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Quiz: Long-armed Mr Man and a tropical country

Grab a cuppa and see if you can answer the questions for May 25

Iolo Griffiths

Iolo Griffiths

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Quiz: Long-armed Mr Man and a tropical country

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#OnThisDay - In 1961, in a speech before Congress, U.S. President John F Kennedy committed the United States to land a man on the Moon by the end of the decade; the goal was achieved with Apollo 11 in 1969.

Thanks to Auntie Mary for today's quiz. If you'd like to guest host like Mary, drop me 10 questions (and answers) to info@inyourarea.co.uk and don’t forget to leave them a comment if you enjoyed it

  1. How many keys does a classic piano have?
  2. How many times does a average persons heart beat in a year? 400.000, 4 million, or 40 million.
  3. Which plant produces the extremely expensive spice called Saffron?.
  4. How many Sugarbabes have there been?
  5. What is the name of the first sports person to be sponsored by Red Bull?
  6. What is a male lobster called?
  7. Who was the first Mr Man to have very long arms?
  8. Which is the only Country crossed by the Tropic of Cancer and the Equator?
  9. Which cemetery is Karl Marx buried in?
  10. What is the Scottish word for a Church?

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Answers for May 24:
Questions: 1. In TV's "The Simpsons", how many sisters does Marge have? 2. The Dogger Bank is located in which sea? 3. How is the number 77 usually written in Roman numerals? 4. What freezes to form Dry Ice? 5. Who directed the 2006 movie 'The Da Vinci Code'? 6. In the military what does the abbreviation SAS stand for? 7. What is the capital of the US State of Mississippi? 8. Who wrote 'The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy'? 9. Which fruit is called "Ananas" in French? 10. What form of transport was invented by Christopher Cockerell?
Answers: 1. Two (Patty and Selma). 2. North Sea. 3. LXXVII. 4. Carbon Dioxide. 5. Ron Howard. 6. Special Air Service. 7. Jackson. 8. Douglas Adams. 9. Pineapple. 10. Hovercraft.

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