My usual mix of eclectic subjects for your usage. - all original (with a few fillers)and written today .
Canadian Sports
1 What is the most popular spectator sport in Canada? Ice
Hockey
2 What team sport was invented by the Canadian James
Naismith? Basketball
3 Who won two golds for Canada at the 1988 Olympics and
went on to become the British Heavyweight Champion? Lennox Lewis
4 The Canadian National snowcross uses what – skis, dog-sled or snowmobiles? Snowmobiles
Koala Bears
5 Are Koala bears native to eastern or Western Australia?
Eastern
6 What plant is the main diet of Koala bears? Eucalyptus
7 Koala bears suffer from which sexually transmitted
disease? Chlamydia
8 What is the literal translation of its indigenous name koolawong-
Tree dweller, doesn’t drink or roast slowly over low fire? Doesn’t drink
Children's toys of
the 1950’s
9 What name was given to the loose spring that could walk
itself downstairs? Slinky
10 What toy, a plastic vegetable, could you add different
facial features to? Mr Potato Head
11 What was the original use for the modelling clay Play-doh
– wall paper cleaner, Window Putty,
12 Which Toy truck manufacturer took its name from the
Dakota Sioux word for great or big? Tonka
This Day in
History (26th March) (use as March in history?)
1 Which rowing event was held on the River Thames for the
first time in 1839? Henley Royal Regatta
2Which American president signed the Egypt Israeli peace
treaty on this day in 1979? Jimmy Carter
3 On this day in 1931 the Communist Youth Union was
founded in Vietnam, who was it named after Ho-Chi-Min
4 The first UK driving test took place on this date – but
when 1931 or 1934? 1934
Everyday Chemistry
5 Which Acid is used in car batteries? Sulphuric Acid
6 Used in the manufacture of soaps how is either
potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide commonly known? Lye
7 What chemical compound is the main constituent of
seashells, eggshells and coral? Calcium Carbonate
8 What compound often found in a kitchen cupboard can be
used as a fire extinguisher, toothpaste, for neutralising acids and alkalis and
for cleaning as well as its most common usage in cooking? Sodium bicarbonate or
baking soda
Lipstick
9 Now made form synthetic products, what originally gave
lipstick its shimmer? Fish Scales
10 In the Britain of the 16th century only upper
class women and men of what profession wore lipstick? Actors
11 Who makes the best selling lipstick in the UK, Rimmel, Mac or Lancombe? Mac
12 Lipsticks can be sheer, dense, matt or shiny but what
name is given to the lipstick with the thinnest and most fluid consistency? lip-gloss.
