Quiz Time - 10 points for smart yin to get most right...?

Question

1. Who was Henry VIII's first wife?

2. What is Bono's real name?

3. What was the first P&O liner to be built after the second world war?

4. How did Socrates die?

5. Who said 'Mr Bernard Shaw has no enemies - however he is intensely disliked by all his friends!'?

6. Who said when asked if Ringo Starr was the best drummer in the world '..he wasn't even the best drummer in the beatles!'?

7. Which song plays during the opening sequence in the film Apocalypse Now?

8. Name the Donkey in Orwell's Animal Farm.

9. Max who is credited as being one of the founders of the modern discipline of Sociology?

10. Where in the UK is the only place Elvis was meant to have stepped onto British soil?

11. How many bones are there in a fully grown adult human?

12. What is the capital of Australia?

13. Mesopotamia is now known as what?

14. In the Bible, the shortest consists of just 2 words - what are they?

15. What animal is on a bacardi bottle?

Answer 1

1. Who was Henry VIII's first wife? Catherine of Aragon, his older brother's widow

2. What is Bono's real name? Paul David Hewson

3. What was the first P&O liner to be built after the second world war? SOUDAN

4. How did Socrates die? In 399 B.C.E., Socrates drank hemlock.

5. Who said 'Mr Bernard Shaw has no enemies - however he is intensely disliked by all his friends!'? Oscar Wilde.

6. Who said when asked if Ringo Starr was the best drummer in the world '..he wasn't even the best drummer in the beatles!'? ohn Lennon

7. Which song plays during the opening sequence in the film Apocalypse Now? Cliff Richards' The End, I believe

8. Name the Donkey in Orwell's Animal Farm. Benjamin

9. Max who is credited as being one of the founders of the modern discipline of Sociology? Max Weber

10. Where in the UK is the only place Elvis was meant to have stepped onto British soil? Prestwick

11. How many bones are there in a fully grown adult human? I remember from a science class that it's between 206-350 bones.

12. What is the capital of Australia? Canberra

13. Mesopotamia is now known as what? Mostly Iraq, but it did stretch out to parts of Turkey, Syria and Iran (if I remember from 10th grade history).

14. In the Bible, the shortest consists of just 2 words - what are they? Verses or do you mean Jesus Wept?

15. What animal is on a bacardi bottle? A bat

OK,I cannot wait to see what the answers are AND I do need to go back and hit the books.

Answer 2

1. Catherine of Aragon
2. Paul Hewson
3. SOUDAN
4. Drank Hemlock
5. Oscar Wilde
6. John Lennon
7. The End
8.Benjamin
9. Max Weber
10. Prestwick
11. 206
12. Canberra
13. Iraq
14.Verses
15.Bat

Answer 3

1. Where was Buddy Holly born? Lubbock, Texas 2. What street do the Simpsons live on? Evergreen Terrace, Springfield (State Unknown, albeit my theory is in Illinois although the creator is from Oregon) 3. Who said 'There are 2 tragedies in this life..the first is not getting what you want..the second is getting it..'? George Bernard Shaw 4. Which philosopher is famous for his 'will to life' theory? Schopenhauer 5. Name the prime numbers between 0 and 20. 1,2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19 6. Write testosterone as a compound. C19H28O2 7. Principa Mathematica was penned by whom? Sir Isaac Newton 8. Name Adam Smith's inluencial book on Economics. The Wealth of Nations 9. What is the birth stone for October? Opal 10. In which film does Richard E Grant play a drunk thespian on holiday in the country? Withnail and I 11. Which novel has the subtitle '..or the modern Prometheus'? Frankenstein 12. Which family in the US gets a cut on all liquor that is imported/exported thanks to the forsight of one of their relations who bought the rights for a pittance during prohibition? The Salafi Family 13. All but 2 countries were not colonised by 1902 after the European scramble for Africa - name them. Ethopia AND Liberia 14. What is the roman numeral for 200? CC Once again, you've challenged me intellectually but I need to keep my mind active while I don't study for the USMLE. As always, I cannot wait for the answers to see if I'm write and if I don't get (6) right I'll cry. :-P

Answer 4

1. Catherine of Aragon
2. Paul David Hewson
4. Poisoned
5. Hitler
7. the end
8. Benjamin
11. 206
12. Canberra
13. Eastern Syria, Southeastern Turkey
14. Jesus wept
15. Bat

Answer 5

1.Catherine of Aragon
2.Paul Hewson
3.Oronsay
4.Poison
5.Mr. Johnson
6.John Lennon
7.The end by Jim Morrison of The Doors
8. Benjamin
9.Max Weber
10.Prestwick Airport
11.206
12.Canberra
13.Sumerians
14.Jesus Wept
15.Bat

Answer 6

1. sue

2. paul hewson

3. P & O Tugboat Trevor

4. he died philosophically

5. Eamonn Holmes

6. The Fonz

7. Summer Holiday by Cliff Richard

8. Tony Adams

9. Max Beesley

10. Aberystwyth

11. 7

12. Canberra

13. Casserole

14. Conspiracy central

15. Bat

Answer 7

Catherine of Aragon

Paul David Hewson

SOUDAN

Committed suicide by drinking hemlock

Oscar Wilde.

John Lennon

The End
Benjamin

Max Weber

Prestwick, UK

Between 206-350

Canberra

IRAQ

Jesus Wept

Bat

Answer 8

1. Cleopatrea
2. Alexander
3. F250
4. suicide
5. Adolph hitler
6.Howard Stern
7. Don't wana miss a thing
8. Bruno
9. No
10. Graceland
11. 165
12. Narcis
13. afraid of the train
14. very small
15. Bat

Answer 9

1)catherine
4)poisoned
5)Bernard Shaw??
11)216?
12)canberra?
14)Jesus wept

Answer 10

2. Paul Hewson
4. I'm sure a bird dropped a tortoise on his head. (Don't laugh)
12 Canberra
15 Bat

Edit: OK, Socrates WAS poisoned, but I wasn't imagining things:

Aeschylus the father of Greek tragedies died when an eagle dropped a tortoise on his head. According to legend, eagles picked up tortoises and attempt to crack them open by dropping them on rocks. An eagle mistook Aeschylus' head for a rock and dropped it on him instead.