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Thanks to the guys for getting this great new site up and running and here is a brand new quiz thread. You know the rules. Please don't post your answers before the quizzer does. Don't forget to post your scores.  

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18 today thanks zico including Ian Botham but not Ray Clemence.

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Another Football Quiz

1. Who holds the honour of being the oldest to have managed in the Premier League? 
Roy Hodgson

2. Which two clubs play in the M23 derby? Point for each.
 Brighton & Hove Albion–Crystal Palace

3.  It was Naranjito in 1982 and Juanito in 1970. What was it in 1966?
World Cup Willie (World Cup host mascots)

4.  True or False. Peter Shilton NEVER played a game in the English Premiership?
True - he was member of an EPL squad but never played a game.

5.  England first entered the Football World Cup in which year?
1950

6.  In the early 1990s, Jose Mourinho worked as an interpreter for which manager?
Sir Bobby Robson

7. Which player has won the Premier League at Manchester United and Manchester City?
Carlos Tevez

8.  Which Russian footballer, nicknamed the "Black Panther", is widely regarded as the greatest goalkeeper in the history of the sport?
Lev Yashin

9. In 2005, which two Newcastle United team-mates were sent off for fighting against each other in United's Premiership match with Aston Villa? Point for each
Lee Bowyer and Kieron Dyer

10.  In 1997, which Scot became the first player the first to score a hat-trick of headers in the Premier League?
Duncan Ferguson

11.  Fill in the gap in Eric Cantona’s famous speech.  "When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think ………………..will be thrown into the sea"?
Sardines

12.  Can you remember the name of the Crystal Palace fan who Cantona kung-fu kicked at Selhurst Park?
Matthew Simmons

13.  Which Conference Premier side did Jamie Vardy play for before joining Leicester?
Fleetwood Town

14.  The Stadio Giuseppe Meazzaian in Milan is better known by what name?
San Siro

15.  In 1970, in which city was England captain Bobby Moore accused (and later, totally exonerated) of the theft of a bracelet from a jewellers?
Bogota - Colombia 

16. Which then Southampton player scored the fastest hat-trick in Premier League history? 
Sadio Mané holds the record for the quickest Premier League hat-trick, netting three times for Southampton against Aston Villa in 2 minutes 56 seconds.

17.  Which Italian referee was known for his strict enforcement of the rules and was often referred to as the "Policeman of the Pitch"?
Pierluigi Collina  - point for just surname, two for full name.

18.  Who was the oldest outfield player to have ever appeared in a Premier League match?
Teddy Sheringham - 40 years, 8 months, 28 days whilst at West Ham

19. Who is the only non-Englishman to have won an FA Cup Winners medal with West Ham?
Ray Stewart

20. For three points name three captains of England who have all played for Scunthorpe United?
Kevin Keegan, Ray Clemence and Ian Botham (Sorry bit cheeky... I didn't say that they were all football captains!)


 

zebthecat wrote: ↑10 Jan 2025, 10:01 One of today's questions is a bit naughty I think.

One of today's questions is a bit naughty I think.

14 for me.

Well done Zico, enjoying these every day.

10 minutes from Wakehurst Place here as well Zeb, but I've rarely been!  We also used to have gardens called Heaslands not far away but some multi millionaire I assume lives there now.  Remember in my delivery driver days I dropped something off there.  Spectacular long drive through his gardens and when I got to the front door he had a personal petrol pump along with numerous classic cars on the drive.  How the other half lives!!

Another Football Quiz

1. Who holds the honour of being the oldest to have managed in the Premier League? 

2. Which two clubs play in the M23 derby? Point for each.

3.  It was Naranjito in 1982 and Juanito in 1970. What was it in 1966?

4.  True or False. Peter Shilton NEVER played a game in the English Premiership?

5.  England first entered the Football World Cup in which year?

6.  In the early 1990s, Jose Mourinho worked as an interpreter for which manager?

7. Which player has won the Premier League at Manchester United and Manchester City?

8.  Which Russian footballer, nicknamed the "Black Panther", is widely regarded as the greatest goalkeeper in the history of the sport?

