General Knowledge X Quiz

General Knowledge X Quiz

65 Which American State could be described as 'round at each end and high in the middle' ?

66 What have timothy and fescue in common ?

67 What is the link between a fine lady at Banbury Cross and Napoleon at Waterloo ?

68 Name the sequence in the four strokes of an internal combustion engine.

69 What is it a kitten has that no other animal has ?

70 What unit of length was originally intended to be equal to the ten-millionth part of the distance from the Earth's pole to the Equator ?

71 A man bought two reams of notepaper. When he got home he discovered he had been sold 1,000 sheets of paper. Did he gain or lose by the transaction ?

72 Why should Nivose, Pluviose, Ventose and Germinal be reasonable ?

73 What are 'angels on horseback' ?

74 Where, in fairly famous proximity, will you find: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword ?

1pt for each correct answer. Good Luck !

[H&J]

73. oysters wrapped in bacon
74. Normandy D Day beaches

Correct on both counts.

Leader:
[glow=red,2,300]H & J 2pts[/glow]

[davejones]

68. intake, compression, combustion and exhaust
71. I believe 1 ream = 500 sheets so that he did neither gain nor lose

davejones said:

68. intake, compression, combustion and exhaust
71. I believe 1 ream = 500 sheets so that he did neither gain nor lose

Clever answers.
How I remember 68 is by reciting "suck, squeeze, bang, blow." :o

71. Is precise for this present day. Formerly a ream was 480 sheets, 20 quires, for common sizes such as letter-size paper (8½ in.×11 in.) But as part of international standardization, this quantity was changed to 500 sheets. The old value of 480 sheets is now known as a "short ream".

1pt plus bonus halfpoint in each case.

Leaderboard:
1 DaveJones 3pts
2 H & J 2pts

[barbelman]

Hi Tommo

66 They are both grasses
67 Both rode a white horse?
69 a cat as a mother ;D
70 Isn't it 10,000k from pole to equator so a ten millionth would be a metre

cheers
Tony

All four correct, Tony.
4pts plus bonus point for 70) as you quantified it exactly.

Leaderboard:
1 Barbelman 5pts
2 DaveJones 3pts
3 H & J 2pts

[mickthehammer]

65. Texas ?

72.
Nivose, Pluviose, Ventose and Germinal ( Snowy, Rainy, windy and Seed) These are all months or periods in the French republican calendar and I think are attributed to the early season prior to planting crops...???

There was a cryptic element to these last two.
Texas not right for 65, will leave it open for possible wordsmiths.

Correct answers given to number 72, which are the names of four of the months of the revolutionary French "Calendar of Reason" adopted in 1793. 0.5 for each translation and 1pt for the link to the French revolution. 3pts in all.

Leaderboard:
1 Barbelman 5pts
2= DaveJones 3pts
2=MicktheHammer 3pts
4 H & J 2pts

[mickthehammer]

65. (again).... Ohio (O-Hi-O) :-[

Well done Mick, you nailed it that time !

Quiz ended:
1 Barbelman 5pts
2 MicktheHammer 4pts
3 DaveJones 3pts
4 H & J 2pts