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Friday Night Quiz: 27.11.2020



Last we we had a quiz that had been requested on the subject of book and literature. Here are the answers:


Round 1: General


  1. According to Aesop's Fable, which animal did the tortoise beat in a race? A hare

  2. Name the young hero of Treasure Island Jim Hawkins

  3. Victor Hugo wrote The Hunchback of Notre Dame. What was his other famous book, the story of an escaped convict, Jean Valjean? Les Misérables

  4. In what London street did Sherlock Holmes live? Baker Street

  5. In which novel does the heroine finally marry Mr. Rochester? Jane Eyre

  6. In 1991 the sequel to Gone with the Wind, written by Alexandra Ripley, was published. What was the title? Scarlett

  7. Pip is the main character of which book by Charles Dickens? Great Expectations

  8. Who wrote Sense and Sensibility? Jane Austen


Round 2: Guess the book


  1. A retired Spanish country gentleman in his fifties who has become obsessed with books of chivalry? Don Quixote

  2. A chronicle of the history of the French invasion of Russia through the stories of five Russian aristocratic families? War and Peace

  3. Set in Airstrip One, a province of the superstate Oceania in a world of perpetual war, public manipulation, and government surveillance? Nineteen Eighty-Four

  4. Set around the time of the French revolution, in which Sydney Carton makes the ultimate sacrifice A Tale of Two Cities

  5. Set in Victorian times, the story chronicles the life of a horse from a young colt to pulling cabs in London until finally retiring to the country Black Beauty


 

This week, we're heading back to school to test your human biology knowledge!



  1. Where is your tibia?

  2. How many kidneys do you need to live?

  3. Which of these is not one of the five senses? Touch, Sight, Vibration, Sound, Taste, Smell?

  4. How many percent water is your body? 90%, 75%, 60% or 30%?

  5. The smallest bone in the body is the size of… A grain of rice, a flea, a peanut or a matchstick?

  6. How many pints of blood are there in an adult body?

  7. Where is your mandible? Foot, pelvis, shoulder or jaw?

  8. Healthy livers can regenerate after damage, true or false?

  9. Which is there more bones in, your foot or your hand?

  10. How many muscles do we use for smiles? 36, 24, 19 or 48?

  11. How many sweat glands do you have? 200,000, 187,000. 1.8 million or 2.6 million?

  12. If you were to stretch out your digestive system, how long would it be? 29 feet, 30 feet, 26 feet or 32 feet?

  13. Which is the only area of your body without a blood supply? Cornea, tonsil, teeth or appendix?

  14. Which feature are humans the only animals with? Earlobes, eyelashes, chin or knuckles?

Good luck!

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