Dear Noddy, In my enthusiasm to celebrate your impending beatification, I forgot; Brandy, Yearbook, Humpty Dumpty and Hymen. I have little or nothing to do with the world of figures.
Sent from my iPad On Oct 11, 2012, at 7:33 PM, Naresh <xxx...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Dear Silklisters > > I have to set a quiz for a bunch of 50 somethings (part of a quiz group that > i have been in for the past 20 yrs) and horror of horrors;it is on this > saturday 13th october...And I totally forgot.. > Can the group point me to web resources (not the competition success kind > ,please) or any ready compilations that can be shared with me urgently? The > questions have to be of a general nature , not too esoteric and guessable and > above all interesting..And definitely not too highbrow!!! My direct email is > xxx...@yahoo.com > > Please do help..some of the questions I have put together to give you a > flavour are below.Audio visual questions are a great hit too!!! I have > Gangnam style already!!! I need about 150 questions... > > > 1. In 1512, a Dutch merchant searching for ways to transport large > quantities of wine found that by boiling the wine he could remove the water > in it and thus transport more wine in the same volume. At the destination, he > would just add the missing water. But he found that people were more > interested in the boiled concentrate than the wine and made a killing by > selling the boiled concentrate. How do we better know this boiled concentrate? > > 2. What is the common name for a college publication distributed at the > start of the academic year by university administrations with the intention > of helping students get to know each other better? > > 3. According to the website of the Colchester tourist board, during the > English Civil War a large cannon was placed strategically on the wall of the > castle. A shot from the parliamentary army managed to destroy the wall under > the cannon and caused it to tumble to the ground. The Cavaliers (who were > loyal to the King) tried to raise the cannon but could not do so as it was > too heavy. What was the name of the cannon and how has it been immortalized? > > 4. Accordingly to Greek mythology, he is the God of Marriage and > specifically the Marriage Hymn. He holds a burning torch in one hand and is > considered the protector of female virginity. Which God? > > 5. What are algorithms like the layer method, the block method, the > corner method and the super-flip used to solve? > > Probably a nice exercise to answer these too!!!! > > Thanks in advance > Naresh >
