The Summer Quiz 2014 Round 2
By Old Pete
June 12 2014
Round 2 of the Summer Quiz - Preceded by the answers to Round 1. We'll try something different this week - rather than everybody just blasting 1 or 2 answers in response - do not make your first response until you have answers to at least 50% of the questions. That will make it seem a little less like the entire site vs the quizitor!
Answers to Round 1
Answers
1. The brigade of Guards - Grenadiers ; Welsh Scottish Irish and the Coldstream.
2. New York – all of the others have a breed of dog named after them.
3. All have a St. Theresa or Therese - thereof.
4. Both were purchased Alaska from Russia - and Louisiana from Napoleonic France.
5. Motorcycles.
6. Newcastle upon Tyne
7. Thomas Beckett
8. Norwich
9. Mulberry ( harbours ) and P.L.U.T.O (Pipeline under the ocean ) used to support the landings after D day.
10 There were no other reigning monarchs with the same name ( for the pedants Mary Tudor may appear to be similar but William III s wife Mary co – reigned with him as Mary II
Round 2
There is a slight bias this week towards the zoological – though not in every question.
1. Which Country has the largest population of wild camels
2. True or false ? - The Southern Bush Adder is the only poisonous snake in NZ
3. The Argentine national rugby team are known as the Pumas -what is wrong with that ?
4. Excluding Zoos and other kept animals –which is the nearest country to the UK with a wild wolf population
5. which predators would you associate with the “acronyms “ - Pzkpfw VI and Pzkpfw V
6. Where or what am I - “ I have two large squares one named after a Napoleonic French general and the other after an Italian liberator. The Church of England was involved in building a walkway by the sea to provide work for the unemployed ; my airport is the second busiest in the country.
7 What is the connection between- An Irish Nationalist , Warrington and a Hitler HQ
8. Who am I – I was born Heinz Alfred…………. in Bavaria - but throughout my adult life I was known by another anglicised first name. ; I played football as a youth and never lost my love for the game even when my family moved to the safety of another country. I served in that country’s military and worked in intelligence. I had a successful academic career graduating summa cum laude from one their oldest universities .I rose to very high office in public service . but because I was foreign born could never aspire to the highest office of all.
9. What is the connection between Gunther Grass ; Rolf Harris and a horse called Hercules
10. Why and how was blue once a way of displaying ones wealth ?
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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2014:06:20:13:44:42 by Phil..
2 false - there are not (supposed to be) any land snakes in NZ
3 the Cat on the UAR emblem is a Jaguar, not a Puma
4 France
5 V is Panther VI is Tiger (German WWII panzer tanks)
7 Wolves
8 Henry Kissinger
10 China - Feng Shui - colour of success etc. supposed to attract money (not too sure about this one though)
2 is doubly false as there are only two species of poisonous snake in the world and IIRC that isn't one of them. There are, however, many species of venomous snakes
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thanks for all your hard work Pete: at least I could answer some of these (which is why I think GS has many right)
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2014:06:12:21:05:26 by Wee Jim.
10 is ultramarine paint - very expensive to manufacture until a synthetic pigment was created. I forget the name of the stone they used to have to grind down to produce ultramarine. So the why is because it cost a lot of money and the how was to have a painting commissioned!
Round one was pretty easy for some of you as all questions were correctly answered by at least some one.
Round three will I hope be more devious