smh quiz 4th apr

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  1. Mic

    Michael Noz Well-Known Member

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    1. On mobiles, what does AMP stand for?

    2. Mark Ruffalo plays crusading US lawyer Robert Bilott in which 2020 film?

    3. What does a javelina most closely resemble: a wild boar, a sheep or an aardvark?

    4. Which

    5. In philosophy, Buridan’s ass has to choose between hay and … what?

    6. In geometry, which shape has an infinite number of sides: an apeirogon, decagon or a nonagon?

    7. Does the US First Amendment relate to free speech, gun rights or voting rights?

    8. What is the world’s southernmost national capital city?

    9. How

    10. What is the name of Radiohead’s third album, released in 1997?

    11. Which parasite transmits Lyme disease?

    12. Surgeon Fiona Wood invented which medical technology?

    13. Name the first man-made satellite to orbit Earth.

    14. Which contact team sport awards the Stanley Cup?

    15. Marie Curie was awarded the 1911 Nobel Prize for discovering polonium and what other element?

    16. Prior to 2020, how many times have the Summer Olympics been cancelled?

    17. Entomophagy is the practice of eating … what?

    18. What is India’s national flower?

    19. “All Europe contributed to the making of Kurtz” is a line from which novel?

    20. What letter represents 500 in Roman numerals?

    21. In Tom and Jerry cartoons, what animals are the title characters?

    22. How many strings does the erhu, or Chinese fiddle, have?

    23. Decapods are a species of what animal group starting with “C”?

    24. Ingvar Kamprad founded which business in 1943?

    25. In which Tasmanian town is the Big Penguin statue located?
     
  2. jedi one

    jedi one Well-Known Member

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    i'm stuck on 4-9 and to be honest quite a few of the others
     
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    Old Goat Well-Known Member

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    I'm fine with the Tom and Jerry question.
     
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    Donks Well-Known Member

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    4 and 9 are a bit philosophical for my liking.
     
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    jedi one Well-Known Member

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    BLUE WHALE !
     
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    TitusMagee Well-Known Member

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    4. Dave Benson Phillips
    9. Turkey Baster
     
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    6. Apeirogon
    8. Wellington
    11. tick
    13. Sputnik
    14. Ice Hockey
    20. D
    21. In context of oter questions - a bit too easy
     
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    Sestren Well-Known Member

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    1. Accelerated (?) mobile page
    2.
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    6. Apeirogon, by a process of elimination...
    7. Free speech
    8. Wellington
    9.
    10.
    11. Tick
    12.
    13. Sputnik
    14. Ice hockey
    15. Radium
    16. Twice?
    17. Insects
    18.
    19. Heart of Darkness
    20. D
    21. Cat and mouse
    22.
    23. Crustaceans
    24. IKEA
    25.

    Few tough ones in there!
     
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    Failed at first hurdle. Don't know what smh means.
     
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    TitusMagee Well-Known Member

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    Assumed it was Sydney Morning Herald but may be wrong.
     

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