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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. :)

Aug-21-2006 14:45

Time for the answers!

1) Bentley – and yes, that one is among the little jobs ;)
2) Jaguar – a MKII for those interested in that sort of thing
3) It was a red Ferrari (308 GTS) - and yes it wasn't his, but belonged to the guy he worked for
4) DeLorean (DMC-12)
5) VW Beetle (an L87 pearl white 1963 Model 117 Volkswagen Type 1 Deluxe Sunroof)
6) Mini Cooper (Minis in the old version, MINIs in the remake)
7) Aston Martin (DB5 in the film, DB Mark III in the book) was the one I was looking for, been a while since I've seen this one so could well be there's a Porsche at the end as well :)
8) Mercedes Benz
9) Pink Cadillac
10) Yes, girls' names indeed and Eleanor being the one we were looking for – and yep, it was a Shelby Mustang GT 500 (however, in the 1974 version Eleanor was a 1973 Ford Mustang Mach 1)
11) Porsche 550 Spyder
Bonus: Little Bastard

Thought everyone did very well despite claiming cars weren't their thing ;)
Winners are Breitkat and Squirrel - congrats!! :)

Aug-21-2006 14:51

Thanks for the quiz Greyling! And sorry everyone for not posting one sooner!

Ok, since I forgot to post the quiz before even though I did a SS and had an emergency one just in case, I'll post it now.

Music:
Name 4 countires mentioned in Billy Joel's, "We didn't start the Fire."
Who is Robert Zimmerman better known as?
Who wrote my favourite song, "Blister in the Sun"?
What two NZ/Australian bands featured a Finn Brother?

Geography:
What is the capital city of Swaziland?
How many colours are on the South African flag?
What was Myanmar formally known as?
What country has the highest population density?

Science:
What gas makes up about 75% of the sun?
What are the most abundant of all organisms?
What is the "scientific" name for the study of birds?
How boring is science?

History:
In what year was Universal sufferage enforced in the US?
What was the first country to allow universal sufferage?
Who were Queen Elizabeth I's parents?
What year did WWII start?

Art:
Who painted Der Kuss?
What famous woman is said to be a self-portrait of it's inventor-artist creator?
What does "dada" mean?
Who was considered the Father of Impressionism?

Aug-21-2006 15:34

Not sure my mind''s working at this time of day, but here goes - if it doesn't the time will be my excuse, no doubt ;p

1) Erhhh - US? USSR? China?...erhh?? Afghanistan?
2) Uncle Bob
3) ? - sorry
4) Crowded House? and Men at Work? - think those two are about the only ones I know ;)
5) ?
6) 6
7) Burma
8) Holland - or is it Luxembourg?
9) Hydrogen
10) Mosquitoes? Fleas? Microbes?
11) Ornitology
12) So boring that vitamins are distributed to avoid 75% of a class falling asleep?
13) 1964?
14) New Zealand? ;)
15) Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn
16) 1939
17) Klimt
18) Mona Lisa?
19) Father - horse - a funny sound - nothing
20) Monet

Aug-21-2006 16:37

YAY! I don't have to come up with a quiz... I mean great quiz Led :)

Aug-21-2006 16:57

1. China. Afghanistan. South & North Korea :)
2. Bob Dylan
3. Violent Femmes? (woohoo cult classic)
4. Split Enz & Crowded House
5. ?
6. 6
7. Burma
8. Indonesia?
9. Hydrogen
10. ?
11. Ornithology
12. How do you answer a rhetorical question?
13. I think 'suffrage' was in the 60's. (I'm not counting the first go in the 20's.) 'Sufferage' started with this quiz when I realised I had to make up my own numbers. :s
13.5 New Zealand - who woulda thought sheep would want to vote ;)
14. Henry VIII & Anne Boleyn
15. 1939
16. ? art ignoramus sorry
17. Mona Lisa
18. dada - it's kinda anti-art art? oh I can't explain it.
19. Monet is probably the only one I can come up with. Or is that Manet? No let's stick with Monet since Greyling has that too.

Aug-21-2006 17:35

1. Korea, Afghanistan
2.?
3. Violent Femmes
4.?
5. Swazi? lol
6. 4
7.
8. China
9. Hydrogen
10. Bacteria?
11. Orinathology
12. This boring
13. 1920?
14. New Zealand
15. Lizzie's mom and dad?
16. 1937
17.?
18. Mona Lisa
19. Anit-war movement in European art
20. Monet

Aug-21-2006 20:13

1. China, Congo, England/Britain, Iran (use this in teaching a LOT!!)
2. not a clue
3. someone who gets a lot of blisters??
4. no idea
5. Mbabane (bring back, bring back, oh bring back Mbabane to me, to me!!)
6. 6
7. Burma
8. People's Republic of China
9. Hydrogen
10. last I heard, Bacteria
11. Ornithology
12. If you're referring to Niels Bohr, hardly. He's considered one of the fathers of modern nuclear physics, and a Nobel prize winner. His work was crucial to the success of the Manhattan Project, and is regarded by many still as a pioneer of his time.
If you're not, I haven't a clue.
13. The first Universal suffrage laws in the U.S. were passed in Wyoming in 1919.
14. New Zealand
15. Henry VIII & Anne Boleyn
16. 1939
17. not a clue
18. the Mona Lisa
19. it's an art term, but can't tell you what precisely
20. Monet

Aug-22-2006 00:25

Music:
1. ?
2. Bob Dylan
3. ?
4. ?

Geography:

5. ?
6. 6?
7. Burma
8. Vatican?

Science:

9. Hydrogen
10. Bacteria
11. Ornithology
12. ?

History

13. ?
14. ?
15. Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn
16. 1939.

Art:

17. Gustav Klimt
18. La Gioconda (Mona Lisa)
19. 20th century artistic movement, the word has no meaning
20. Edouard Manet, although the movement was named after Monet's painting "Impression: Sunrise"

Aug-22-2006 01:47

1. Vietnam, Iran, Nicaragua, UK
2. Bob Dylan
3. Violent Femmes perform it, don't know who wrote it.
4. ?
5. ?
6. 3
7. Burma
8. ?
9. Hydrogen
10. Insects, plants, bacteria. Gonna go with bacteria.
11. Ornithology
12. Not at all. I love it!
13. 1964, enforcement is a rather sticky question... Some would say still hasn't
14. Holland?
15. ?
16. 1939 Hitler invaded Poland.
17. Van Gough
18. Mona Lisa
19. It's meant as an insult to other "artists". Meant as a joke and a criticism. Also the name of an art movement.
20. Monet?

Great quiz LED!

Aug-22-2006 08:26

1. Afghanistan, China, England, DR of Congo
2. Bob Dylan
3. Violent Femmes
4. Crowded House, Split Enz
5. Mbabane
6. 6
7. Burma
8. Monaco (yes it is a country!)
9. Hydrogen
10. Techincally it is bacteriophages, or you could say bacteria
11. Ornithology
12. Not one bit!
13. 1920
14. New Zealand
15. Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn
16. 1939
17. Gustav Klimt
18. Mona Lisa
19. "Anti-art"
20. Claude Monet