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Odd one out II | Answers

The answers to my earlier post are shown in bold below. I have included the question simply for your information.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
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  1. Two of these were written by the same author and one was not. Which is the odd one out?
    • George’s Marvellous Medicine—was written by Ronald Dahl. Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car and the James Bond novel From Russia with Love were both written by Ian Fleming
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  2. Two of these creatures are semi-aquatic reptiles, while the third is a completely different kind of animal. Which one is the odd one out?
    • Harpy—is one of two species of eagle: the American harpy and the Papuan harpy. Nile and saltwater are both species of crocodile.
      Crew of Apollo 12.
      Left to right they are: Commander, Charles “Pete” Conrad Jr.; Command Module pilot, Richard F. Gordon Jr.; and Lunar Module pilot, Alan L. Bean.
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  3. The three men listed comprised the crew of Apollo 12. With regard to the Moon which of them was the odd one out?
    • Richard Gordon—was the command pilot who stayed in Lunar orbit while Conrad and Bean landed on the Moon and carried out surface activity for about 31 hours.
      The Salvation Army crest.
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  4. Two of these are mottos of military organisations. Which one is the odd one out?
    • Blood and Fire—is the ‘War Cry’ of the Salvation Army; it refers to the blood of Christ and fire of the Holy Spirit. Semper fidelis (“Always faithful”) is the motto of the US Marine Corps while Who Dares Wins is the motto of the UK’s SAS (Special Air Service)
      Aryna Sabalenka, 2024.
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  5. In sporting terms, which of these women is the odd one out?
    • Aryna Sabalenka—currently ranked world No. 1 in women’s tennis, has won three major championships: the 2023 and 2024 Australian Opens and the 2024 US Open. Additionally, she has won doubles titles at two majors, partnering with Elise Mertens, at the 2019 US Open and the 2021 Australian Open. Catriona Matthew (Europe) and Stacy Lewis (USA) are both golfers who captained their respective teams to victory in the Solheim Cup.

Odd one out II

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A few questions where you have to identify the odd one out.

  1. Two of these were written by the same author and one was not. Which is the odd one out?
    • Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car
    • George’s Marvellous Medicine
    • From Russia with Love
  2. Two of these creatures are semi-aquatic reptiles, while the third is a completely different kind of animal. Which one is the odd one out?
    • Harpy
    • Nile
    • Saltwater
  3. The three men listed comprised the crew of Apollo 12. With regard to the Moon which of them was the odd one out?
    • Alan Bean
    • Pete Conrad
    • Richard Gordon
  4. Two of these are the mottos of military organisations while one is not. Which one is the odd one out?
    • Blood and Fire
    • Semper fidelis (“Always faithful”)
    • Who Dares Wins
  5. In sporting terms, which of these women is the odd one out?
    • Aryna Sabalenka
    • Catriona Matthew
    • Stacy Lewis

Good luck! I will post the answers later today.

ABC | Answers

Chinchilla (See question 5).
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The answers to my earlier post are shown in bold below. I have included the question simply for your information.

  1. Founded in the 1990s, WestJet is the second-largest airline in which Commonwealth country?
    • Canada—WestJet, founded in 1994 and headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, is Canada’s second-largest airline. It operates scheduled, charter and cargo air service to over 100 destinations across North America, the Caribbean, Europe, Asia and Central America. WestJet is not a member of any major airline alliances but utilises codeshare and interline agreements.
  2. The first geological period of the Paleozoic Era has a Latin name connected to Wales. What is it?
    • Cambrian—The term Cambrian is derived from the Latin version of Cymru, the Welsh name for Wales, where rocks of this age were first studied. Adam Sedgwick named it in 1835. The Cambrian is the first geological period of the Paleozoic Era, lasting 51.95 million years. It witnessed the Cambrian explosion, producing the first representatives of most modern animal phyla. The Cambrian is characterised by the assembly of Gondwana and the development of new plate boundaries.
      Frontispiece, 1889 edition A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
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  3. In Mark Twain’s novel, Hank Morgan is the titular Yankee. What word is missing from the title: A … Yankee in King Arthur’s Court?
    • Connecticut—A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court is a satirical novel by Mark Twain. The story follows Hank Morgan, a Yankee engineer transported back in time to King Arthur’s court, where he uses his knowledge to modernise the past and challenge feudalism and monarchy.
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  4. Which of these was a mythical hero whom Thetis dressed as a girl and hid with King Lycomedes of Skyros?
    • Achilles—To protect Achilles from the war, Thetis hid him disguised as a princess at the court of Lycomedes. Odysseus, disguised as a pedlar, discovered Achilles’ true identity and convinced him to join the Greek campaign against Troy.
  5. What animal is pictured at the top of this post?
    • Chinchilla—native to the Andes mountains in South America, are known for their dense fur and are related to viscachas and chinchilla rats. Historically hunted for their fur, most chinchillas today are farm-raised for the fur industry, while domestic chinchillas are sometimes kept as pets.

