Daily Quiz Thread

[Betsy]

Colchester?

I have 4 wings but cannot fly
I never laugh and never cry
On the same spot I'm always found
Toiling away with little sound
What am I?

 

[Zorro1]

ooooo, that's a tough one.

 

[LollyJJ]

I'm guessing windmill, can't think of anything else- except they have 4 sails don't they, not wings?

 

[Adelyn]

How can you leave a room with two legs and come back with six?

 

[Zorro1]

Come back into the room with a chair! The chair has 4 legs and you have 2, that totals to 6 legs.
- I didn't work the riddle out though, I've heard it before.

 

[Betsy]

I'm guessing windmill, can't think of anything else- except they have 4 sails don't they, not wings?

True it it wouldn't be a riddle if you didn't have to think about it.

 

[Adelyn]

How can you jump and land on the moon?

 

[Merab]

Be on the moon when you jump

 

[Adelyn]

You measure my life in hours and I serve you by expiring. I’m quick when I’m thin and slow when I’m fat. The wind is my enemy. What am I?

 

[Betsy]

A candle.

When is a cook bad tempered?

 

[Merab]

When someone used the last of an ingredient you need and didn’t put it on the shopping list

 

[Betsy]

Nope! Try again.

 

[Betsy]

When is a cook bad tempered?

The very obvious answer to this is when he beats the eggs!

What 3 letter word goes on the end of the following words to make 3 longer words

Doctor, Alien and Fabric

 

[Merab]

Ate

 

[Betsy]

And a gold star for you @Merab's Slave

 

[Merab]

Who was the first king of a united England ?

 

[Betsy]

Elthelstan. Althalstan (not sure of spelling!) I found that somewhere in the dusty filing cabinet in my brain marked "useless information you may need to know one day"!

 

[Betsy]

Guess the next three letters in this series.

GTNLT

 

[Roselina]

ITS
( not me I had help from my son !)

What is the strongest muscle in the human body ?

 

[Merab]

In the back of my mind is an idea that I think it’s the tongue

 

[Zorro1]

Isn't the strongest muscle in the human body the jaw muscle? Please correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[Merab]

Isn't the strongest muscle in the human body the jaw muscle? Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Yes - you’re right.
I’ve just checked as I didn’t trust my memory.

 

[Betsy]

What does sesquipedalian mean?

 

[Roselina]

Isn't the strongest muscle in the human body the jaw muscle? Please correct me if I'm wrong.

It depends how you measure it -

 

[Zorro1]

Just googled it.... the jaw muscle is the strongest muscle for it's size.

 

[Merab]

Sesquipedalian - a person who uses long words.

As opposed to a sufferer of hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliaphobia

What is the name of the smallest country in the world ?

 

[Betsy]

As opposed to a sufferer of hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliaphobia

 

[Betsy]

What is the name of the smallest country in the world ?

Vatican City.

What is the answer to life the universe and everything?

 

[Grand Guinea Pigs]

42

How many feet in a meter?

 

[Betsy]

A metre is 3 feet 3 inches.