Ten Mixed Bag Questions
Ten questions to test your general knowledge today.
QUESTIONS
1. What company is behind the ‘Creature Comforts’ and ‘Wallace and Grommit’ series of stop-motion films?
2. Who retired from professional football after being sent off for headbutting another player’s chest in the 2006 World Cup Final in Germany?
3. At what speed in RPM would a vinyl LP and 12” record normally be played?
4. Heffalumps and Woozles are imaginary characters which feature in the Winnie the Pooh series of books and films, but what were these two creatures based on?
5. What gift of the Three Wise Men, or Magii, which was given to the baby Jesus, is a hardened resin that comes from the trunk of the Boswellia tree?
6. The musician James Ure has the nickname Midge because it sounds like Jim backwards, but with which band was he the vocalist between 1979-1987 when they had seven Top Ten albums and 17 Top 40 singles?
7. Who was the mathematical WWII code breaker genius portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch in the 2014 movie, ‘The Imitation Game’?
8. In computing and crypto-currencies, what does NFT stand for?
9. A Harvest Moon is normally the first full moon of which season?
10. What name is given to a liver parasite, but ironically can also mean a stroke of good luck?
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ANSWERS
1. What company is behind the ‘Creature Comforts’ and ‘Wallace and Grommit’ series of stop-motion films?
AARDMAN ANIMATION
2. Who retired from professional football after being sent off for headbutting another player’s chest in the 2006 World Cup Final in Germany?
ZINEDINE ZIDANE
3. At what speed in RPM would a vinyl LP and 12” record normally be played?
33 1/3 RPM
4. Heffalumps and Woozles are imaginary characters which feature in the Winnie the Pooh series of books and films, but what were these two creatures based on?
ELEPHANTS & WEASELS
5. What gift of the Three Wise Men, or Magii, which was given to the baby Jesus, is a hardened resin that comes from the trunk of the Boswellia tree?
FRANKINCENSE (It is also known as Olibanum and is used in perfumes)
6. The musician James Ure has the nickname Midge because it sounds like Jim backwards, but with which band was he the vocalist between 1979-1987 when they had seven Top Ten albums and 17 Top 40 singles?
ULTRAVOX
7. Who was the mathematical WWII code breaker genius portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch in the 2014 movie, ‘The Imitation Game’?
ALAN TURING
8. In computing and crypto-currencies, what does NFT stand for?
NON-FUNGIBLE TOKEN
9. A Harvest Moon is normally the first full moon of which season?
AUTUMN (Although it can sometimes appear as the last full moon of Summer)
10. What name is given to a liver parasite, but ironically can also mean a stroke of good luck?
FLUKE