10 Quick Questions

1. True or false? The ancient Greeks designed the Parthenon in accordance with the “golden ratio”.

True

False

True or false? If you plant an apple seed, the tree that results will reliably produce the same variety of apples.

True

False

In the phrase “a damp squib”, what is a squib? Hard biscuit

Old term for squid Fountain pen

Small firework

What is the original version of the phrase below?

See a pin and pick it up.

Find a penny, pick it up.

5. Who was the first author to become a billionaire in US dollars as a result of his or her writing?

JK Rowling

Dan Brown

James Patterson

Stephen King

6. Which book begins: “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”

I, Claudius

Vanity Fair

Bleak House

Anna Karenina

The Dunning-Kruger effect occurs where people fail to recognise their own … what?

Brilliance

Incompetence

Self-worth

Poor taste

8. Which sport originated the term “Hail Mary pass”? American football

Ice hockey

Soccer

Australian Rules

9. Who is thought to have painted Salvator Mundi, the most expensive artwork ever sold?

Michelangelo

Titian

Botticelli

Leonardo da Vinci

10. Which of these actors did not feature in the 1988 film Dangerous Liaisons?

Glenn Close

Michelle Pfeiffer

Uma Thurman

Sharon Stone