Did you Know Quiz

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Question 1. Which state did George Washington represent in the 1st and 2nd Continental congresses?

Question 2. Which UK’s National Park’s Information Office is at Dulverton?

Question 3. Of which UK order is the Duke of Gloucester the Grand Prior?

Question 4. Who succeeded Edmund Ironside as King of England?

Question 5. What has 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 different patterns?

Question 6. What is reeled in a filature?

Question 7. Was a gebur a tenant farmer, a woollen cloak or a cooking-pot?

Question 10. In German towns, what is the Rathaus?

[cujimmy]

Q5 - a chess game?
Q10 - the Town Hall

[SpaRHawK]

Q1 - Virginia?
Q2 - Exmoor National Park
Q3 - Order of Malta
Q4 - Sweyn Forkbeard
Q5 - Buggered If I KNow.. :)
Q6 - Raw Silk
Q7 - A Peasant really... A Tenant Farmer.
Q10 - Could be a town hall / House for Council officials.

erm - where is question 8 and 9.. ?

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SpaRHawK

Q1 - Virginia. Correct 1 point
Q2 - Exmoor National Park. Correct 1 point
Q3 - Order of Malta. Incorrect
Q4 - Sweyn Forkbeard. Incorrect
Q5 - Buggered If I KNow.. :)
Q6 - Raw Silk. Correct 1 point
Q7 - A Tenant Farmer. Correct 1 point
Q10 - town hall. Correct 1 point (Bonus Point)

erm - where is question 8 and 9.. ?

5 points

On tuesdays there are no questions 8/9, but here are some more to keep you busy ........

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cujimmy

Q5 - a chess game. Incorrect
Q10 - the Town Hall. Correct 1 point

1 point

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R E C A P

Question 3. Of which UK order is the Duke of Gloucester the Grand Prior?

Question 4. Who succeeded Edmund Ironside as King of England?

Question 5. What has 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 different patterns?

Question 11. To which fish family does the anchovy belong?

Question 12. Is an anchorite a novice, a shell-fish or a recluse?

Question 13. What colour dye is produced by arsenic sulphide or orpiment?

Question 14. Is bombazine a dessert, a dress material or a type of quartz?

Question 15. Of what is a joule a unit?

Question 16. Which fashion-designer opened The Fulham Road Clothes Shop and showed her first dress collection in 1969?

Question 17. Where does marram grass usually grow?

Question 18. Which bird is also called an apteryx?


Question 19. In Greek legend, where did the Hyperboreans dwell?

Question 20. Would you find a foliot on a shield, in a fort or in a clock?

[nightape]

Q5) Rubiks cube
Q11) Herring
Q18) Kiwi

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nightape

Q5) Rubiks cube. Correct 1 point
Q11) Herring. Correct 1 point
Q18) Kiwi. Correct 1 point

3 points

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R E C A P

Question 3. Of which UK order is the Duke of Gloucester the Grand Prior?

Question 4. Who succeeded Edmund Ironside as King of England?

Question 12. Is an anchorite a novice, a shell-fish or a recluse?

Question 13. What colour dye is produced by arsenic sulphide or orpiment?

Question 14. Is bombazine a dessert, a dress material or a type of quartz?

Question 15. Of what is a joule a unit?

Question 16. Which fashion-designer opened The Fulham Road Clothes Shop and showed her first dress collection in 1969?

Question 17. Where does marram grass usually grow?

Question 19. In Greek legend, where did the Hyperboreans dwell?

Question 20. Would you find a foliot on a shield, in a fort or in a clock?

[cujimmy]

Q15 - Thermal energy
Q16 - Mary Quant
Q19 - in trees

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cujimmy

Q15 - Thermal energy. Correct 1 point
Q16 - Mary Quant. Incorrect
Q19 - in trees. Incorrect

1 point

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R E C A P

Question 3. Of which UK order is the Duke of Gloucester the Grand Prior?

Question 4. Who succeeded Edmund Ironside as King of England?

Question 12. Is an anchorite a novice, a shell-fish or a recluse?

Question 13. What colour dye is produced by arsenic sulphide or orpiment?

Question 14. Is bombazine a dessert, a dress material or a type of quartz?

Question 16. Which fashion-designer opened The Fulham Road Clothes Shop and showed her first dress collection in 1969?

Question 17. Where does marram grass usually grow?

Question 19. In Greek legend, where did the Hyperboreans dwell?

Question 20. Would you find a foliot on a shield, in a fort or in a clock?

[nightape]

Q16) Sylvia Ayton
Q17) Sandy areas ie coastal sand dunes
Q19) Beyond the North Wind
Q20) A clock

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nightape

Q16) Sylvia Ayton. Incorrect
Q17) Sandy areas ie coastal sand dunes. Correct 1 point
Q19) Beyond the North Wind. Correct 1 point
Q20) A clock. Correct 1 point

3 points

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R E C A P

Question 3. Of which UK order is the Duke of Gloucester the Grand Prior?

Question 4. Who succeeded Edmund Ironside as King of England?

Question 12. Is an anchorite a novice, a shell-fish or a recluse?

Question 13. What colour dye is produced by arsenic sulphide or orpiment?

Question 14. Is bombazine a dessert, a dress material or a type of quartz?

Question 16. Which fashion-designer opened The Fulham Road Clothes Shop and showed her first dress collection in 1969?

[SpaRHawK]

Q4 - Got my Saxon Kings mixed up with the Danes. St Edward the Confessor ( or Eadweard III)

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SpaRHawK

Q4 - Got my Saxon Kings mixed up with the Danes. St Edward the Confessor ( or Eadweard III).

Incorrect.

[cujimmy]

Q16 - Vivienne Westwood

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cujimmy

Q16 - Vivienne Westwood. Incorrect

[cujimmy]

Q12 - a novice
Q13 - yellow
Q14 - a dress material
Q16 - Zandra Rhodes

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cujimmy

Q12 - a novice. Incorrect
Q13 - yellow. Correct 1 point
Q14 - a dress material. Correct 1 point
Q16 - Zandra Rhodes. Correct 1 point

3 points

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R E C A P

Question 3. Of which UK order is the Duke of Gloucester the Grand Prior?

Question 4. Who succeeded Edmund Ironside as King of England?

Question 12. Is an anchorite a novice, a shell-fish or a recluse?

[SpaRHawK]

Q4 - Aha - just realised which History tome you must be using... Etherlred the Unready was defeated by Svein Fokbeard and became King of England... Edmund was only King for a short period during the Battle of Ashington (1016) when he died of his wounds and Cnut (or Canute) took over.. - so you want King Cnut then...

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SpaRHawK

Q4 King Cnut. Correct 1 point
Bonus point for the History lesson and sharing of knowledge.

2 points

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R E C A P

Question 3. Of which UK order is the Duke of Gloucester the Grand Prior?

Question 12. Is an anchorite a novice, a shell-fish or a recluse?

[cujimmy]

Q3 - The Order of St John
Q12 - a recluse (gradually going through all the options...)

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cujimmy

Q3 - The Order of St John. Correct 1 point
Q12 - a recluse. Correct 1 point

Bonus point for a difficult Q3.

3 points

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This quiz is now closed. The points are:-

Cujimmy - 8 points

Sparhawk - 7 points
Nightape - 6 points

Thank you contestants.

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