REMF Quiz IV - General Knowledge

The Large One · Mar 26, 2014

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. Which country won the Six Nations last weekend?
2. How did 41 year-old mechanic Neil Trotter from Coulsdon hit the headlines this week?
3. Who is the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs?
4. What name is given to a 3-litre bottle of Champagne – or four times standard bottle size?
5. Which TV station, available in the UK, is named after the Arabic word for The Island or The Peninsula?
6. What is the name of the sweet Turkish dessert made with filo pastry, chopped nuts and honey?
7. Which film won Best Picture award at the recent Oscars?
8. The Royal Mint has announced new £1 coin. How many side will it have?
9. In which country is the World T20 tournament taking place?
10. Which airport has the motto ‘Above us, only sky’ painted on the terminal roof?

KZNSeagull · Mar 26, 2014

YAY!

1. Ireland
4. Jeroboam
5. Al Jazeera
6. Baklava (thought it was Greek)
7. 12 Years a slave
9. Bangladesh

Braders · Mar 26, 2014

2. Euromillions winner.

Braders · Mar 26, 2014

8. 12
10. John Lennon Liverpool?

Kaiser_Soze · Mar 26, 2014

2. Won the Euromillions
8. 8?

shaolinpunk · Mar 26, 2014

8: Twelve

Paul Reids Sock · Mar 26, 2014

1. Which country won the Six Nations last weekend? Ireland
2. How did 41 year-old mechanic Neil Trotter from Coulsdon hit the headlines this week? Euromillions
3. Who is the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs?
4. What name is given to a 3-litre bottle of Champagne – or four times standard bottle size? Magnum?
5. Which TV station, available in the UK, is named after the Arabic word for The Island or The Peninsula? Al Jazeera?
6. What is the name of the sweet Turkish dessert made with filo pastry, chopped nuts and honey?
7. Which film won Best Picture award at the recent Oscars?
8. The Royal Mint has announced new £1 coin. How many side will it have? Twelve?
9. In which country is the World T20 tournament taking place? Bangladesh
10. Which airport has the motto ‘Above us, only sky’ painted on the terminal roof?

It all started so well....

Kumquat · Mar 26, 2014

3 is Ed Davey.

Kumquat · Mar 26, 2014

I think the motto at the John Lennon airport is actually "Imagine there's no Scotland, above us only Skye"...........I'm here all week.....

ForestRowSeagull · Mar 26, 2014

Didn't someone tamper that sign to say 'below us only West Ham (?)' when they were doing poorly the other year?

Nathan · Mar 26, 2014

The Complete Badger said:
He's energy. I don't know the answer to number three, but it's not him.

Thought Greg Barker was energy?

The Large One · Mar 26, 2014

All correct answers, except No.3.

KZNSeagull said:
YAY!
6. Baklava (thought it was Greek)

That neck of the woods. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baklava

happypig · Mar 26, 2014

3. Owen Patterson isn't is

countryman · Mar 26, 2014

1. Which country won the Six Nations last weekend? Ireland
2. How did 41 year-old mechanic Neil Trotter from Coulsdon hit the headlines this week? Won the Euromillions.
3. Who is the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs?
4. What name is given to a 3-litre bottle of Champagne – or four times standard bottle size? Expensive
5. Which TV station, available in the UK, is named after the Arabic word for The Island or The Peninsula? Al jazeera.
6. What is the name of the sweet Turkish dessert made with filo pastry, chopped nuts and honey?
7. Which film won Best Picture award at the recent Oscars?
8. The Royal Mint has announced new £1 coin. How many side will it have? 11
9. In which country is the World T20 tournament taking place?
10. Which airport has the motto ‘Above us, only sky’ painted on the terminal roof? JFK?

The Large One · Mar 26, 2014

Answers

1. IRELAND
2. HE WON £108M ON THE EUROMILLIONS
3. OWEN PATERSON
4. JEROBOAM
5. AL-JAZEERA
6. BAKLAVA
7. 12 YEARS A SLAVE
8. 12
9. BANGLADESH
10. LIVERPOOL JOHN LENNON

chimneys · Mar 26, 2014

ForestRowSeagull said:
Didn't someone tamper that sign to say 'below us only West Ham (?)' when they were doing poorly the other year?

Kumquat · Mar 26, 2014

The Complete Badger said:
He's energy. I don't know the answer to number three, but it's not him.

Oh yeah. Too many Es. Thought i'd passed that stage in my life :0)

Shropshire Seagull · Mar 26, 2014

Question 8 has a whiff of trickery about it.

All coins have just TWO sides - usually heads and tails.

However the new £1 coin will have 12 EDGES around its circumference

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