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Rawdons Quiz

Posted Saturday, December 2, 2006

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Craic On at Rawdon's

The quiz this week at Rawdon's on Wednesday night was composed by Eunan Coleman. Next week's quiz will be put together by Ryan Monagle. All the funds go towards Donegal Hospice.

The scores were as follows:-

1st - The Do-Lallies 126pts
2nd - Bar Team 121pts
3rd - The O.G.V's 104 pts

Now see how you would have done.

ROUND 1

The Americans call it a faucet. What do we call it?

On which river is Rome built?

What was the name of Napoleon’s wife?

The Panama Canal is a short cut between which two oceans?

Which musical instrument appears on the provincial coat of arms of Leinster?

Where was Van Diemen’s Land?

What does a leveret grow up to be?

How many lines are there in a limerick?

 

Answers

1. Tap
2. Tiber
3. Josephine
4. The Atlantic and the Pacific
5. The harp
6. The island of Tasmania off the coast of Australia
7. A hare
8. Five

ROUND 2

Is a natural sponge a plant or an animal?

The word “anorak” comes from which ethnic language?

In which country would you find Timbuktu?

Which American gangster was known as Scarface?

The centaur is a mythological creature. It is half man and half what?

What is the fundamental oath usually associated with doctors?

Which was the first war to be photographed?

Which outlaw was killed by Bob Ford?

 

 

Answers

1. An animal
2. Eskimo
3. In Mali in Africa
4. Al Capone
5. Horse
6. The Hippocratic Oath
7. The American Civil War
8. Jesse James

ROUND 3

In which sport did Stephen Roche achieve success?

Who said the famous phrase, “An army marches on its stomach.”?

Who was the Englishman saved from death by Pocahontas?

Which North African city has the meaning “white house” in Spanish?

The sea parrot is usually known by another name. What is it?

Spell PNEUMONIA.

Which country’s flag is white cross on a red background?

What was the nickname given to the German aviator Baron Von Richtofen?

 

Answers

1. Cycling
2. Napoleon
3. Captain John Smith
4. Casablanca
5. Puffin
6. PNEUMONIA
7. Switzerland
8. The Red Baron

ROUND 4

Which musical instrument does the former President Bill Clinton play?

Who was the ancient Egyptian God of the Sun?

Which character died in Greek Mythology when he flew too close to the sun?

Colonel Tom Parker was manager for which famous singer?

What fish does caviar come from?

Who played Father Jack?

In which continent is the Gobi desert?

Who was known as “The Big Fellow” in Irish Politics?

 

Answers

1. The saxophone
2. Ra
3. Icarus
4. Elvis Presley
5. It is the roe of the sturgeon
6. Frank Kelly
7. Asia
8. Michael Collins

ROUND 5

What is the only monkey native to Europe?

In which European Island did the mafia originate?

What is the smallest state in the USA?

What animal is the symbol of South Africa?

In which European capital city are the Nobel Prizes awarded annually?

Where is/was the terrorist group ETA mainly active?

If you wanted to find a penguin at home which pole would you head for?

What is the name of the sea that separates Alaska from Siberia?

 

Answers

1. The Barbary Ape found in Gibraltar
2. Sicily
3. Rhode Island
4. Stockholm
5. The Springbok
6. Spain
7. South Pole
8. The Bering Sea

ROUND 6

Which Egyptian president was assassinated in 1981?

What is the common name for rubella?

Which boxer was named the dark destroyer?

What is the capital of the Lazio region in Italy?

Who founded the company Amstrad?

How many European countries use the Euro officially?

In what county are the Japanese Gardens?

Which country is linked to Italy by the St. Bernard Tunnel?

 

 

Answers

1. Anwar Sadat
2. German measles
3. Nigel Benn
4. Rome
5. Sir Alan Sugar
6. Twelve
7. Kildare
8. Switzerland

Phobias

TEAM NAME ___________________

1. Arachnophobia. ______________________________

2. Xenophobia. ______________________________

3. Aerophobia. ______________________________

4. Agrophobia. ______________________________

5. Claustrophobia. ______________________________

6. Acrophobia. ______________________________

7. Astraphobia. ______________________________

8. Chrometophobia. ______________________________

9. Trypanophobia. ______________________________

10. Phasmophobia. ______________________________

11. Carcinomaphobia. ______________________________

12. Alektorophobia. ______________________________

POSSIBLE ANSWERS

Flying, Open spaces, Cars, Confined spaces, Lightning, Foreign people, Money, Injections, Heights, Ghost, Everything, Cancer, Chickens, Spiders, Electricity.

 

 

 

 

Phobias Answers

 

Spiders Arachnophobia.

Foreign people Xenophobia.

Flying Aerophobia.

Open spaces. Agrophobia.

Confined spaces Claustrophobia.

Heights Acrophobia.

Lightning Astraphobia.

Money Chrometophobia.

Injections Trypanophobia.

Ghost Phasmophobia.

Cancer Carcinomaphobia.

Chickens Alektorophobia.

Winning Team

See a photo of the winning team here:- Bar Team