Hozzászólások - FriendlyCheese

What is the 7th largest continent in the world?
Antarctica
Africa
Asia
Australia

What ever happened to a continent called 'Australasia'?

Question about why, despite being around so much, Aluminium was only recently mined.

Correct answer given as it is unstable etc.

One answer was that it was considered a lower form of silver. Googling gave this:

"Even after its discovery, aluminum seemed destined for obscurity. Chemists could only isolate a few milligrams at a time, and it was so rare that it sat beside gold and silver as a semiprecious metal. " which pretty much saya just that!

In what tv show is housewife Mary Jenkins president of the tenant's association of an apartment house in Washington?
The Munsters
The Single G
227
How are you

Another specialised USA TV question. This is far too parochial. I am sure that you would not accept questions about characters from Romanian or Egyptian TV!

Who was Nicolaus Copernicus?
astronomer
doctor
football player
writer

There are 3 correct answers here! The only one of these we have no record of is Copernicus' ability at football. He was a physician, a scholar and an astronomer amongst many other things.

Who won the Football World Cup in Italy 1990?

West Germany
Brasil
Argentina
Italy

Please change "West Germany" to "Germany" as the country was reunited by this time and played under that name only.

Regarding the rainbow question. Even if you accept the 7 colour system, surealy it depends from which end you start counting? So the third colour could be either yellow or Blue!

Just to say a big thank you for the excellent feedback we are now getting here. Frustration levels are significantly lower!

Who was guarding Lincoln when he took his oath of office?
Who was guarding him when he was in the White House?
Who was guarding him when he went on a drive?
etc
etc
etc
I'll bet there were times when he was guarded by the army as well as detectives.

Is the question, Who was guarding Lincoln when he was assassinated? If so, please let it say so!

Who is considered the founder of cubism?

F. Leger
Picasso
Malevich
Kandinsky

Google this and there are two more possible correct answers - Cezanne and Braques.

What is a Spruce Goose ?

Aircraft
Christmas Dinner
German Dessert
English Triffle

Spelling: Trifle with one 'f' only please.
Also the question is incorrectly phrased. As there has only been one Spruce Goose it should read "What is the Spruce Goose". Using 'a' assumes more than one.

How did this slip through?

Who was guarding President Lincoln?

US Army
Pinkerton Detectives
Hell's Angels
secret service

When? Where? Not enough information in the question!

Great job stekkos!!

Here is another:

Who was not a Gargoyle from the animated TV series “Gargoyles”?
Lexington
Bronx
Broadway
Bensonhurst

Specialist? I watch far too much TV and have never heard of this show ever!

How high is the highest peak in the European Union?
Mount Blanc -8848
Mount Everest - 4810
Mount Blanc - 4810
Mount Everest - 8848

Waste of time putting numbers without any unit of height beside them. Both Mt Blanc answers can be correct without this to accurately pose the question.

How many mosquitoes can a bat eat per hour ?
600-1000
10-12
100-150
30-50

Googling instantly gives answers of: 1200, 500-1000, 600.

Which one of these is a font?

Vernanda
Arial
Typo
German

The only one that is NOT a font is Vernanda. Please remove this ill researched question.

The Magna Carta was published by the King of which country?

England
Italy
France
Germany

The Magna Carta was not 'published'. King John was forced to sign it. It was written by the Barons of England.



What was the nationality of the 1st King in Greece?

English
Greek
Russian
German

Please add the word 'modern' into the question. Besides this, the first king was Bavarian rather than German. Picky, I know, but more accurate.

The king cobra is the deadliest snake and can kill a human in 2 minutes. What makes it so deadly?

It is mainly fear that kills its victim
It bites again and again till its victim is dead
Its bite contains a greater quantity of venom <------ given as correct
Its venom contains the most toxic substance in the world

Please sort this one out.
There are questions about the deadliest snake and King Cobra is not the answer.
The answer given is not a sentence. Greater than what?

What is a skate blade gliding on that generates so much speed?

The friction creates water vapour, which lifts the skate up
A microscopic layer of air
Ice, the thicker, the better
A microscopic layer of water

who says so? what if you are skating in Death Valley? Do skates fail there?

Excellent research Martin, thank you.

It does mean the question needs changing! It can hardly say 'the' Bloody Sunday when there have been so many!

I stand corrected!

Thanks for the information.

Who is the main character (R. Deckard) in the movie "Blade Runner" by R. Scott?
Sylvester Stallone
Tom Cruise
Sean Connery
Harrison Ford

Please change the question to "Who played the main character..." ( or portrayed)

The main character is Deckard.