Hi Everyone
We were so overwhelmed with the number of people asking for the answers
to the pub quiz from our last event so here they are:
EYP August POP Quiz Questions and Answers Rgs
The EYP committee
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Q: what car manufacturer made the first vehicle to have safety belts?
A: Volvo in 1849
Q: Asphalt was first used to build roads in what country?
A: France â?? on the Champs-Elysées in 1824
Q: The first commercial coin-operated vending machines were introduced in London, England in the 1880's. What did they sell?
A: post cards
Q: What Asian country was formerly known as Siam (hint: EYP has a divisoon there as well)
A: Thailand
Q: Name one of the Baltic republics
A: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
Q: What city is home to the world's tallest freestanding structure
A: Toronto
Q: About one-tenth of the earth's surface is permanently covered with:
A: ice.
Q: How old was Boris Becker when he became the youngest ever singles title winner at Wimbledon?
A: 17
Q: Unless they belong to a high official, what colour must all gondolas in Venice, Italy be painted?
A: black
Q: What is the only county in Great Britain to have two coasts.
A: Devon
Q: what is the only continent with no deserts
A: Europe
Q: what was the first city to reach a population of 1 million people?
A: Rome, Italy in 133 B.C.
[FYI â?? London reached the mark in 1810, New York in 1875. Today, over 300 cities have a population in excess of 1 million]
Q: what is the only continent without reptiles or snakes?
A: Antarctica.
Q: what was the first country to abolish capital punishment?
A: Austria in 1787.
Q: Two countries in the world are "doubly land-locked countries" (all neighbouring countries are land locked as well)
what are they? (hint: 1 in Europe, 1 in Asia).
A: Liechtenstein (bordered by Switzerland to the west and Austria to the east)
Uzbekistan
(bordered by Kazakhstan to the north and north-west, Turkmenistan to the south, Afghanistan the south-west, and Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan to the east.)
Q: What are the only countries in the world with one-syllable names? (hint: 3 in Europe, 1 in Africa)
A: Chad, France, Greece and Spain.
Q: what are the names of the only three countries in the world that use none of the letters found in the word "Mackerel".
A: Fiji, Togo, and Djibouti
Q: (bonus) what is the only London Underground station that also use none of the letters found in the word "Mackerel". (as it the station name appears on the sign)
A: St. John's Wood
Q: There are three sports that forbid players to play left-handed. Name one of them.
A: Polo, Jai Aiai (pronounced High Lie) and Field Hockey
Q: In Paris, which of these places does not have a Starbucks' Cafe?
A: Bastille. In May 2004, in Paris, there were three
Starbucks, at Montparnasse, La Défense and at Opéra.
Q: What was the name of the fascist movement in Spain led by Franco?
A: Falangist.
Q: A woman who is awarded a British knighthood will most commonly use this title.
A: Dame
Q: Where was the Polish statesman Kosciuszko Tadeusz born?
A: Mereczowszczyzna.
Q: Which literary critic introduced the idea of reification within the history and class consciousness, and was influential in the development of the ideas of alienation, global capitalism, and fragmentation of artists and workers?
A: Lukacs.
Q: Which of these supermarkets is NOT found in France?
A: Food Lion.
Q: Honthorst and Terbrugghen were leaders of which Dutch art school?
A: Utrecht.
Q: Many cultures have come up with a sort of bogeyman, the personification ofChildren's fears. Which culture calls this sort of monster the Ijiraq?
A: Inuit.
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