ABC

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Today’s questions have answers which begin with A, B or C.

  1. Established in the 1990s, WestJet is the second-largest airline in which Commonwealth country?
    • Australia
    • Barbados
    • Canada
  2. The first geological period of the Paleozoic Era has a Latin name connected to Wales. What is it?
    • Aquitanian
    • Burdigalian
    • Cambrian
  3. In Mark Twain’s novel, Hank Morgan is the titular Yankee. What word is missing from the title: A … Yankee in King Arthur’s Court?
    • Appalachian
    • Baltimore
    • Connecticut
  4. Which of these was a mythical hero whom Thetis dressed as a girl and hid with King Lycomedes of Skyros?
    • Achilles
    • Basilisk
    • Chiron
  5. What animal is pictured at the top of this post?
    • Agouti
    • Bushbaby
    • Chinchilla

Good luck! I will post the answers later today.

Who, What, When, Where, Why and How IV | Answers

The answers to my earlier post are shown in bold below. I have included the question simply for your information.

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  1. Who was a British Olympic gold medal winner died in a Japanese civilian internment camp during the Second World War and whose story was told in Chariots of Fire?
    • Eric Liddell—a Scottish sprinter, rugby player, and Christian missionary, was born in China to Scottish missionary parents. He won the 400 metres at the 1924 Paris Olympics after refusing to run in the heats for the 100 metres as they were held on a Sunday. These events were recounted in the film Chariots of Fire. He became a Congregational minister in 1932, and served as a missionary teacher in China until his death in a Japanese civilian internment camp in 1945.
      Flyer for the 1979 stage production at the ICA of The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy.
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  2. What author wrote, “In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move“?
    • Douglas Adams—The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is a comedy science fiction franchise that began as a BBC radio series. The story follows Arthur Dent, the last human who hitched a ride off Earth before its destruction.
      The X-Men, Volume 1
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  3. When did the Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters make its first appearance In Marvel Comics?
    • 1963—The X-Mansion, located in Westchester County, New York, is the base of operations for the X-Men and houses the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning. The mansion has undergone several name changes and relocations, reflecting significant events in the X-Men’s history.
      Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
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  4. Where did Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire come in the Harry Potter book series?
    • Fourth—Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the fourth novel in the Harry Potter series, following Harry’s fourth year at Hogwarts. The book, published simultaneously in the UK and US in 2000, won a Hugo Award and was adapted into a film and video game.
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  5. Why is the glass lizard, such as the eastern glass lizard (Ophisaurus ventralis), so called?
    • Their tails break off—Anguinae, a subfamily of legless lizards in the Anguidae family, commonly known as glass lizards, glass snakes, or slow worms, are native to North America, Europe, Asia, and North Africa. Their tails easily break or snap off, earning them their first two common names.
      Depiction of Rip Van Winkle by John Quidor.
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  6. How long does Rip Van Winkle sleep in Washington Irving’s short story?
    • 20 years—Rip Van Winkle is a short story by Washington Irving about a Dutch-American villager who falls asleep in the Catskill Mountains and awakens 20 years later to a changed world. The story was inspired by a conversation on nostalgia and published in 1819

Who, What, When, Where, Why and How IV

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  1. Who was a British Olympic gold medal winner who died in a Japanese civilian internment camp during the Second World War and whose story was told in Chariots of Fire?
    • Arthur Lumsden
    • Eric Liddell
    • Hector Lynch
  2. What author wrote, “In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move“?
    • Douglas Adams
    • Isaac Asimov
    • Terry Pratchett
  3. When did the Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters make its first appearance In Marvel Comics?
    • 1937
    • 1949
    • 1963
  4. Where did Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire come in the Harry Potter book series?
    • Third
    • Fourth
    • Fifth
  5. Why is the glass lizard, such as the eastern glass lizard (Ophisaurus ventralis), so called?
    • They are diaphanous
    • They are mirror-like
    • Their tails break off
  6. How long does Rip Van Winkle sleep in Washington Irving’s short story?
    • 10 Years
    • 15 years
    • 20 years

Good luck! I will post the answers later today.

An initial hello | Answers

The answers to my earlier post are shown in bold below. I have included the question simply for your information.

