10 Quick Questions

2017-09-15 - by GABE ATKINSON

1. Matariki, meaning “eyes of god”, is the Maori name for which group of stars? Pleiades

Gemini

Orion

Southern Cross

2. Jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie was considered a virtuoso with which instrument?

Clarinet

Double bass

Drums

Trumpet

3. Which country has the highest estimated number of guns per capita?

Saudi Arabia

Finland

Iraq

US 4. True or false? Identical twins have identical fingerprints. True

False

5. What does the practice of usury involve?

Tax evasion

Unethical loans

Blackmail

Counterfeiting

6. True or false? Some human males can lactate.

True

False

7. The term “trepanging” refers to the harvesting of what?

Sea cucumbers

Coconuts

Shark fins

Pearls 8. True or false? The maximum work rate of one horse is equal to one horsepower.

True

False

9. Which of these is the oldest documented order of chivalry in Britain?

Order of the Bath

Order of the Thistle

Order of St Patrick

Order of the Garter

10. On which island is the large ruined city of Nan Madol, sometimes called the “Venice of the Pacific”?

Tahiti

Noumea

Pohnpei

Niue