Short Quiz

[Justin]

1. Samuel ***** and Alonzo ****** invented the first ever drill. What were their surnames?

2. Who captained England to win the World Cup (Soccer) in 1966?

3. What is the best selling album of all time?

4. Who was the prime minister of England at the start of the Second World War?

5. Triton is a moon of which planet?

6. In which country is the worlds highest waterfall?

7. Golf was played first in which country?

8. Which is the lowest whole number, when spelt out, is in correct alphabetical order?

9. M,A,M,J,J,A,S,O,... what letter comes next?

10. David is half his father Duncan's age. In 10 years, David will be three-fifths Duncans age. Ten years ago, David was one third Duncan's age. How old are David and Duncan now?

11. What words rhyme with purple?

12. A man left home one day and made three left turns and met a man with a mask on. What was the first mans profession (job)?

13. Four people are suspected of stealing a diamond from a museum. If one of their statements is true, and the other false, whos the thief?

Bo said: It was Bo. It wasn't Roman
Roman said: It was Kate. It wasn't Bo
John Said: It was Roman. It wasn't Kate
Kate said: It was John. It was Bo

14. Does 0.99999999... = 1? If so prove it. If not disprove it.

15. What word can be found if one fills in the missing letters s _ _ _ u _ p _ _ _ _ i _ n?

First person to get all 15 correct gets all of my GC!

Feel free to test your general knowledge and googling skills.

It's for an online game that I play, and will really help me a lot.

[IamTheKing9]

Well, I got twelve of the answers but not the other three. And I'm not going to reveal those answers to give anyone else an upper hand.

But one thing, can you give me a fraction of your GC$ if I give you the twelve answers?
And another, what do you mean by "test your googling skills"? Do you mean to say that all the answers can be found by googling?

[Adam]

1. Samuel ***** and Alonzo ****** invented the first ever drill. What were their surnames?

Black & Decker

2. Who captained England to win the World Cup (Soccer) in 1966?

Alf Ramsey

3. What is the best selling album of all time?

The Eagles - Greatest Hits

4. Who was the prime minister of England at the start of the Second World War?

Clement Atlee

5. Triton is a moon of which planet?

Neptune

6. In which country is the worlds highest waterfall?

Angel Falls, Venezuela

7. Golf was played first in which country?

Scotland

8. Which is the lowest whole number, when spelt out, is in correct alphabetical order?

Forty

9. M,A,M,J,J,A,S,O,... what letter comes next?

N - November.

10. David is half his father Duncan's age. In 10 years, David will be three-fifths Duncans age. Ten years ago, David was one third Duncan's age. How old are David and Duncan now?

20 and 40

11. What words rhyme with purple?

purple, whirlpool, urkel, snorkel, gerbil, churchill, verbal, thermal, durable, normal, vorpal, hurtful, circle, hornbill, myrtle, nermal, neural, mural, fourple.

12. A man left home one day and made three left turns and met a man with a mask on. What was the first mans profession (job)?

Baseball player

13. Four people are suspected of stealing a diamond from a museum. If one of their statements is true, and the other false, whos the thief?

Bo said: It was Bo. It wasn't Roman
Roman said: It was Kate. It wasn't Bo
John Said: It was Roman. It wasn't Kate
Kate said: It was John. It was Bo

Bo.

14. Does 0.99999999... = 1? If so prove it. If not disprove it.

No, but an interesting theory says it does:

let x = .99999'
= 9/10 + 9/100 + 9/1000 + 9/10000 . . .
Multiply both sides by 10:
:. 10x= 9 + 9/10 + 9/100 + 9/1000 + 9/10000 . . .
substitute 9/10 + 9/100 + 9/1000 . . . = x:
:. 10x= 9 + x
:. 9x= 9
:. x= 1

15. What word can be found if one fills in the missing letters s _ _ _ u _ p _ _ _ _ i _ n?

Sesquipedalian

[Aírmanareiks Þiudareiks]

Originally Posted by Iamtheking9

Well, I got twelve of the answers but not the other three. And I'm not going to reveal those answers to give anyone else an upper hand.
But one thing, can you give me a fraction of your GC$ if I give you the twelve answers?
And another, what do you mean by "test your googling skills"? Do you mean to say that all the answers can be found by googling?

