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Warwick School Quiz
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OK , this is an absolute stinker of a quiz, I do it every year and only ever manage about half the questions and I don't believe anyone has ever answered all of them. How about an answerbank team? There's no prize just the kudos of getting the highest score.
Leave your answers here and I'll send them all in
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Leave your answers here and I'll send them all in
http://www.warwickschool.org/files/news/[dd][m m][yyyy]/Christmas%20Quiz%20Questions%202007.d oc
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.No I'm genuine rmleake I'm really not after the prize (which I believe really is modest like a box of chocs), I just posted the question and then genuinely haven't had time to sit down and do the research needed to complete (?) the quiz , so if you want to send in the entry please do, good luck.
I normally get the quiz before Christmas and the whole family has a go but didn't get it this year until too late, most of the ones I know the answers too have been answered here already and I've struggled with the rest. Sorry
I normally get the quiz before Christmas and the whole family has a go but didn't get it this year until too late, most of the ones I know the answers too have been answered here already and I've struggled with the rest. Sorry
Hi Gandolf 34 - can only help with Q13 . They are all common sayings eg (a) T?DMAR = two wrongs don't make a right. Haven't managed to crack 5,10,or 12 myself. Would love a start on 5! Was it you who got 6? What is the explanation for that? I'm not worried about prizes either , just thought a couple of us were doing all the work! Fun quiz isn't it?
16 they are all company logos but I've only got a) Acura d) Cadillac f) Ferrari. I recognise several of the others but can't get the company's, driving me nuts.
By the way - occasionally there is a question which specifically relates to Warick School so you may not get it - I'm wondering if Question 12 is one such question.
By the way - occasionally there is a question which specifically relates to Warick School so you may not get it - I'm wondering if Question 12 is one such question.
2 105 + 79 + 1976 + 6 + 2 + 7 = 2175 (full points were awarded to people who included reserves in Kabaddi)
3 a) All Poet Laureates TH = Ted Hughes b) The Planets E U = Earth Uranus c) American Presidents JM = James Monroe d) Lewis Hamilton�s first 9 results of the 2006 F1 season = 2
4 a) The Day Of The Triffids
b) Robinson Crusoe
c) Great Expectations
d) Jane Eyre , also Revelations 22:20
e) Persuasion
f) The Ballad of Reading Gaol
g) Gulliver�s Travels
h) Wuthering Heights
i) Anthony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare
j) Bohemian Rhapsody also Anyway the Wind Blows by Frank Zappa.
5 All answers contain the letters �ghi� in order
a) Ghibli b) Malpighia c) Neighing d) Ploughing e) Sleighing f) Weighing g) Piroghi h) Laughing i) Ghi
j) Coughing k) Ghillie l) Laughingstock m) Dinghies
6 You have to use your mobile phone keypad as if sending a text to work out the code. Press button 4 x 2 to get the letter H and so on. Code will read HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERONE
7 Number is 8319047256 or 8319407256 (no typo)
8
16 = S = Sulphur
53 = I = Iodine
3 = Li = Lithium
27 = Co = Cobalt
7 = N = Nitrogen
S + I + Li + Co + N = SILICON
9 a) 10 b) WW1 fighter pilot Frensesco Baracca c) Officially absolutely nothing (no other answer will be accepted) d) Thruxton e) Rowan Atkinson f) It was originally a left hander not right as the name suggests (it was always a left hander before reconstruction) if you mentioned left hander you got a mark
g) Richard Dunwoody h) Bay City Rollers (will admit to a date mistake, most got it correct) i) Juta Kleinschmidt won the Paris Dakar Rally (the first woman to do so) j) Silverstone 1985
10 The heroes of Warwick School�s 1st XV Daily Mail Trophy winners, seasons scores (thought the last would be a give away!) Very well done to the few that
3 a) All Poet Laureates TH = Ted Hughes b) The Planets E U = Earth Uranus c) American Presidents JM = James Monroe d) Lewis Hamilton�s first 9 results of the 2006 F1 season = 2
4 a) The Day Of The Triffids
b) Robinson Crusoe
c) Great Expectations
d) Jane Eyre , also Revelations 22:20
e) Persuasion
f) The Ballad of Reading Gaol
g) Gulliver�s Travels
h) Wuthering Heights
i) Anthony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare
j) Bohemian Rhapsody also Anyway the Wind Blows by Frank Zappa.
