“Fight Against Stupidity And
Bureaucracy”
Saying that
another Monday has rolled around again, let’s ease into the new week with a few
funnies from the quiz show answers file. As the title suggests it lays to rest
any doubt that anyone may have that the education system is working.
When will
governments learn that the key to improving education is to teach people more,
not to lower the examination pass rate so that the statistics look like things
are improving.
You want
proof?
Read on…..
Cognac is a
fine brandy made from the juice of which fruit?
Coconut.
What 'P' is
the Spanish word for quick and is used in English to mean 'at once'?
Pacy.
Who became
US president when Nixon resigned?
Kennedy.
Cantaloupe,
Galia and Honeydew are types of which fruit?
Orange.
In
athletics in which discipline does the competitor hold a metal ball under their
chin before throwing it?
Discus.
What word
can mean touch-down of an aeroplane or the level floor between two staircases?
Step.
In America
the Golden Gate Bridge is a feature of which city?
New York.
What
surname do actors Beau and Jeff share with their father Lloyd?
Derek.
The
bushwhacker and outlaw Ned Kelly was born in which country?
Canada.
What 'T' is
the answer to any addition sum?
Takeaway.
Cantonese
and Mandarin are languages which originated in which country?
Spain.
Elderly
people are described as being what '..in the tooth'?
Old.
The longest
day of the year occurs in which month?
Winter.
What is
thirty-nine times two ?
Sixty-four.
What is
three hundred and sixty divided by three?
One hundred and sixty.
An annual
event takes place how many times a year?
Twelve.
A usual
sign for a pawnbrokers shop is how many brass balls?
Five.
What is the
capital city of Chile?
Peru.
Juan Peron
was the president of which South American country?
Peru.
What is thirty-four
minus fourteen?
Twenty-six.
What is
twelve plus thirteen?
Thirty-five.
The Johnny
Cash song was called 'A Boy Named..' what?
Joe.
Following
the death of Roosevelt in 1945 who became US president?
Abraham Lincoln.
What is 358
minus 357?
Four.
The word
'ape' is an anagram of which small vegetable?
Apple.
Which
three-letter word means to cut grass?
Trim.
What is a
quarter plus a quarter?
An eighth.
What
country has the highest number of Portuguese speakers?
Spain.
Vietnam has
land borders with Laos and Cambodia and which other country?
America.
Which
Indian leader, whose last name began with 'G', took the name Mahatma?
Geronimo.
Which organ
of the human body is used for smelling and breathing?
The lungs.
Which
Cluedo character has a military rank?
Colonel Sanders
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