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Thursday Quiz
1. What company first said – “you press the button, we do the rest” and when did it come up with that slogan?
2. In England how did a quarter of penny come to be known as a farthing?
3. What area of India did the last Sikh guru, Guru Gobind Singh, hail from?
4. Where is the world’s largest airport?
5. Name the only country in Middle East that doesn’t have a desert.
6. What is the most popular first name in the world?
7. When Lincoln said in Gettysburg– “Four score and seven years ago……” how many years did he mean, and what was the specific year he was referring to?
8. What is the country whose flag sports an AK-47 assault rifle?
9. What are the ingredients of Long Island Iced Tea, and what is the feature (in looks) those ingredients share?
10. There are only two words in English language that contain all the vowels, including “y” in alphabetical order. Please spell one of them.
2. In England how did a quarter of penny come to be known as a farthing?
3. What area of India did the last Sikh guru, Guru Gobind Singh, hail from?
4. Where is the world’s largest airport?
5. Name the only country in Middle East that doesn’t have a desert.
6. What is the most popular first name in the world?
7. When Lincoln said in Gettysburg– “Four score and seven years ago……” how many years did he mean, and what was the specific year he was referring to?
8. What is the country whose flag sports an AK-47 assault rifle?
9. What are the ingredients of Long Island Iced Tea, and what is the feature (in looks) those ingredients share?
10. There are only two words in English language that contain all the vowels, including “y” in alphabetical order. Please spell one of them.
indophile- Posts : 4338
Join date : 2011-04-29
Location : Glenn Dale, MD
Re: Thursday Quiz
indophile wrote:1. What company first said – “you press the button, we do the rest” and when did it come up with that slogan? KODAK
2. In England how did a quarter of penny come to be known as a farthing? From Fourthling.
3. What area of India did the last Sikh guru, Guru Gobind Singh, hail from? Bihar
4. Where is the world’s largest airport? Atlanta
5. Name the only country in Middle East that doesn’t have a desert. Lebanon
6. What is the most popular first name in the world? Chang
7. When Lincoln said in Gettysburg– “Four score and seven years ago……” how many years did he mean, and what was the specific year he was referring to? 87..1776
8. What is the country whose flag sports an AK-47 assault rifle? Mozambique
9. What are the ingredients of Long Island Iced Tea, and what is the feature (in looks) those ingredients share? Vodka, gin, tequila, white rum, orange liqueur, sours, cola, they are all clear before mixing.
10. There are only two words in English language that contain all the vowels, including “y” in alphabetical order. Please spell one of them.facetiously, abstemiously
Hellsangel- Posts : 14721
Join date : 2011-04-28
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4. Where is the world’s largest airport? jeddah, saudi arabia.
Jeremiah Mburuburu- Posts : 1251
Join date : 2011-09-09
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1. Xerox, 1970s?
4. Atlanta, GA
5. Lebanon
6. Mohammad
7. 87, 1776
8. Mozambique
9. Vodka, gin, white rum, tequila. All clear spirits
4. Atlanta, GA
5. Lebanon
6. Mohammad
7. 87, 1776
8. Mozambique
9. Vodka, gin, white rum, tequila. All clear spirits
Idéfix- Posts : 8808
Join date : 2012-04-26
Location : Berkeley, CA
Re: Thursday Quiz
indophile wrote:1. What company first said – “you press the button, we do the rest” and when did it come up with that slogan?
2. In England how did a quarter of penny come to be known as a farthing?
3. What area of India did the last Sikh guru, Guru Gobind Singh, hail from?
4. Where is the world’s largest airport?
5. Name the only country in Middle East that doesn’t have a desert.
6. What is the most popular first name in the world?
Mohammed
7. When Lincoln said in Gettysburg– “Four score and seven years ago……” how many years did he mean, and what was the specific year he was referring to?
Declaration of Independence.
8. What is the country whose flag sports an AK-47 assault rifle?
9. What are the ingredients of Long Island Iced Tea, and what is the feature (in looks) those ingredients share?
All ingredients are colorless.
10. There are only two words in English language that contain all the vowels, including “y” in alphabetical order. Please spell one of them.
Obnoxious- Posts : 752
Join date : 2012-05-09
Re: Thursday Quiz
ANSWERS
1. What company first said – “you press the button, we do the rest” and when did it come up with that slogan? ---- Kodak, in 1888.
2. In England how did a quarter of penny come to be known as a farthing? – a penny was actually cut into four pieces; and "farthing" is a corruption for "fourthing."
3. What area of India did the last Sikh guru, Guru Gobind Singh, hail from? --- Bihar
4. Where is the world’s largest airport? – Riyadh Airport, Saudi Arabia. The airport covers more area than the island of Bermuda.
5. Name the only country in Middle East that doesn’t have a desert.--- Lebanon
6. What is the most popular first name in the world?--- Mohammed (considering Muhammed. Mehmood, Mehmet, etc. being all same)
7. When Lincoln said in Gettysburg– “Four score and seven years ago……” how many years did he mean, and what was the specific year he was referring to?
(4x20+7 = 87 years (score = 20). He gave the speech in 1863. Since 1863-87 = 1776, he was referring to the year America declared independence.)
8. What is the country whose flag sports an AK-47 assault rifle? – Mozambique.
9. What are the ingredients of Long Island Iced Tea, and what is the feature (in looks) those ingredients share? --- Gin, Tequila, light Rum, Vodka, Triple Sec, all 1/2oz each. Add an ounce of sour mix to that. All the liquors in the cocktail are white.
10. There are only two words in English language that contain all the vowels, including “y” in alphabetical order. Please spell one of them.
The two words are Facetiously and Abstemiously
1. What company first said – “you press the button, we do the rest” and when did it come up with that slogan? ---- Kodak, in 1888.
2. In England how did a quarter of penny come to be known as a farthing? – a penny was actually cut into four pieces; and "farthing" is a corruption for "fourthing."
3. What area of India did the last Sikh guru, Guru Gobind Singh, hail from? --- Bihar
4. Where is the world’s largest airport? – Riyadh Airport, Saudi Arabia. The airport covers more area than the island of Bermuda.
5. Name the only country in Middle East that doesn’t have a desert.--- Lebanon
6. What is the most popular first name in the world?--- Mohammed (considering Muhammed. Mehmood, Mehmet, etc. being all same)
7. When Lincoln said in Gettysburg– “Four score and seven years ago……” how many years did he mean, and what was the specific year he was referring to?
(4x20+7 = 87 years (score = 20). He gave the speech in 1863. Since 1863-87 = 1776, he was referring to the year America declared independence.)
8. What is the country whose flag sports an AK-47 assault rifle? – Mozambique.
9. What are the ingredients of Long Island Iced Tea, and what is the feature (in looks) those ingredients share? --- Gin, Tequila, light Rum, Vodka, Triple Sec, all 1/2oz each. Add an ounce of sour mix to that. All the liquors in the cocktail are white.
10. There are only two words in English language that contain all the vowels, including “y” in alphabetical order. Please spell one of them.
The two words are Facetiously and Abstemiously
indophile- Posts : 4338
Join date : 2011-04-29
Location : Glenn Dale, MD
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