9. In 2005, which two Newcastle United team-mates were sent off for fighting against each other in United's Premiership match with Aston Villa? Point for each

10. In 1997, which Scot became the first player the first to score a hat-trick of headers in the Premier League?

11.  Fill in the gap in Eric Cantona’s famous speech.  "When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think ………………..will be thrown into the sea"?

12.  Can you remember the name of the Crystal Palace fan who Cantona kung-fu kicked at Selhurst Park?

13.  Which Conference Premier side did Jamie Vardy play for before joining Leicester?

14.  The Stadio Giuseppe Meazzaian in Milan is better known by what name?

15.  In 1970, in which city was England captain Bobby Moore accused (and later, totally exonerated) of the theft of a bracelet from a jewellers?

16. Which then Southampton player scored the fastest hat-trick in Premier League history? 

17.  Which Italian referee was known for his strict enforcement of the rules and was often referred to as the "Policeman of the Pitch"?

18.  Who was the oldest outfield player to have ever appeared in a Premier League match?

19. Who is the only non-Englishman to have won an FA Cup Winners medal with West Ham?

20. For three points name three captains of England who have all played for Scunthorpe United?

 

11. Thanks Zico.

16 today thanks zico.
It helps that one of the answers is 15 minutes drive away from my house.

Famous Gardens Quiz

1.  Which London botanic garden has the "largest and most diverse botanical collection in the world"?
Kew Gardens

2.  Which county is known as the Garden of England?
Kent

3.  The Brooklyn Botanic Garden in New York City contains a garden of plants found in the works of which famous bard?
William Shakespeare

4.  Which gardens were one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
Hanging Gardens of Babylon

5.  Where in London would you find the UK's oldest surviving hedge maze?
Hampton Court Palace

6.  The Boboli Gardens is a historical park in which Italian city?
Florence

7.  Princes Street Gardens are two adjacent public parks in the centre of which Scottish city?
Edinburgh

8.  Tivoli Gardens is an amusement park and pleasure garden in which European city?
Copenhagen

9.  The gardens of Chartwell, Kent has walls built by which famous British Prime Minister?
Winston Churchill (whose hobby was bricklaying)

10. What's the name of the global garden housed in tropical biomes in Cornwall?
Eden Project

11.  'Here Comes the Sun' was written by George Harrison whilst walking in which friend's garden? (Hint – This now 79-year-old is considered one of the best guitar players of all time)
Eric Clapton

12.  What is the name of the garden where Jesus prayed before he was arrested?
Gethsemane

13.  Which garden was the most famous designed by British horticulturist Percy Thrower in 1974?
Blue Peter Garden

14.  Which garden in Sussex is home to The Millennium Seed Bank?
Wakehurst Place

15.  The Luxembourg Gardens is a park in which European capital city?
Paris

16.  Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden lies along the foot of Table Mountain in which South African city?
Cape Town

17.  The Butchart Gardens are a National Historic Site of Canada. On which island are they located?
Vancouver Island

18.  Piccadilly Gardens is an open-space area situated in the heart of which UK city?
Manchester

19.  The Garden of Earthly Delights is an oil painting painted between 1490 and 1510 by which artist, was it Sandro Botticelli, Albrecht Dürer or Hieronymus Bosch?
Hieronymus Bosch

20.  What name is given to a minimalist dry landscape also known as a Japanese rock garden?
Zen garden



















 

Famous Gardens Quiz

1.  Which London botanic garden has the "largest and most diverse botanical collection in the world"?

2.  Which county is known as the Garden of England?

3.  The Brooklyn Botanic Garden in New York City contains a garden of plants found in the works of which famous bard?

4.  Which gardens were one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?

5.  Where in London would you find the UK's oldest surviving hedge maze?

6.  The Boboli Gardens is a historical park in which Italian city?

7.  Princes Street Gardens are two adjacent public parks in the centre of which Scottish city?

8.  Tivoli Gardens is an amusement park and pleasure garden in which European city?

9.  The gardens of Chartwell, Kent has walls built by which famous British Prime Minister?

10. What's the name of the global garden housed in tropical biomes in Cornwall?

11.  'Here Comes the Sun' was written by George Harrison whilst walking in which friend's garden? (Hint – This now 79-year-old is considered one of the best guitar players of all time)

12.  What is the name of the garden where Jesus prayed before he was arrested?

13.  Which garden was the most famous designed by British horticulturist Percy Thrower in 1974?

14.  Which garden in Sussex is home to The Millennium Seed Bank?

15.  The Luxembourg Gardens is a park in which European capital city?

16.  Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden lies along the foot of Table Mountain in which South African city?

