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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. :)

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Serges
Serges
Vigilante

Oct-18-2006 01:00

Looks like the winner is Breitkat, with 13 out of 15 correct (plus one definite "maybe")

The "correct" answers:
1. NASCAR-- National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing
2. PETA-- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
3. AAA-- American Automobile Association
4. NTSB-- National Transportation & Safety Board
5. ICBM-- InterContinental Ballistic Missile
6. DNA-- DeoxyriboNucleic Acid
7. RIAA-- Recording Industry Association of America
8. ASPCA-- American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
9. NHLPA-- National Hockey League Players Association
10. SAG-- Screen Actors Guild
11. IRC-- Internet Relay Chat (though I believe International Red Cross/Crescent is also correct)
12. LAN-- Local Area Network
13. MADD-- Mothers Against Drunk Driving
14. TGIF-- Thank God/Goodness It's Friday
15. CFL-- Canadian Football League

Bonus-- KJ-- Karaoke Jockey :)

It's on you now Breitkat!

Breitkat
Breitkat
Pinball Amateur

Oct-18-2006 13:49

Hmmm, okay, gimme a few minutes, and I'll see what I can do.... ;-)

Breitkat
Breitkat
Pinball Amateur

Oct-18-2006 15:06

Hi again!! Since I did my last quiz on Cairo and Egypt, I thought I'd throw out a few questions about our two latest factions. Enjoy, everyone!! ;-)

Tea for Tigger and Missy, Too!!

The Tea Steepers
1. What's the scientific name for the tea plant?
2. Tea is related to what large, fragrant flower?
3. The four different types of tea -- white, green, oolong, and black, only differ really because of one chemical process. Name it.
4. Name three different varieties of tea.
5. Tea is naturally caffeinated. How much caffeine do tea leaves have naturally before processing?

Bonus: Tea has been known to be medically beneficial for more than 1000 years. Name three specific conditions that tea may help improve and/or prevent.

The Shangri-La Tigers
1. What's the scientific name for the tiger?
2. Name three of the five subspecies of tigers still in existence.
3. Tigers are one of two big cat species that like water and are strong swimmers. Name the other.
4. Tigers are second only to cougars (mountain lions) in jumping ability. How high and far can a tiger jump?
5. A tiger can kill an animal how much bigger than itself?

Bonus: 1. Humans are the tiger's ONLY predator, and tigers are poached and hunted illegally in record numbers. Name three SPECIFIC tiger organs/parts that people still use for medicinal or aesthetic reasons.

2. Who wrote the following famous poem:

Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?...

Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Oct-19-2006 19:29

The Tea Steepers
1. It’s Camellia something…
2. lol err Camellia.
3. fermentation
4. Do you mean types? Lapsang souchong, Early Grey, Orange Pekoe (my fave)
5. it’s about 5% maybe less.
Bonus: Hangover cure , indigestion, and it’s supposed to be a mental stimulant of sorts…
The Shangri-La Tigers
1. Panthera Tigris (tigra?) part of me wants to juts go roadrunner type "Pussycatus Ferociacous"
2. Sumatran, Siberian, Bengal.
3. Jaguar... I love jaguars :)
4. high… very high…
5. well they can kill buffalo (go Discovery Chanel) so having no idea how heavy a tiger is, 5 times.

Bonus: 1. tail, brain, penis (poor kitty)
2. Who wrote the following famous poem:

Blake...?
Did he who made the lamb make thee? (paraphrase I’m sure)

Breitkat
Breitkat
Pinball Amateur

Oct-23-2006 01:26

Okay, here's the answers:

Tea for Tigger and Missy, Too!!

The Tea Steepers
1. The scientific name for the tea plant is Camellia sinensis.
2. As its scientific name implies, tea is related to the camellia flower. ;-) (psych!)
3. The various types of tea only differ really because of how much OXIDATION each type has undergone.
4. There are more varieties of tea than I can name in three postings, but Squirrel's are all correct. Good job!!
5. Tea leaves have about 4% caffeine naturally before processing. (Close enough, SS. Wink!)
Bonus: Squirrel's answers are all correct, as well as a possible preventative and/or treatment for various cancers, neurological disorders including Alzheimers and multiple sclerosis, various autoimmune disorders, including arthritis, and heart disease.

