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Friday Quiz - Questions from the Mnemonist
I, Alex, am but one man. There is no good reason that I should be the arbiter of knowledge alone.
So today, and every Friday, I will hand over the torch to one much more versed in the quizzing scene than I. The Mnemonist themselves.
Someone generous enough to offer to write the ‘V’ series when I was completely overwhelmed earlier in the year, someone who is passionate enough to really care about growing the community they love, and someone who is astute enough to understand what goes into a good fact, a good question, and a good quizzing experience.
Perhaps more importantly to quizzers, someone skilled enough to be almost psychic when it comes to knowing what will be in upcoming quizzes - so pay attention if you’re training!
And… finally… someone who is so ruddy annoying that they decided to write 10 questions better than any set of 10 I’d written in the past. Enjoy!
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Friday Quiz - Questions from The Mnemonist
Which 1975 US No 1 hit by Elton John was named after Billie Jean King's professional tennis team?
A standing joke in Russia is that the succession of its leaders since 1825 has followed the pattern X-Y-X-Y-X-Y etc, where X stands for one physical attribute, and Y its opposite. What is X or Y?
First presented in 2001, which award at the Cannes Film Festival has been given to (amongst others) Otis, Tahti, Moses, Mops, Dug and perhaps most famously, Uggie?
Which Formula 1 Grand Prix event was held in 1997 and 1998 at the Nürburgring circuit in Germany?
Whittier is the surname of which title character of a 1913 novel by Eleanor H Porter?
As we know, the yellow jersey is worn by the overall leader of the Tour de France. At the very first holding of the event in 1903, it was instead a green armband. One theory for the colour yellow is that it matched the newsprint of which newspaper that launched the Tour?
Which actor - part of a famous group - invented a wristwatch that would monitor the pulse rate of cardiac patients, and give off an alarm if they went into cardiac arrest?
A triathlon consists of swimming, cycling and running - but what event is added to make it a quadrathlon?
Which state of Mexico includes the Revillagigedo Islands and has the smallest population?
Which man, the first Englishman to explore parts of Australia and the first person to circumnavigate the world three times, also rescued castaway Alexander Selkirk on a later voyage - an event that may have inspired Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe?
Time for the Answers!
Which 1975 US No 1 hit by Elton John was named after Billie Jean King’s professional tennis team?
PHILADELPHIA FREEDOMA standing joke in Russia is that the succession of its leaders since 1825 has followed the pattern X-Y-X-Y-X-Y etc, where X stands for one physical attribute, and Y its opposite. What is X or Y?
BALDNESS / HAIRINESSFirst presented in 2001, which award at the Cannes Film Festival has been given to (amongst others) Otis, Tahti, Moses, Mops, Dug and perhaps most famously, Uggie?
It’s not the Palme d’Or… it’s the Palm Dog! They put the Cannes in Cannesnine.Which Formula 1 Grand Prix event was held in 1997 and 1998 at the Nürburgring circuit in Germany?
LUXEMBOURG GRAND PRIXWhittier is the surname of which title character of a 1913 novel by Eleanor H Porter?
POLYANNAAs we know, the yellow jersey is worn by the overall leader of the Tour de France. At the very first holding of the event in 1903, it was instead a green armband. One theory for the colour yellow is that it matched the newsprint of which newspaper that launched the Tour?
L’AUTOWhich actor - part of a famous group - invented a wristwatch that would monitor the pulse rate of cardiac patients, and give off an alarm if they went into cardiac arrest?
ZEPPO MARX. Brother of Gummo, Groucho, Chico, Harpo, and Karl.A triathlon consists of swimming, cycling and running - but what event is added to make it a quadrathlon?
KAYAKING (And sometimes Canoe!)Which state of Mexico includes the Revillagigedo Islands and has the smallest population?
COLIMAWhich man, the first Englishman to explore parts of Australia and the first person to circumnavigate the world three times, also rescued castaway Alexander Selkirk on a later voyage - an event that may have inspired Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe? an event that may have inspired Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe?
William DAMPIER
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