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1. What would I be looking at if I was gazing upon the Cullinan I?

From Quiz One

Answer: Diamond

You would indeed be looking at a diamond and not just at any old diamond either. You would be viewing one that weighs 530.4 carats and that is internally flawless. The Cullinan I, or the Great Star of Africa as it has been named, is the largest of the nine major stones cut from the mighty Cullinan Diamond. This monster diamond, which weighed a phenomenal 3106 carats in its rough state, was found at the Premier 2 Mine in South Africa on 26 January 1905 and named after the mine's owner, Thomas Cullinan. In 1907 it was acquired by the Transvaal Colony government and then presented to King Edward VII by the then premier, Louis Botha. The King consigned this treasure to the master cutters of Joseph A. Asscher and Co in Amsterdam to be cut. Legend has it that the first attempt to cleave the diamond merely resulted in a broken knife. The nine major stones that resulted from eight months of intense labour were named I to IX. In 1910, the Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross, part of the regalia used in the coronation of British monarchs, was altered to include the mighty Cullinan I where it has since remained.

From Quiz The One Quiz

Answer: Jack Nicholson

This marvellous movie is set in a mental hospital where a criminal who has pleaded mental illness to avoid prison is incarcerated with genuine patients. He soon begins to stir up the other inmates to rebel against the unbending Nurse Ratched, played by Louise Fletcher, who runs the ward. Actor Kirk Douglas, who played the lead role McMurphy in the original Broadway stage version, bought the film rights to the story. He tried for ten years to find a studio to make it, but there were no takers. Eventually he gave the rights to his son Michael who succeeded in getting it made, but by this time Kirk was almost sixty and too old to play the part.

From Quiz One Quiz, Ten Categories

Answer: opossum

Well, it doesn't lay eggs. I just put that in there to make the question seem harder. The Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) is the only North American animal with a pouch, or a marsupial. It was originally from South America and came to North America around three million years ago.

From Quiz One

Answer: U2

Once billed as the 'biggest band in the world', U2 were formed in Dublin in 1976. They have a truckload of gold, silver and platinum albums, including 'The Joshua Tree', 'Rattle and Hum', 'Achtung Baby' and 'Zooropa' in the 1980s and '90s, 'How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb' and 'No Line on the Horizon' in the 2000s. The single 'One', appropriately enough, hit the Number One spot on charts around the world- it was off the album 'Achtung Baby'.

From Quiz One

Answer: Zero & 0

ANY number to the power of zero equals one. Here are two proofs that show it: #1 - Follow the pattern 10^5 ... 10^4 ... 10^3 ... 10^2 ... 10^1 ... 10^0 100000 (/10=) 10000 (/10=) 1000 (/10=) 100 (/10=) 10 (/10=) 1 #2 - Check the math 10^3 x 10^0 = 10^(3+0) = 10^3 Therefore 10^0 must equal 1.

From Quiz Takes One to Know One!

Answer: North America

The dialing code for North America is +1, in accordance with the North American Numbering Plan. For example, if you wanted to call Saint Lucia, you'd dial the extension for your country to get long-distance calling, then 1 to get to North America, then 758 to get to Saint Lucia, and, finally, the phone number for the specific person you are calling. The dialing code for Antarctica, interestingly enough, is based on the country which runs the research station that you're calling to. If you were to call McMurdo Station which is run by the US, then your country code would be +1, however, the adjacent Scott Base which is run by New Zealand has the country code of +64.

From Quiz One for the Road

Answer: One last drink before you leave somewhere

There have been various false stories about the origins of the phrase "one for the road", including one that says it refers to a drink offered to a condemned man on his way to the gallows and public execution. In fact, the phrase does not come into common usage until the mid-20th century. Johnny Mercer used it in 1943 in his song "One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)". This song became associated with Frank Sinatra, and the phrase passed into popular parlance when referring to one last drink before heading home.

