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jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Jan-4-2005 18:37

See if there is interest for this.

1. Each day I will post 10 questions, at random times of the day.
2. Each Quiz runs exactly 24 hours.
3. The first person that has all 10 questions right, wins. Or if no one has all questions right, the best one wins.
4. You can only post answers ONCE for the same quiz.
5. No cash involved. Just glory. :)

Replies

Breitkat
Breitkat
Pinball Amateur

Aug-17-2006 17:56

1. False
2. False
3. False
4. False
5. False
6. False
7.True
8. False
9. True
10. True
11. False
12. True
13. False
14. False
15. True

John Q. Publik
John Q. Publik
Old Shoe

Aug-17-2006 19:32

1. False
2. True
3. False
4. True
5. False
6. True
7. False
8. False
9. True?
10. True?
11. True
12. False
13. True?
14. False?
15. True

biggie528
biggie528
Lucky Stiff

Aug-17-2006 20:54

1. False
2. True
3. False
4. False
5. False
6. True
7. False
8. False (LOL)
9. True
10. False
11. False?
12. True
13. True
14. False
15.False

Rosamund Clifford
Rosamund Clifford
Tale Spinner

Aug-18-2006 00:34

1. Empire State Building is the tallest building in the world.
FALSE
2. New York City is the most densely populated city in North America.
FALSE (first is Union City, New Jersey, but N.Y.is the most densely populated major city)
3. Wall Street is famous for its theaters.
FALSE (financial institutions)
4. The Tower of London was built by William the Conqueror of stone imported from France.
TRUE (its oldest part, the White Tower)
5.Madame Tussaud is London's most famous fashion designer.
FALSE
6. Queen Victoria was the first monarch who resided in the Buckingham Palace.
TRUE
7. Shanghai is situated on the Hoang-ho (Yellow River) delta.
FALSE (on the Yangtze River delta)
8. The official language in Shanghai is Shanghainese.
FALSE (Standard Mandarin)
9. The Chinese characters in the name Shanghai mean "on sea".
TRUE
10. Delhi is the sixth most populous metropolis in the world.
TRUE
11. India Gate is a memorial to the Indian soldiers who died in World War I.
TRUE
12. Delhi's most famous building is Taj Mahal.
FALSE (Taj Mahal is in Agra)
13.Valley of the Kings lies about 10 kms from Cairo.
FALSE (the pyramids of Giza are 10 kms from Cairo, and the Valley of the Kings is near Luxor in Upper Egypt)
14. Tutankhamun's mummy is kept in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
FALSE (it is kept in his tomb in the Valley of the Kings)
15. Cairo was named after the planet Mars which was rising on the day the city was founded.
TRUE

And the winner is... (fanfare in the background): Sushi Kitty with 15/15.
Good job, everyone!


Dr. Lucifer Jones
Dr. Lucifer Jones

Aug-18-2006 19:33

Dang it. First day back and I miss the quiz.

sushi kitty
sushi kitty

Aug-18-2006 20:48

no way! i guess i am a good guesser : )

ok, i'm putting a quiz up by 22:15 i hope.

Dr. Lucifer Jones
Dr. Lucifer Jones

Aug-18-2006 20:50

Yay!

sushi kitty
sushi kitty

Aug-18-2006 21:27

ok, here is a true/false sushi quiz

1. sushi was originally invented as a way to preserve fish for many months.
2. sushi is the japanese word for "raw fish"
3. meats (beef, ham, etc) are used in sushi
4. you must only eat sushi with chopsticks
5. wasabi was found to prevent tooth decay
6. sake is the american spelling of a japanese alcohol drink and the word for shrimp.
7. grasshopper is used in a type of sushi
9. the largest california roll ever made was 300 feet long and included 4 lb wasabi.
10. the blowfish is so poisonous that the most poisonous parts are discarded as hazardous waste.

BONUS: a sushi chef-in-training will spend up to two months learning how to make sushi rice.

Serena Siren
Serena Siren
Well-Connected

Aug-18-2006 21:37

K...This is just a total stab in the dark, but I'm gonna try :)

1. False
2. False
3. True
4. False
5. True
6. True
7. True
8. There is no 8 :(
9. True
10. True

Bonus: True

Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Aug-18-2006 22:01

1. True
2. False
3. True
4. False (or oops)
5. lol it's weird enough to be true
6. True though I'm not usre on the shrimp thing
7. True why not
8. True (read question as 8. Sushi makes you absent-minded ;) )
9. True why not
10. True

Bonus: True


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