On Monday, April 23, 2018 at 12:47:06 PM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
> 1 What three words complete this adage: “The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that...”?
rules the world
> 2 Kathryn Bigelow received a Best Director Oscar, the first female to do so, for which 2010 film?
The Hurt Locker
> 3 In which century was the Battle of the Boyne fought near Drogheda in Ireland, between the forces of King James II of England, and the Dutch Prince William of Orange?
17th [1690]
> 4 Who was assassinated in the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel in LA in 1968?
Robert Kennedy
> 5 What sport is played professionally (and inter-continentally) by the Toronto Wolfpack?
Rugby League
I accepted either word, even though 'rugby' alone would be marked wrong in Australia. The word means different things in different places.
> 6 Which syndrome do the TV characters Lisa Simpson and Jan Brady supposedly suffer from?
Middle Child syndrome
> 7 The Pan-American highway extends from Prudhoe Bay in Alaska to Ushuaia in southern Argentina. It is continuous but for the c. 150 km Darien Gap, located in which Central American country?
Panama
It's a little more complicated as Erland explained
> 8 At around 200,000 km, which country has the world's longest coastline?
Canada, eh
> 9 Which Irish-American considers himself Lord of the Dance?
Michael Flatley
> 10 Which crustacean provides the staple diet of the blue whale?
Krill
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 516
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 9 50 Mark Brader
1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 8 45 Dan Blum
0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 6 35 Pete Gayde
0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 6 35 Peter Smyth
1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 27 Gareth Owen
0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 5 33 Joe
0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 5 33 Marc Dashevsky
0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 34 Dan Tilque
0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 22 Erland S
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3 5 7 7 5 2 8 2 6 7 52 58%
Congratulations Mark.
cheers,
calvin