ANSWERS SHEET 3

DAY 1 Answers 3.1

Yesterday’s Crossword Answers

Yesterday’s Sudoku Solutions

Brain Teaser Answers

Calendar Quiz 1. Sunday the 14th 2. Saturday the 6th 3. Wednesday the 24th 4. Wednesday the 10th

Units of Time

1. 240 minutes 2. 9,000 seconds 3. 5 hours 4. 9pm 5. 6am 6. 10am 7. 10:50am 8. 2 hours and 20 minutes

Famous Faces Answers

1. Who won the British Open (Golf) in 2016? Henrik Stenson 2. What is the symbol for the zodiac sign for Gemini? Twins 3. Where in a horse is the coffin joint? Foot 4. What word can go before cheese, plant and roll? Swiss 5. Which Simon and Garfunkel song features the words “Jesus loves you more than

you can say? Mrs Robinson 6. How long is Member of Parliament elected for? 5 years 7. Which German prison camp did Pat Reid try to escape from? Colditz 8. What measure is used for sound or noise? Decibels 9. Farouk was king of which country? Egypt 10. Which county used to be divided into Ridings? Yorkshire 11. Which item of clothing is associated with the name Jimmy Choo? Shoes 12. Who composed the 1812 overture? Tchaikovsky 13. What is the mean of 40, 60 and 80? 60 14. Which royal residence is in Norfolk? Sandringham 15. In comics, by what name is Bruce Wayne known Batman 16. In which year was North Sea oil discovered? 1966 17. Californian and Stellar’s are types of what? Sea-lions 18. What is a group of cats called? A clowder 19. Which former James Bond actor became a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF? Roger

Moore 20. What is measured by an interferometer? The wavelength of light

DAY 2 3.2 Answers

Yesterday’s Crossword Answers

Sudoku Solutions

Brain Teaser Answers

Coding Family 1) Cousin 2) Niece 3) Grandma 4) In-law 5) Relative

Clock Quiz

1) 3pm 2) 8.40pm 3) 3.15am 4) 11.15pm

Famous faces answers

Quiz answers 1. Which substance is used for pencil “lead”? Graphite 2. When did Charles Dickens die? 1870 3. Which Lloyd Webber musical does the song “Memory” come from? Cats 4. What drink does pear juice make? Perry 5. What name can be a lettuce or a floating mass of frozen water? Iceberg 6. Marrakesh is in which country? Morocco 7. In the traditional song, where did Molly Malone sell cockles and mussels? Dublin 8. What is the official residence of the French president? Elysee Palace 9. How many square inches are there in a square foot? 144 10. In which sport are there wild water, sprint and slalom events? Canoeing 11. Smack and sampan are types of what? Boat 12. When is the Blue Peter raised on a ship? When about to leave port 13. What type of heavenly body is named after Edmund Halley? Comet 14. Which book records debates in Parliament? Hansard 15. Which religion observes the Passover? Judaism 16. Who was the second president of the USA? John Adams 17. Which famous cliffs in Acapulco are used by daring divers? La Quebrada 18. Who broke Muhammad Ali’s jaw in 1973? Ken Norton 19. Who was the voice of Shrek in “Shrek 4”? Mike Myers 20. Which airline’s identification code is VS? Virgin Atlantic

Day 3 Answers 3.3.

Crossword answers

Sudoku Solutions

Brain Teaser Answers

1) Mt. Everest. It was still the highest in the world. It just had not been

discovered yet!

2) Stop imagining!

3) There are a couple, and there could be more: 1. job, Job; polish, Polish

Shape Match answers 1) 2nd & 6th 2) 1st & 5th 3) 2nd & 6th 4) 3rd & 6th 5) 2nd & 5th 6) 4th & 7th 7) 1st & 5th 8) 3rd & 5th

Quiz answers

1. Which vegetable did Sir Walter Raleigh bring to England? Potato 2. In the strip cartoon, what is the name of Snoopy’s brother? Spike 3. “Half a Sixpence” is based on which story by HG Wells? Kipps 4. Who coached Andy Murray to his 2016 Wimbledon victory? Ivan Lendl 5. Who wrote the Savoy operas? Gilbert and Sullivan 6. Anzac troops come from which two countries? Australia and New Zealand 7. In aviation, what does VTOL stand for? Vertical take-off and landing 8. How many lines are there in a limerick? 5 9. How many years is the term of office of a US president? 4 10. In which part of the body is the cornea located? Eye 11. Who had the first number 1 hit with “Unchained Melody”? Jimmy Young 12. Which rogue trader brought about the downfall of Barings Bank? Nick Leeson 13. Which jockey rode over 200 winners in both 1997 and 1998? Kieron Fallon 14. In which country is the Dordogne? France 15. What kind of creature is a natterjack? Toad 16. Which country decide by referendum against joining the European Union in1994?

