Famine's Sunday Quiz

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I'm bored.

So, every Sunday from now until I forget, I'll post up 10 "general knowledge" questions. Now, it's pretty much a given that if you Google it, or go to Wikipedia, you'll get 20/20 (each question is worth 2 points - 1 point for a close answer), but where's the fun in that?

There will be quite some bias towards UK general knowledge - though I'll try to keep the questions as universal as possible, you must appreciate that I am based in the UK and won't necessarily be aware that you have NO clue what a farthing even is... Similarly I don't know or care how many nickels there are in a dime.

PM me your answers during the week and I'll post up the answers and points each Saturday.

Questions
1. What is the maximum number of golf clubs a player is allowed to have in his bag while playing? 14
2. How many players are there in a Rugby League team? 13
3. Who wrote stories about a mischievous schoolboy known as just "William"? Richmal Crompton
4. How many furlongs are there in a mile? 8
5. What was the former name of the UEFA Cup? Inter-Cities Fairs' Cup
6. Which important financial institution is based at Llantrisant? The Royal Mint
7. At which Grand Prix did Fernando Alonso secure the 2005 F1 World Drivers' Championship? Interlagos (Brazil)
8. What is the correct plural of the word "Octopus"? Octopodes, though "Octopuses" gets you 1 point for being acceptable but incorrect.
9. What's the name of the Hong Kong stock market index? The Hang Seng (1 point for SEHK)
10. Which band was fronted by Buster Bloodvessel? Bad Manners

Leaderboard
1. GT4freak32492 - 16/20 (7 right, but two halves)
2. GT_Fan2005 - 14/20
3. live4speed - 13/20 (1 bonus point for extra information about #2)
4. 911_Carrera - 12/20
4. Touring Mars - 12/20
6. daan - 10/20
6. ferrari_chris - 10/20
8. Bee - 9/20
8. evilgenius788 - 9/20
10. amp88 - 8/20
10. MachOne - 8/20
12. DARRKCLOUD - 7/20
12. DQuaN - 7/20
14. sn00pie - 6/20 (no bonus points for answering "The Vienna Symphonic Orchestra" for #10)
14. Omnis - 6/20 (two right, two halves)
14. PunkRock - 6/20 (two right, two halves)
17. Small_fryz - 4/20
17. VenomFX220 - 4/20
17. cEiLiNg_FaN - 4/20 (only 2 questions answered)
20. gt_masta - 3/20
21. bluee_sharky39 - 2/20 (only 1 question answered)
21. MaxPowers - 2/20
21. pSICivic - 2/20
21. ls2_297 - 2/20
21. .DUCK. - 2/20
26. VTGT07 - 1/20
27. Duke 0/20
 
I fully expect to get one of the lowest scores in this one... :lol:

edit: Och, 40% is still a pass ;)
 
only 10? Are you sure? Stewards enquiry....

And see the golf clubs one? I wasn't counting the one the golfer had in his hand, and the one the caddy was carrying...
 
Famine
There will be quite some bias towards UK general knowledge
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Indeed... I'm a french canadian and I knew 2 answers and maybe 3 and others were just random guesses. :yuck: But that's okay. I'll learn new things. 👍
 
There is a clue in question 3 - apart from the question itself - to the answer. The books are relatively well-known worldwide, though only daan has got it right to this point.
 
I dont know half of these questions so I'll just skip this;)
1) I never played golf. 2) Lol I never saw rugby or payed attention to it. 3) I dont like to read, except if it's in an owning forum. 4) Whats furlong?! But well I dont messure with miles anyway;). 5) dont have a clue.....

I give up:lol:
 
I wish Famine would've asked, "What is the maximum number of balls a player is allowed to have in his bag while playing?"

:lol:
 
Couldn't get all of them, pretty sure of the ones I did get.
 
Man, did I get lucky. I just did a report on the British government and my friend plays rugby. So, the highest I might get is probably 8.
 
i answered "no idea" to most of them. i think i only answered 5 and i think i only got two.

maybe i can get bonus points for saying there are two nickels in a dime?
 
Hmmmm, seeing as how this goes all week I've got a bit of a plan:

I'm going to ask my friends and colleagues. Sort of like a cross-word, no Google though!

Together we should be able to answer the majority I would think.

I'll make my submission in a couple of days. :)
 
^ Kind of defeats the purpose of not using google doesn't it, youre still asking for the answers becasue you don't know.
 
live4speed
^ Kind of defeats the purpose of not using google doesn't it, youre still asking for the answers becasue you don't know.
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So, I shouldn't do this then?
 
It's up to you, I wouldn't cos it's not your answer, it's the same as looking in an encyclopedia or searching on google.
 
I think I did fairly well. I watch Rugby League, I knew the football one, I've been to Llantrisant and I have some of Buster's music.
 
live4speed
It's up to you, I wouldn't cos it's not your answer, it's the same as looking in an encyclopedia or searching on google.
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OK, I won't then. I'll fail miserably on my own then... :grumpy:

:)
 
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