Daily Quiz Thread

[Betsy]

How do you get 2 whales in a car?

Drive west from Shrewsbury?

Not quite the answer I was looking for. Try again.

 

[Marlee and Fluffy]

Not quite the answer I was looking for. Try again.

Start in England and drive west?

 

[Betsy]

Start in England and drive west?

Nope. Still not the answer I was looking for but close Try again!

 

[Betsy]

As nobody has the answer on How do you get 2 whales in a car its ..... You cross over the Severn Bridge!

 

[Bradshaw Piggies]

What breed of dog was Lassie?

 

[Betsy]

A Collie (did you know that the dog that played Lassie was actually a Laddie?)

Elsie is a Clerk, Karen is a Baker, is Linda a Pilot or a Chef?

 

[Merab]

Pilot?

There’s a 50% chance of being right!

What is the only marsupial found north of Mexico

 

[Betsy]

Opposum?

What is the world's tallest tree?

 

[Merab]

Hyperion - a redwood in California

How many King Williams have there been in England

 

[Roselina]

4 ( and 1 to be)

Why are wisdom teeth called wisdom teeth ?

 

[Betsy]

Is it because they come through when you're older?

What is the name of the Weasley's House?

 

[Roselina]

You’re right Betsy ….supposedly the wisdom teeth erupt when hoomans are mature !

It’s called the Burrow

The book Little Women…. What are the main characters (the four sisters )called ?

 

[Zorro1]

Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy
What is the fastest marine animal?

 

[Merab]

The sailfish


Yrchoun is the Anglo Saxon word for what?

 

[Merab]

Does no-one know?

It’s a hedgehog

An easier question then:

Who wrote The Canterbury Tales

 

[Betsy]

Chaucer (well that took my phone at least 5 attempts not to autocorrect it to Chancery, Chatteris, Charged, Charges or Charles!)

 

[Betsy]

What is a female elephant called?

 

[Zorro1]

a cow
What is the longest snake species?

 

[Betsy]

Python?

What has a ring but no finger?

 

[Merab]

Saturn ?

Which planet has a moon named Despina

 

[Betsy]

Neptune?

What is Cher's Real name?

 

[Zorro1]

Python?

What has a ring but no finger?

Sorry, @Betsy. A Python is a type of snake but not a species. However the longest snake species is a type of Python. Try again.

 

[Bradshaw Piggies]

Cher’s real name - Cherilyn Sarkisian ?

Longest snake species - I thought Pythons were a species? Group? With a reticulated python being largest?

If not, is it anaconda?



What is the capital of Holland?

 

[Zorro1]

The anaconda is the "fattest" snake, but the answer to the question, "what is the LONGEST snake in the world" is the Reticulated Python.

 

[Zorro1]

Sorry if my explanation isn't clear but, in short, the answer is: the reticulated python.
Again, sorry.

 

[Bradshaw Piggies]

Sorry if my explanation isn't clear but, in short, the answer is: the reticulated python.
Again, sorry.

ah makes sense now!
Thanks

 

[Bradshaw Piggies]

What was the name of the super particle collider that was started up again this year?

 

[Merab]

Capital of Holland is Den Hague

The super collider is Hadron
Of which ancient British tribe was Boudicca Queen

 

[Betsy]

Of which ancient British tribe was Boudicca Queen

Iceni?

What is the the last Book of the Old Testament?

 

[Merab]

Malachi

Which town was the Roman capital of Britain before London