The Quiz marque 2

feargale

Rocky Weak Label wrote: »

Has to be Suriname, surely?

Correct.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Which country is Europe's largest Importer of nutmeg?


And


Which country is Europe's largest Exporter of nutmeg?

looksee

Is this like Ireland and bananas? Imported, processed and exported? I will make a wild guess at the Netherlands.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

looksee wrote: »

Is this like Ireland and bananas? Imported, processed and exported? I will make a wild guess at the Netherlands.

Yes they both import and export the most.

feargale

looksee wrote: »

Is this like Ireland and bananas? Imported, processed and exported? I will make a wild guess at the Netherlands.

The only place in the world where bananas are processed is Queensland. Queenslanders are known as "banana benders". How else could you process them?

looksee

I thought I had answered Srameen - to say heavens that was a wild guess about Netherlands and nutmeg! But it didn't 'take'. Also I thought at one time Ireland was the biggest importer / mover of bananas, it was so mad it stuck with me.

Anyway question...can't recall what the question was that I asked so I will think of another one.





>>> Question: Greenland is reckoned as the largest island in the world, where does Ireland rank?

KathleenGrant

20th?

looksee

KathleenGrant wrote: »

20th?

You have it! Your question...

KathleenGrant

looksee wrote: »

You have it! Your question...

Where is the newest country in the world?

feargale

KathleenGrant wrote: »

Where is the newest country in the world?

South Sudan if you are speaking politically and referring to universally recognised states.

DellyBelly

KathleenGrant wrote: »

Where is the newest country in the world?

Europe

KathleenGrant

feargale wrote: »

South Sudan if you are speaking politically and referring to universally recognised states.

I am. Your shot.

feargale

Here's one from a Polish online quiz which I'm too lazy to translate to English:

Where are found the Crump's mouses?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Crump's Mice are native to parts of India, Nepal and Myanmar, so dry sub tropical forest areas.

feargale wrote: »

Here's one from a Polish online quiz which I'm too lazy to translate to English:

Where are found the Crump's mouses?

KathleenGrant

Rocky Weak Label wrote: »

Crump's Mice are native to parts of India, Nepal and Myanmar, so dry sub tropical forest areas.

Never heard of them.

feargale

Rocky Weak Label wrote: »

Crump's Mice are native to parts of India, Nepal and Myanmar, so dry sub tropical forest areas.

Spot on. Northern India, Nepal etc..

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

What is Ophidiophobia?

feargale

Rocky Weak Label wrote: »

What is Ophidiophobia?

Fear of insects?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

feargale wrote: »

Fear of insects?

No, that's Entomophobia.

keane2097

Pretty sure that's snakes.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

keane2097 wrote: »

Pretty sure that's snakes.

It is indeed.

keane2097

I had a spell where we kept not knowing phobias at quizzes so I tried to learn off as many as possible. They seem to need fairly regular refreshing but some of them stick in the brain alright.

Along a similar line, can anyone tell me what a labeorphilist is?

New Home

Fear of mosquitoes?

Edit: skipped a page, sorry. But I'm sure that even snakes fear mosquitoes...

Ted_YNWA

Someone who loves working?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

keane2097 wrote: »

I had a spell where we kept not knowing phobias at quizzes so I tried to learn off as many as possible. They seem to need fairly regular refreshing but some of them stick in the brain alright.

Along a similar line, can anyone tell me what a labeorphilist is?

I had a cousin who was a Labologist - collected beer bottle labels and we used to say it would have been easier to be a labeorphilist and just collect the entire beer bottle.

keane2097

Rocky Weak Label wrote: »

I had a cousin who was a Labologist - collected beer bottle labels and we used to say it would have been easier to be a labeorphilist and just collect the entire beer bottle.

That's it!

IrishZeus

Rocky Weak Label wrote: »

My biggest problem is the definition of jungle, so I'll assume Rain Forests.


The oldest surviving would be Taman Negara in Malaysia. The youngest is a conundrum, as many areas are replanted. I'll guess, for a naturally occurring forest, Sri Lanka.

Apologies for the delay in coming back on this. My source for the question was the new Our Planet series which gave the Congo (18,000years) as the youngest rainforest and Borneo as the oldest (130,000,000years).

Rocky Weak Label, you may know better so happy to take your direction on this!!

IrishZeus

Bump

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

IrishZeus wrote: »

Bump

What's the modern equivalent of Batavia?

OldGoat

Rocky Weak Label wrote: »

What's the modern equivalent of Batavia?