Hawaiian pizza.
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  1. What ‘H’ is an eight-letter word which can go before guitar, islands and pizza?
    • Hawaiian—relating to Hawaii, its people, or their language. Hence Hawaiian guitar, Hawaiian Islands and Hawaiian pizza.
      Ripostes by Ezra Ound.
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  2. What ‘E’ is an American poet who published Ripostes, a collection of 25 poems, in 1912? (First & second name please)
    • Ezra Pound—Ezra Pound was an American poet and critic, a major figure in early modernist poetry. He was a collaborator in Fascist Italy during World War II, recording propaganda broadcasts attacking the US, Britain and Jews. After the war, he was held in a US military detention camp and later incarcerated for over 12 years in a psychiatric hospital.
  3. What ‘L’ is an 8-letter word meaning the same as port and the opposite of starboard?
    • Larboard—Middle English ladebord, referring to the side on which cargo was put aboard. The change to lar- in the 16th century was due to association with starboard. (Oxford English Dictionary)
      The Librarian, Unseen University.
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  4. What ‘L’, a facility the fictional Unseen University, is tended by a faculty member who is a pongo
    • Library—In Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series The Librarian of the Unseen University’s library, originally Dr. Horace Worblehat, was transformed into an orang-utan and chose to remain that way due to the advantages it offered for his job. He communicates using the word “ook” and is fiercely protective of his anonymity, as revealing his true name could reverse the transformation. The Librarian is known for his love of music, his role in the City Watch, and his membership in an elite group of librarians who can travel through L-Space.
      Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats.
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  5. What ‘O’ is “a collection of whimsical light poems about feline psychology and sociology” which became the basis of the musical Cats?
    • Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats—a collection of light poems about cats by TS Eliot, was published in 1939 and later adapted into Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Cats. Eliot wrote the poems in the 1930s and included them in letters to his godchildren.

An initial hello

  1. What ‘H’ is an eight-letter word which can go before guitar, islands and pizza?
  2. What ‘E’ is an American poet who published Ripostes, a collection of 25 poems, in 1912? (First & second name please)
  3. What ‘L’ is an 8-letter word meaning the same as port and the opposite of starboard?
  4. What ‘L’, a facility the fictional Unseen University, is tended by a faculty member who is a pongo?
  5. What ‘O’ is “a collection of whimsical light poems about feline psychology and sociology” which became the basis of the musical Cats? (Six words in the answer)

Good luck! I will post the answers later today.

Flight of fancy, or is it? | Answers

The answers to my earlier post are shown in bold below. I have included the question simply for your information.

“The name is Bond, James Bond”. James Bond.
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  1. James Bond was the hero of Kingsley Amis’s 1968 novel Colonel Sun, which was published under the pseudonym Robert Markham, true or false?
    • True—Colonel Sunby Kingsley Amis—the first published James Bond continuation novel—follows Bond as he rescues M from communist Chinese kidnappers, uncovering a plot to cause an international incident.
  2. Is the following true or false: Captain Yossarian is a character in Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days?
    • False—he is from Joseph Heller’s Catch-22. Captain John Yossarian, the protagonist of Joseph Heller’s Catch-22, is a 28-year-old bombardier stationed on Pianosa during World War II. Yossarian’s exploits are based on Heller’s experiences as a bombardier in the Army Air Corps, with the name Yossarian derived from Heller’s wartime friend, Francis Yohannan.
  3. Oliver Mowat was the gamekeeper in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, is this true or is it false?
    • False—Oliver Mellors was the name of the gamekeeper. D.H. Lawrence’s final novel, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, published privately in 1928 and 1929, is renowned for its explicit content and led to a landmark obscenity trial in the UK in 1960 after being banned in several countries. The story follows Constance Chatterley, a married woman whose husband is paralysed, as she embarks on an affair with the gamekeeper, Oliver Mellors. This relationship highlights the class disparity between them .
  4. James Charles Bigglesworth is a fictional character created by author Captain W.E. Johns, true or false?
    • True—Biggles, as Bigglesworth is known, is a fictional pilot and adventurer, and the hero of the Biggles series of adventure books written by W.E. Johns. The series, spanning both world wars, includes nearly a hundred volumes and was edited over time to reflect changing norms.

    5. It was a bright cold day in May, and the clocks were striking midday.

  5. The above quote is the opening line of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-four. Is this true or false?
    • False—The opening line of Nineteen Eighty-Four is shown in the quote below. Nineteen Eighty-Four is a dystopian novel by George Orwell, published in 1949. The story, set in a totalitarian future, follows Winston Smith, a Party member who rebels against the oppressive regime led by Big Brother. Through psychological manipulation and torture, Winston is ultimately forced to conform and love Big Brother.

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.

George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-four.
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Flight of fancy, or is it?

Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D.H. Lawrence.
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  1. James Bond was the hero of Kingsley Amis’s 1968 novel Colonel Sun, which was published under the pseudonym Robert Markham, true or false?
  2. Is the following true or false: Captain Yossarian is a character in Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days?
  3. Oliver Mowat was the gamekeeper in D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover, is this true or is it false?
  4. James Charles Bigglesworth is a fictional character created by author Captain W.E. Johns, true or false?

    It was a bright cold day in May, and the clocks were striking midday.

  5. The above quote is the opening line of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-four. Is this true or false?

Good luck! I will post the answers later today.