This is a little trickster of a quiz for you to try out. You may have to think a little laterally for some of these, but let me know how well you do...
QUESTIONS
1. What are the Quadrantids, Lyrids and the Perseids?
2. Which country has Mauricio Macri, Federico Pinedo and currently, Alberto Fernandez all been presidents of?
3. If New Zealand = 3, South Africa = 3, Australia = 2 and England = 1, what are we looking at?
4. What are MVEMJSUN(P)?
5. What do Woody Allen, Richard Attenborough, James Cameron and Clint Eastwood all have in common?
6. There are 27 EU member states as of January 1st 2021, but what original countries were known as the ‘Inner Six’ of the European Community?
7. What is special about the numbers, 2,3,5,7,11,13,17 and 19?
8. Which Marvel character appeared first in their own movie in the year 2008– IRON MAN, THOR, CAPTAIN AMERICA, THE HULK?
9. What do Lewis Wilson, Michael Keaton, George Clooney and Ben Affleck all have in common?
10. A chance for some points here, 1 point for each correct answer... Since 2000 there have only been seven winners of the Formula One Driver’s Championship, who are the seven?
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1. What are the Quadrantids, Lyrids and the Perseids?
METEOR SHOWERS
2. Which country has Mauricio Macri, Federico Pinedo and currently, Alberto Fernandez all been presidents of?
ARGENTINA
3. If New Zealand = 3, South Africa = 3, Australia = 2 and England = 1, what are we looking at?
THE NUMBER OF TIMES THEY HAVE WON THE RUGBY WORLD CUP
4. What are MVEMJSUN(P)?
THE PLANETS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM (including Pluto in brackets)
5. What do Woody Allen, Richard Attenborough, James Cameron and Clint Eastwood all have in common?
WINNING TWO OSCARS AT A SINGLE AWARDS CEREMONY
6. There are 27 EU member states as of January 1st 2021, but what original countries were known as the ‘Inner Six’ of the European Community?
BELGIUM, FRANCE, ITALY, LUXEMBOURG, NETHERLANDS, WEST GERMANY (1 point for each correct country – ½ point if you said Germany)
7. What is special about the numbers, 2,3,5,7,11,13,17 and 19?
THEY ARE ALL PRIME NUMBERS
8. Which Marvel character appeared first in their own movie in the year 2008– IRON MAN, THOR, CAPTAIN AMERICA, THE HULK?
IRON MAN
9. What do Lewis Wilson, Michael Keaton, George Clooney and Ben Affleck all have in common?
THEY HAVE ALL PLAYED BATMAN
10. A chance for some points here, 1 point for each correct answer... Since 2000 there have only been seven winners of the Formula One Driver’s Championship, who are the seven?
MICHAEL SCHUMACHER (2000-2004), FERNANDO ALONSO (2005-2006), KIMI RAIKKONEN (2007), JENSON BUTTON (2009), SEBASTIAN VETTEL (2010 – 2-13), NICO ROSBERG (2016), LEWIS HAMILTON (2008, 2014-2015, 2017-2020)
MAXIMUM SCORE - 21 points