The PT Ski Quiz - Answers - Day 8 : Flags of the world Ireland

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Day 8 : Flags of the world

          Ireland              Sweden      North Macedonia      Brazil

          Croatia              Greece           China           India

        Switzerland            Namibia         Belgium       South Africa

         Australia             Portugal        Jamaica          Spain

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          Austria                  Nepal                   Canada                     Iceland

Day 9 : History

   1. What were the names of Henry VIII’s wives? Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymore,
       Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Catherine Parr
   2. Of which tribe was Boadicea the head? The Iceni
   3. What famous document was signed at Runnymede on 15 June 1215? The Magna Carta
   4. In what year was the battle of Agincourt? 1415
   5. What was the name of Lord Nelson’s flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar? HMS Victory
   6. Which royal house ruled England between 1603 and 1714? The Stuarts
   7. The Monument in The City of London Is a monument to which event? The great fire of London
   8. What was the name of the ship upon which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed to the Americas in 1620? The
       Mayflower
   9. In which war was the Charge of the Light Brigade? Crimean War
   10. In which city was John F Kennedy assassinated? Dallas
   11. Which type of British fighter plane shot down 1,294 enemy aircraft In World War One? The
       Sopwith Camel
   12. Who was nicknamed The Desert Fox? Field Marshall Rommel
   13. What was the First Reich? The Holy Roman Empire
   14. Has there ever been an English Pope? Yes, Adrian IV
   15. Which English King was known as Coeur de Lion? Richard I
   16. Who was the Captain of the Bounty, whose crew staged a mutiny? Captain William Bligh
   17. Who was the mother of James I of England (James VI of Scotland)? Mary Queen of Scots
   18. Where did Napoleon Bonaparte die in exile? St Helena
   19. Where was Thomas Beckett Murdered? Canterbury Cathedral
   20. Who played bowls before engaging the Spanish Armada? Sir Francis Drake

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Day 10 : Logos

    National Lottery        WWF               Guinness         North Face

           BP               Swiss        Great Ormand Street   Starbucks

         Wilson         Dreamworks             Oakley            Nestle

          Gucci             Pepsi            Atomic Skis       Volkswagen

    Gotschnasport (in
                        National Trust     British Airways     Toblerone
        Klosters)

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Day 11 : Tube Stations

   1. An irate monarch Kings Cross
   2. Napoleon’s downfall Waterloo
   3. Tusks on the battlements Elephant and Castle
   4. Dark monks Blackfriars
   5. The opposite of she catch Heathrow
   6. Marmalade Bear! Paddington
   7. Apostle’s Forest St John’s Wood
   8. Jouster’s crossing Knightsbridge
   9. Vicar’s envy Parson’s Green
   10. Gabriel is a fine example! Angel
   11. Completely mad! Barking
   12. Grieving heavy type of moon Mornington Crescent
   13. Dutch open space Holland Park
   14. A long line to see flowers Kew Gardens
   15. Four minute finish Mile End
   16. A full armoury Arsenal
   17. New Testament letter writer! St Paul’s
   18. Regal tree Royal Oak
   19. Sheep carer’s shrub Shepherd’s Bush
   20. Leave the North and find these meadows Southfields

Day 12: Music

   1.  How many movements are there in a Classical symphony? 4
   2.  Which famous singer was known as France’s ‘Little Sparrow’? Edith Piaf
   3.  Which country is the musical Evita set in? Argentina
   4.  In 1975 Queen produced a number one hit with which song? Bohemian Rhapsody
   5.  What play is the musical West Side Story based on? Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet
   6.  How many children does Captain von Trapp in the Sound of Music have? 7
   7.  Complete this song lyric (from a musical) - ________ is the word! Greece!
   8.  Name the anthems of the rugby Six Nations teams. England – God Save the Queen, Scotland –
       Flower of Scotland, Ireland – Ireland’s Call, Wales – Hen Wald Fy Nhadau (Land of My Fathers),
       France – La Marseillaise, Italy – Il Canto Degli Italiani.
   9. What year was Ziggy Stardust released? 1972
   10. Name 3 opera venues in England beginning with G. Glyndebourne, The Grange & Garsington.
   11. Which television talent show formed One Direction? X Factor
   12. Who won Eurovision in 1974? ABBA
   13. Which public school did Chris Martin of Coldplay go to? Sherborne
   14. Name 2 of the 4 pieces which make up a set of bagpipes? Bag, chanter, mouthpiece, (bass & tenor)
       drones.
   15. Which Scottish artist released the album ‘Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent’ in 2019? Lewis
       Capaldi
   16. The West End musical ‘Wicked’ is the prequel to which film? The Wizard of Oz
   17. Which band had a hit with ‘I’ve got a brand new combine harvester’? The Wurzels (in 1976)
   18. The song ‘I am the very model of a modern Major General’ is from which Gilbert and Sullivan
       Operetta? Pirates of Penzance

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   19. How many different types of instruments make up a classical string quartet? 3! Two Violins, 1 Viola
       & 1 Cello.
   20. Which artist originally rose to fame in the 1990s as the lead singer of Destiny’s child? Beyonce.

Day 13 : Dogs

     German Shepard                    Pug                     Whippet                   Beagle

      Norfolk Terrier              Chihuahua                    Husky                Afghan Hound

  Pembroke Welsh Corgi             Pomeranian                 Dalmatian               Border Collie

 Working Cocker Spaniel             Labrador            Old English Sheepdog          Border Terrier

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      Saint Bernard                  Westie               Standard Poodle            Boston Terrier

Day 14 : Science

   1. When developing the process of vaccination to protect against smallpox, Edward Jenner used the
       pus from blisters of someone suffering from which disease? Cowpox
   2. What is the name of the French microbiologist who invented pasteurization, the process of treating
       wine and milk to stop bacterial contamination? Louis Pasteur
   3. What is the name of the green pigmentation in the leaves of plants which allow them to
       photosynthesise? Chlorophyll
   4. What is deoxyribonucleic acid most commonly known as? DNA
   5. Which female scientist is the only person ever to win two Nobel prizes in two different scientific
       fields (for Physics in 1903 and for Chemistry in 1911)? Marie Curie
   6. Who reputedly yelled ‘Eureka’ and leapt out of his bath? Archimedes
   7. NaCl is the chemical symbol for what? Salt (sodium chloride)
   8. Which Greek mathematician gave his name to the theorem that a²+b²=c²? Pythagoras
   9. What is this series of numbers called 1,1,2,3,5,8,… (i.e each number is the sum of the two previous
       numbers)? Fibonacci sequence
   10. What is the name of the red protein responsible for transporting oxygen in the blood of
       vertebrates? Haemoglobin
   11. Where in your body would you find a metacarpal? The hand
   12. Which famous English 17th Century physicist gave his name to the unit of force? Sir Isaac Newton
   13. Entomology is the study of what? Insects
   14. What is the name of the type of trees and bushes which shed their leaves seasonally? Deciduous
   15. What is 212° Fahrenheit in Celsius? 100°
   16. Where in your body might you find the gel-like substance called vitreous humour? The eye
   17. Antibiotics were discovered in 1928 by which Scottish scientist? Alexander Fleming
   18. What does the atomic number indicate on the periodic table? The number of protons
   19. A thermometer measures temperature, what does a barometer measure? Air pressure
   20. What element is a diamond made of? Carbon