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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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Rosamund Clifford
Rosamund Clifford
Tale Spinner

Jul-8-2006 03:39

As a coffee addict I should know more about it, but the depth of my ignorance on the subject is amazing. This quiz is an opportunity to learn more.

1. Ethiopia
2. 7? (a compromise between Rhiemma and Squirrel's answers)
3. one of the Arabian writers?
4. ?
5. death?
6. 800-1000 years?
7. ???
8. ?
9. 20-30?
10. Istanbul

MissKimberly
MissKimberly

Jul-8-2006 05:27

As I sit here drinking yet again my first cup of the day I was amazed how great you guys actually did. SS and Rosamund you each got 4 close answers correct.

Here are the answers --

The name of coffee comes from the Arabic word qahwah, meaning wine..
2. How many steps are involved in the coffee process. 24
3. Coffee's first appearance in literature was by whom. -- Rhazes, an Arabian physician
4. Who is responsible for making coffee a true Christian beverage? – Pope Clement VIII
5. Most severe punishment for drinking coffee. – being sewn into a leather bag and tossed alive into the sea
6. How long as coffee been used as a beverage. – 700 years
7. Origin of coffee smellers – Coffee smellers were discharged wounded soldiers employed as spies to “smell out” unlicensed coffee roasting during the coffee monopoly in Germany.
8. Who discovered coffee. – Goats. Their shepherd noticed that they were getting very hyper; therefore, one day, he followed their every move, and found out that they were eating a strange berry that was keeping them awake all day and night.
9. How many coffee beans does it take to make espresso. -- 42
10. Where did the first coffee shop open? -- Constantinople.

Bonus -- do you know the name and year it first opened? – Kiv Han opened in 1475. Odd addition. Turkish law made it legal for a woman to divorce her husband if he failed to provide her with her daily quota of coffee.

To give proper credit – source for questions 1 – 8 were http://library.thinkquest.org/5441/facts.html and source for questions 9, 10 and bonus – http://www.firstscience.com/SITE/factfile/factfile1621_1640.asp




Rosamund Clifford
Rosamund Clifford
Tale Spinner

Jul-8-2006 16:31

As all of us love animals, here's an easy quiz about animals in Disney's films.

1. Who is the most famous fawn in the world?
2. Does Dumbo speak??
3. Who is Ariel's best friend in "The Little Mermaid"?
4. What is the name of Donald Duck's rich uncle?
5. What breed of dog is Lady?
6. What is the name of ugly sisters' cat in "Cinderella"?
7. Who is Bagheera in "The Jungle Book"?
8. What is the name of Pongo's "wife" in "101 Dalmatians"?
9. Who are Shenzi, Banzai and Ed in "The Lion King"?
10. In what film we meet three little furry balls called Toulouse, Berlioz and Marie?

Bonus: What animal is Maleficent's pet in "Sleeping Beauty?

Serena Siren
Serena Siren
Well-Connected

Jul-8-2006 17:27

1. Bambi
2. Tenatively says no
3. Flounder
4. Okay, for some reason I'm thinking Scrouge McDuck, but maybe I've lost it.
5. A cocker spaniel
6. Barnabus???
7. Tiger
8. Perditta (sp?)
9. The Three Hyenas
10. Alice in Wonderland???
11. A crow?

Wow, I haven't watched those movies in years...Really had to dig into the recesses of my brain, hope at least a good portion of those are correct :)

Rhiemma Moon
Rhiemma Moon
Well-Connected

Jul-8-2006 17:27

Cool!!!

1. Bambi, of course!
2. nope, just trumpets
3. um I think it's Sebastian?
4. Scrooge McDuck
5. Spaniel (although I don't remember which breed of spaniel)
6. um,.... oh, crud! I know it! It's on the tip of my tongue! drat.
7. The black panther
8. uummmm *sigh* don't remember
9. Oh, yeah! The hyenas!
10. Aristocats

bonus: A Raven



Rhiemma Moon
Rhiemma Moon
Well-Connected

Jul-8-2006 17:30

LOL, Serena! We posted at the same time. Been here wracking my brain for the answers, too. *grin*

Serena Siren
Serena Siren
Well-Connected

Jul-8-2006 17:43

LOL!!! I'm seriously kicking myself now on a couple of those.

Crow, raven...All I remember was some evil looking black bird :P

Emerald Drew
Emerald Drew
Old Shoe

Jul-8-2006 17:47

I LOVE DISNEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1. Bambi
2. No
3. Flounder
4. Scrooge McDuck (I love Duck Tales)
5. Cocker Spaniel
6. Lucifer
7. ?
8. Perdita
9. The hyenas
10. The Aristocats

Bonus: A raven


Della Devine
Della Devine
Well-Connected

Jul-8-2006 19:17

*grimace* You'd think I could remember these better with 8 grandkids and all but one of those movies in my collection. and now that I see them. Yeah. Kicking myself too. *grin*



jroepel
jroepel
Con Artist

Jul-8-2006 23:38

1. Bambie
2. No
3. Flounder
4. Scrooge McDuck
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

Hey my nephew is only 3. I'm not supposed to have to know all this stuff yet. lol.

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