The Friday Quiz

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- no more than 3 answers per post will be considered

- no using Goggle, reference books, Wikipedia etc until 19.30 hrs

- winner sets next weeks quiz - good luck


1. The spherical forms of buckminsterfullerene are more commonly known as †¦..?

2. What is ascorbic acid more commonly known as?

3. What did the Indian City, Mumbai, used to be known as?

4. Which chemical element has allotropes that include monoclinic & plastic?

5. Which orthopaedic surgeon was one of Walesââ‚ƚ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢ greatest ever Rugby Union full backs during the 70ââ‚ ¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢s?

6. Which 1959 film saw Peter Sellers play 3 roles (including the Duchess) in which the Duchy of Grand Fenwick defeated the United States of America by threatening to detonate a †˜Q bombâ₠¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢?

7. Which author & friend of JRR Tolkein, wrote (among others) †˜Perelandraà¢ÃƒÆ’¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢ââ‚ ¬Å¾Ã‚¢ and †˜That Hideous Strengthââ‚à ƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢?

8. What was Oblioââ‚ƚ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s dog called, in Harry Nilssons film/album/ stage play, †˜The Pointââ‚ƚ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢?

9. Which drink is prepared from the leaves of the plant Camellia sinensis?

10. P-Funk is the abbreviated compound name of which two bands involving George Clinton?

11. Winning which trophy helped RJ Mitchell design the Supermarine Spitfire?

12. What is the usual name for a gun with multiple rotating barrels

13. Which bridge did Billy Joe McAllister jump off, in the song by Bobbie Gentry?

14. What is †˜canolaÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â¢ÃƒÆ ’¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€Å ¾Ã‚¢ more commonly known as, in the UK?

15. Which berries, that allegedly alleviate symptoms of cystitis, are harvested by flooding the fields & skimming off the floating fruit?

16. Which Irish Band, which broke up in 2004, featured the Hogan brothers & Dolores O'Riordan?

17. Which Dutch artist was famous for his woodcuts of mathematically inspired tessellations?

18. Which 1973, low budget Sci-Fi film involved four bored astronauts & a talking bomb?

19. Who was hungry & then went skiing on the ZX Spectrum in 1982?

20. Whoââ‚Âà ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢s †˜razorâà ¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€Š¾Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢ can be stated as †˜given two equally predictive theories, choose the simpler.ââ‚à ƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢?

[Angua]

1 buckyballs

[cookie_365]

1 bucky balls

[Graham]

Originally Posted by homealone

1. The spherical forms of buckminsterfullerene are more commonly known as †¦..?

Buckyballs

2. What is ascorbic acid more commonly known as?

Vitamin C

3. What did the Indian City, Mumbai, used to be known as?

Bombay

[cookie_365]

5 jrr williams

Originally Posted by Angua

1 buckyballs

correct

[Angua]

8 Arrow

[cookie_365]

10 parliament & funkadelic

[Graham]

[QUOTE=homealone]
4. Which chemical element has allotropes that include monoclinic & plastic?

Sulphur

6. Which 1959 film saw Peter Sellers play 3 roles (including the Duchess) in which the Duchy of Grand Fenwick defeated the United States of America by threatening to detonate a †˜Q bombâ₠¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢?

The Mouse that Roared.

11. Winning which trophy helped RJ Mitchell design the Supermarine Spitfire?

The Schneider Trophy

Originally Posted by Graham

Buckyballs

2. What is ascorbic acid more commonly known as?

Vitamin C

3. What did the Indian City, Mumbai, used to be known as?

Bombay

#2 & #3 are correct - beaten to #1 by Angua

[Angua]

6 Kind hearts and coronets

wrong actor

[Russ]

20 = Occum's

Originally Posted by cookie_365

5 jrr williams

nearly

[cookie_365]

20 occam's

[Graham]

[QUOTE=homealone]

12. What is the usual name for a gun with multiple rotating barrels

Gatling

13. Which bridge did Billy Joe McAllister jump off, in the song by Bobbie Gentry?

Tallahassee Bridge

17. Which Dutch artist was famous for his woodcuts of mathematically inspired tessellations?

MC Escher.