Saturday 21 June 2014

The 20/20 Quiz! Round One: Contestants 4-6

Contestants: Laura, Eilis and Lisa

1. How many legs to butterflies have?
Laura: 6 (1)
Eilis: 6 (1)
Lisa: 6 (1)
The correct answer is 6.

2. Which is the largest country (by area) in the world? Afghanistan or Russia?
L: Russia (2)
E: Russia (2)
L: Afghanistan (1)
The correct answer is Russia.

3. What planet is closest to the sun?
L: Mercury (3)
E: Mercury (3)
L: Mercury (2)
The correct answer is Mercury.

4. Apples IPhone first became available in which year? 2005, 2006 or 2007?
L: 2007 (4)
E: 2007 (4)
L: 2007 (3)
The correct answer is 2007

5. What are female elephants called?
L: Cows (5)
E: Cows (5)
L: Cows (4)
The correct answer is Cows.

6. Who was the first non-royal to appear on a UK postage stamp? Shakespeare or Isaac Newton?
L: Newton (5)
E: Shakespeare (6)
L: Newton (4)
The correct answer is William Shakespeare.

7. What film did Angelina Jolie first appear in?
L: Lookin’ to get out (6)
E: Tomb Raider (6)
L: Gia (4)
The correct answer is Lookin’ to get out.

8. What is a Rhinos horn made of?
L: Keratin (7)
E: Keratin (7)
L: Skin (4.5)
The correct answer is Keratin (Hair).

9. Ganymede is a moon of which planet?
L: Pass (7)
E: Mars (7)
L: Jupiter (5.5)
The correct answer is Jupiter.

10.  Along with whom did Bill Gates found Microsoft?
L: Pass (7)
E: Paul Allen (8)
L: Steve Jobs (5.5)
The correct answer is Paul Allen.

11. Which science fiction writer wrote the three laws of robotics?
L: Pass (7)
E: Pass (8)
L: Asimov (6)
The correct answer is Isaac Asimov.

12.  What is the common name for Aurora Borealis?
L: Northern Lights (8)
E: Northern Lights (9)
L: Northern Lights (7)
The correct answer is Northern Lights.

13. After which person was the teddy bear named? Theodore Roosevelt or Teddy Pendergrass?
L: Pass (8)
E: Theodore Roosevelt (10)
L: Theodore Roosevelt (8)
The correct answer is Theodore Roosevelt.

14. Which is the first film in the James Bond franchise?
L: Dr. No (9)
E: Gold finger (10)
L: Thunder ball (8)
The correct answer is Dr. No.

15. What is the name of the largest part of the human brain?
L: Pass (9)
E: forebrain (10)
L: Dura (8)
The correct answer is The Cerebrum.

16. What is the real name of the creature Gollum in the lord of the rings?
L: Smeagol (10)
E: Pass (10)
L: Hobbit (8)
The correct answer is Smeagol.

17. Olympus Mons is a large volcanic mountain on which planet?
L: Mars (11)
E: Mars (11)
L: Earth (8)
The correct answer is Mars.

18.  Can you name all of the seven deadly sins emphasized in the film se7en?
L: Gluttony, Envy, Pride, Lust, Sloth, Greed and Wraith (12)
E: Gluttony, pride, lust and greed (11.5)
L: Gluttony, Envy, Pride, Lust, Sloth, Greed and Wraith (9)
The correct answer is Gluttony, envy, pride, lust, sloth, greed and wraith.

19.  Which is the smallest ocean in the world? Atlantic, Pacific or Arctic?
L: Arctic (13)
E: Arctic (12.5)
L: Atlantic (9)
The correct answer is Arctic.

20. What is the name of the substance that gives skin and hair its pigment?
L: Melanoma (13)
E: Melanin (13.5)
L: Melatonin (9)
The correct answer is Melanin.

Final Scores
Eilis: 13.5
Laura: 13
Amanda: 11.5
Kayleigh: 10
Lisa: 9
Nan: 7.5

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