QUIZ TIME IN UDON

[Earnest]

Bump.

1 'Just do it' is a trademark slogan of which American corporation?

2 What is Ubuntu?

3 What gas is used for by a refrigerator to reduce temperature?

4 How does a helicopter vary yaw (tandem rotary theory of flight excluded)?

5 What did Philip Schofield and Holly Willoughby do this week that David Beckham didn't?

6 What year did David Bowie release 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars'?

7 'Mucho gusto' means what in Spanish?

8 Who was crowned on Christmas Day in 1066?

9 Which Australian won the 1973 Nobel Prize for Literature?

10 The Great North Road has developed to become what major British highway between England and Scotland?

[Earnest]

1 'Just do it' is a trademark slogan of which American corporation?
Nike

2 What is Ubuntu?
An open source operating system based upon Linux

3 What gas is used for by a refrigerator to reduce temperature?
Freon

4 How does a helicopter vary yaw (tandem rotary theory of flight excluded)?
Using its tail rotor

5 What did Philip Schofield and Holly Willoughby do this week that David Beckham didn't?
Allegedly jumped the queue at the Queen's lying-in-state but now denied by ITV

6 What year did David Bowie release 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars'?
1972

7 'Mucho gusto' means what in Spanish?
Pleased to meet you

8 Who was crowned on Christmas Day in 1066?
William the Conqueror

9 Which Australian won the 1973 Nobel Prize for Literature?
Patrick White

10 The Great North Road has developed to become what major British highway between England and Scotland?
The A1.

[Whistler]

I think Freon was banned many years ago

[stattointhailand]

8 Who was crowned on Christmas Day in 1066?
William the Conqueror

1066 was still using the Julian Calendar, so wouldnt he have been crowned in Jan 1066 (11 days removed in 1752)?
Was Xmas day celebrated in Jan back then?

[samster]

Logged in for my daily dose of fun and frolics Udon style half hour ago and gradually worked my way up the fascinating banter in the other threads to the quiz. Was in the process of sweeping up a few when you gave the answers Butchie.

Not fair. Give us at least 24 hours or I'm not playing any more. I knew 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 &10 but would have spelt freon differently so would have accepted a dunces hat for that

[Earnest]

I think Freon was banned many years ago

Thanks for the heads up, was it due to climate change? What do 'fridge manufacturers use now?

8 Who was crowned on Christmas Day in 1066?
William the Conqueror

1066 was still using the Julian Calendar, so wouldnt he have been crowned in Jan 1066 (11 days removed in 1752)?
Was Xmas day celebrated in Jan back then?

It may have been, Statts. I shall find out when Christmas Day fell back in 1066.

Good effort.

[Earnest]

Not fair. Give us at least 24 hours or I'm not playing any more. I knew 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 &10 but would have spelt freon differently so would have accepted a dunces hat for that

I can do that, Barry. Moving forwards, I'll leave the questions open for at least 24 hours.

Stand easy.

[Earnest]

Freon replacements as defined in the link.

https://learn.compactappliance.com/freon-alternatives/

[Earnest]

Ah, I've learnt something new.

1066: if we were to compare Julian Christmas Day through a Gregorian reckoning then the chaps in 1066 would have celebrated Christmas on 6th January.

Someone said Harold was crowned on Christmas Day 1066 but it was 6 January on the Julian calendar.

http://projectbritain.com/calendar/janu ... tdays.html

Splendid.

[Laan Yaa Mo]

I didn't know that. Three cheers for William the Conqueror and the Normans!!!

[Earnest]

OK, anything that comes into my head...

1 The Royal Air Force was formed on what day in 1918?

2 What year did the British monarch, George VI, pass away?

3 Which ship did James Cook command on his first voyage of discovery starting in 1768?

4 The Dieppe raid of 1942 consisted of 6050 allied troops attacking the French port. The attack comprised some British and American troops but most of the force came from which Dominion?

5 What general rule can a chap apply when identifying the difference between a moth or a butterfly?

6 Is the red squirrel indigenous to England?

7 What is the Yangtze Incident's link to the Royal Navy in 1949?

8 What British aircraft bombed or struck Argentine forces at Port Stanley airport during Operation Black Buck in 1982?

9 The Luftwaffe concentrated on hitting what military establishments before switching to bomb London and other cities in the Battle of Britain?

10 20 Hz to 20 KHz is the perceived audio range for what species?

11 Can a human eye see infrared light?

12 What is evensong?

13 What day is All Hallows Eve observed?

14 Complete the last line below from the William Blake poem:

I will not cease from Mental Fight,
Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand:
Till we have built Jerusalem,

15 Which famous American was killed at Little Big Horn?

[stattointhailand]

Any excuse

[deankham]

6 Is the red squirrel indigenous to England?
YES, but over run by the Grey b'stards

10 20 Hz to 20 KHz is the perceived audio range for what species?
BATS

11 Can a human eye see infrared light?
NO

13 What day is All Hallows Eve observed?
31 OCT

15 Which famous American was killed at Little Big Horn?
GEN. CUSTOR

[Earnest]

Well done, keep it up, lads!

[can123]

5. A moth has balls, a butterly hasn't.

[Earnest]

Utterly Butterly?

[Laan Yaa Mo]

7. There was a movie made about that incident starring Dick Bogarte (???) in which a British ship got caught in the Yangtze and was in danger of getting shelled by the Chinese Communists. Interesting movie. I am not sure if the CCP had defeated the KMT at that point so it could have led to an international incident of some note.

[Laan Yaa Mo]

4. Canada

[Laan Yaa Mo]

2. The year he died would be 1952 if he is the father of Elizabeth II

[Earnest]

Crikey, you're on fire today, Uncle T.

Come on Can123, try and keep up, old chum.