Silliness Quiz - Page 573

Daithi · 08-03-2012, 08:51 AM

1. Iraq
2. Tsetse fly?
3. bear?
4. Mt. Etna?
5. Arizona
6. Egypt
7. Iceland?
8. ?
9. Red Sea?
10. Stone?

orlok · 08-03-2012, 09:28 AM

2. Hippopotamus?

SneakySnake · 08-03-2012, 05:36 PM

1. In which country were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon located? Irag?

2. Which animal is responsible for the most human deaths in Africa? Hippo?

3. What is the name of the animal that lives in a lodge? Mason? Prime Minister? Wombat? Looks like a wombat with long teeth?

4. What is the name given to the active volcano located in Sicily? Stromboli?

5. In which US state is the Grand Canyon located? Dunno?

6. In which country would you find the Port of Alexandria? Egypt?

7. What is the largest island in the world? OZtralia?

8. The Bridal Veil Falls is the smallest of three waterfalls that are more famously known as? Dunno?

9. What is the name of the sea that lies between Israel and Jordan? Dead Sea?

10. What occurred first, the Stone Age or the Bronze Age? Stone Age?

Stitchawl · 08-03-2012, 08:39 PM

1. In which country were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon located? Daithi Iraq

2. Which animal is responsible for the most human deaths in Africa? Orlok Hippo

3. What is the name of the animal that lives in a lodge? Bookpossum Beaver

4. What is the name given to the active volcano located in Sicily? Bookpossum Etna

5. In which US state is the Grand Canyon located? Daithi Arizona

6. In which country would you find the Port of Alexandria? Bookpossum Egypt

7. What is the largest island in the world?

8. The Bridal Veil Falls is the smallest of three waterfalls that are more famously known as? Bookpossum Niagara Falls

9. What is the name of the sea that lies between Israel and Jordan? Sneaky Snake Dead Sea

10. What occurred first, the Stone Age or the Bronze Age? Bookpossum Stone Age

Bookpossum 5
Daithi 2
Orlok 1
Sneaky 1

Somebody better check my numbers... But as no one can beat Bookpossum, even if they know that Greenland is the largest island, take it away Bookpossum!

Stitchawl

Bookpossum · 08-03-2012, 08:58 PM

Oh, it meant the modern country where Babylon used to be - duh.

And Sneaky, like me, was obviously taught at school that Australia is the largest island and the smallest continent. So is 7. Greenland?

Bookpossum · 08-03-2012, 09:36 PM

1. Who was nicknamed The Little Corporal?

2. What's the term for oscillation of water particles in the oceans?

3. Which disease was known as the White Plague?

4. If you are at zero degrees longitude and zero degrees latitude, where are you?

5. Where were the Olympics held in 1900?

6. Who was the first person to sail around the world? (Plus the crew of course!)

7. What was the name of the fisherman in Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea?

8. Who was the only artist to have his work displayed in the Grand Gallery of the Louvre while still living?

9. Which city was the site of the first meeting of the United Nations General Assembly?

10. Name the school attended by Tom in Tom Brown's Schooldays.

Daithi · 08-03-2012, 09:42 PM

It looks like I got Iceland & Greenland confused. I think of Greenland as being the smaller more idyllic island with green mountains and a place I'd like to visit. I think of Iceland as a massive island of ice and glaciers, and a place I'd like my mother-in-law to visit. Apparently it is just the opposite. I think it is a marketing ploy by their evil tourism industries.

Daithi · 08-03-2012, 09:56 PM

1. Napoleon
2. Wave?
4. In the Atlantic Ocean
5. Paris
6. Magellan (except he died and I can't remember the name of the Captain who should get the credit, but I do remember the Captain was a Basque)
7. Ugh, I can't remember.

issybird · 08-03-2012, 10:42 PM

7. Santiago
9. San Francisco
10. Rugby

Daithi · 08-03-2012, 10:58 PM

Santiago -- that's it!

Stitchawl · 08-04-2012, 03:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daithi

It looks like I got Iceland & Greenland confused. I think of Greenland as being the smaller more idyllic island with green mountains and a place I'd like to visit. I think of Iceland as a massive island of ice and glaciers, and a place I'd like my mother-in-law to visit. Apparently it is just the opposite. I think it is a marketing ploy by their evil tourism industries.

It sort of was... I forget who it was that named them, but he didn't want lots of strange people coming to the nice place so he called it by a bad name, and vise versa! Or so my 4th grade elementary school teacher said...

