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Scored 5 points. Only got 1 general knowledge question right from this lot. I got 5, but could have got 7 - 8 if my memory had been better.
1. Which insects got their name from the ancient superstition that they crawl into the ears of sleeping people?
KAJEN THURAAISINGHAM: Ants
(Correct answer: Earwig)
2. One of the taglines of which 2001 blockbuster film was "December 7th 1941, it was a Sunday morning"?
KAJEN THURAAISINGHAM: Pass
(Correct answer: Pearl Harbor)
3. In Greek mythology what did Prometheus steal from the gods? He was punished for this by being chained to a rock where an eagle ate his constantly replenished liver.
KAJEN THURAAISINGHAM: Pass
(Correct answer: A spark of fire)
4. Pierre is the capital of which American state?
KAJEN THURAAISINGHAM: Vermont
(Correct answer: South Dakota)
5. What do people suffering from trichotillomania have a compulsion to do?
KAJEN THURAAISINGHAM: Pass
(Correct answer: Pull out their hair)
6. The American ambassador's London residence Winfield House was sold to the United States for $1 by which chain store heiress?
KAJEN THURAAISINGHAM: Hilton
(Correct answer: Barbara Hutton)
7. The "Heroic" in a Flat Major Opus 53 is one of 16 of Chopin's works in the form of which dance?
KAJEN THURAAISINGHAM: Pass
(Correct answer: Polonaise)
8. In women's gymnastics, the uneven bars on which swinging routines are performed are also known by what name?
KAJEN THURAAISINGHAM: Trapeze
(Correct answer: Asymmetric bars)
9. Whose 1770 poem The Deserted Village describes the appalling effects of the enclosure acts on the rural poor?
KAJEN THURAAISINGHAM: Pass
(Correct answer: Oliver Goldsmith)
10. Ursus Maritimus is the scientific name for which bear?
KAJEN THURAAISINGHAM: The polar bear (Correct)
11. Le Maillon Faible is the French television version of which British quiz show?
KAJEN THURAAISINGHAM: Mastermind
(Correct answer: The Weakest Link)
12. The Halle Orchestra is based in which venue in Manchester?
KAJEN THURAAISINGHAM: Salford
(Correct answer: Bridgewater Hall)
13. A device capable of storing electricity consisting of conducting plates separated by a layer of insulating material is given what name?
KAJEN THURAAISINGHAM: Battery
(Correct answer: Capacitor)
14. Which Warwickshire town granted its royal prefix by Queen Victoria in 1838 claims to be the home of England's first lawn tennis club?
KAJEN THURAAISINGHAM: Pass
(Correct answer: Leamington Spa)
15. What word can mean a joint of pork, to pawn, or a German white wine?
KAJEN THURAAISINGHAM: Pass
(Correct answer: Hock)
1. Which insects got their name from the ancient superstition that they crawl into the ears of sleeping people?
KAJEN THURAAISINGHAM: Ants
(Correct answer: Earwig)
2. One of the taglines of which 2001 blockbuster film was "December 7th 1941, it was a Sunday morning"?
KAJEN THURAAISINGHAM: Pass
(Correct answer: Pearl Harbor)
3. In Greek mythology what did Prometheus steal from the gods? He was punished for this by being chained to a rock where an eagle ate his constantly replenished liver.
KAJEN THURAAISINGHAM: Pass
(Correct answer: A spark of fire)
4. Pierre is the capital of which American state?
KAJEN THURAAISINGHAM: Vermont
(Correct answer: South Dakota)
5. What do people suffering from trichotillomania have a compulsion to do?
KAJEN THURAAISINGHAM: Pass
(Correct answer: Pull out their hair)
6. The American ambassador's London residence Winfield House was sold to the United States for $1 by which chain store heiress?