The Shangri-La Tigers
1. LOL, I like the Pussycatus Ferociacous, Squirrel ;-), that describes Missy to a T. But the scientific name for the tiger is really Panthera tigris, just like you first suspected.
2. This was another easy one, as I had this on a previous quiz ;-). The five subspecies of tigers still in existence are the Bengal, the Indochinese, the Siberian, the Sumatran, and the South China.
3. Squirrel's right--the jaguar is the other big cat that naturally takes to water.
4. Tigers are capable of jumping more than 16 feet high, and between 29 and 32 feet in length (much farther than the average human can jump, even with technological assistance).
5. Tigers can kill an animal some six times its own body weight. Two of its typical prey are gaurs (Indian bison) and water buffalo, which can each way more than a ton.
Bonus: 1. Practically every organ and tissue from a tiger's body is still used in traditional Asian medicine and folklore. Ground up bone is thought to prevent bad luck, enchantment, convulsions, and ill health. A tiger's heart is thought to bring strength, cunning, and courage to one who eats it.

Breitkat
Breitkat
Pinball Amateur

Oct-23-2006 01:34

The skin of a tiger is used to cure fevers and curses, and the genitalia are used as aphrodisiacs. Sadly, no scientific corrorboration exists about the validity of ANY of these beliefs, so these animals are being killed for no good reason.
2. The poem, 'The Tyger', one of the most famous in English literature, was written by William Blake.

And with 12 correct, Secret Squirrel wins!! Good job, Squirrel!!!! ;-D (Hands Squirrel a large bag of Orange Pekoe tea, and a cuddly stuffed animal tiger!!) Congratulations!! ;-)

Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Oct-23-2006 16:38

:D mmm need a nice cup of tea this morning. lol and a stuffed animal :s

I'll come up with a quiz soon...

Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Oct-23-2006 22:51

Proudly brought to you by my lack of interest in the work piling up on my desk...

I. Match these singing and/or song-writing duos...

1. Daryl Dragon
2. Benny Andersson
3. Richard Rogers
4. Paul McCartney
5. Amy Ray
6. Bernie Taupin
7. Alain Boublil

a. Claude-Michel Schönberg
b. Elton John
c. Björn Ulvaeus
d. Oscar Hamerstein
e. John Lennon
f. Toni Tenille
g. Emily Saliers

II. What professions are these animals commonly linked to?

a. Dalmation
b. canary
c. Labrador
d. Cormorant
e. St. Bernard

III. Match the character with the book... Match the book with the author... Match the songwriter who wrote a song about the book... and then NAME the song (in one instance it's a whole musical)

This is actually pretty easy really.


1. Heathcliffe
2. Romeo
3. Macavity
4. The Cheshire Cat
5. Dorothy
6. Virgil

A. The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz
B. Alice's Adventrue's in Wonderland
C. The Inferno (The Divine Comedy)
D. Wuthering Heights
E. Old Possum's Book Of Practical Cats
F. Romeo and Juliet

a. Emily Bronte
b. T.S. Elliott
c. Shakespeare
d. L. Frank Baum
e. Lewis Carroll
f. Dante

i. Andrew Lloyd Webber
ii. Kate Bush
iii. Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits)
iv. Elton John
v. Bob Dylan
vi. The Beatles

Serges
Serges
Vigilante

Oct-23-2006 23:09

1. c?
2. a?
3. d
4. e
5. g?
6. b
7. f?

a. The Dalmati(a)n is tradionally linked to firefighting
b. Canaries were used by coal miners to warn of dangerous breathing situations
c. not sure, but I'll guess shepherding
d. ?
e. I don't know what you would officially call it, but mountain rescue operations

1. D. a. vi. --"Eleanor Rigby"?
2. F. c. iii.--"Romeo & Juliet"
3. E. b. i.--"Cats"
4. B. e. ii.--"White Rabbit" (based on a guess that Kate Bush was in Jefferson Airplane)
5. A. d. iv.-- "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
6. C. f. v.--"Blowin' In The Wind"?

Greyling
Greyling

Oct-24-2006 01:19

I.
1 + f?
2 + c
3 + d
4 + e
5 + g?
6 + b
7 + a?

II.
a. Firefighters (or maybe monks?)
b. Miners
c. Doctors? Seeing eye dogs to help blind people?
d. Fishing?
e. Mountains Rescuers or whatever you call them

III.
1 + D + a + ii = Wuthering Heights
2 + F + c + iii? = ?
3 + E + b + i = Cats
4 + B + e + vi? = Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds or maybe I'm the Walrus?
5 + A + d + iv? = Goodbye Yellow Brick Road?
6 + C + f + v = ?

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