10 Quick Questions

1. True or false? Bumblebees were formerly called humblebees.

❑ True

❑ False

2. What was the band UB40 named after?

❑ Document

❑ Chemical

❑ Age

❑ Submarine

3. Which of these has a similar meaning to “apparatchik”? ❑ Informal meeting

❑ Devoted official

❑ Useful appliance

❑ Scary apparition

4. True or false? Athletes in the Ancient Olympic Games typically competed naked.

❑ True

❑ False

5. Which film features the quote: “As God is my witness, I’ll never be hungry again!”

❑ Casablanca

❑ Gone with the Wind

❑ The Shawshank Redemption

❑ The Godfather Part II

6. In The Sound of Music, which of these is not a von Trapp family member?

❑ Liesl

❑ Kurt

❑ Louisa

❑ Hans

7. In 2006, what phrase did US Senator Ted Stevens famously use to describe the internet?

❑ A passing fad

❑ A waste of time

❑ The Infobahn

❑ A series of tubes

8. Which of these countries once had the world’s highest per-capita income?

❑ Nauru

❑ Kiribati

❑ Vanuatu

❑ Tonga

9. Which of these would you experience in an anechoic chamber?

❑ Complete silence

❑ Intense heat

❑ High pressure

❑ Lethal radiation

10. Which influential jazz musician was also known by the nickname “Yardbird”?

❑ Miles Davis

❑ Charlie Parker

❑ John Coltrane

❑ Thelonious Monk