It's the Friday Quiz!
 

Here we go again, it's QUIZ TIMEâ₠¬Ã‚¦!!

Rules as always

Rule 1: NO :google: before 1:30pm

Rule 2: Maximum three answers per question

Rule 3: The obvious answer may not be the right oneââ‚Âà ‚¬Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¦ :D

Here's the questions

1) Who invented the Hovercraft?

2) Why was a soldier in the US called a Minuteman?

3) What was the engine number of the Class A3 Steam Locomotive "The Flying Scotsman"?

4) And what was the name and number of the last production steam locomotive built in the UK?

5) Who ordered around two Doberman Pinscher guard dogs called Zeus and Apollo?

6) What was the flag used by the Pirate "Blackbeard"?

7) According to the Beatles' "A Day In The Life", where were 4,000 holes found?

8) In which Beethoven Symphony does the "Ode to Joy" appear?

9) What is the short form of the Japanese phrase that can be translated as "May you live for 10,000 years"?

10) What is generally accepted to be the world's highest waterfall?

11) What is the distinctive feature of the pistons in a "Boxer" engine?

12) Which character was featured in every episode of The Dukes of Hazzard, but was never actually seen?

13) What is the world's oldest commissioned warship?

14) In Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" whom did Caesar consider dangerous because he "has a lean and hungry look"?

15) Which artificially created language has a name meaning "Hope"?

16) According to Proverbs 16:18, what does Pride go before?

17) After crossing which river did Caesar declare "The die is cast"?
18) Which is the only country in the world that is not required to print its name on its stamps?

19) Which battle is commemorated with the words "Go tell the Spartans, Stranger passing by, that here, obedient to their laws, we lie"?

20) In Chess notation what does the symbol 0-0 mean?

21) On which musical instrument would you find Chanters and Drones?

22) In the Byzantine army, what was a Cataphract?

23) What is the US fighter aircraft the F-14 better known as?

24) Who were Drooper, Fleegle, Bingo and Snork

25) What was Michael Garibaldi's Earth Force rank in Babylon 5?

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6-Jolly Roger
9-Domo?

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15. Esperanto
17. The Rubicon

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9) Gonna guess at 'Sayonara' ?

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15-Esperanto?

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1) Cockerell

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7 Blackburn Lancashire

11 horizontally opposed

21 Bagpipes

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24) The Banana Splits

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16-A fall?

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*WHOOOP* *WHOOOP* *WHOOOP*

Hmm, maybe that should be :woot: :woot: :woot: now?! :D

Sorry, that was a booby trap!

You're welcome, but, no.

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13 HMS Victory

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16) A fall?

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Both correct.

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10) Angel Falls?
11) They are horizontal?

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Nope.