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Quiz V Answers
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1. What was the name of the first man powered flight machine which flew over the English Channel in June 1979?
2. Which State in the USA is nicknamed the Bluegrass State?
3. Bufo calamita is a rare UK native what?
4. What language (mostly) is used to describe the various parts of a suit of armour?
5. What is the animal Natrix natrix?
6. Famous battle in 1346?
7. A famous Persian King died in 486 BC, also the name of a Pop Idol?
8. What was the nickname of the boxer James J. Corbett?
9. In which UK city is the brewer S. A. Brain and Son based?
10. What did Britain lose on the 7th January 1558?
11. The state capital of Oregon USA is?
12. The bird Turdus viscivorus is known to spread the seeds of Viscum album, what are they both?
13. In which country would you stroll through the streets of Vientiane?
14. Of the 24 Cantebury tales, name them all?.....only kidding! First and last will do.
15. 2004 will be the Chinese year of the what?
16. What very well known cocktail comprises Galliano, orange juice & vodka?
17. Hate these, but had to put one in....What is the collective noun for Quail?
18. Billy Baston used the magic word Shazam! to change into who?
19. In which Dicken's novel would you find the character Sir Leicester Dedlock?
20. Regulus is a genus of two species of bird found in the British Isles, name them?
21. Who's dying words were "I don't know what I may have seemed to the world. But as to myself, I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore and diverting myself in, now and then finding a smoother pebble or prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undicovered before me"
22. What fruiting tree shares it's generic name with a mythical bird?
23. What was Richard III's horse called?
24. Which country did the car maker Bugatti have it's origins?
25. Vinson Massif is the highest peak of where?
26. From which musical does the song, I Can't Say No come from?
27. Luna is the moon of Earth but what are the two moons of Mars called?
28. Allium cepa is more familiar as which vegetable?
29. Which river runs through the spectacular Big Bend National Park in the USA?
30. Who sang the song title for the Bond film Octopussy?
Please don't post your answers for 24 hours from this posting time thanks.
1. What was the name of the first man powered flight machine which flew over the English Channel in June 1979?
2. Which State in the USA is nicknamed the Bluegrass State?
3. Bufo calamita is a rare UK native what?
4. What language (mostly) is used to describe the various parts of a suit of armour?
5. What is the animal Natrix natrix?
6. Famous battle in 1346?
7. A famous Persian King died in 486 BC, also the name of a Pop Idol?
8. What was the nickname of the boxer James J. Corbett?
9. In which UK city is the brewer S. A. Brain and Son based?
10. What did Britain lose on the 7th January 1558?
11. The state capital of Oregon USA is?
12. The bird Turdus viscivorus is known to spread the seeds of Viscum album, what are they both?
13. In which country would you stroll through the streets of Vientiane?
14. Of the 24 Cantebury tales, name them all?.....only kidding! First and last will do.
15. 2004 will be the Chinese year of the what?
16. What very well known cocktail comprises Galliano, orange juice & vodka?
17. Hate these, but had to put one in....What is the collective noun for Quail?
18. Billy Baston used the magic word Shazam! to change into who?
19. In which Dicken's novel would you find the character Sir Leicester Dedlock?
20. Regulus is a genus of two species of bird found in the British Isles, name them?
21. Who's dying words were "I don't know what I may have seemed to the world. But as to myself, I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore and diverting myself in, now and then finding a smoother pebble or prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undicovered before me"
22. What fruiting tree shares it's generic name with a mythical bird?
23. What was Richard III's horse called?
24. Which country did the car maker Bugatti have it's origins?
25. Vinson Massif is the highest peak of where?
26. From which musical does the song, I Can't Say No come from?
27. Luna is the moon of Earth but what are the two moons of Mars called?
28. Allium cepa is more familiar as which vegetable?
29. Which river runs through the spectacular Big Bend National Park in the USA?
30. Who sang the song title for the Bond film Octopussy?
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