Thursday, December 14, 2006

Trivia Quiz For Squiggle #9

Currently listening to: "Bag It" by Peaches

1. How much food does a 1,200 pound horse eat each year?
A. Seven times its own weight
B. Ten times its own weight
C. Seventeen times its own weight

2. What is a capon?
A. An sweet tasting herb
B. A castrated rooster
C. A bar used to expand a piercing hole to make room for a larger piercing

3. A polecat is not a cat…so what the Hell is it?
A. A type of kangaroo
B. A skunk without the ability to spray its scent
C. A nocturnal European weasel

4. A howler monkey’s call can be heard up to how many miles away?
A. One
B. Two
C. Four

5. Infant beavers are called what?
A. Kittens
B. Grunts
C. Lunch

6. What is the instrument called that measures the force, velocity, or pressure of the wind?
A. Bathometer
B. Anemometer
C. Sphygmomanometer

7. The base of the Great Pyramid of Egypt is large enough to cover how many football fields?
A. Seven
B. Eight
C. Ten

8. The linen bandages that were used to wrap Egyptian mummies averaged how many yards in length?
A. Five hundred
B. One thousand
C. Thirteen hundred

9. What is the name of the metal instrument used in shoe stores to measure feet?
A. The Brannock device
B. The Cruces device
C. The Davenport device

10. Louis Cartier invented the wristwatch in what year?
A. 1895
B. 1904
C. 1913

2 Comments:

Blogger paula said...

1. How much food does a 1,200 pound horse eat each year?
Ten times its own weight


2. What is a capon?
A castrated rooster


3. A polecat is not a cat…so what the Hell is it?
A skunk without the ability to spray its scent


4. A howler monkey’s call can be heard up to how many miles away?
Four

5. Infant beavers are called what?
Grunts


6. What is the instrument called that measures the force, velocity, or pressure of the wind?
Sphygmomanometer (because it is FUN to say!)

7. The base of the Great Pyramid of Egypt is large enough to cover how many football fields?
Eight


8. The linen bandages that were used to wrap Egyptian mummies averaged how many yards in length?
Five Hundred - I figure 1500 feet is ample enough to cover even the rotund mummies & daddies.

9. What is the name of the metal instrument used in shoe stores to measure feet?
The Brannock device?


10. Louis Cartier invented the wristwatch in what year?
1904

2:23 PM  
Blogger Doug Murata said...

First, I'd like to say that I have absolutely no idea for almost all of these questions!

1. C
2. A
3. C
4. A
5. A
6. B
7. C
8. B
9. A
10. B

4:44 PM  

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