[en] Quiz!

[FrankishHero]

I see no-one reads the Plans for the Weekend thread; I have only just returned from Belgium.

You are, of course, correct, Kuno!

Czechoslovakia (1980), Hungary (1954), Sweden (1958) and Holland (1974 and 1978)


Back to the old quiz rules then.

[Kuno of Gersenau]

Why do certain roads in Iceland suddenly make a bend without any visible reason?

A) To avoid geysirs
B) result of plate tetonics
C) To protect the fairies
D) Incompetens engineers
E) Sandy underground
F) To protect the pagan holy places of the Vikings

[FrankishHero]

A. To avoid geysirs.

[catt]

I think it's F

[Kuno of Gersenau]

Nope, both wrong...:wink:

[Elvain]

possibly B?

[RobinBanks]

:lol: Just to be funny, I'll say <C>.

*that had better not be the answer!

[C-F]

to make it complete i'll say E) .

[Kuno of Gersenau]

Well, RobinBanks being funny is somtimes the right way to solve a problem! You got it!:go:

They have even some civil servants whose only job is to protect fairies and trolls. Strange folks.:silly:

[RobinBanks]

http://smilies.vidahost.com/cwm/cwm/eek2.gif Didn't see that one coming.

Approximately how many homeschooles are there in the United States of America?

A) 300,000
B) 650,000
C) 900,000
D) 1,100,000

[catt]

Well, I knew about the trolls, I did not know about the fairies...:bash:

Define America. America as in North and South America? Or as in the USA? :wink:

Judging from my experience it's D

[RobinBanks]

Define America. America as in North and South America? Or as in the USA? :wink:

Define USA. USA as in United States Army? Or as in the United States of America?


Judging from my experience it's D

Your experience serves you well. You're right. :go:

[catt]

Well, every kid in my church in the US was homeschooled.. except for me. :wink:

Next question:

Why is it wrong that in movies about the ship "Titanic" the last chimney is always shown emitting smoke?

a) The furnaces for the last chimney were not to be used until the engine was worn in.
b) Due to problems with the time schedule, the furnaces for the last chimney were not completed in time and were to be finished upon the ships return.
c) It was not attached to any furnace, they only put it for decoration purposes.
d) It was the kitchen exhaust which produces so few steam that it is not visible.
e) Due to a strike of the Irish workers, the engine plans had to be changed at the last minute or the ship would not have been completed on time.
f) Because 4 is a lucky number in seafaring (the four points of the compass).

[Kuno of Gersenau]

C)? :scratch:

[catt]

Hehe, right! :hello:

Your turn!

[Kuno of Gersenau]

Hmm...I guess I'll once work with a picture in this thread as well:

What is shown on the following picture?
http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/1516/quizjm6.jpg

A) A roman compass rose
B) The Signature of a medieval Emperor
C) A sketch of a world map
D) building plan of Hamburg
E) Chinese sign for "dragonfly"
F) Astronomical sketch of the Maya

[C-F]

I'll go with the obvious which therefore wrong but still...

A) ?

[catt]

I think it's B. Otto the Great had a similar signature.

[Kuno of Gersenau]

Catt is right!:go:

It's the signature of Henry III I guess, just accidentaly came over it. Funny thing these signatures, because noone of them could write his name the chancellors just drew a monogram where the rulers just had to make a small line (the horizontal line of the "H" in this case) to sign it.

BTW: theres quite a lot of action in this thread tonight...:hello:

[catt]

That's really interesting, I did not know that! :eek:

I saw a bunch of these at the exhibition about the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. Gosh, they had amazing exhibits there!

Next question:
Which of the following is not a marsupial?

a) Tasmanian Devil
b) Platypus
c) Opossum
d) Koala
e) Wombat
f) Kangaroo