From Quiz One Quiz, Ten Categories

Answer: hole in one

ON - HOLE - E Does that make the answer "hole in one" stand out more clearly? As noted in the hint, it's a great success in golf, which is definitely a sporting event, even if some people complain it's not a game they'd want to watch. I bet if they knew a hole in one was coming, they'd be ready to watch!

From Quiz The One and Only

Answer: USS Constitution

The USS Constitution was launched 1797, and is still in commission as an active U.S. Navy ship, with a full-time crew of six officers and 46 enlisted men. Her renewable energy source is the wind, which still fills her sails when she gets underway. Although the British ship, the HMS Victory, is older than Constitution, Victory is no longer seaworthy and is in dry-dock. Constitution can still sail under her own power with ease. Constitution saw action in the Quasi War with France, the First Barbary War, and the War of 1812. Her most famous action came in the latter conflict, when she engaged and defeated the HMS Guerriere on August 19, 1812. The two ships were fairly evenly matched, but Constitution defeated her opponent with ease. The Guerriere's defeat stunned the British, who were used to trouncing the French Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. It was this engagement that earned Constitution the nickname "Old Ironsides," because the British shot seemed to bounce off her sides. She engaged and defeated four more British warships during the conflict, as well as capturing numerous merchant vessels.

From Quiz One

Answer: Ring

'Nazgûl', in Tolkien's created Black Speech, was a word formed of two parts: 'nazg', meaning 'ring'; and 'gûl', meaning 'wraith' or 'spirit'. Thus, the villainous creatures from "The Lord of the Rings" were also appropriately known as Ringwraiths. The Nazgûl were originally nine kings (men) who had been given rings of power by Sauron, who then used his One Ring (to rule them all) to bend them to his will, transforming them into the Nazgûl in the process.

From Quiz One for the Road

Answer: Blue Suede Shoes

"Blue Suede Shoes" was written by Carl Perkins in 1955. He recorded it on the legendary Sun label, and it became a million seller. Numerous cover versions were made, and over the years the song has become more associated with Elvis Presley. Presley, however, released it originally as an LP track on his debut album for RCA, and as a track on an EP taken from the album, not as a single.

From Quiz One

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909, was a dynamic and larger-than-life figure known for his boundless energy, progressive policies, and robust leadership. He was also an avid pugilist and continued to box during his tenure as President. Unfortunately, an incident occurred while he was sparring with an officer named Captain William Craig when he was struck in the face with a punch that detached the retina in his left eye. The injury resulted in permanent damage and ultimately caused him to lose sight in that eye. Despite the injury, Roosevelt continued with the match and eventually won by knockout. However, after this incident he gave up boxing and was reported to have taken up ju-jitsu instead. Theodore Roosevelt was born in 1858 into a wealthy New York family. He emerged as a war hero during the Spanish-American War, leading the Rough Riders. His political career included serving as Governor of New York and Vice President under William McKinley. Following McKinley's assassination, Roosevelt became President, championing progressive reforms like trust-busting and conservation. An advocate for a "Square Deal" and social justice, he expanded the national parks system and enacted consumer protection laws. After leaving office, Roosevelt embarked on an African safari and later ran for president as a Progressive ("Bull Moose") candidate in 1912. Theodore Roosevelt passed away on January 6, 1919,

From Quiz The One Quiz

Answer: Madame Butterfly

'Madame Butterfly' is an opera by Giacomo Puccini with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It is a tragic story of unrequited love. A young Japanese woman, Cio Cio San, falls in love with an American naval officer called Pinkerton. 'One Fine Day' expresses her dream that he will eventually come back to her, and how wonderful that day will be.

From Quiz One Quiz, Ten Categories

Answer: Marvin Hamlisch

Hamlisch (1944-2012) won a Tony award and Pulitzer prize for "A Chorus Line," which he composed in 1975. In 1986 he was also nominated for an Academy Award for the movie version. The final song, "One," shows how the individual dancers fade away into a single, matching, costumed chorus line, their individuality lost in exchange for the entertainment.

