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Quiz Practice 2 2015 Holy Family BNS Askea 1: Which dwarf could spin straw into gold? Rumpelstiltskin. 2: What colour are cornflowers? Blue. 3: Which fish makes spectacular leaps to get back to its birthplace? The salmon. 4: Who are the Harlem Globe Trotters? A basketball team. 5: What is the singular of dice? Die. 6: What manmade objects orbit the earth and help with communication? Satellites. [Sputnik being the first.] 7: How many legs has a quadruped? 4 [Biped has two.] 8: Woodwind, percussion and brass are three sections of the orchestra. What is the fourth? Strings. 9: If you go “aft” in a boat, where are you? At the back. [stern] 10: A “geriatric” ward in a hospital takes care of what kind of people? Old
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Quiz Practice 2 2015 Holy Family BNS Askea

1: Which dwarf could spin straw into gold? Rumpelstiltskin. 2: What colour are cornflowers? Blue.3: Which fish makes spectacular leaps to get back to its birthplace? The salmon.4: Who are the Harlem Globe Trotters? A basketball team.5: What is the singular of dice? Die. 6: What manmade objects orbit the earth and help with communication? Satellites. [Sputnik being the first.]7: How many legs has a quadruped? 4 [Biped has two.]8: Woodwind, percussion and brass are three sections of the orchestra. What is the fourth? Strings.9: If you go “aft” in a boat, where are you? At the back.[stern] 10: A “geriatric” ward in a hospital takes care of what kind of people? Old people.11: What breed are Eskimo dogs? Huskies.12: What sport is Les Mans famous for? Motor racing.13: What is the name of Moscow’s chief square? The Red Square.

14: What are a clove hitch and a reef? Types of knot.15: What made craters on the Moon? Meteorites.16: What kind of music did Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington play? Jazz.17: What types of fruits are oranges, lemons and limes? Citrus.18: What do Americans call a car-park? A parking lot.19: What does the Jewish Passover commemorate?

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The escape from Egypt under Moses.20: Who wrote the operas Don Giovanni and The Magic Flute?Mozart.21: Where is the active volcano Mount Etna? Sicily.22: How often in twenty four hours does the tide rise and fall? Twice.23: What does ecstatic mean? Very happy.24: What fungus is used to make bread, beer and wine? Yeast.25: Who was Saladin? A Muslim leader who fought the Crusaders.26: What proportion of the air is oxygen? One fifth: 20%.27: Which age came after the Stone Age? Bronze Age.28: Where is the Eifel Tower? Paris.29: Which silent film star wore a bowler hat and carried a cane?Charlie Chaplin.30: Which children’s story tells of a wooden puppet that comes to life? Pinocchio. 31: What was Cinderella’s coach made from? A pumpkin.32: Howard Carter discovered which Egyptian pharaoh’s tomb in 1922? Tutankhamen. 33: What is a bream? A fish. 34: What is a French castle or large house called? Chateau.35: What is the word for counting the

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population of a country?Census. 36: What is the colour jade? Green.37: What is the capital of Israel? Jerusalem “The City of Peace”38: What is “horse sense”? Common sense.39: Who built the Model T car? Henry Ford.

40: What do “too many cooks do”? They spoil the broth.41: What were Zeppelins? German airships.42: What are back breast and crawl? Swimming strokes.43: What are behind your ribs? Your lungs.44: Where are the Crown jewels? Tower of London.

45: Where is Fujiyama? Japan.

46: How many kidneys does a human usually have? Two.47: What is the main language spoken in Turkey? Turkish.

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48: Which American President was assassinated in Dallas, Texas? John F. Kennedy.49: Which country has a military force called “The Foreign Legion”? France.50: What does the Greek prefix “Pyro” mean? Fire.51: What was the name of the first atomic powered submarine launched in 1954? Nautilus. 52: What is left of the Cheshire Cat once he disappears? His grin. 53: What causes a volcano to erupt? Magma.54: Who wrote “The Ugly Duckling” ? Hans Christian Andersen.55: In 1348 what epidemic ravaged Europe? The Black Death.56: What is a group of rhinoceroses referred to? A crash.57: In the Old Testament which sea parted so Moses could lead the Israelites to freedom? The Red Sea.58: What is a group of turtles referred to? A bale.59: What are the Magellanic clouds? The galaxies nearest to the Milky Way.60:Circa 2000BC where were kites invented? China.

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