Apolyton Quiz

[Lorizael]

Insulting the ignorance of others while professing your own.

[Al B. Sure!]

it's an incredibly famous poem... the author just isn't!

[Proteus_MST]

Originally posted by Albert Speer
it's an incredibly famous poem... the author just isn't!

Probably in english speaking coutnries

In germany, aside from literature enthusiast,
you won´t find many who know it,
in other countries it´s probably the same.

(WW 1 isn´t a really important topic in german schools,
aside from a few lessons you get in history classes;
the cruels of the third Reich are considered to be much more important in school )

[Mercator]

7) Anti-clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.

[Frozzy]

Answers

1) What is the penalty for homosexuality in Liberia?

A fine. I'm not sure how this works. Maybe it's like a parking ticket, every time someone suspects you of being homosexual they slap a post-it note on your forehead or something.

2) Which country was offered by the British government in 1903 to Zionists in which to form a Jewish State?

Uganda

3) On what album did Pink Floyd's "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" appear on?

Wish You Were Here

4) Who was the de jure leader of Manchukuo?

Pu Yi

5) In which city would you have found Kai Tak airport?

Hong Kong

6) Who fought in the Battle of Khalkhin Gol and in what year did it occur?

USSR, Japan, 1939

7) In which direction does a hurricane rotate?

Counter Clockwise

8) Where would you find the Horse Latitudes?

30 and 35 degrees both north and south

9) To which religion does Agni belong?

Hinduism

10) Name the Teletubbies

Tinky Winky, La La, Dispy, Po

11) Which company was responsible for producing the original Mini?

BMC

12) Bob Denard is associated with political unrest in which country?

Comoros Islands

13) Which company produces the Stratocaster?

Fender (It's a guitar, not an aircraft )

14) Who or what is Edson Arantes do Nascimento more commonly known as?

Pele

15) A successful series of Aston Martin cars is the DB series. But what does DB stand for?

David Brown

16) Who wrote the poem with the following stanza:

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch, be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die

John McCrae

17) Where is the world's largest museum?

Paris (The Louvre)

18) If I was driving in a country, and the road I was on had a speed limit of 112kmh, which country would I be in?

United Kingdom or United States both acceptable

19) Which country am I in? (no cheating by looking at the source of the image )

Ireland

20) Rose DeWitt Bukater was a character in which moderately successful motion picture?

Titanic (played by Kate Winslet)

[Zoid]

Too bad I missed it... But I would´t have had more than 5 correct answers anyway...

And as Apolyton Quizmaster I must point out that this was actually Apolyton Quiz VI