From Quiz The One and Only

Answer: Highlander

"Highlander" is an interesting film about a race of beings called Immortals, who can only die if their heads are cut off. They can sense each other's presence, and hunt each other until only one is left. Eventually it gets down to the good Immortal, Connor MacLeod, versus the bad Immortal, Victor Kruger. As they kill each other, they say, "There can be only one!" Most of the movie sequels were not very good, but the television series, starring Adrian Paul as Duncan MacLeod, was quite successful. One thing I could never understand about the original movie is why they cast a French actor, Christopher Lambert, as a Scotsman - were there no Scots actors available? Well, there was Sean Connery, but they cast him as a Spaniard.

From Quiz One

Answer: It quadruples

The volume of a cylinder is calculated using the equation V=Pi*r^2*H, where 'r' is the radius and 'H' is the height. If you plug in r=1cm, you get Pi*H, but try using r=2cm. Your answer will be Pi*4H. If you tripled the radius, it increases the flow by nine times.

From Quiz One

Answer: Yellow

Each set of seven balls has the same sequence of colours: One / nine-ball (yellow); Two / ten-ball (blue); Three / eleven-ball (red); Four / twelve-ball (purple); Five / thirteen-ball (orange); Six / fourteen-ball (green); and Seven / fifteen-ball (maroon).

From Quiz One for the Road

Answer: The Matrix

"The Matrix" trilogy is a man against machines story in which Neo, played by Keanu Reeves, is the legendary one who can defeat the machines and free mankind from their dominance. The first film, "The Matrix", was released in 1999. "The Matrix Reloaded" and "The Matrix Revolutions" were filmed in one go and released in two parts in 2003.

From Quiz The One Quiz

Answer: Grease

This song was specially written by John Farrar for the movie version of 'Grease' and was performed by Olivia Newton John and John Travolta. 'Grease' is the story of a boy and girl who have a holiday romance, but meet again unexpectedly when they go to the same high school. The song is one of the best selling singles of all time and sold 15 million copies worldwide.

From Quiz One Quiz, Ten Categories

Answer: One Life to Live

"One Life to Live" stayed on ABC its whole run, until attempts were made at the end, without success, to continue it somehow, perhaps through Hulu or iTunes. Viki Lord, the fictional main character, was first played by Gillian Spencer, but was taken over by Erika Slezak from 1971 to 2012. She won six Emmys. The leading male character, Dr. Larry Wolek, was played from 1969 to 2004 by Michael Storm, who received an Emmy nomination. And of course there were dozens more characters, each the favorite of many fans.

From Quiz One

Answer: Rome

Rome was the capital of the Roman Empire from about 240 B.C. till its collapse in 476 A.D. At its peak, Rome was home to more than 1,000,000 people. After the city was sacked by the Visigoths, the population plummeted to around 50,000. The Moroccan capital, Rabat, was not founded until the eighth century. Oslo, in Norway, was founded in circa 1000 A.D. London was only small before being taken over by the Romans in the first century. The English capital did not hit the 1,000,000 mark until the early 1800s, but it has increased quite rapidly over the next two centuries to over 7,000,000 in the early 2000s.

From Quiz One

Answer: Giza, Egypt

The one remaining Wonder of the Ancient World is the Great Pyramid at Giza, Egypt. Egyptologists believe that it was built as a tomb for the Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops), who died in the year 2566 BCE. It was the first of the Wonders built, and was the tallest structure in the world (146.4 m or 480 ft) for approximately four millennia--until St. Olaf's Church in Tailinn, Estonia had a tower built that reached to 159 m (521 ft) in 1590. The other Wonders were: Hanging Gardens of Babylon (present-day Iraq near Al Hillah) Temple of Artemis at Ephesus (present-day Turkey near Selçuk) Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Greece Mausoleum at Halicarnassus (present-day Bodrum, Turkey) Colossus of Rhodes, Greece Lighthouse of Alexandria, Egypt

From Quiz One for the Road

Answer: China

China had a one-child per urban couple limit in force from 1978 to 2015. It did not apply if the couple belonged to an ethnic minority or if they were only children themselves. Neither did it apply in rural areas where couples could have a second child, but they were expected to wait a few years before doing this. The policy did not apply to any foreign nationals living in China. Its introduction was designed to ensure that China could feed all of its population, which has been predicted to rise to around 1.6 billion by 2050.