Stitchawl

Stitchawl · 08-04-2012, 03:13 AM

3. Yuppies

Stitchawl

Bookpossum · 08-04-2012, 04:18 AM

1. Who was nicknamed The Little Corporal? Napoleon - Daithi.

2. What's the term for oscillation of water particles in the oceans? Wave - Daithi.

3. Which disease was known as the White Plague?

4. If you are at zero degrees longitude and zero degrees latitude, where are you? The Atlantic - Daithi.

5. Where were the Olympics held in 1900? Paris - Daithi.

6. Who was the first person to sail around the world? (Plus the crew of course!) Ferdinand Magellan is the answer given - Daithi.

7. What was the name of the fisherman in Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea? Santiago - issybird.

8. Who was the only artist to have his work displayed in the Grand Gallery of the Louvre while still living?

9. Which city was the site of the first meeting of the United Nations General Assembly?

10. Name the school attended by Tom in Tom Brown's Schooldays. Rugby - issybird.

3. Stitchawl gets a point for his brilliant suggestion, even though it isn't the right answer.
9. Another city is given, though I would have said San Francisco too, issy.

So Daithi heads the medal count with 5, issy has 2 and Stitchawl an honorary 1.

Let's wait for the sleepy ones to wake up and have a go at 3., 8. and 9., and I'll give the answers in 12 hours' time or so and hand over to Daithi for the next quiz.

orlok · 08-04-2012, 04:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daithi

It looks like I got Iceland & Greenland confused. I think of Greenland as being the smaller more idyllic island with green mountains and a place I'd like to visit. I think of Iceland as a massive island of ice and glaciers, and a place I'd like my mother-in-law to visit. Apparently it is just the opposite. I think it is a marketing ploy by their evil tourism industries.

This was on the radio just the other day. Greenland was indeed so named to attract people to emigrate there, by the Norwegian Erik the Red who was exiled there.

3. Which disease was known as the White Plague? Iron deficiency anaemia?

8. Who was the only artist to have his work displayed in the Grand Gallery of the Louvre while still living? Matisse?

9. Which city was the site of the first meeting of the United Nations General Assembly? Paris?

Shayne Parkinson · 08-04-2012, 06:46 AM

3.Tuberculosis
8. Renoir

08-03-2012, 08:51 AM	#8581
Daithi Publishers are evil! Posts: 2,418 Karma: 36205264 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Rhode Island Device: Various Kindles	1. Iraq 2. Tsetse fly? 3. bear? 4. Mt. Etna? 5. Arizona 6. Egypt 7. Iceland? 8. ? 9. Red Sea? 10. Stone? Last edited by Daithi; 08-03-2012 at 08:52 AM. Reason: Ooooo! Dagnabbit!

08-03-2012, 08:39 PM	#8584
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	1. In which country were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon located? Daithi Iraq 2. Which animal is responsible for the most human deaths in Africa? Orlok Hippo 3. What is the name of the animal that lives in a lodge? Bookpossum Beaver 4. What is the name given to the active volcano located in Sicily? Bookpossum Etna 5. In which US state is the Grand Canyon located? Daithi Arizona 6. In which country would you find the Port of Alexandria? Bookpossum Egypt 7. What is the largest island in the world? 8. The Bridal Veil Falls is the smallest of three waterfalls that are more famously known as? Bookpossum Niagara Falls 9. What is the name of the sea that lies between Israel and Jordan? Sneaky Snake Dead Sea 10. What occurred first, the Stone Age or the Bronze Age? Bookpossum Stone Age Bookpossum 5 Daithi 2 Orlok 1 Sneaky 1 Somebody better check my numbers... But as no one can beat Bookpossum, even if they know that Greenland is the largest island, take it away Bookpossum! Stitchawl Last edited by Stitchawl; 08-03-2012 at 08:42 PM.

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08-03-2012, 09:28 AM	#8582
orlok Close to the Edit! Posts: 9,797 Karma: 267994408 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis, Amazon Fire 8", Kindle 6"	2. Hippopotamus?

08-03-2012, 05:36 PM	#8583
SneakySnake I'm watching you! Posts: 6,113 Karma: 22344652 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Sunny Coast Qld, OZ Device: Sony PRS-900(unused lately) iPadAir2, want me Kindle Oasis	1. In which country were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon located? Irag? 2. Which animal is responsible for the most human deaths in Africa? Hippo? 3. What is the name of the animal that lives in a lodge? Mason? Prime Minister? Wombat? Looks like a wombat with long teeth? 4. What is the name given to the active volcano located in Sicily? Stromboli? 5. In which US state is the Grand Canyon located? Dunno? 6. In which country would you find the Port of Alexandria? Egypt? 7. What is the largest island in the world? OZtralia? 8. The Bridal Veil Falls is the smallest of three waterfalls that are more famously known as? Dunno? 9. What is the name of the sea that lies between Israel and Jordan? Dead Sea? 10. What occurred first, the Stone Age or the Bronze Age? Stone Age?

