QUINCY’S QUIZ NIGHT The Quiz 1. What large plant-eating dinosaur has a name that means ‘thunder lizard’? (Brontosaurus) 2. How old is a quadragenarian? (40) 3. With which mountain range would you associate the Yeti? (Himalayas) 4. The month of January is named after which Roman God? (Janus) 5. Who is the neighbour continually persecuted by Dennis the Menace? (Mr. Wilson) 6. What is a barchan? (Type of sand dune) 7. What tea grows on the slopes of the Cedarberg? (Rooibos) 8. When the seven dwarfs worked in the mines, what were they mining? (Diamonds) 9. What did the acronym LEV stand for in the context of Apollo 11? (Lunar excursion vehicle) 10. In which country was the highest temperature ever recorded on Earth? (Libya, 57.8°) 11. What would you be doing if you were using a Shinkansen in Japan? (Bullet train) 12. Which Midlands schoolgirl who won an award for her short film? (Amber-Jay van Rooyen) 13. In which famous book would you find the fictional land of Brobdignag? (Gulliver’s Travels) 14. Who is the new National Police Chief? (Bheki Cele) 15. What is the chemical symbol for the element Strontium? (Sr) 16. What was the Andrew Mehrtens record score beaten by Morne Steyn on Saturday? (29) 17. What fraction of an iceberg is exposed above the water, 1/3, 1/7th or 1/11th? (1/11) 18. Which local businessman was elected President of the PCB? (Tinus Havinga) 19. Which famous film features children called Jane and Michael who live at 17 Cherry Tree Lane? (Mary Poppins) 20. The power of which machines was originally measured in Gillette’s? (Lasers) 21.(Bush baby) 22.(Shark) 23.(Tiger) 24.(Frog) 25.(Owl) 26.(Cuttlefish) 27.(Giraffe) 28.(Husky) 29.(Chameleon) 30.(Angel Fish)
The Quiz
(Part 2)
1. What is the name given to a young goat? (Kid) 2. Which cartoon character lives at 1313 Webfoot Walk? (Donald Duck) 3. From what nut is marzipan produced? (Almond) 4. What would you call a cocktail made with Tequila and Tomato juice? (Bloody Maria) 5. Which world famous £2, 6 million crime occurred in Britain in 1963? (Great train robbery) 6. To which country does Marion Island belong? (South Africa) 7. Who won the 2009 Rugby World Sevens Cup? (Wales) 8. What is the correct terminology for an egg-laying mammal? (Monotreme) 9. What did Russia sell to America in 1867? (Alaska) 10. What was Captain Ahab’s peg-leg made from? (Ivory) 11. Cryptic clue: Cooling agent used in atomic energy. (3) (Ice) 12. What beer does Barack Obama drink? (Bud Light) 13. What does the musical term andante mean? (Medium slow) 14. Which local school did international actress Jessica Haines attend? (Epworth) 15. What famous number would you find on an original bottle of Heinz Ketchup? (57) 16. A Taikonaut is an astronaut from which country? (China) 17. What was the original function of the Leaning Tower of Pisa? (Bell tower, campanile) 18. Which SA swimmer took bronze at the FINA World Champs yesterday? (Gerhard Zandberg) 19. Which was the last country to do a certified nuclear bomb test? (Pakistan 1998) 20. How many countries border the Black Sea? (6, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey, Georgia, Romania,
Bulgaria) 21. (He could add an S to the IX to give the impression there were supposed to be 6 cakes in the box, thus eating 5 cakes in total) 22. (Daniel is 7 years old and Jessica is 4 years old) 23. (Prodigy, pharaoh, iceberg, pharynx, stealth, flummox, anchovy, refresh, overawe, receipt) 24. (neerg: these are the colours of the rainbow reversed)