British Heart Foundation quiz questions, help required . . . . .

[GrahamGKD]

Hi, How many lakes in the lake district? One, Lake Windemere... all the rest are waters.

Colin

What about Bassenthwaite Lake??

 

[daleyd]

Music

Name a song where you don't hear the title words until the last line of the song (i.e. It's not in the chorus).

Viriginia plain (Bryan ferry)
Up the junction (squeeze)

 

[daleyd]

one for generial knoeledge

who are the 2 countries who have used atomic weponds in war....

You'll have to give us the answer to that one....

 

[julianthegypsy]

What about Bassenthwaite Lake??

Ahem. See my reply and the one after mine!

 

[the snooper]

Hi, How many lakes in the lake district? One, Lake Windemere... all the rest are waters.

Colin

Wrong it's a mere there is only 1 lake you are right but it is bassenthwaite lake

 

[GrahamGKD]

.... sorry - I was only skim reading the thread. Must try harder next time ;-)

 

[julianthegypsy]

Is everyone ignoring me suddenly?

 

[the snooper]

Is everyone ignoring me suddenly?

Who said that

 

[the snooper]

Music, who used the pseudonym, Larry lurex

Answer freddie mercury

 

[julianthegypsy]

Who said that

At least everyone is agreeing with me, it could be worse!

 

[rtbcomp]

Science

What is the temperature of absolute zero?

273 kelvin

Absolute zero is zero Kelvin, -273 degC


One for the near future:

Q) Who was the fifth American president to be assassinated?
A) Donald Trump

 

[andymfell]

how many bricks were used in the building of the Darlington Brick Train ? A = 185000
what is the chemical that has a formula of H2SO4 A = sulphuric acid
What was the stage name of Arthur Stanley Jefferson A = Stan Laurel (He attended school at Bishop Auckland and Tynemouth)
Which two dimensional character issued this order , "Off with her head" ? A = Queen of Hearts in Alices' Adventures in Wonderland
The Purple Heart is awarded for which reason ? A = For wounds received by enemy action while on active service ( US forces)
How many gallons of blood does your heart pump each day? A = 2000
When was the first successful human heart transplant? A = On Dec. 3, 1967, by South African cardiac surgeon Christiaan Barnard
Who invented cats eyes for use on the roads? A = Percy Shaw
‘Thinking Out Loud’ was a 2014 hit single for which English singer? A = Ed Sheeran
What line follows Frank Sinatra’s opening song lyrics: ‘Fly me to the moon…’? A = Let me play among the stars

 

[Parm]

Absolute zero is zero Kelvin, -273 degC


One for the near future:

Q) Who was the fifth American president to be assassinated?
A) Donald Trump

Your correct

 

[the snooper]

music

what was the first number 1 ? al martino, here in my heart 1952
what held the rolling stones brown sugar from the number 1 spot april 1971 ?, Dawn knock 3 times
what held ultravox vienna from the number 1 spot in january 1981? , joe dolce shaddap you face

 

[Rannsachair]

Am just back from winning £100 at my local pub quiz, some questions we have had:

Q what job in the USA has the highest death rate?
A Presidents (9% killed in office)
Q What was the nickname of 617 squadron based at RAF Lossiemouth?
A Dambusters
Q What rally driver won the most world rally's?
A Sebastian Loeb (76)
Q What religion was founded by Nanak?
A Sikhism
Q What number in the Beaufort scale represents a Hurricane
A 12
Q What is the only 7 letter word with no vowels in the English language?
A rhythms
Q What is the largest rodent?
A Capybara
Q What is the lowest Prime number?
A 2
Q Who was the first person to win 2 Nobel prizes
A Marie Curie
Q Who has the most wins in the Isle of Man TT
A Joey Dunlop 26
Q What was the name of the prisoner freed by Pontius Pilot rather than Jesus?
A Barabbas
Q what is the main ingredient of beer?
A water

 

[Robotstar5]

What was the first video on Youtube?

"Me at the zoo" on April 23rd 2005

 

[colnerov]

Hi, To all the members who put me right on my question and answer, I stand corrected and chastened.

Uriah Heep AKA Colin

 

[wookie]

Sport

Q. Name the first American to win the Tour de France ?
A. Greg LeMond


Science

Q. What form does all energy degrade to ?
A. Heat

Q. What determines the sex of a baby, The egg or sperm ?
A. Sperm.


Music

Q. Name the other musicians that were killed in the same plane crash as Buddy Holly ?
A. Richie Valens and The Big Bopper (aka J P Richardson)

Q. Who wrote the song "Halleluiah" ?
A. Leonard Cohen

Q. Which artist has had the most posthumous number one hits ? and how many ?
A. Elvis Presley with 5


General Knowledge

Q. When did the Second World War officially end ?
A. 1990, because until Germany was reunited in 1990 it didn't exist to sign the legal declaration of surrender.

Q. How many zeroes are there in an English Billion ?
A. 12 (1,000,000,000,000) an American Billion is only 9 (1,000,000,000)

Q. How much does the word "Scrabble" score in the game when not on any bonus squares ?
A. 14, S=1 c=3 r=1 a=1 b=3 b=3 l=1 e=1

Q. What country has the greatest span of timezones in one land mass ?
A. Russia with 11

Q. Does the queen face the same way on stamps and coins ? Yes/No
A. No, stamps she looks to the left and coins to the right.


Hearts

Q. How many hearts does an Octopus have ?
A. 3

Q. How many times does the average human heart beat in a year ?
A. 35 Million

 

[anjum]

Am just back from winning £100 at my local pub quiz, some questions we have had:



Q What was the name of the prisoner freed by Pontius Pilot rather than Jesus?
A Barabbas

and I thought it was Woddewick who was weleased!!

 

[toddy]

You'll have to give us the answer to that one....

The answer is the usa and the uk
They had to both agree to drop the ones in Japan