Is that Melbourne in Australia? It was called Batville or Battopia or something similar originally. I just remember it having a Batman Park which makes me smile childishly.

New Home

Rocky Weak Label wrote: »

What's the modern equivalent of Batavia?

Indonesia?

feargale

The Netherlands ( so called by the Romans.)

But it is also the former name of Jakarta. (so called by the Dutch.)

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

OldGoat wrote: »

Is that Melbourne in Australia? It was called Batville or Battopia or something similar originally. I just remember it having a Batman Park which makes me smile childishly.

EDIT: I'm off the mark with this guess. Just checked the history of Melbourne. It was once called Batmania.

feargale wrote: »

The Netherlands ( so called by the Romans.)

But it is also the former name of Jakarta. (so called by the Dutch.)

Jakarta was what I was looking for.

Your question...

feargale

If this one doesn't stump Srameen I'm giving up.

What is odonatology?

New Home

You'd better give up, so, I bet he'll get it in five seconds flat.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

feargale wrote: »

If this one doesn't stump Srameen I'm giving up.

What is odonatology?

Odonata are the Order that includes Dragonflies and Damselflies, so logic suggests it the study of said insects. Right in my field.

feargale

Rocky Weak Label wrote: »

Odonata are the Order that includes Dragonflies and Damselflies, so logic suggests it the study of said insects. Right in my field.

Right on. I'm going to fetch the bottle of whiskey and the revolver.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Similar question.

What is Phytology?

IrishZeus

feargale wrote: »

Right on. I'm going to fetch the bottle of whiskey and the revolver.

Make sure you drink the whiskey first. I’ve made that mistake before.

IrishZeus

Rocky Weak Label wrote: »

Similar question.

What is Phytology?

Botany? Study of plants?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

IrishZeus wrote: »

Botany? Study of plants?

Correct and right.

IrishZeus

Rocky Weak Label wrote: »

Correct and right.

Keeping it going... what is Vexillology?

keane2097

IrishZeus wrote: »

Keeping it going... what is Vexillology?

Yes this is one I know! Flags, right?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

OldGoat wrote: »

Is that Melbourne in Australia? It was called Batville or Battopia or something similar originally. I just remember it having a Batman Park which makes me smile childishly.

EDIT: I'm off the mark with this guess. Just checked the history of Melbourne. It was once called Batmania.

IrishZeus wrote: »

Keeping it going... what is Vexillology?

keane2097 wrote: »

Yes this is one I know! Flags, right?

IrishZeus

keane2097 wrote: »

Yes this is one I know! Flags, right?

Correcto - you’re up!

keane2097

What does TT stand for in Isle of Mann TT?

OldGoat

keane2097 wrote: »

What does TT stand for in Isle of Mann TT?

Tourist Trophy. Finally, got one. I used to think it stood for time trials.

OK, what prompted Sir Hugh Beaver to create the Guinness Book of World Records?

looksee

Oh lord I know that one. Something about him and his brother idly discussing records of -something - over a pint, and they started to assemble them. Or something.

Edit: Lol, so near and yet so all over the place!

feargale

OldGoat wrote: »

Tourist Trophy. Finally, got one. I used to think it stood for time trials.

OK, what prompted Sir Hugh Beaver to create the Guinness Book of World Records?

He was out shooting with Mr. Guinness in the Wexford slobs and they had an argument about the superlatives of some bird or other, and he then got the superlative brainwave of gathering all superlatives in one book.
I think I have a first edition somewhere. It was always interesting until they dumbed it down about 20 or 30 years ago.
First edition said Ireland had the world's lowest suicide rates, back in "the good old days" when that wasn't talked about and juries avoided upsetting the bereaved by almost invariably recording accidental death.

P.S. Actually I'm wondering if his companion at the Slobs was one of the McWhirter twins.

OldGoat

feargale wrote: »

He was out shooting with Mr. Guinness in the Wexford slobs and they had an argument about the superlatives of some bird or other, and he then got the superlative brainwave of gathering all superlatives in one book.
I think I have a first edition somewhere. It was always interesting until they dumbed it down about 20 or 30 years ago.
First edition said Ireland had the world's lowest suicide rates, back in "the good old days" when that wasn't talked about and juries avoided upsetting the bereaved by almost invariably recording accidental death.

P.S. Actually I'm wondering if his companion at the Slobs was one of the McWhirter twins.

Spot on. Arguments about which was the fastest bird prompted him to create what was to be a reference book. The McWhirters came in on the job later.

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if you want to beat the rest,
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