Quiz Time 8

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Author: Aaman Lamba — Published: Oct 01, 2005 at 6:20 pm 14 comments

Quiz Time 8

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After a prolonged hiatus, induced by much slogging, not at the crease, but under a sort of skunkworks, the new edition of Quiz Time.

Note: The answers have been added. Not too many people gave it a shot. The winner:

  • Philip Winn - 4.5
  • Joan Hunt - unknown, because she didn't mail her answers in

Thanks for playing:)


The Questions - Stage I

1. His mother was Swiss, and his father Scottish. They were killed in a climbing accident near Chamonix after the Great War. He was brought up by his aunt, went to Eton, had to leave after some 'troubles with the maids, went to Fettes College, a brief stint at the Univ. of Geneva. He lied about his age to enter the Royal Navy, then entered his line of business after the War, which has taken him to many places, most recently, Korea. He was married once, and has one son. Who?

2. In parliamentary democracies, it is called a 'Loss of Supply'. When a Loss of Supply occurs, a prime minister is generally required to immediately resign or dissolve the parliament. Examples were the Australian Constitutional Crisis of 1975 and a similar instance in Ireland in 1982. What is the corollary in a presidential system, such as the United States, which does not, however, force new elections?

3. Identify the artistpic1

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  • 1 - Nathaniel Winn

    Oct 01, 2005 at 8:26 pm

    Holy crap!

  • 2 - John Bil

    Oct 02, 2005 at 12:27 am

    Ditto, Holy Crap! Where the hell did you come up with that.

  • 3 - Aaman

    Oct 02, 2005 at 12:55 am

    I take it you liked it, then:)

    Temple/Eric?

  • 4 - Joanie

    Oct 03, 2005 at 9:34 am

    I know #1, 2, 3, 5, and the oddly-numbered 10.

    For the sake of the game, I'll leave it to others to answer.

    (I'm actually very surprised that I know #1. That's so not my millieu.)

  • 5 - Phillip Winn

    Oct 03, 2005 at 10:14 am

    I'm gonna have to echo my brother's comment in #1. Wow. I'm not gonna get a lot of these, but I'll try.

  • 6 - Phillip Winn

    Oct 03, 2005 at 11:15 am

    Ouch. I'm confident on two, feel pretty good about two more, am half-way there on a fifth, and completely guessed at a sixth.

    I feel stupid.

  • 7 - Aaman

    Oct 03, 2005 at 11:31 am

    Please email me y'all answers so they can be toted up

    Philip's at 4.5, and in quizzes that half-point has always made a big difference, as one can attest

  • 8 - Phillip Winn

    Oct 04, 2005 at 12:41 pm

    Has anybody else entered, even?

  • 9 - swingingpuss

    Oct 05, 2005 at 3:42 am

    I did - read first two and decided that I didnt want to suffer self-esteem issues early in the morning ;)

  • 10 - Aaman

    Oct 05, 2005 at 1:31 pm

    The answers are up - time for that a-ha/oh-no moment:)

    Thanks for playing

  • 11 - Phillip Winn

    Oct 05, 2005 at 4:46 pm

    The half-point wasn't needed. I'd like to thank the academy, first of all, and...

    Thanks, Aaman, you hurt my brain a bit. For the record, the ones I got right were: 1, 2, 4, 5, and half of 8 (didn't watch the show, but I listened to INXS 'back in the day').

  • 12 - nads

    Oct 05, 2005 at 10:28 pm

    um i typed in google "yr 8 algebra and quizzes" and this came up....? what the........

  • 13 - Aaman

    Oct 06, 2005 at 1:41 am

    cool - I own those keywords then:)

  • 14 - Temple Stark

    Oct 09, 2005 at 8:32 pm

    Too tough for my overtaxed brain this time. I looked at it once when you first put it up and I groaned inwardly and outwardly. I need a reminder as I completely forgot about this after that. Or maybe my brain was trying to protect itself.

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