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Thread #51326   Message #781266
Posted By: Nigel Parsons
11-Sep-02 - 11:06 AM
Thread Name: BS: Nigel's Hardware Quiz
Subject: Nigel's Hardware Quiz
A quiz for those who believe in going "Tooled up": Please do not put answers in the thread. They will be put in another thread later!

Nigel

1, What drink is made with vodka & orange juice?
2, Which football team was supported by the fictional Alf Garnett?
3, What name is given to a single instrument with two prongs which provides a single (reliable) musical note?
4, With what device did Archimedes raise water or grain uphill?
5, What term is used for a bundle of cash, or a golf club ?
6, Of where was Mold the county capital?
7, When the expression Alpha & Omega is used, what does Omega mean?
8, In the comic interlude introducing Julius Caesar, the cobbler claims to be a mender of bad soles, and says "I meddle with no. tradesman's matters, nor women's matters, but with..." what?
9, What are the surnames of the two entertainers Dr. Evadne & Dame Hilda?
10, What name is given to a fixed wing, heavier than air craft?
11, What tool is one third of a common expression use by Santa Claus?
12, Frequently described these days by this American term, what is a retainer?
13, What word describes an established saying or proverb?
14, What word describes immorality, or an immediately lower rank?
15, Speaking of rank, it also means a number of soldiers stood side by side; what term describes a number of soldiers stood one behind the other?
16, What word describes practice marching in the above formations?
17, In the early days of American colonialism, what word described 12½ cents?
18, What word describes a sound of disapproval, made by blowing hard with the tongue between the lips?
19, What part was played by Humphrey Bogart in the 1941 film "The Maltese Falcon"?
20, Which playing card is also known as a knave?