08-03-2012, 08:58 PM	#8585
Bookpossum Snoozing in the sun Posts: 10,146 Karma: 115423645 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: iPad Mini, Kobo Touch	Oh, it meant the modern country where Babylon used to be - duh. And Sneaky, like me, was obviously taught at school that Australia is the largest island and the smallest continent. So is 7. Greenland?

08-03-2012, 09:36 PM	#8586
Bookpossum Snoozing in the sun Posts: 10,146 Karma: 115423645 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: iPad Mini, Kobo Touch	1. Who was nicknamed The Little Corporal? 2. What's the term for oscillation of water particles in the oceans? 3. Which disease was known as the White Plague? 4. If you are at zero degrees longitude and zero degrees latitude, where are you? 5. Where were the Olympics held in 1900? 6. Who was the first person to sail around the world? (Plus the crew of course!) 7. What was the name of the fisherman in Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea? 8. Who was the only artist to have his work displayed in the Grand Gallery of the Louvre while still living? 9. Which city was the site of the first meeting of the United Nations General Assembly? 10. Name the school attended by Tom in Tom Brown's Schooldays.

08-03-2012, 09:42 PM	#8587
Daithi Publishers are evil! Posts: 2,418 Karma: 36205264 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Rhode Island Device: Various Kindles	It looks like I got Iceland & Greenland confused. I think of Greenland as being the smaller more idyllic island with green mountains and a place I'd like to visit. I think of Iceland as a massive island of ice and glaciers, and a place I'd like my mother-in-law to visit. Apparently it is just the opposite. I think it is a marketing ploy by their evil tourism industries.

08-03-2012, 09:56 PM	#8588
Daithi Publishers are evil! Posts: 2,418 Karma: 36205264 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Rhode Island Device: Various Kindles	1. Napoleon 2. Wave? 4. In the Atlantic Ocean 5. Paris 6. Magellan (except he died and I can't remember the name of the Captain who should get the credit, but I do remember the Captain was a Basque) 7. Ugh, I can't remember.

08-03-2012, 10:42 PM	#8589
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 21,329 Karma: 234636059 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One, PW4, PW5	7. Santiago 9. San Francisco 10. Rugby

08-03-2012, 10:58 PM	#8590
Daithi Publishers are evil! Posts: 2,418 Karma: 36205264 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Rhode Island Device: Various Kindles	Santiago -- that's it!

08-04-2012, 03:13 AM	#8592
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	3. Yuppies Stitchawl

08-04-2012, 04:18 AM	#8593
Bookpossum Snoozing in the sun Posts: 10,146 Karma: 115423645 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: iPad Mini, Kobo Touch	1. Who was nicknamed The Little Corporal? Napoleon - Daithi. 2. What's the term for oscillation of water particles in the oceans? Wave - Daithi. 3. Which disease was known as the White Plague? 4. If you are at zero degrees longitude and zero degrees latitude, where are you? The Atlantic - Daithi. 5. Where were the Olympics held in 1900? Paris - Daithi. 6. Who was the first person to sail around the world? (Plus the crew of course!) Ferdinand Magellan is the answer given - Daithi. 7. What was the name of the fisherman in Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea? Santiago - issybird. 8. Who was the only artist to have his work displayed in the Grand Gallery of the Louvre while still living? 9. Which city was the site of the first meeting of the United Nations General Assembly? 10. Name the school attended by Tom in Tom Brown's Schooldays. Rugby - issybird. 3. Stitchawl gets a point for his brilliant suggestion, even though it isn't the right answer. 9. Another city is given, though I would have said San Francisco too, issy. So Daithi heads the medal count with 5, issy has 2 and Stitchawl an honorary 1. Let's wait for the sleepy ones to wake up and have a go at 3., 8. and 9., and I'll give the answers in 12 hours' time or so and hand over to Daithi for the next quiz.

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08-04-2012, 06:46 AM	#8595
Shayne Parkinson Author Posts: 1,532 Karma: 5447804 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: New Zealand Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab	3.Tuberculosis 8. Renoir