17.  The Butchart Gardens are a National Historic Site of Canada. On which island are they located?

18.  Piccadilly Gardens is an open-space area situated in the heart of which UK city?

19.  The Garden of Earthly Delights is an oil painting painted between 1490 and 1510 by which artist, was it Sandro Botticelli, Albrecht Dürer or Hieronymus Bosch?

20.  What name is given to a minimalist dry landscape also known as a Japanese rock garden?







 

Never been caving Zeb but I do remember going to Cheddar Gorge and Wookey Hole as a kid although the head on car crash dad had with some silly bint on the wrong side of the road is probably why it's still so clear in my mind a good 50 odd years later! But it would have got me a point or two on the Stalagmite question! 

17 today thanks zico.
I used to go caving and was an eye opener. The best caves were the ones that were tight at the top (we called it full contact caving) and the deeper you got they opened up as you hit the really old cave systems and some of them are huge. We used to turn out the lights and have a sing along.

Stone me! 14 thanks Zico

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Geology Quiz

1.  Name the three main classes of rock?  Point for each
Sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous

2.  What colour are emeralds?
Green

3.  True or false. A stalagmite is a type of formation that hangs from the ceiling of caves?
False. It's a stalactite. (Stalactites hang from the ceiling of a cave while stalagmites grow from the cave floor.)

4.  Name the continental fault that extends nearly a thousand miles through California?
The San Andreas Fault

5.  Cheddar Gorge in Somerset was formed by the erosion of which rock material, is it Diamictite, Limestone or Siltstone?
Limestone

6.  What's the name of the scale of mineral hardness commonly used by geologists?
Mohs scale

7.  What is the name given to the scientific study of earthquakes?
Seismology

8. Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a sculpture carved into which type of rock, is it Granite, Quartzite or Gritstone? 
Granite

9.  Which fossilized tree resin is commonly used in jewellery?
Amber

10.  Which ore is the main source of aluminium?
Bauxite

11.  Uluru, or Ayers Rock, is a massive Australian monolith composed of which type of rock, is it Anthracite, Arkose or Rhyolite?
Arkose, a coarse-grained sandstone rich in the mineral feldspar.

12.  What term do geologists use to refer to metamorphosed limestone?
Marble

13.  The White Cliffs of Dover are composed of white chalk accented by black streaks; what material are these black streaks composed of?
Flint

14.  Stonewashed jeans are usually accomplished by washing them in a rotating drum with which light-coloured volcanic rock?
Pumice

15.  The molten rock that sits below the earth's surface is called what?
Magma

16.  Selenology refers to the geology of where, is it the Oceans, the Earths Core or the Moon?
The Moon

17.  Ninety percent of Europe's natural roofing slate comes from which European country, is it France, Italy or Spain?
Spain

18.  Which mineral is also known as fool's gold?
Pyrite, or iron pyrites

19.  Which scientist is widely known as the father of modern geology, Louis Agassiz, Nicolas Steno or James Hutton?
James Hutton

20. What is the name of the supercontinent that existed 300 million years ago? 
Pangea







 

Geology Quiz

1.  Name the three main classes of rock?  Point for each

2.  What colour are emeralds?

3.  True or false. A stalagmite is a type of formation that hangs from the ceiling of caves?

4.  Name the continental fault that extends nearly a thousand miles through California?

5.  Cheddar Gorge in Somerset was formed by the erosion of which rock material, is it Diamictite, Limestone or Siltstone?

6.  What's the name of the scale of mineral hardness commonly used by geologists?

7.  What is the name given to the scientific study of earthquakes?

8. Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a sculpture carved into which type of rock, is it Granite, Quartzite or Gritstone? 

9.  Which fossilized tree resin is commonly used in jewellery?

10.  Which ore is the main source of aluminium?

11.  Uluru, or Ayers Rock, is a massive Australian monolith composed of which type of rock, is it Anthracite, Arkose or Rhyolite?

