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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. :)

Dec-30-2006 18:21

9. Force, Field, Radiance, Gorge (also refers to heaven,earth,sunmoon; spring,summer,fall,winter; and east,west,south,north) ((thanks to 6 years of Tae Kwon Do))

10. It's based on the design of a traditional Jewish prayer shawl.

11. Ordem e Progresso (Order and Progress)

I'm going with Helen on the rest of them.

Dec-30-2006 18:55

EASY
1. What colour is the circle on the Japanese flag? RED
2. What leaf is featured on the Canadian Flag? MAPLE
3. Name the three colours on the French Flag. RED, WHITE, BLUE
NOT SO EASY
TRUE or FALSE?
4. There is a Kangaroo on the Australian Flag. FALSE
5. The Swedish flag is red with a white cross. FALSE (blue and yellow)
6. There is a lion holding a sword on the flag of Sri Lanka. TRUE
7. Nepal's flag is not rectangular. TRUE
8. The light blue background on the Somalian Flag was influenced by the UN flag? TRUE
STUPIDLY HARD
9. The four trigrams (logos mage up of three lines) in the corners of the South Korean flag represent what? HEAVEN, EARTH, WATER, FIRE (but goes with all of John Q's answers as well coz they sound cool: Force, Field, Radiance, Gorge (also refers to heaven,earth,sun,moon; spring,summer,fall,winter; and east,west,south,north)
10. Ok there's a blue star on the Israeli flag (what we'd probably call the Star of David) the 'Magen David' or 'Shield of David', but what do the two horizontal lines (top & bottom) on the flag represent? JEWISH PRAYER SHAWL - the TALIT
11. What words/phrase is written across the globe of the Brazilian flag? ORDEM E PROGRESSO - ORDER AND PROGRESS

JQ, you are the winner with 11/11. Cheers mate... you're up!

Jan-1-2007 07:37

How's your knowledge of events that happened in January?

1. Who was assassinated on January 30, 1948?

2. Which of these countries celebrates its special day on January 26th?
Guyana
Canada
Australia
New Zealand

3. Hawaii became a state in January 1959. True or False?

4. The League of Nations was established in January of what year?

5. The first commercial transatlantic telephone service came into effect in January of 1927. It was between which two cities?

6. At which battle did Andrew Jackson defeat the British in January 1815?

7. When was the British Museum in London opened?

8. In January of which year did Prohibition in the USA - the ban on the selling of alcholic beverages - come into force?

9. The first atomic powered vessel was launched in January 1954. What type of vessel was it?

10. All of these men were born in January. Which one was born in the eighteenth century?
Lord Byron
Lewis Carroll
Edgar Allan Poe
Anton Chekov

Jan-1-2007 12:42

1. Ghandi?
2. Australia?
3. True?
4. 1919
5. London and New York?
6. ?
7. ?
8. 1922?
9. Submarine?
10. Lord Byron

Jan-1-2007 18:59

1. Who was assassinated on January 30, 1948?
Ghandi

2. Which of these countries celebrates its special day on January 26th?
Guyana
Australia

3. Hawaii became a state in January 1959. True or False?
True

4. The League of Nations was established in January of what year?
1919

5. The first commercial transatlantic telephone service came into effect in January of 1927. It was between which two cities?
New York and London, AT&T was the company I think

6. At which battle did Andrew Jackson defeat the British in January 1815?
I should know but I can't remember

7. When was the British Museum in London opened?


8. In January of which year did Prohibition in the USA - the ban on the selling of alcholic beverages - come into force?
1920

9. The first atomic powered vessel was launched in January 1954. What type of vessel was it?
Submarine

10. All of these men were born in January. Which one was born in the eighteenth century?
Lord Byron

Jan-2-2007 02:19

ok i feel incredibly stupid for the only one i know the answer to... is #8 the year is 1921.

Jan-2-2007 10:04

How's your knowledge of events that happened in January?

1. Stalin?

2. Guyana! (no clue lol)

3. True

4. 1945

5. Boston and London

6. Bunker hill?

7. JANUARY!!! (see I know one)

8. 1920

9. submarine?

10. Poe?

I love John's quizzes, cuz I can just completely guess and pray I got at least SOMETHING right...

Jan-2-2007 14:38

1. Mahatma Ghandi
2. Australia
3. False
4. 1920
5. New York and London
6. Battle of New Orleans
7. 1759 (And I'll give Biggie credit for this one, too.)
8. 1920
9. Submarine
10. Lord Byron

And with 5 1/2, Marcus Tomas is our next quiz giver. Congratulations, and good luck.

Jan-4-2007 06:57

woooot

did better than i thought....thanks for the freebie John :)

Jan-6-2007 06:08

Sorry Marcus, you can have my next go if I've jumped the gun on you:

Kind of geographical mixed bag...

1. Which 4 US presidents are carved into Mt Rushmore? And can I have them in order of inauguration.
2. Who played lawyer Billy Flynn in the 2002 film version of the stage musical Chicago?
3. What are the two most expensive properties (dark blue) on a Monopoly Board? I'll accept any country's version.
4. What country is the city of Casablanca in?
5. Geographically speaking, what do these 8 countries have in common? United Kingdom, France, Spain, Algeria, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana & Togo.
MULTIPLE CHOICE
6. Which country leads the world in duck production (for food)?
a) Canada
b) Thailand
c) China
d) France
7. The Shakespeare play Othello is subtitled 'The Moor of...'
a) Turin
b) Rome
c) Madrid
d) Venice
8. What US state is Elvis' Graceland Mansion in?
a) Tennessee
b) Nebraska
c) Ohio
d) Utah
9. What is the capital of Liechtenstein?
a) Tirane
b) Vilnius
c) Vaduz
d) Tallinn
10. And just so you can all have a little sing-along...
From the song New York, New York (The Ebb/Sinatra one, not the Bernstein/Kelly one):
The singer wants to "wake up in a city that never..."
a) Stinks
b) Tells
c) Surrenders
d) Sleeps

EASY BONUS: Since I mention the Bernstein version:
New York New York
It's a hell of a town
The Bronx is up and the Battery's down.
The People ride in a hole in the ground. etc etc

Which US TV cartoon parodied this song in an episode?