Ding Ding Round 8 General Knowledge Quiz
 

Good Luck Everyone.

Might be a bit easier than the last one but not much! lol

1. How many degrees is the International Date Line on?
Mthead - 180 degrees

2. Where was the oldest known surviving alarm clock made? (Country will do but if you have the place name even better!)
Mthead Wurzburg, Germany

3. Where is the worlds oldest clock in working order?
Spuggie - Salisbury Cathedral

4. In time what is a chiliad?
1000 years - Tinkerbelle

5. Name the 12 animals that make up the chinese calendar?
Tinkerbelle Dog, Pig, Rooster, Dragon, Ox, Sheep, Horse, Rabbit, Snake, Monkey, Rat, and Tiger

6. What is the name of Saturn's largest moon?
Bagpuss - Titan
7. What year did the BAFTA's begin?
Ossykid - 1947

8. How many categories of Nobel Prizes are there and what are they?
Rishton Blue - 6 Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature, Peace, Economics

9. Antoinette Perry has an award named after her - what is it?
Garinda Tony awards

10. Why was Bernadette Soubirous famous?
Mthead - she was the one who saw the visions at Lourdes and became St Bernadette
11. Which mountain in Greece are women forbidden to climb?
Spuggie - Mount Athos

12. The gun Big Bertha was named after which person - full name please?
Spuggie - Bertha Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach

13. Who made 494 mourning teddies in the 20th century to commemerate a disaster?
Spuggie - Steiff. They were made to commemerate the Titanic sinking and they were black.

14. Which company in America prints more cash than the US Treasury?
Mthead - Parker Bros - the makers of monopoly in America!

15. In 1901 Hubert Cecil Booth invented something which in a modified form is used by many people today - What was it?
Gayle Vacumn Cleaner

16. What did Charles Strite invent in 1919?
Gayle Toaster

17. How is Nicholas Breakspear better known as?
Mthead Pope Adrian IV
18. What is your Emerald's anniversary?
Tinkerbelle - 55 years
19. Who was the oldest Monarch to ascend the British Throne?
Spuggie William IV

20. What did Douglas Engelbart patent in 1970 which many people use today?
Mthead Computer Mouse

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5. Dog, Pig, Rooster, Dragon, Ox, Sheep, Horse, Rabbit, Snake, Monkey, Rat, and Tiger

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You got it right tinks - shows how much time you spend at the chinese takeaway for tea! lol

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lol!! ......... :D

18. 55 years

Give someone else a go now I've answered the 2 easiest :D

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No.6 - Titan

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Both of you are right Bagpuss and Tinks

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Qestion 1. Is it 0 degrees Jen????

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4. A thousand years?

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14. Is it the makers of monopoly ? Waddingtons?

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Sorry you are wrong mt but on the right lines though!

Tinkerbelle4. A thousand years?

Yes you are right tinks


mthead14. Is it the makers of monopoly ? Waddingtons?

Wrong mt

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1.360 degrees

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Sorry mt - you are wrong

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1. 180 degrees

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Yes you are right mt

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10. Is it to do with Lourdes,she was the girl who Mary appeared to?