KAJEN THURAAISINGHAM: Hilton
(Correct answer: Barbara Hutton)
7. The "Heroic" in a Flat Major Opus 53 is one of 16 of Chopin's works in the form of which dance?
KAJEN THURAAISINGHAM: Pass
(Correct answer: Polonaise)
8. In women's gymnastics, the uneven bars on which swinging routines are performed are also known by what name?
KAJEN THURAAISINGHAM: Trapeze
(Correct answer: Asymmetric bars)
9. Whose 1770 poem The Deserted Village describes the appalling effects of the enclosure acts on the rural poor?
KAJEN THURAAISINGHAM: Pass
(Correct answer: Oliver Goldsmith)
10. Ursus Maritimus is the scientific name for which bear?
KAJEN THURAAISINGHAM: The polar bear (Correct)
11. Le Maillon Faible is the French television version of which British quiz show?
KAJEN THURAAISINGHAM: Mastermind
(Correct answer: The Weakest Link)
12. The Halle Orchestra is based in which venue in Manchester?
KAJEN THURAAISINGHAM: Salford
(Correct answer: Bridgewater Hall)
13. A device capable of storing electricity consisting of conducting plates separated by a layer of insulating material is given what name?
KAJEN THURAAISINGHAM: Battery
(Correct answer: Capacitor)
14. Which Warwickshire town granted its royal prefix by Queen Victoria in 1838 claims to be the home of England's first lawn tennis club?
KAJEN THURAAISINGHAM: Pass
(Correct answer: Leamington Spa)
15. What word can mean a joint of pork, to pawn, or a German white wine?
KAJEN THURAAISINGHAM: Pass
(Correct answer: Hock)
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i would have got a big fat zero, new record :^0
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ditto tough questions
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These weren't easy - 6 for me.
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7 :(
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Unlucky Study :^)
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..or even :^)
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Arghhhhhhh :^0
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ffs 14 X-(
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dont fancy your chances on mastermind if you cant master the smiley :0
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And a cow just flew past the window ;)
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Got 5 not including the polar bear question as I saw a picture of before reading the question !
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3. Didn't think I did too badly there! :0
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He should have got at least four Qs right. Numbers 1, 8, 10 and 14 were very easy.
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Ant :^0
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1, 2, 8 13, 14 and 15
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were those really the questions? Seem a lot harder than usual. |
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No-one's mentioned his specialist subject, he scored 4 points on Ataturk. his face looking increasingly puzzled at the stream of questions which he didn't seem close to having the answers for.
I think his General Knowledge questions were harder than an average set, and he was probably not in the mood for it by then. |
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6 for me
Indeed they do seem harder than what I have seen before (which isn't much) |
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8 for me.
Usually I think I do ok on the gen. knowledge questions, but as others have said, this lot seem to be a little tougher than usual. |
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ps.. It is probably 10 times harder sitting in the THAT chair!
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i got em all right - helped the answers were at the bottom of each question though
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I got 5 whch i think is fairly respectable. Should have got 6 but my brain froze on the polar bear one. Amazing how everyone on here can get about 10. I'm sure no one is telling porkies.
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he should have been ejected out of the chair for getting the 1st one wrong,hell fire jack
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He was cr@p on his specialist subject as well.
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3, tho i do live in Manchester, so that helped. Tougher than the average set of GenKno questions i'd say.
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Those were a very tough set of questions
The other 3 got laughably easy ones , almost as if they were trying to make the guy look a mug, he must have been seething. |
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I'm not normally that bad, but I only got 1 myself, and it was the same one the contestant got
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very hard questions, although some of his answers were funny.
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6 maybe 7 for me, quite tough though as General Knowledge goes.
The other week (Celebrity MM I think) some bloke was doing Man Utd as his specialist subject (since 1992 of course, when football was invented). I hate Utd but got more than him. Typical Utd fan really. |
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4 and im useless
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Just couldnt think of 'hock' how annoying Most impressed with my Greek Mythology though !! |
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one good thing for the poor guy
nobody will remember his name |
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3 for me :|
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I got five. I said Woolworth for the Barbara Hutton question so do I get half?
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the chit chat quizzers would be in for a shock if all those who claimed 9 took park in the forum quizzes. or maybe those who claimed the 9 would...
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