The great Christmas Quiz

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Comment by Richard Roman on December 26, 2011 at 1:14

.here are the answers to the last quiz

1.Where are the Tivoli gardens? Cpennhagen

2. Which river separates Buda from Pest? The Danube

3. Which river flows through the Grand Canyon? Colarado

4. Which is the largest country through which the equator passes? Brazil -

5. There are three countries which have a flag which is simply a circle on a solid background? - name one of them - Japan, Bangladesh or Palau

6. What is the currency of India? rupee

7. In Germany, a motorway is called an 'autobahn'. What are they called in Italy? - autostrada

8.  What are the Dutch East Indies now called? Indonesia

9. Which US city is known as 'The Big Easy'? New Orleans

10. How many time zones are there in China? None

Comment by Richard Roman on December 26, 2011 at 1:01

Ok - One more quiz  - and hope to see you all on Wedneday!

1. What is Sirimavo Bandaranaike's claim to fame?

2. Which honour has been awarded once each to Winston Churchill and Neil Armstrong, twice to John Glenn, and nine times to the New York Yankees?

3.  What is the name of the woman who is the unofficial emblem of the French state?

4. In Roman numerals, what is the letter what is the nuber MCX111

5.In mythology, who killed the 9-headed Hydra?

6.  Lafayette Ronald Hubbard founded which cult?

7. The three wise men supposedly brought gold, frankincense and myrrh. What are frankincense and myrrh?

8. Which country has the world's largest Muslim population?

Which is the third letter of the greek alphabet?

10. ... and finally - the last question in thid quiz - what does Changchun mean?

Comment by Vinz on December 25, 2011 at 16:56

thats 55 without the last questions.

Comment by Vinz on December 24, 2011 at 19:20

5 on arts, 3 on science, forgot my total

Comment by Sebastien Bossard on December 24, 2011 at 12:04

got 6, total 53

Comment by Richard ridealgh on December 24, 2011 at 10:36

Got 7 I think. Will check number 4

Comment by Richard Roman on December 24, 2011 at 10:30

Now, todays questions - back to geography

1; Where are the Tivoli gardens?

2. Which river separates Buda from Pest?

3. Which river flows through the Grand Canyon?

4. Which is the largest country through which the equator passes?

5. There are three countries which have a flag which is simply a circle on a solid background? - name one of them

6. What is the currency of India?

7. In Germany, a motorway is called an 'autobahn'. What are they called in Italy?

8.  What are the Dutch East Indies now called?

9. Which US city is known as 'The Big Easy'?

10. How many time zones are there in China?

No quiz tomorrow - Its Christmas day!

Comment by Richard Roman on December 24, 2011 at 9:48

In which town was Leonardo da Vinci born? Vinci

 2. In Botticelli's 'The Birth of Venus', what is Venus standing on? - shell

    3.  How did Van Gogh commit suicide? Shot himself

 4.What type of paint was made out of pigment and egg yolk? Tempura

5. What's the name of the Postimpressionist artist known as 'Le Douanier'? - Henri Rousseau

6. In which century did Rococo art and architecture develop? 18th century

7. The German guide to the 1937 World's fair called it 'a hodgepodge of body parts that any four-year-old could have painted'. Which painting were they describing? Picasso's Guernica

8. What nationality was Gustav Klimt? - Austrian

9. Whose paintings were characterised as being 'Matchstick men and matchstick cats and dogs'? - L S Lowry

10. What is the name of the toning that produces brown and white photographs? - sepia

Comment by Sebastien Bossard on December 23, 2011 at 9:03

6 points in arts, total 47

Comment by Chris Knight on December 23, 2011 at 8:57

Art - A whole whopping 2 points.
Total - 60

Theory proven - My art skills are so poor, I can't even do finger-painting. Paint-by-number is also out of the question.

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