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Gayle · 10-12-2005, 18:21

As the answers come in and are right I'll edit the first post with the correct answers. You can only answer one question in any one post and you can only post again if someone else has posted after you - just gives everyone a chance that way before the knowitalls leap in!

1. Which declaration binds doctors to observe a strong code of medical ethics.
The Hipocratic Oath - Grannyclaret
2. In 1865, who left his work as a Methodist minister to form the Salvation Army?William Booth - Doug

3. Exactly where in London can the famous Whispering Gallery be found?
St Paul's Cathedral - Grannyclaret
4. Who was crowned as Holy Roman Emperor on Christmas Day in 800AD?
Charlemagne - Doug
5. What handy item did Swede Johan Edvard Lundstrom invent in 1855?
The Safety Match - Neil
6. What is the literary significance of Juan Fernandez island off the coast of Chile?
Robinson Crusoe's island - Doug
7. What do the five interlinked rings on the Olympic flag represent?
The five INHABITED continents - Garinda
8. In 1996, which tennis ‘great’ made his professional golf debut on the European tour in the Czech Open?
Ivan Lendl - Ossy Kid
9. What is the name of the wave that sweeps up the Severn estuary and river? The Severn Bore - Neil

10. Through the streets of which city is Lady Godiva said to ridden naked?
Coventry - Grannyclaret
11. Which country is divided into 23 ‘cantons’?Switzerland - Doug

12. Which wedding anniversary is signified by china?20th - Grannyclaret

13. Which element has the atomic number 1?Hydrogen - Janet

14. Who reached No. 4 with You’re Sixteen in 1974?Ringo Starr - Doug

15. What day in England is St George’s Day?23rd April - Margaret Pilkington

16. Why might a bleb be irritating?It's a small blister - Doug

17. The zho is a cross between which two animals?A male cow and a female yak - Get 'A' Grip

18. Where is “Davy Jones’ Locker” found?Bottom of the ocean - Ossy Kid

19. What is another word for “deadly nightshade”?Belladonna - Garinda

20. Why is Hamlet an ‘eponymous’ hero?His name is the title of the work - Doug

21. In what country are Magyars the predominant race?Hungary - Lettie

22. What is the collective noun for a group of bears?
Sleuth - Harwood Red
23. In wartime, who are Fifth Columnists?Traitors - Neil

24. Who or what was “Puffing Billy”?

25. What exactly is “Big Ben”?
The bell in the tower of the houses of parliament - Grannyclaret
26. Which soldier and politician was “The Iron Duke”?The Duke of Wellington - Margaret Pilkington

27. Who said, “The female of the species is more deadly than the male.”?Rudyard Kipling - Get A Grip

28. Ossification is the process of forming what substance?Bone - Yourmom

29. What is the hardest substance in the human body?Enamel - Grannyclaret

30. What is the only muscle, in the body, not attached at both ends?The Tongue - Emmatjackson

31. What is the study of fossils called?Paleantology - Lettie

32. Which work did Charles Dickens set partly in America?

33. How many noughts are there in a British billion?12 - Neil

34. Which is the largest island in the Inner Hebrides?Skye - Get 'A' Grip

35. What is the first name of Mary Shelley’s tragic hero Baron Frankenstein?Victor - Get 'A' Grip

36. Who painted The Hay Wain?John Constable - Garinda

37. What building opened in London’s Bloomsbury in 1759 to serve as ‘a repository for arts and sciences’?The British Museum - Grannyclaret

38. Who said in the early days of commercial television: “It’s a licence to print money.”?
Lord Thomson of Fleet - Get 'A' Grip
39. Name the one original cast member remaining when Brookside celebrated its 10th birthday.Paul Usher (Barry Grant) - Garinda

40. “Louis, I think this is the start of a beautiful friendship” – last lines of which film?Casablanca - Get 'A' Grip

