Dear Silklisters I have to set a quiz for a bunch of 50 somethings (part of a quiz group that i have been in for the past 20 yrs) and horror of horrors;it is on this saturday 13th october...And I totally forgot.. Can the group point me to web resources (not the competition success kind ,please) or any ready compilations that can be shared with me urgently? The questions have to be of a general nature , not too esoteric and guessable and above all interesting..And definitely not too highbrow!!! My direct email is xxx...@yahoo.com
Please do help..some of the questions I have put together to give you a flavour are below.Audio visual questions are a great hit too!!! I have Gangnam style already!!! I need about 150 questions... 1. In 1512, a Dutch merchant searching for ways to transport large quantities of wine found that by boiling the wine he could remove the water in it and thus transport more wine in the same volume. At the destination, he would just add the missing water. But he found that people were more interested in the boiled concentrate than the wine and made a killing by selling the boiled concentrate. How do we better know this boiled concentrate? 2. What is the common name for a college publication distributed at the start of the academic year by university administrations with the intention of helping students get to know each other better? 3. According to the website of the Colchester tourist board, during the English Civil War a large cannon was placed strategically on the wall of the castle. A shot from the parliamentary army managed to destroy the wall under the cannon and caused it to tumble to the ground. The Cavaliers (who were loyal to the King) tried to raise the cannon but could not do so as it was too heavy. What was the name of the cannon and how has it been immortalized? 4. Accordingly to Greek mythology, he is the God of Marriage and specifically the Marriage Hymn. He holds a burning torch in one hand and is considered the protector of female virginity. Which God? 5. What are algorithms like the layer method, the block method, the corner method and the super-flip used to solve? Probably a nice exercise to answer these too!!!! Thanks in advance Naresh