12.  What term do geologists use to refer to metamorphosed limestone?

13.  The White Cliffs of Dover are composed of white chalk accented by black streaks; what material are these black streaks composed of?

14.  Stonewashed jeans are usually accomplished by washing them in a rotating drum with which light-coloured volcanic rock?

15.  The molten rock that sits below the earth's surface is called what?

16.  Selenology refers to the geology of where, is it the Oceans, the Earths Core or the Moon?

17.  Ninety percent of Europe's natural roofing slate comes from which European country, is it France, Italy or Spain?

18.  Which mineral is also known as fool's gold?

19.  Which scientist is widely known as the father of modern geology, Louis Agassiz, Nicolas Steno or James Hutton?

20. What is the name of the supercontinent that existed 300 million years ago? 



 

12 thanks Zico.  Hit the bar with a couple and didn't get even close on the US ones

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Acronyms Quiz  -  What is the meaning of the following?

1.  BBC
British Broadcasting Company

2.  ISA
individual savings account

3.  MORI
market and opinion research international

4.  SIM (card)
subscriber identification module

5.  WAGs
wives and girlfriends

6.  ASBO
anti-social behaviour order

7.  QUANGO
quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation

8.  NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization

9.  YMCA
Young Men's Christian Association

10.  NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

11.  VAR
video assistant referee

12.  SCUBA
self-contained underwater breathing apparatus

13.  CAPTCHA
completely automated public turing test to tell computers and humans apart

14.  LASER
light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation

15.  GIF
Graphics Interchange Format

16.  B&Q
Block & Quayle (Founded by Richard Block and David Quayle in 1969)

17.  IVF
In Vitro Fertilization

18.  POTUS
President of the United States

19.  ASLEF
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen

20.  FEMA
Federal Emergency Management Agency





 

Acronyms Quiz  -  What is the meaning of the following?

1.  BBC

2.  ISA

3.  MORI

4.  SIM (card)

5.  WAGs

6.  ASBO

7.  QUANGO

8.  NATO

9.  YMCA

10.  NASA

11.  VAR

12.  SCUBA

13.  CAPTCHA

14.  LASER

15.  GIF

16.  B&Q

17.  IVF

18.  POTUS

19.  ASLEF

20.  FEMA


 

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Good morning and morning, Quiz

1. Piers Morgan had a heated on-air argument with which colleague on the set of Good Morning Britain in March 2021? 
Alex Beresford

2.  "Good Morning Sunshine" is a song by which Danish-Norwegian band?
Aqua

3. Which 1987 American war comedy starring Robin Williams was set in Saigon in 1965? 
Good Morning, Vietnam

4.  Which well recognised song is set to the melody of "Good Morning to All"?
Happy Birthday to You

5.  'Ata marie' is good morning in which language?
Maori

6.  "Good Morning" is a famous musical number performed by Debbie Reynolds, Gene Kelly, and Donald O'Connor in which 1952 film?
Singin' in the Rain

7.  "Good Morning Good Morning" is a song from which iconic album?
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

8.  "Good morning, and in case I don't see ya, good afternoon, good evening, and good night!" is a line from which 1998 American comedy drama film?
The Truman Show

9. "Good Morning Starshine" is a pop song from which musical? 
Hair

10.  'Bore da' is good morning in which language?
Welsh

11.  Which planet in our Solar System is sometimes referred to as the Morning star?
Venus

12.  Complete the saying: "Red sky in the morning, ...."?
Shepherds warning

13.  "On a cold and frosty morning" is the last line of which English nursery rhyme?
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush

14. (What's the Story) Morning Glory? is the second studio album released by which English rock band?
Oasis

15.  In the Christian hymn "Morning Has Broken" which bird has spoken like the last bird?
Blackbird

16.  "The morning sun when it's on your face really shows your age" is a line from which Rod Stewart song?
Maggie May

17.  "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" is the opening song from which musical?
Oklahoma

18.  Whose debut 1964 studio album was Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.?
Simon and Garfunkel

19.  "Top o' the morning" is a greeting associated with the people of which country?
Ireland

20.  Which country, North and South, is called the Land of the Morning Calm?
Korea