115Th FIFE SCOUT GROUP QUIZ s3

1. What is the largest species of flatfish? HALIBUT 2. In cooking, what is a blin? A PANCAKE 3. Which 2 countries are linked by the Simplon Pass / Tunnel? (2-part answer) SWITZERLAND and ITALY (1 MARK EACH) 4. Who wrote ‘The Railway Children’? E(dith) NISBET 5. In which country was Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky murdered? MEXICO 6. In which decade were Premium Bonds first issued? 1950s (1956) 7. Which American state has Jackson as its capital? MISSISSIPPI 8. Which classic film was shot on Carnforth station in Lancashire? ‘BRIEF ENCOUNTER’ 9. Which former British colony was nicknamed ‘The Pearl of Africa’ UGANDA 10 Which element is the lightest metal? LITHIUM 11 What is the difference in degrees on the Farenheit scale between Freezing and Boiling points? 180 DEGREES (32 – 212) 12 Who was the first English king to abdicate (1397, with a lot of help!) RICHARD 2ND 13 In the 1960s, what was the Warren Commission set up to investigate? THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY 14 Why did old Navy ships (and others) carry a stock of limes? TO PREVENT SCURVY 15 In the night sky, what are the Perseids and the Leonids? SHOWERS OF METEORITES / SHOOTING STARS 16 Which colourful singer’s autobiography was called ‘Take it like a man’ ? BOY GEORGE 17 The Romans called it LUTETIA, how do we know this capital city today? PARIS 18 In mediaeval architecture, what was a lancet? A WINDOW 19 Which was the 48th state to join the United States? ARIZONA 20 What instrument did band-leader Glenn Miller play? TROMBONE 21 What was the name of the legendary creature, part man and part bull, that was kept in a maze on Crete? THE MINOTAUR 22 Who would carry a crozier as a symbol of their office? A BISHOP 23 Which English writer had the Christian names Gilbert Keith? GK CHESTERTON 24 What sort of a musical instrument would have a fipple? WOODWIND, most commonly, a recorder. 25 Children’s Favourites: Who was the boy with the magic talking piano? SPARKY 26 Who, or what, is an alewife? A FISH 27 Which sport was first formulated in the George Hotel, Huddersfield, in 1895? RUGBY LEAGUE 28 What geographical feature is common to sea areas Forties, Fisher, Sole and Dogger? THEY’RE NAMED AFTER SANDBANKS 29 What was the common name of the defoliating chemical used in the Vietnam War by the Americans? AGENT ORANGE 30 Who, in literature, had a horse called Rocinante? DON QUIXOTE 31 What plant - in a garden or in a meadow - could be a flag? AN IRIS 32 In pre-Revolution France, what title was the equivalent of our Prince of Wales? THE DAUPHIN – the eldest son of the monarch 33 What card game gets its name from the Spanish for ‘basket’ ? CANASTA 34 Which musical does the song ‘Luck be a Lady’ come from? ‘GUYS AND DOLLS’ 35 What medical procedure was first legalised in Iceland? ABORTION 36 Which two UK cathedrals have a copy of Magna Carta? (2-part answer) LINCOLN and SALISBURY (1 MARK EACH) 37 In which country would you find the city of (spell it out) MONTERREY ? MEXICO 38 What children’s playthings was Margarete Steiff famous for creating? TEDDY BEARS 39 What song is Thomas Arne’s best-known composition? ‘RULE, BRITANNIA’ 40 Which two ‘Cluedo’ weapons have the same initial letter? ROPE and REVOLVER