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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. :)

Oct-26-2005 10:08

3. Victoria
4. London
5. Germany and dunno
6. Dunno, but I recall thinking it was something relatively pleasant (as opposed to, like, death)
8. Too much chatter?
9. Tetrahedron

Oct-26-2005 11:07

2. 5ct
3. posh spice
4. milan
5. germany and belgium..and the english wish they did .. :)
6 almonds (thanks JR)
7 McGraw
8 talking..hebrew?
10 1918

Oct-26-2005 12:30

1. i bet The Cowboys, 'cause he dies.
2. 5 cents
3. posh?
4.Paris?
5. France, Germany, belgium
6. Almonds is right :) CSI said that once.
7. What is Dr Phil's last name? McGraw
8. i really should know this one...an aggrevise opening with the bishops?
9. What is a 15 sided polygon called? no clue
10. What year was the Tommy Gun invented? 1922?

Oct-26-2005 14:27

1) True Grit
2) 5 cents
3)? I dunno - Paprika Spice?
4) Milan, Italy
5) Germany and Belgium
6) Almonds
7)? Emasculatus?
8) A spectator
9) Pentadecagon
10) 1920

Hrmmm, I wonder why I had such a feeling of deja-vu when answering these ;)

Oct-27-2005 00:36

HA HA HA! Paprika!!!!

*chortles with enjoyment*

Oct-29-2005 00:58

Dionne Dawson is a winner with 7.
All these questions were past quiz questions. (Mostly from jstkdn).

Oct-29-2005 01:30

Ohhhhhhh, /that's/ why I knew the answer to the Tommy Gun one!

*was having an eerie sense of deja vu*

Oct-29-2005 01:32

No googling now...

1. Name at least two countries which currently allow women to serve aboard submarines.

2. Name three countries with a bird on their national flag.

3. Name 6 cricket playing nations.

4. In what context would one use the words "choil" "ricasso" and "tang"?

5. Crows and ravens belong to the Corvidae family of birds. Name two other corvids.

6. What is the capital of:
a) Jordan
b) Sri Lanka
c) Saudi Arabia

7. True or false?
a) Diamonds cannot burn.
b) At one point, Sweden exported sand to Saudi Arabia.
c) Camel milk does not curdle.
d) Due to the Coriolis effect, water in a flushed toilet drains clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern.

8. What country had the world's first female prime minister? (And what was her name?)

9. Bluetooth is a wireless specification allowing us to connect various electronic equipment. Where does the name come from?

10. Name three inventions by Swedish people.

Oct-29-2005 02:50

1. Australia and New Zealand
2. Mexico, Kiribati and
3. NZ/Aust/West Indies/India/Pakistan and Sri Lanka
4. Cooking
5. Jays/Magpies
6. a)Hondruas City
b)Colombo
c)Hondruas City
7. a) False
b) True
c) True
d) True
8.India, Ghandi
9. A dictionary
10. Swedes, Swedish Meatballs and the Swedish Massage

Oct-29-2005 04:52

1. sweden and norway?
2. Mexico
3. England, Ireland, India, Sri lanka, south afrika, Australia
4. ??
5. flying corvid and sitting corvid
6. a)amman
b)Colombo
c)Riad? Riyad? well you know what i mean
7. a) true
b) True
c) True
d) False
8.Women can become prime ministers??! i bet the dutch parliament doesnt know! we only have queens..
9. it was the name of a viking, mr Bluetooth who did something nice in the past i guess
10. the celcius temperature scale by mr celcius, dynamite by mr Nobel (or was he norwegian?!) and..... IKEA!! by mr I.K. (dont remember the full name)