Tuesday's quiz is here to challenge your general knowledge, with questions ranging from classic cinema and board games to geography, health, and literature. This edition also revisits the answers from the August 24 quiz, offering a chance to check your previous responses.
Quiz Questions for Today
The quiz opens with a historical note: on this day in 1939, The Wizard of Oz, a film adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, was released in theaters. Starring Judy Garland, the movie received six Academy Award nominations and won for score and song (“Over the Rainbow”).
Test your knowledge with these ten questions:
- The characters Mrs White and Colonel Mustard appear in the standard British version of which board game?
- On British roads, what shape is a 'Give Way' sign?
- In South America, the River Plate lies between Argentina and which other country?
- In which London Borough is the National Maritime Museum?
- What test devised in 1952 is a simple method to quickly assess the health of new-born children immediately after childbirth?
- Who wrote the music for the ballet The Three-Cornered Hat?
- What were the names of the four members of "The A-Team"?
- Which infectious virus is named after a river valley in Congo Democratic Republic, where the first outbreak was recorded in 1976?
- In health and safety, what does COSHH stand for?
- Which famous novel opens with the line, "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen"?
Answers from August 24
For those who took part in the previous quiz, here are the questions and answers from August 24:
- 1. Ermine is the fur of which animal? Stoat.
- 2. In 1901, whom did King Edward VII succeed as the British monarch? Queen Victoria.
- 3. What is the largest internal organ in the human body? The Liver.
- 4. Which is the second book of the Old Testament? Exodus.
- 5. Alberta and Manitoba are provinces of which country? Canada.
- 6. Which group of Japanese women would traditionally wear the kimono known as a FURISODE? Young Unmarried Girls.
- 7. What is a KEPI? French Military Hat.
- 8. Which songs containing the word "ROAD" in the title were UK top ten hits for the following artists: [a] Manfred Mann's Earth Band (1978), [b] Will Young & Gareth Gates (2002), [c] A-Ha (1988), [d] Catatonia (1998) and [e] Chris Rea (1989)? [a] "Davy's on the Road Again" [b] "The Long and Winding Road" [c] "Stay on these Roads" [d] "Road Rage" [e] "Road to Hell".
- 9. By what nickname is U2 guitarist Dave Evans better known? The Edge.
- 10. Which surgical device has a name derived from the Latin for small knife? Scalpel.
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