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Housebroken? jh Send a noteboard - 30/09/2011 09:26:34 PM
I set a quiz for my team at work today, thinking at least one person would get 10/10. Highest score was 7.

You've all got me confused. I don't know what a regular person would know anymore.

I imagine that there'd be plenty of 10/10s for these questions on this site. But do bear in mind that I wrote it for a British audience, so the question on Rugby is perfectly sensible.

1. Which of the world's oceans is the largest?


The large one on the west coast of the US. Passive Ocean, or whatever.

2. Which animated 2010 film was the highest grossing film of the year?


Animated, 2010... ehrm. Was that the year of the blue people in space?

3. Who wrote Animal Farm?


Eric Something. Born in india. Oh, yeah. Last name like some recent british prime minister. Eric Cameron? Nope. Eric Thatcher? Not at all. Major Eric? Nah. Eric Blair. Now we are talking.

4. What is the capital ciy of Cambodia?


I could probably pull this one off if I only had to say it... Phnom Penh? I can never guess where to put the h's.

5. Complete this famous foursome: Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, ???


Go Ninja! Of course the answer is casey jones. Or michelangelo, whatever.

6. Who won the Rugby World Cup in 1995?


Brazil won the real world cup in 94. This rugby thing is just strange.

7. What is the French word for "black"?


Quel est le mot anglais pour 'noir'?

8. In which century was the American War of Independence fought?


Independence. Meh. Overrated. But I am certain that the 18th century wig-wearers didn't think so.

9. Which chemical element has the symbol Na?


That's just easy. It's Natrium. If you ferriners have different names for it, that's your problem.

10. A leveret is a baby what?


Levee. Obviously.

And my tie-breaker question: What do you call a person from Monaco? (No one knew this.)


Monegasque, I assume. Could be spelled differently, but my spell checker isn't complaining.
"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world" - Calvin.
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You people have broken me. Rebekah - 30/09/2011 12:37:05 PM 997 Views
Answers herein Rebekah - 30/09/2011 12:41:27 PM 877 Views
9/10, but I didn't get the Monaco bonus. Tom - 30/09/2011 03:13:30 PM 695 Views
8, w/o the extra point. nossy - 30/09/2011 04:20:12 PM 653 Views
Oops. *NM* nossy - 30/09/2011 04:31:21 PM 287 Views
10/10 plus the bonus Jacob - 30/09/2011 07:19:15 PM 711 Views
You're my hero. Rebekah - 30/09/2011 07:22:38 PM 722 Views
Jacob - 30/09/2011 07:26:44 PM 673 Views
Dear elitist pigs ironclad - 30/09/2011 12:46:43 PM 749 Views
Two of those I wouldn't expect you to know. Rebekah - 30/09/2011 01:02:46 PM 670 Views
8/10, but got the bonus one. Morgawse - 30/09/2011 12:47:22 PM 768 Views
Re: 8/10, but got the bonus one. Rebekah - 30/09/2011 01:03:22 PM 818 Views
Re: 8/10, but got the bonus one. Stephen - 30/09/2011 03:55:34 PM 771 Views
8/10 for me as well. Nate - 30/09/2011 01:51:00 PM 677 Views
That doesn't sound so awful Darth_Katie - 30/09/2011 01:51:49 PM 744 Views
Missed the film, rubgy and baby animal questions, but knew about Monaco. 8/11 then? *NM* Floffe - 30/09/2011 02:35:28 PM 329 Views
9/10+1 Stephen - 30/09/2011 03:48:43 PM 688 Views
It's not that crazy. Ok, some of it is basic, but some is just trivia. Vivien - 30/09/2011 04:09:14 PM 791 Views
7's a good score. Rebekah - 30/09/2011 06:32:59 PM 728 Views
I got a 6. Maybe there should be a math question in there? Vivien - 30/09/2011 07:02:22 PM 669 Views
8. But a lot of those are trivia. *NM* Ghavrel - 30/09/2011 06:46:57 PM 294 Views
Is that an objection? Aren't most quizzes? *NM* Rebekah - 30/09/2011 06:50:52 PM 301 Views
A person from Monaco is called a Monocle, obviously. Joel - 30/09/2011 06:58:31 PM 772 Views
Actually, those tries were vital Colonel Logain - 01/10/2011 03:27:25 AM 674 Views
Ah, I wondered if it might be something like that. Joel - 01/10/2011 04:19:49 AM 643 Views
No, they really don't have that concept... Legolas - 03/10/2011 03:24:04 PM 875 Views
Like I said, I just hope someone told the Canadians. Joel - 04/10/2011 11:23:31 AM 868 Views
I got 5. *NM* Kronin al'Sulc - 30/09/2011 07:35:22 PM 451 Views
Housebroken? jh - 30/09/2011 09:26:34 PM 705 Views
1-9 + bonus. *NM* Praziquantel - 30/09/2011 11:15:08 PM 284 Views
10/10 but didn't get the bonus *NM* Colonel Logain - 01/10/2011 03:23:59 AM 309 Views
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