General Knowledge Quiz No. 149

[Carl]

• 1. What is the county town of Essex ?

• 2. For what event in particular is baker Thomas Farynor best known ?

• 3. In which month is St Swithin's Day ?

• 4. In which US state was the TV show 'Flipper' set ?

• 5. In which country is San Salvador ?

• 6. What is the second largest country in Europe ?

• 7. In 1982, the 'Man Of The Year' in Time magazine was not human - who or what was it ? Greenpeace, a computer or Charlie Brown ?

• 8. According to surveys in the 1990s, what was the most common New Year resolution ? To lose weight, get fit, or stop biting fingernails ?

• 9. Do rattlesnakes lay eggs or have live babies ?

• 10. In computing, if a byte is 8 bits, how many bits is a nibble ?

• 11. Which article of clothing would you associated with designer Patrick Cox ?

• 12. Which weekly BBC TV show was axed in January 2003 after nearly 40 years ?

• 13. How many points would you get for the word 'Scrabble' in a game of Scrabble ?

• 14. Which small European country has the capital city of Vaduz ?

• 15. What does a Herpetologist study ?

Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.

[elcarretero]

5 El Salvador
4 Florida

[gail]

1. Chelmsford

[elcarretero]

14 Lichenstein

[LucindaC]

8 weight

[elcarretero]

13 64 if bonus squares are not used

[gail]

9. Live young

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. What is the county town of Essex ? Chelmsford

• 2. For what event in particular is baker Thomas Farynor best known ? Starting the Great Fire of London

• 3. In which month is St Swithin's Day ? July

• 4. In which US state was the TV show 'Flipper' set ? Florida

• 5. In which country is San Salvador ? El Salvador

• 6. What is the second largest country in Europe ? Ukraine

• 7. In 1982, the 'Man Of The Year' in Time magazine was not human - who or what was it ? Greenpeace, a computer or Charlie Brown ? A computer

• 8. According to surveys in the 1990s, what was the most common New Year resolution ? To lose weight, get fit, or stop biting fingernails ? To lose weight

• 9. Do rattlesnakes lay eggs or have live babies ? They have live babies

• 10. In computing, if a byte is 8 bits, how many bits is a nibble ? 4

• 11. Which article of clothing would you associated with designer Patrick Cox ? Shoes

• 12. Which weekly BBC TV show was axed in January 2003 after nearly 40 years ? Tomorrow's World

• 13. How many points would you get for the word 'Scrabble' in a game of Scrabble ? 14

• 14. Which small European country has the capital city of Vaduz ? Liechtenstein

• 15. What does a Herpetologist study ? Reptiles