Friday 3 February 2017

Quiz - Week 23 - Questions and Answers

 
For those of you who follow the blog and joined in with the Quiz on Tuesday I promised that on Fridays you would have the answers. 
(Don't scroll down if you still want to join in!)  



1. Slogans

1. “Finger lickin’ good.”
KFC

2. “The world’s local bank.”
HSBC

3. “Just do it.”
Nike

4. “It does exactly what is says on the tin.”
Ronseal

5. “Because I’m worth it.”
L’Oréal

2. Celebrity’s Real names
1. Vincent Damon Furnier

Alice Cooper
2. Reginald Kenneth Dwight

Elton John
3. Harry Rodger Webb

Cliff Richard
4. Marion Michael Morrison

John Wayne
5. Marvin Lee Aday

Meat Loaf

3. Science and Nature

1. In caves, which protrudes downwards from the ceiling, stalagmites or stalactites?
Stalactites

2. What makes up almost all of a giant panda’s diet (around 99%)?
Bamboo

3. Charles Strite invented which electric kitchen appliance?
Pop-up toaster

4. How many chambers are there in a human heart?
4

5. Only one muscle in the human body is attached only at one end – what is it?
The tongue

4. Films
1. “I think we’re gonna need a bigger boat”

Jaws
2. “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.”

Gone With The Wind
3. “Here’s Johnny!”

The Shining
4 “I feel the need – the need for speed!”

Top Gun
5. “Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates.”

Forrest Gump

5. Musicals
1. ‘It’s The Hard Knock Life’, ‘Tomorrow’ and ‘Little Girls’.

Annie
2. ‘Over the Rainbow’, ‘Ding-Dong! The Witch is Dead!’ and ‘If I Only Had a Brain’.

The Wizard of Oz
3. ‘Where Is Love?’, ‘Consider Yourself’ and ‘Oom-Pah-Pah’.

Oliver!
4. ‘I Could Have Danced All Night’, ‘The Rain In Spain’ and ‘Get Me to the Church on Time’.

My Fair Lady
5. Name 5 musicals that’s had music written by Andrew Lloyd Webber

You can find his musicals here


6. General Knowledge
1. On which racecourse in the Grand National run?

Aintree
2. Correctly spell ‘diarrhoea’.

Diarrhoea (useful mnemonic – ‘dashing in a rush, running hard, or else accident’!)
3. What is half a sphere called?

Hemisphere
4. Which is the 6th planet from the sun?

Saturn
5. What is the most common blood type in humans?

O Positive
 

Bonus:
How many sides are there on a dodecahedron?

 12

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