Various Quiz

[frontrunner]

Here are a few teasers for you all.

1)What kind of pillows did ancient Egyptians sleep on?
2)Which country is the world's largest consumer of gold?
3)How many grams are there in an olympic gold medal?
4)Which is the only county in GB to have 2 coasts?
5)How many teeth does a snail have?
6)How many teeth does a mosquito have?
7)Who was the decibel named after?
8)Who invented the monkey wrench?
9)What is 1/100th of a second called?
10)What are the holes in Swiss cheese called?


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[mathare]

9 is jiffy

[bigcumba]

1 - Wooden pillows
2 - India

4 - I thought there were quite a few of these - Cornwall, Devon, plus some of the old Scottish counties such as Caithness, Sutherland, Ross & Cromarty, and Inverness?

[frontrunner]

Jiffy is correct Matt.......INDIA & DEVON are correct too Campbell :) so that's Questions 2 4 & 9 out of the way.


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[bigcumba]

5 - snails have some mad number of teeth - thousands,... rough guess 20,000

7 - Alexander Graham Bell

8 - Mr Charles Moncky gave it his name

9 - surely it's a centisecond?

10 - eyes

[bigcumba]

for number 9 - jiffy seems to be an accepted name for 1/100th of a second but the official scientific answer is this one - guess we're both correct :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centisecond

[frontrunner]

for number 9 - jiffy seems to be an accepted name for 1/100th of a second but the official scientific answer is this one - guess we're both correct :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centisecond

Mrs Frontrunner said that I should disqualify your for cheating :hahaha But told her it's my ball :bnk so you can carry on. 7 8 & 10 are correct.


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[MattR]

I know it says country for 2, but Liverpool must be a close second. :D

[bigmazey]

3. 216 210 silver and 6 gold. technically it is not a gold medal but a golden or gold plated medal.

[frontrunner]

6 is the answer I was looking for well done bm :wink The remaining questions left to answer are 1 5 & 7.


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