Norway 17. Who was the only English pope? Nicolas Breakspear 18. The kingdom of Navarre was divided between which two countries? France and

Spain 19. Which river does the water in real Irish Guinness come from? The Liffey 20. In which Gilbert & Sullivan opera is eating a sausage roll a secret sign? The Grand

Duke

Day 3 Answers 3.4.

Crossword Answers

Sudoku Solutions

Brain Teaser Answers

1) Two mothers and two daughters went out to eat. Everyone ate one burger, yet only three burgers were eaten in all. How is this possible? They were a grandmother, mother, and daughter.

2) You walk across a bridge and you see a boat full of people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible? All the people on the boat are married.

3) I am an odd number. Take away one letter and I become even. What number am I? Seven (take away the “s’”and it becomes “even”

Famous faces answers

Quiz answers

1. Soyuz was the name of a Russian spacecraft. What does it mean? Union 2. Who became George W Bush’s Secretary of State in his second term? Condoleeza

Rice 3. Who lost her pocket? Lucy Locket 4. In the film “The Day of the Jackal”, who played the Jackal? Edward Fox 5. In Shakespeare’s Othello, which character is the female lead? Desdemona 6. Which team were on the receiving end of Manchester United’s record 9-0

Premiership victory? Ipswich Town 7. Which cricket team plays home games at Edgbaston? Warwickshire 8. How is the letter S represented in morse code? Dot dot dot 9. If something is Cantonese, which country does it come from? China 10. In which European country is Malmo? Sweden 11. In which resort was” Fawlty Towers” set? Torquay 12. Orthodontics involves which part of the body? The teeth 13. In which film/play does Professor Higgins appear? My Fair Lady 14. How many ribs does a human have? 24 15. Zen is a form of which religion? Buddhism 16. On which river is the Kariba Dam? Zambezi 17. What is studied in somatology? Body 18. Which football club was the first to use artificial turf? Queens Park Rangers 19. Who succeeded Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa? Thabo Mbeki 20. From which district in France do the majority of fine clarets come? Medoc

DAY 5 ANSWERS 3.5

Crossword answers

Sudoku Solutions

Brain Teaser Answers

1) I have a large money box, 10 inches wide and 5 inches tall. Roughly

how many coins can I place in my empty money box? Just one, after

which it will no longer be empty.

2) What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to

it? Short.

3) Who is bigger: Mr. Bigger, Mrs. Bigger, or their baby? The baby,

because he is a little bigger.

Day 5 quiz answers

1. In the pirate song, how many men were on the “dead man’s chest”? 15 2. Mike Hawthorne was the first Briton to win the world championship in which sport?

Motor Racing 3. Venetian blinds originated in which country? Japan 4. A poult is the young of which creature? Turkey 5. Which group recorded the original of “Light My Fire”? The Doors 6. What name is given to a book in which a ship’s captain charts events on a voyage?

Ship’s log 7. What type of pet animal can be chinchilla or Dutch? Rabbit 8. What is the longest word that appears in Mary Poppins?

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious 9. On the road, what does a red circular sign with a white band across it mean? No

entry 10. In which city is the Doge’s Palace? Venice 11. In the past, what was an iron horse? Steam locomotive 12. Buff Orpingtons and Plymouth Rocks are types of what? Chickens 13. Which city in North Wales has the name of a Welsh saint? St Asaph 14. In which sport is the Curtis Cup awarded? Golf 15. Which canal takes food through your body? Alimentary 16. Who set up the first printing press in England in 1476? William Caxton 17. In the film “Carry on Columbus”, who played the title role? Jim Dale 18. If the image in a mirror shows the time as five past two, what time is it? 5 to 10 19. In heraldry, what is meant by “couchant”? Lying down 20. Who was the leader of the first black band to play at Carnegie Hall? Count Basie