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Comment by Sebastien Bossard on December 18, 2011 at 3:19

3 for me, total 22

Comment by Richard Roman on December 18, 2011 at 2:13

Ok - 11 quetions!

Comment by Richard Roman on December 18, 2011 at 2:11

Todays quiz - 10 questions on literature - NO CHEATING!

!.Which writer established the three laws of robotics?

2. Captain Yossarian is the main character in which twentieth century novel?

3.  Which novel, published in 1949 and originally to be called 'The Last Man in Europe' has the opening line: 'It was bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen'

3.1Which Shakespeare play concerns the two old friends Valentine and Proteus' love for the beautiful Julia?

4.  Which French poet born in 1821 was described by Rimbaud as 'The first seer, king of poets, a true god"?

5.  How many syllables in a Haiku?

6.  Which bi-lingual Spanish-French author was held in Buchenwald during the Second World War?

7. Who was the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?

8. 'Workers of the world, unite!' is the last line of which work?

9.  Which French writer and philosopher, author of 'Nausea' among many others, declined the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1964?

10.  Don Diego de la Vega is a fictional character in books, TV series, cartoons, and over forty films. He is the secret identity of which hero

Keep your own scores -  slightly moe difficult  - but hey!

Comment by Richard Roman on December 18, 2011 at 1:04

Will post the next quiz tomorrow!

Comment by Richard Roman on December 18, 2011 at 1:03

1. Ok - here are the answers
2. What is the capital city of Sri Lanka? - columbo
   
   
   
3. Antarctica covers which of the earth's poles? - south
   
   
4. On which continent is Sierra Leone? Africa
5. In which country is the world's highest waterfall? Venezuela
   
   
6. What natural phenomena are measured by the 'Richter scale Earthquakes
   
   
7. What is South America's highest mountain range? Andes
   
   
8. What is the capital city of Kenya? Nairobi
   
   
9. What do we call the line of latitude 23.5 degrees north of the equator? Cancer
10. What is the capital city of New Zealand? Wellington
11. Which ocean is to the east of Africa? Indian Ocean

Comment by Vinz on December 17, 2011 at 18:28

yep, exept for a little doubt on the waterfalls, I ve got them all

10 for Turkey + 5 on mythology + 5 on movies = 20 total

Comment by Chris Knight on December 17, 2011 at 14:51

Don't need to cheat ... most of these are pretty easy so far.

Comment by Richard Roman on December 17, 2011 at 14:49

Anyone coming in for the first time - here are todays questions

Ok - there are 10 geography questions today

1. What is the capital city of Sri Lanka?
   
   
   
2. Antarctica covers which of the earth's poles?
   
   
3. On which continent is Sierra Leone?
4. In which country is the world's highest waterfall?
   
   
5. What natural phenomena are measured by the 'Richter scale
   
   
6. What is South America's highest mountain range?
   
   
7. What is the capital city of Kenya?
   
   
8. What do we call the line of latitude 23.5 degrees north of the equator?
9. What is the capital city of New Zealand?
10. Which ocean is to the east of Africa?

Comment by Richard Roman on December 17, 2011 at 14:46

Remember - no cheating!

I am currently playing online scrabble and I am cheating like hell! - well not cheating but looking up words etc which is a bit naughty!

keep your own scores and keep posting - the quiz will go on till the actual quiz at World Life Club in the week after chrismas

Comment by Chris Knight on December 17, 2011 at 14:46

hmmm ... I think I got them all. Had to take a wild stab at 1 and 7.

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