From Quiz One

Answer: Botswana

Botswana, located in the heart of southern Africa, is a landlocked country known for its stable democracy, vibrant culture, and natural beauty. The country's geography is characterized by the vastness of the Kalahari Desert which occupies over 70% of its area. However, the country is also home to one of the most unique places on earth - the glorious Okavango Delta, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the world's largest inland deltas as a result of the emptying of the Okvango River into the desert sands. It is truly a spectacular sight to behold. Botswana is considered to Africa's success story at it boasts a unique history of peaceful independence, having avoided the conflicts that affected some of its neighbors. It also has a strong economy based on the abundance of diamonds mined within its borders. "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" series, written by Alexander McCall Smith, is a captivating collection of novels set in Botswana's capital, Gaborone, and follows the adventures of Mma Precious Ramotswe, the first female private detective in the country. Precious, with her keen intuition and wisdom, tackles a variety of cases, ranging from missing persons to family secrets, all while navigating the challenges of daily life.

From Quiz One Quiz, Ten Categories

Answer: mouse

"Hickory dickory dock The mouse ran up the clock The clock struck one And down he ran Hickory dickory dock" It was first published in 1744, and the words hickory, dickory, and dock have changed many times. There's no definite explanation for them, though some think the poem was a counting-out rhyme. Shepherds in Westmorland, England used hevera, devera and dick in the 1800s for eight, nine and ten. Start counting on your fingers at the first mention of "mouse" and move to the next finger at each accented word or syllable. The final hickory will be eight and dock will land on ten. One could repeat the rhyme endlessly to count sheep by tens, saying "hickory, dickory, dock" only once and starting fresh at "The mouse" each time. Maybe there's some logic to the idea.

From Quiz The One and Only

Answer: Rocky Marciano

Born Rocco Francis Marchegiano on September 1, 1923 in Brockton, Massachusetts, Rocky Marciano was boxing's World Heavyweight Champion from September 23, 1952, to April 27, 1956. He retired with a record of 49-0. 43 of his wins were by way of knockout. In all his fights, the closest he ever came to losing was a controversial split decision against Roland La Starza on March 24, 1950; Marciano would fight La Starza again in 1953 and knock him out in the 11th round. Marciano was killed in a plane crash the day before his 46th birthday. Despite his great record, Marciano gets little respect from some boxing fans, who claim that he fought mostly inferior opponents. He is sometimes not even included on lists of the greatest Heavyweight Champions. But during the 20th century, he was the only man who won them all when stepping into the ring. There have been several boxers at lighter weights who have retired undefeated. And even Marciano's record wasn't entirely unblemished. He lost an amateur fight in a 1948 Golden Gloves tournament.

From Quiz One

Answer: Bryce Courtenay

Bryce Courtenay was born in South Africa, but lived most of his life in Australia. Many of his books had been best-sellers, including 'The Power of One', 'Matthew Flinder's Cat', 'Sylvia', 'The Persimmon Tree' and 'The Potato Factory'. Colleen McCullough's most famous work was 'The Thorn Birds' which was made into a TV mini-series. Alan Marshall's book, 'I Can Jump Puddles', was an award-winning semi-autobiography on his growing up with polio. Marcus Clarke wrote 'For the Term of his Natural Life', a story about convict life in Australia, in 1870.

From Quiz One

Answer: Light (day and night)

Genesis 1:3-5 states "3 And God said, 'Let there be light', and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light 'day', and the darkness he called 'night'. And there was evening, and there was morning-the first day." According to the rest of the biblical creation story, God separated the waters on day two (the sky); made land and seas on day three; along with vegetation, the sun, moon and stars came on day four; birds and creatures of the sea were on day five; while land animals (including Adam and Eve) were created on the sixth day.

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