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Quiz Practice 6 Holy Family BNS Askearight5421630349567510306051: Who completed the “treble-treble” at the 2016 Rio Olympics? Usain Bolt2: How many ghosts appear in Charles Dicken’s “A Christmas Carol”? 43: Name the Irish brothers from Cork that won silver in rowing in the Rio Olympics? Gary and Paul O’Donovan from Skibbereen 4: If you scored one below par for each golf hole, what would be your total score? Eighteen under par.5: In which country would you find a race of people called the Maoris? New Zealand. 6: If you are “in the arms of Morpheus” what are you doing? Sleeping. [Morphine] 7: Where can you see a plimsoll line painted? On the side of a ship. It lets you know if the ship is overloaded.8: What kind of word is Navan or Abba? Palindrome. It spells the same both ways.9: Which European country calls itself “ Osterreich ”? Austria.10: What happened to the rock that Sisyphus had to roll to the top of a mountain every day? Once he reached the top it would roll back down and Sisyphus would have to do it all over again. 11: Of which chemical element are diamonds made? Carbon [Same as coal which is also a carbon fuel.]12: Which trees is Lebanon famous for, so you would see one on it’s flag? Cedar trees.right013: What is the penultimate letter in the alphabet? Y [Penultimate means last but one in a series i.e. second last.]14: A Warlock is a male what? Witch.15: Who is the narrator for the brilliant BBC series Planet Earth? David Attenborough. 16: What two colours are a magpie? Black and white. “ One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl and four for a boy.”17: In the pirate song, how many dead men were on a pirate’s chest? Fifteen men on a dead man’s chest Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.18:Who was the Moslem warrior that defeated the Holy Land against the Christian knights in the 3rd Crusade? Saladin.19: Back, blanket and buttonhole are all types of what? Stitches.20: What does Jimmy Choo make? Shoes.21: What game is played at St. Andrews in Scotland? Golf.22: Who had a rifle called “Old Betsy”? The American explorer Davy Crockett. 397065555568850023: Which characters live in Springfield? Simpsons.24: What name is given to a tent where a circus takes place? Big Top.25: What do you get when you kiss the Blarney Stone? The gift of the gab!26: What is the most commonly word used in English conversation? “I”27: What pace is a horse going at between a trot and a full gallop? Canter.28: Which city did the cowardly lion want to go to? Oz.29: In which musical would you find Fagan, Nancy and Bill Sikes? Oliver.30: What name is given to a light two wheeled hooded vehicle 35966401158240drawn by a man or men, first used in Japan around 1870? Rickshaw.31: The North Star is found in which constellation? The Little Bear. 32: Which islands caused a war between Britain and Argentina? Falkland Islands.33: What is known as the sport of kings? Horse racing.34: Where did Wallace and Gromit go for “A Grand Day Out”? The Moon.35: What do Americans call a pavement? Sidewalk.36: Threshers and Hammerheads are types of what? Sharks.37: From which country did the turkey originate? America.38: What creatures were Laska and Beny, who went into space in 1958? Mice.39: In the past, which creature did doctors use to drain blood from sick people. Leeches. 40: What do call the process of animals losing hair, skin or 3738880595376000feathers called? Moulting. 41:Who was King of the Huns from 406 to 453? Atilla.42: What is the Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles favourite food? Pizza.43: It used be called Formosa. What is it called now? Taiwan.44: Which major river flows through Washington DC? The Potomac River.45: The rear light on a car is known as what in America? The tail light.46: Where would you find a motorway called the autobahn? Germany.47: What is the common name for the gas nitrous oxide? Laughing gas.48: In computer terms, how many bits in a byte? 849: Where in your body would you find saliva? In your mouth.50: What is the Spanish word for navy? Armada.51: Which sport do the Green Bay Packers and the Miami Dolphins play? American football.52: Which American President was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth? Abraham Lincoln.53: Which nation gifted the Statue of Liberty to America? France.54: Mycroft is the elder brother of which famous detective? Sherlock Holmes.55: What is the capital of Uruguay? Montevideo .56: Which country’s flag is blue and white with the Star of David? Israel.57: A skulk is a group of which animals? Foxes.58: In Cockney rhyming slang, what is a “dog and bone”? Phone.59: What is a Rhodesian ridgeback? A breed of dog.60: Who did Eva Braun marry shortly before she died in 1945? Adolf Hitler.3657601524000 ................
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