Rotating Quiz #35 - Answers and Scores

[David B]

As there was a clear winner I was very generous with the scores.
I'd have been a little more strict had it been a bit closer.
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1. The Pompidou Centre in Paris is known locally as what due to its
location?
- Beaubourg.
<MB-SWP>

2. What is an Oud?
- A North African stringed instrument similar to a lute.
<SWP-MD-Pe>

3. What is special about minus 40 degrees?
- It is the Celsius/ Fahrenheit cross over point.
<JP-MB-PS-RP-Ca-SWP-MD-JT>

4. Which is the highest mountain in England?
- Scafell Pike.
<JP-PS>

5. What is Ras El Hanout?
- A blend of spices from Morocco.
<RP-SWP>

6. What are the bones of fingers and toes called?
- Phalanges.
<MB-RP-SWP-Pe>

7. What is bacchanalia?
- Drunken Revelry.
<JP-MP-RP-SWP-MD-JT>

8. Who famously died on Mont Ventoux?
- Tommy Simpson (Professional Cyclist)
<JP-PS>

9. From where/what does Pashana Bedhi come from?
- A character from the children's TV program 'The Herbs'. Comes from the
medicinal herb 'pashanabhedi'.
<SWP>

10. Which famous novel is told through the eyes of a sixteen year girl who
thinks she’s a eunuch?
- The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks - 1994.
<Sorry for not giving the year but I guessed that there would be no other
books that fit my description>

11. What are the three ingredients to gunpowder?
- Potassium Nitrate, Sulphur, Carbon.
<JP-MB-ES-RP-Ca-SWP-MD>

12. What disease is Sydenham’s chorea more commonly known?
- Saint Vitus Dance.
<MB-SWP>

13. Which band had the pseudonym ‘The Dukes of Stratosphear’?
- XTC
<ES-SWP>

Tie Breaker
What is pi in decimal notation to as many significant figures as you know?
JP - 8
MB - 15
PS - 7
ES - 6
RP - 8
Ca - 10
SWP- 2
MD - 6
JT - 4
Pe - 9
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Scores
JP - 5
MB - 5
PS - 3
ES - 2
RP - 5
Ca - 2
SWP- 10
MD - 4
JT - 2
Pe - 2

And the clear winner with double anybody else's score is SWP.
Well done and feel free to take it away.

--
David :)

Only 1 in 10 people understand the binary system - the other half don't.

[Mark Brader]

David Brown:

> 7. What is bacchanalia?
> - Drunken Revelry.
> <JP-MP-RP-SWP-MD-JT>

M who?
--
Mark Brader "...out of the dark coffee-stained mugs of
Toronto insane programmers throughout the world..."
m...@vex.net -- Liam Quin

[David B]

Revised to suit Mark Brader's correct score, my apologies.

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1. The Pompidou Centre in Paris is known locally as what due to its
location?
- Beaubourg.
<MB-SWP>

2. What is an Oud?
- A North African stringed instrument similar to a lute.
<SWP-MD-Pe>

3. What is special about minus 40 degrees?
- It is the Celsius/ Fahrenheit cross over point.
<JP-MB-PS-RP-Ca-SWP-MD-JT>

4. Which is the highest mountain in England?
- Scafell Pike.
<JP-PS>

5. What is Ras El Hanout?
- A blend of spices from Morocco.
<RP-SWP>

6. What are the bones of fingers and toes called?
- Phalanges.
<MB-RP-SWP-Pe>

7. What is bacchanalia?
- Drunken Revelry.

<JP-MB-RP-SWP-MD-JT>

MB - 6