Apolyton Quiz V

[Provost Harrison]

I know...it's ridiculous how these bleeding foreigners spell it

[Provost Harrison]

For (8) I was trying to think of Eratosphenes, but he was the bloke who first proposed the Earth was round. Bah!

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Re: Apolyton Quiz V

1) What was actor Roy Rogers nickname?
The Singing Cowboy?

2) Which of these are not a lenght measurement? Picometer, Manometer, Angstrom.
Manometer?

3) How many meters are there in a nautical mile?
5000?

4) If a viking talked about Vinland which part of the world was he referring to?
North America

5) What is Arnold Schwarzeneggers middle name?

6) What is the muslim pilgrimage to Mecca called?
Hajj
7) What are the two major branches of buddhism?
Can't remember their actual names, but one translates as "The Greater Path," and the other is generally mistranslated as "The Lesser Path"

8) Who was the first to claim that the Earth rotated around the sun and not vice versa?
Copernicus

9) Who apart from Spencer Tracy is the only other actor to win an Academy Award for best actor two years running?
Tom Hanks?

10) What is the connection between Emily Brontë and Kate Bush?
Neither can sing

11) Where did the story in James Joyces Ulysses take place?
Dublin

12) Of the current permanent members of the UN security council one country was not a member of the UN predecessor the League of Nations. Which one?
USA! USA! USA!

13) In what decade was the first football (soccer) match played in the English Football League?

14) What do you find in the center of our galaxy?
Rich, chewy caramel

15) Who is the only american president who has been president for more than two terms?
FDR

16) Who took over as acting Prime Minister of Israel after Ariel Sharon?

17) What is the connection between actors Larry Hagman and Will Ferrel?

18) What island is the worlds second largest?
If you're counting Australia as #1, it's Greenland; if you're counting Greenland as #1, it's...Borneo?

19) H2SO4 / H2O4S is the chemical formula for what acid?
Sulphuric Acid?

20) If you´re walking around the Prado Gallery, what city are you in?
Madrid

[Agathon]

The Greek in question was Aristarchus IIRC

[Daz]

2) Which of these are not a lenght measurement? Picometer, Manometer, Angstrom.
-manometer

3) How many meters are there in a nautical mile?
1852

4) If a viking talked about Vinland which part of the world was he referring to?
Greenland

6) What is the muslim pilgrimage to Mecca called?
the Hajj

7) What are the two major branches of buddhism?
Taoism and, damn, do I get half a point?

8) Who was the first to claim that the Earth rotated around the sun and not vice versa?
Galileo Galilei

10) What is the connection between Emily Brontë and Kate Bush?
Uhm, daughter -mother?

11) Where did the story in James Joyces Ulysses take place?
Dublin

12) Of the current permanent members of the UN security council one country was not a member of the UN predecessor the League of Nations. Which one?
USA

13) In what decade was the first football (soccer) match played in the English Football League?
1820s

14) What do you find in the center of our galaxy?
a hole, a black hole...

18) What island is the worlds second largest?
Greenland again (is it an island???)

19) H2SO4 / H2O4S is the chemical formula for what acid?
Sulfuric acid

20) If you´re walking around the Prado Gallery, what city are you in?
Madrid

[Pekka]

Uhm..

7. is Mahayana and Hinayana.

9. Tom Thanks (Philadelphia & Forrest Gump)

18. I don't know in english but in finnish it translates into sulfurid acid.

wow.. these are all I knew without checking it out from google.. should have known more of these though. Kind of disappointed.

[Zoid]

Re: Re: Apolyton Quiz V

Originally posted by Provost Harrison

2) Which of these are not a lenght measurement? Picometer, Manometer, Angstrom.

Manometer, although nor is a picometer - it's picometre

Yes, in french. But this is an english quiz

[q=Daz]7) What are the two major branches of buddhism?
Taoism and, damn, do I get half a point?[/q]

No, since taoism is wrong

[Daz]

Re: Re: Re: Apolyton Quiz V

Originally posted by Dr Zoidberg
[q=Daz]7) What are the two major branches of buddhism?
Taoism and, damn, do I get half a point?[/q]

No, since taoism is wrong

damn again...how about a quarter point?

[Spiffor]

Re: Apolyton Quiz V

Originally posted by Dr Zoidberg
2) Which of these are not a lenght measurement? Picometer, Manometer, Angstrom.

Manometer

6) What is the muslim pilgrimage to Mecca called?

The Hajj

8) Who was the first to claim that the Earth rotated around the sun and not vice versa?

Copernicus?

10) What is the connection between Emily Brontë and Kate Bush?

They are both authors

11) Where did the story in James Joyces Ulysses take place?

Britain

12) Of the current permanent members of the UN security council one country was not a member of the UN predecessor the League of Nations. Which one?

The US

14) What do you find in the center of our galaxy?

Death

15) Who is the only american president who has been president for more than two terms?

Roosevelt

16) Who took over as acting Prime Minister of Israel after Ariel Sharon?

Ehud Olmert

20) If you´re walking around the Prado Gallery, what city are you in?

Madrid?

[Zoid]

1) What was actor Roy Rogers nickname?
--King of the Cowboys

2) Which of these are not a lenght measurement?
Picometer, Manometer, Angstrom.
--Manometer (or Manométre in PH-speak ) which is a pressure measuring device

3) How many kilometers are there in a nautical mile?
--1852. 1850 is ok.
4) If a viking talked about Vinland which part of the world was he reffering to?
--Newfoundland (I´ll accept North America)

5) What is Arnold Schwarzeneggers middle name?
--Alois (same as Hitlers father...)

6) What is the muslim pilgrimage to Mecca called?
--Hajj

7) What are the two major branches of buddhism?
--Mahayana (the Greater Vehicle) and Theravada (sometimes derogatorily called Hinayana, the Lesser Vehicle)

8) Who was the first to claim that the Earth rotated around the sun and not vice versa?
--Aristarchus

9) Who apart from Spencer Tracy is the only other actor to win an Academy Award for best actor two years running?
--Tom Hanks (1993-1994)

10) What is the connection between Emily Brontë and Kate Bush?
--Wuthering Heights (a book by Brontë and a record by Bush)

11) Where did the story in James Joyces Ulysses take place?
--Dublin, Ireland (Ireland is enough since I forgot to be precise...)

12) Of the current permanent members of the UN security council one country was not a member of the UN predecessor the League of Nations. Which one?
-- USA

13) In what decade was the first football (soccer) match played in the English Football League?
--1880s (8th of september 1888 to be precise)

14) What do you find in the center of our galaxy?
--A black hole. And yes, KH it is an established fact by now

15) Who is the only american president who has been president for more than two terms?
--Franklin D Roosevelt 1932-1945, four terms!

16) Who took over as acting Prime Minister of Israel after Ariel Sharon?
--Ehud Olmert

17) What is the connection between actors Larry Hagman and Will Ferrel?
--They both have swedish wives

18) What island is the worlds second largest?
--New Guinea (Australia is not an island but a continent. But if you´ve written New Guinea somewhere I´ll accept that)

19) H2SO4/H2O4S is chemical the formula for what acid?
--Sulphuric Acid

20) If you´re walking around the Prado Gallery, what city are you in?
--Madrid

[Zoid]

Close call there Spiffor

[Spiffor]

Well, I skip the questions for those I have no idea whatsoever

[Zoid]

I meant getting the post in before I posted the answers. And the answer to 14 is correct in a way

[Spiffor]

I sure hope I'll get my point for that one!

[Zoid]

You can get half a point