5 All answers contain the letters �ghi� in order
a) Ghibli b) Malpighia c) Neighing d) Ploughing e) Sleighing f) Weighing g) Piroghi h) Laughing i) Ghi
j) Coughing k) Ghillie l) Laughingstock m) Dinghies
6 You have to use your mobile phone keypad as if sending a text to work out the code. Press button 4 x 2 to get the letter H and so on. Code will read HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERONE
7 Number is 8319047256 or 8319407256 (no typo)
8
16 = S = Sulphur
53 = I = Iodine
3 = Li = Lithium
27 = Co = Cobalt
7 = N = Nitrogen
S + I + Li + Co + N = SILICON
9 a) 10 b) WW1 fighter pilot Frensesco Baracca c) Officially absolutely nothing (no other answer will be accepted) d) Thruxton e) Rowan Atkinson f) It was originally a left hander not right as the name suggests (it was always a left hander before reconstruction) if you mentioned left hander you got a mark
g) Richard Dunwoody h) Bay City Rollers (will admit to a date mistake, most got it correct) i) Juta Kleinschmidt won the Paris Dakar Rally (the first woman to do so) j) Silverstone 1985
10 The heroes of Warwick School�s 1st XV Daily Mail Trophy winners, seasons scores (thought the last would be a give away!) Very well done to the few that
11 Greek Fire invented , first newspaper , Tu Fu�s death , Mount Metrop eruption , Galapagos discovery Will Kemp�s Morris dance , Thames Tunnel opened , YMCA founded , Mary Celeste is found drifting Franz Ferdinand assassination .
12 Found on a 1998 onwards 10p coin (you can stop looking now) Very well done if you got this.
13 All well know phrases a) Two Wrongs Don�t Make A Right b) A Little Knoweledge Is A Dangerous Thing c) As Dead As A Dodo d) By The Skin Of Your Teeth e) The Early Bird Catches The Worm f) He Who Can Does He Who Cannot Teaches g) Hell Has No Fury Like A Woman Scorned h) Pull The Wool Over Your Eyes i) Straight From The Horses Mouth j) Marry In Haste Repent At Leisure
14
15 a)Haiti b)Malaysia c)North Korea d)Hungary e)Burkina Faso
16 There was no link, simply identify
a) Acura Automobile manufacturer
b) Air Haiti Airline
c) Black and Decker Power Tool Manufacturer
d) Cadillac Automobile Manufacturer
e) Electrolux Electrical Equipment
f) Ferrari Automobile Manufacturer
g) Malaysia Airlines Airline
h) Meccano Toy Manufacturer
i) UEFA Champions League Football
j) Wagon Wheels (in Russian) Confectioner
17) They were all Policemen
18 Anagram!
MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY (Slade) It was possible to get the answer by realising that it must contain 18 letters (9 prefixes X 2 letters) = 18 and it couldn�t contain any letter I�s as they don�t appear in UK registrations. There are only 3 UK Christmas No 1�s that have 18 letters Merry Xmas Everybody is the only one of the three that contains no letter I�s. Most people described the longer method perfectly.
20 a) The Professionals
b) Mr Magoo
c) Scottie in Star Trek
d) Captain Troy Tempest in Stingray
e) Starsky and Hutch.
Left out 19 can
12 Found on a 1998 onwards 10p coin (you can stop looking now) Very well done if you got this.
13 All well know phrases a) Two Wrongs Don�t Make A Right b) A Little Knoweledge Is A Dangerous Thing c) As Dead As A Dodo d) By The Skin Of Your Teeth e) The Early Bird Catches The Worm f) He Who Can Does He Who Cannot Teaches g) Hell Has No Fury Like A Woman Scorned h) Pull The Wool Over Your Eyes i) Straight From The Horses Mouth j) Marry In Haste Repent At Leisure
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15 a)Haiti b)Malaysia c)North Korea d)Hungary e)Burkina Faso
16 There was no link, simply identify
a) Acura Automobile manufacturer
b) Air Haiti Airline
c) Black and Decker Power Tool Manufacturer
d) Cadillac Automobile Manufacturer
e) Electrolux Electrical Equipment
f) Ferrari Automobile Manufacturer
g) Malaysia Airlines Airline
h) Meccano Toy Manufacturer
i) UEFA Champions League Football
j) Wagon Wheels (in Russian) Confectioner
17) They were all Policemen
18 Anagram!
MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY (Slade) It was possible to get the answer by realising that it must contain 18 letters (9 prefixes X 2 letters) = 18 and it couldn�t contain any letter I�s as they don�t appear in UK registrations. There are only 3 UK Christmas No 1�s that have 18 letters Merry Xmas Everybody is the only one of the three that contains no letter I�s. Most people described the longer method perfectly.
20 a) The Professionals
b) Mr Magoo
c) Scottie in Star Trek
d) Captain Troy Tempest in Stingray
e) Starsky and Hutch.
Left out 19 can