TheGoodGuy
30th September 2005, 23:15
Another mix of General Knowledge, TV, Trivia & Logic this week.
ADA'S RULES:
Please attempt to answer these questions initially without www assistance.
Let others have a go as well.
Some answers may only be answerable by Googling, but please only use this option as a last resort.
Here goes....
RED = SOLVED
1. Doc Holiday was a gunslinger and gambler but what was his profession? DENTIST
2. ‘No Nonsense’ is the advertising slogan for which product? JOHN SMITHS BITTER
3. Who assassinated Robert Kennedy? SIRHAN SIRHAN
4. Only one singer has been impersonated twice by winners of ITV’s Stars In Their Eyes. Who? MARTI PELLOW
5. What is the Earth’s most abundant metal? ALUMINIUM
6. While out trekking, Janet sees a four-letter word etched on a stone. She finds that:
No two letters are identical.
If each letter in the word is replaced with its alphabetic numerical position i.e. A=1, B=2 etc., when added together, the sum of the four numbers is 20.
The sum of any three of the numbers is exactly divisible by the fourth number.
Using the above information…..
What is the word on the stone?
NOTE: The word you are looking for can be found in any dictionary. ANSWER: JADE
7. Which team has won the County Cricket Championships the most often? YORKSHIRE
8. What is the name of the trombone playing character in the Lurpak advert? DOUGLAS
9. The Titanic had two sister ships. Name them. BRITANNIC & OLYMPIC
10. Which physical feature do women most commonly have altered? HAIR CUT/STYLE
11. Musca domestica can be a pest during the summer months, but what’s its common name? THE HOUSEFLY
12. Max Zorin was the ruthless villain in which James Bond film? A VIEW TO A KILL
13. Name the six counties of Northern Ireland. ANSWER: Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry, Tyrone
14. Which US state flag features a Union Jack? HAWAII
15. Five friends appeared for their Physics, Chemistry and Maths exams. Each obtained a different grade in each subject taken, and no two students had the same grade in the same subject.
Andrew outscored Bridget in Physics, and Neil in Maths.
Wendy was the only girl to get a "C" grade, but she managed no "A" grades
The pupil with an "E" in Maths gained a "B" in Chemistry, but was not awarded a "C" in Physics
Paul's Physics grade was a "D" and his highest grade was a "C"
The "B" in Maths did not go to the same student as the "E" in Physics
Bridget's best result was in Chemistry, but her Maths grade was lower than Paul's
What grades were obtained in each subject by each student?
ANSWER:
PHYSICS MATHS CHEMISTRY
A NEIL ANDREW BRIDGET
B ANDREW WENDY NEIL
C WENDY PAUL ANDREW
D PAUL BRIDGET WENDY
E BRIDGET NEIL PAUL
Good Luck
Ada.
ADA'S RULES:
Please attempt to answer these questions initially without www assistance.
Let others have a go as well.
Some answers may only be answerable by Googling, but please only use this option as a last resort.
Here goes....
RED = SOLVED
1. Doc Holiday was a gunslinger and gambler but what was his profession? DENTIST
2. ‘No Nonsense’ is the advertising slogan for which product? JOHN SMITHS BITTER
3. Who assassinated Robert Kennedy? SIRHAN SIRHAN
4. Only one singer has been impersonated twice by winners of ITV’s Stars In Their Eyes. Who? MARTI PELLOW
5. What is the Earth’s most abundant metal? ALUMINIUM
6. While out trekking, Janet sees a four-letter word etched on a stone. She finds that:
No two letters are identical.
If each letter in the word is replaced with its alphabetic numerical position i.e. A=1, B=2 etc., when added together, the sum of the four numbers is 20.
The sum of any three of the numbers is exactly divisible by the fourth number.
Using the above information…..
What is the word on the stone?
NOTE: The word you are looking for can be found in any dictionary. ANSWER: JADE
7. Which team has won the County Cricket Championships the most often? YORKSHIRE
8. What is the name of the trombone playing character in the Lurpak advert? DOUGLAS
9. The Titanic had two sister ships. Name them. BRITANNIC & OLYMPIC
10. Which physical feature do women most commonly have altered? HAIR CUT/STYLE
11. Musca domestica can be a pest during the summer months, but what’s its common name? THE HOUSEFLY
12. Max Zorin was the ruthless villain in which James Bond film? A VIEW TO A KILL
13. Name the six counties of Northern Ireland. ANSWER: Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry, Tyrone
14. Which US state flag features a Union Jack? HAWAII
15. Five friends appeared for their Physics, Chemistry and Maths exams. Each obtained a different grade in each subject taken, and no two students had the same grade in the same subject.
Andrew outscored Bridget in Physics, and Neil in Maths.
Wendy was the only girl to get a "C" grade, but she managed no "A" grades
The pupil with an "E" in Maths gained a "B" in Chemistry, but was not awarded a "C" in Physics
Paul's Physics grade was a "D" and his highest grade was a "C"
The "B" in Maths did not go to the same student as the "E" in Physics
Bridget's best result was in Chemistry, but her Maths grade was lower than Paul's
What grades were obtained in each subject by each student?
ANSWER:
PHYSICS MATHS CHEMISTRY
A NEIL ANDREW BRIDGET
B ANDREW WENDY NEIL
C WENDY PAUL ANDREW
D PAUL BRIDGET WENDY
E BRIDGET NEIL PAUL
Good Luck
Ada.