Haha, don't push your luck. :P
If anyone thinks all the answers can be gotten through Google, they are crazy. Some of them need good intuition in mathematics. Anyway, Justin, I answered them all, and I've PMed them to you, I didn't even need to Google any of them. Some were just too easy, but look hard.

[Aírmanareiks Þiudareiks]

Originally Posted by Adam

1. Samuel ***** and Alonzo ****** invented the first ever drill. What were their surnames?

Black & Decker

2. Who captained England to win the World Cup (Soccer) in 1966?

Alf Ramsey

3. What is the best selling album of all time?

The Eagles - Greatest Hits

4. Who was the prime minister of England at the start of the Second World War?

Clement Atlee

5. Triton is a moon of which planet?

Neptune

6. In which country is the worlds highest waterfall?

Angel Falls, Venezuela

7. Golf was played first in which country?

Scotland

8. Which is the lowest whole number, when spelt out, is in correct alphabetical order?

Forty

9. M,A,M,J,J,A,S,O,... what letter comes next?

N - November.

10. David is half his father Duncan's age. In 10 years, David will be three-fifths Duncans age. Ten years ago, David was one third Duncan's age. How old are David and Duncan now?

20 and 40

11. What words rhyme with purple?

purple, whirlpool, urkel, snorkel, gerbil, churchill, verbal, thermal, durable, normal, vorpal, hurtful, circle, hornbill, myrtle, nermal, neural, mural, fourple.

12. A man left home one day and made three left turns and met a man with a mask on. What was the first mans profession (job)?

Baseball player

13. Four people are suspected of stealing a diamond from a museum. If one of their statements is true, and the other false, whos the thief?

Bo said: It was Bo. It wasn't Roman
Roman said: It was Kate. It wasn't Bo
John Said: It was Roman. It wasn't Kate
Kate said: It was John. It was Bo

Bo.

14. Does 0.99999999... = 1? If so prove it. If not disprove it.

No, but an interesting theory says it does:

let x = .99999'
= 9/10 + 9/100 + 9/1000 + 9/10000 . . .
Multiply both sides by 10:
:. 10x= 9 + 9/10 + 9/100 + 9/1000 + 9/10000 . . .
substitute 9/10 + 9/100 + 9/1000 . . . = x:
:. 10x= 9 + x
:. 9x= 9
:. x= 1

15. What word can be found if one fills in the missing letters s _ _ _ u _ p _ _ _ _ i _ n?

Sesquipedalian

Your answers for 2, 3, 4 and 13 are wrong. And no, on no. 15, .9(recurring) IS 1.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Eiríkr Rauði

Your answers for 2, 3, 4 and 13 are wrong. And no, on no. 15, .9(recurring) IS 1.

Number 2 I mis-read - Alf Ramsey was coach, Bobby Moore was captain.

Number 3 is definitely correct. Most people think it's Thriller, but it isn't. Check it out.

4 I'm pretty sure of. 13 I've heard before.

For number 15 he asked for proof - the mathematical FACT is that 0.999~ will NEVER be one - it will get closer and closer but never meet.

[Aírmanareiks Þiudareiks]

Sorry, you're right about number 3, I accidentally added that into my post, but you are wrong about 4. He asked for the Prime Minister at the BEGINNING of World War II, not at the end. The correct answer is Neville Chamberlain. And 13 you're wrong, it wasn't Bo, it was John, because it says that everyone makes atleast one true statement. No one said that John didn't steal it, so he stole it.
And about 15...why don't you disprove it then. :P

[Adam]

He was just keeping his head down - Bo's guilty as sin. I mean just look at his name

[Aírmanareiks Þiudareiks]

lol, I just Googled the question to see if I was right or wrong, and found a quiz site and I took the quiz and found out I was right. :P
http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/qu...091622aa0.html

[Justin]

There are some very intuitive people here at GC. I didn't expect so many to be able to pick up on 12-15 of these questions.

A round of applause for GC? Now, after I review everyone's final answers, I will award a small amount of GC (all that I have) to the winner.

Thanks. I'm going to post more of these in the future, because it is fun to learn stuff via GC members arguing!