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Gayle God Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Relaxville Posts: 6,866 Blog Entries: 69 Liked: 13 times Rep Power: 2867	Bit of a quiz for you As the answers come in and are right I'll edit the first post with the correct answers. You can only answer one question in any one post and you can only post again if someone else has posted after you - just gives everyone a chance that way before the knowitalls leap in! 1. Which declaration binds doctors to observe a strong code of medical ethics. The Hipocratic Oath - Grannyclaret 2. In 1865, who left his work as a Methodist minister to form the Salvation Army?William Booth - Doug 3. Exactly where in London can the famous Whispering Gallery be found? St Paul's Cathedral - Grannyclaret 4. Who was crowned as Holy Roman Emperor on Christmas Day in 800AD? Charlemagne - Doug 5. What handy item did Swede Johan Edvard Lundstrom invent in 1855? The Safety Match - Neil 6. What is the literary significance of Juan Fernandez island off the coast of Chile? Robinson Crusoe's island - Doug 7. What do the five interlinked rings on the Olympic flag represent? The five INHABITED continents - Garinda 8. In 1996, which tennis ‘great’ made his professional golf debut on the European tour in the Czech Open? Ivan Lendl - Ossy Kid 9. What is the name of the wave that sweeps up the Severn estuary and river? The Severn Bore - Neil 10. Through the streets of which city is Lady Godiva said to ridden naked? Coventry - Grannyclaret 11. Which country is divided into 23 ‘cantons’?Switzerland - Doug 12. Which wedding anniversary is signified by china?20th - Grannyclaret 13. Which element has the atomic number 1?Hydrogen - Janet 14. Who reached No. 4 with You’re Sixteen in 1974?Ringo Starr - Doug 15. What day in England is St George’s Day?23rd April - Margaret Pilkington 16. Why might a bleb be irritating?It's a small blister - Doug 17. The zho is a cross between which two animals?A male cow and a female yak - Get 'A' Grip 18. Where is “Davy Jones’ Locker” found?Bottom of the ocean - Ossy Kid 19. What is another word for “deadly nightshade”?Belladonna - Garinda 20. Why is Hamlet an ‘eponymous’ hero?His name is the title of the work - Doug 21. In what country are Magyars the predominant race?Hungary - Lettie 22. What is the collective noun for a group of bears? Sleuth - Harwood Red 23. In wartime, who are Fifth Columnists?Traitors - Neil 24. Who or what was “Puffing Billy”? 25. What exactly is “Big Ben”? The bell in the tower of the houses of parliament - Grannyclaret 26. Which soldier and politician was “The Iron Duke”?The Duke of Wellington - Margaret Pilkington 27. Who said, “The female of the species is more deadly than the male.”?Rudyard Kipling - Get A Grip 28. Ossification is the process of forming what substance?Bone - Yourmom 29. What is the hardest substance in the human body?Enamel - Grannyclaret 30. What is the only muscle, in the body, not attached at both ends?The Tongue - Emmatjackson 31. What is the study of fossils called?Paleantology - Lettie 32. Which work did Charles Dickens set partly in America? 33. How many noughts are there in a British billion?12 - Neil 34. Which is the largest island in the Inner Hebrides?Skye - Get 'A' Grip 35. What is the first name of Mary Shelley’s tragic hero Baron Frankenstein?Victor - Get 'A' Grip 36. Who painted The Hay Wain?John Constable - Garinda 37. What building opened in London’s Bloomsbury in 1759 to serve as ‘a repository for arts and sciences’?The British Museum - Grannyclaret 38. Who said in the early days of commercial television: “It’s a licence to print money.”? Lord Thomson of Fleet - Get 'A' Grip 39. Name the one original cast member remaining when Brookside celebrated its 10th birthday.Paul Usher (Barry Grant) - Garinda 40. “Louis, I think this is the start of a beautiful friendship” – last lines of which film?Casablanca - Get 'A' Grip __________________ The views expressed within this post are mine and mine alone. Last edited by Gayle; 17-12-2005 at 17:30.