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A multiple-choice quiz by kelso. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
kelso

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
28,198

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
7246

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which bird score do batsmen in cricket try to avoid? Hint

A dodo

An ostrich

A duck

A turkey

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Question 2 of 10

2. What dance are you doing if you "put your right arm in, put your right arm out, in, out, in, out, shake it all about"? Hint

Can-can

Chicken dance

Hokey Pokey/Hokey Cokey

Harlem shake

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Question 3 of 10

3. What abbreviation appears on invitations and means 'please reply'? Hint

vsop

pto

asap

rsvp

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Question 4 of 10

4. Other than in the US which also uses blue, which two colours is a barber's pole traditionally painted? Hint

Pink and black

Green and red

Red and white

Black and white

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which of these varieties of wine can be red? Hint

Frascati

Chardonnay

Beaujolais

Muscadet

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Question 6 of 10

6. In the Bible, who was thrown into the lion's den? Hint

Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego

Samson

Daniel

Goliath

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of these is not a county of England in its own right? Hint

West Midlands

North Yorkshire

North Devon

East Sussex

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which band named itself after an American spy plane? Hint

Sigue Sigue Sputnik

XTC

UB40

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Question 9 of 10

9. In a decathlon, which is the first of the ten events? Hint

Pole vault

100 metres

400 metres

High jump

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Question 10 of 10

10. What name is given to the target ball at which players aim their woods in the game of bowls? Hint

Jack

Jim

Tom

Bert

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which bird score do batsmen in cricket try to avoid?

Answer: A duck

2. What dance are you doing if you "put your right arm in, put your right arm out, in, out, in, out, shake it all about"?

Answer: Hokey Pokey/Hokey Cokey

This dance is both the HOKEY COKEY (UK) (http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=hokey+cokey&meta=)and the HOKEY POKEY (US) (http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=hokey+pokey&meta=).

Please do not send a Correction Note on this as it goes by both names.

3. What abbreviation appears on invitations and means 'please reply'?

Answer: rsvp

From the French.

4. Other than in the US which also uses blue, which two colours is a barber's pole traditionally painted?

Answer: Red and white

5. Which of these varieties of wine can be red?

Answer: Beaujolais

6. In the Bible, who was thrown into the lion's den?

Answer: Daniel

Daniel chapter 6.

7. Which of these is not a county of England in its own right?

Answer: North Devon

Mind you, the people of North Devon nearly always add the word 'North'!

8. Which band named itself after an American spy plane?

Answer: U2

9. In a decathlon, which is the first of the ten events?

Answer: 100 metres

10. What name is given to the target ball at which players aim their woods in the game of bowls?

Answer: Jack

Source: Author kelso

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