans Steven King


Thats it i dunno the rest. Thought I would be clever and ask google about croydon, and can't be asked to research it

[sally]

11. Nancy Pryor
12.Gurnsey
13.Carribbean
14.No idea?
15.Rome
16.Stephen King
17.New York City
18.No idea?
19.when a girl pulls her hair tight in a pony tail making the face and forehead pull upwards!
20. hinny

[barto11]

Q14...go to zimbabwe
Q17...Argentina
Q18...Mexico
Q19...A London Borough
Q20...A Ginny

[Chick]

zimajays


Question 14 What did the Queen of England decide to do from April 6th, 1993?
Ans - pay tax. Correct. 1 point


Question 16 Who wrote Rose Madder and The Green Mile?
Ans Steven King. Correct. 1 point

2 points

[Chick]

sally

Question 13 Is the deepest sea the Caribbean, the South China or the Sea of Japan? a)Carribbean. Correct. 1 point

Question 15 Which city is served by Fiumicino airport?
a)Rome. Correct. 1 point.

16.Stephen King (already correctly answered by ZJ)

Question 17 In which country was Maria Callas born.
a) USA - New York City. Correct. 1 point


19.when a girl pulls her hair tight in a pony tail making the face and forehead pull upwards! Interesting reply Sally - but not correct.

3 points

[Chick]

barto11

What can I say? All incorrect. Please try again.

[Chick]

R E C A P

Question 11 Who played the stewardess who had to fly the plane in the film Airport 1975

Question 12 Where are the islands of Brechou, Lihou and Jethou?

Question 18 Which country is separated from South America by the Serpent’s Mouth and the Dragon’s Mouth?

Question 19 What is a croydon?

Question 20 Which word means the offspring of a male ass and a mare, an instrument for spinning cotton and a backless slipper?

[Strawbs]

Question 20 Which word means the offspring of a male ass and a mare, an instrument for spinning cotton and a backless slipper?



A mule!

[Strawbs]

Question 19 What is a croydon??



Would this be referring to the Croydon Facelift?

[sally]

strawbs, thats what i thought it was, but i was wrong!!

[Onslow]

Q11 Karen Black
Q12 Channel Islands
Q18 Trinidad
Q20 Mule

[barto11]

barto11

What can I say? All incorrect. Please try again.

turn up Barto...good effort china:smiley32: :smiley32: :smiley32: :smiley20:

[Chick]

Strawbs

Question 20 Which word means the offspring of a male ass and a mare, an instrument for spinning cotton and a backless slipper?
a) A mule. Correct. 1 point

[Chick]

Onslow

Question 11 Who played the stewardess who had to fly the plane in the film Airport 1975. a) Karen Black. Correct 1 point

Question 12 Where are the islands of Brechou, Lihou and Jethou?
a) Channel Islands. Correct. 1 point

Question 18 Which country is separated from South America by the Serpent’s Mouth and the Dragon’s Mouth?
a) Trinidad (and Tobago) Correct. 1 point

Q20 Mule. already correctly answered

3 points

[Chick]

R E C A P

Question 19 What is a croydon?

A clue: It's not a facelift or a town.

[sally]

a make of crayon???

[Chick]

a make of crayon???

Incorrect.

[Patson]

One theory is that the name of Croydon derives originally from the Anglo-Saxon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English_language) croh, meaning "crocus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocus)" and denu 'valley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley)', indicating that, like Saffron Walden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffron_Walden) in Essex (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex), it was a centre for the collection of saffron (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffron).[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croydon#_note-Brewer)
Another opinion[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croydon#_note-0) holds that the name derives from the Old French (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_French) croie dune, meaning chalk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalk) hill. This was because Croydon stands at the northern edge of the chalk hills called the North Downs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Downs).
According to John Corbett Anderson, (Anderson J C, "A Short Chronicle Concerning the Parish of Croydon", Reeves and Turner, London, 1882, pp19-20; republished in 1970 by SR Publishers, East Ardsley, Wakefield) "The earliest mention of Croydon is in the joint will of Beorhtric and Aelfswth, dated about the year 962. In this Anglo-Saxon document the name is spelt (here he uses original script) Crogdaene. Crog was, and still is, the Norse or Danish word for crooked, which is expressed in Anglo-Saxon by crumb, and totally different word. From the Danish came our crook and crooked. This term accurately describes the locality; it is a crooked or winding valley; in reference to the valley which runs in an oblique and serpentine course from Godstone to Croydon." Anderson rejected the claim, originally cited by Ducarel given above meaning chalk hill, for the reasons that the name was in use at least a century before the French language would have been commonly used following the Norman Invasion, and the fact that the dune part of the etymology is actually Saxon in origin and not French at all, makes the second option above, an unlikely partnership.

[Chick]

The clue is in the question: basically asking what is A Croydon, not where is.

[Patson]

i know i know... just thought id put that up.... so i take it thats incorrect:smiley36:

[Chick]

i know i know... just thought id put that up.... so i take it thats incorrect:smiley36:

You're sharp this morning Patson.

Quizmaster has decided to answer this question.

Question 19 What is a croydon?

a) A two-wheeled gig.

Correct 1 point

[Chick]

Well done contestants: Here are the final points:

Barto 6 points
Nightape 4 points
Sally 3 points
Onslow 3 points
Zimajays 2 points
Strawbs 1 point
QM 1 point

[Chick]

barto


5401

[Patson]

what no points for entering.?????

[zimajays]

so for two points do I now get a noddy badge???

LOL:smiley17: :smiley17:

[Patson]

http://www.greatlittleparties.co.uk/acatalog/noddy_party_plates.jpgthere ya go how about this closest thing to a badge hahahaha

[Chick]

Have you two read the last post in Quizmaster says??

[Patson]

no but i think im going to go find it.... be right back

[Patson]

ah found it would it go something like *you give them a finger they take your whole bleedin arm*???:smiley36:

[Chick]

lol, no it goes 'stop bleery chattin in me quiz mate'
but seen as you're so cute looking and the quiz is over, and my mood is better this morning, I forgive you.

[Patson]

lol, no it goes 'stop bleery chattin in me quiz mate'
but seen as you're so cute looking and the quiz is over, and my mood is better this morning, I forgive you.

thanks :smiley20:

[barto11]

woohoo....i win again

[Chick]

You did, well done, you not doing the hard general knowledge quiz?

[barto11]

i lost it...cant find it anywhere...