Always handy to have a quiz to fill a few minutes.
Number Cruncher
Examples:
14 D in a F Fourteen Days in a Fortnight
101 D 101 Dalmations
Now it’s your turn. Can you work them out?
- 12 S of Z – Signs of the Zodiac
- 366 D in a LY – Days in a leap year
- 60 M in a H – Minutes in an hour
- 7 C in a R – Colours in a Rainbow
- 5 T on each F – Toes on each foot
- 24 H in a D – Hours in each day
- 88 PK – Piano keys
- 64 S on a CB Squares on a chess board
- 747 is a JJ Jumbo Jet
- 10 M in a C Millimetres in a centimetre
Who’s Who
Who invented what?
- Alexander Graham Bell – Telephone
- Marconi – Radar
- John Logie Baird – Television
- Professor Rubic – Rubic’s Cube
- Thomas Edison – Light Bulb
- Henry Ford – Motor Car
Who discovered what continent?
- Christopher Columbus – North America
- Marco Polo – Asia
- Captain Scott – Antartica
- Dr David Livingston – Africa
True or False
Can you work them out?
- Bats are blind – True
- Henry VII had 8 wives – False
- Spiders are insects – False
- A sponge is an animal – True
- Coal comes from wood – Trus
- Aluminium is magnetic – False
- There are 21 James Bond Movies – False
- Glass is a liquid – True
- Lamagiers are extinct – False
- A can of coke contains 230ml – False
Abbreviations
Can you work them out?
- K – Thousand
- BMX – Bicycle Moto Cross
- FTSE – Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Index
- AIDS – Acquired Immune Deficiency
- DVD – Digital Video Disk
- CFC – Chlorofluorocarbon
- BSE – Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
- RAC – Royal Automobile Club
- BT – British Telecommunications
- SL – Scout Leader
Solver
E.g. 16 = O in a P – Ounces in a pound
- 26 = L of the A – Letters of the Alphabet
- 7 = W of the AW – Wonders of the Ancient World
- 1001= AN – Arabian Nights
- 54 = C in a D (including J) – Cards in a deck (including jokers)
- 88 = K on a P – Keys on a piano
- 13 = S on the AF – Stripes on the American Flag
- 90 = D in a RA – degrees in a right angle
- 3 = BM (SHTR) – blind mice (see how they run)
- 11 = P in a FT – players in a football team
- 1000 = W that a P is W – words that a picture is worth
- 29 = D in F in a LY – Days in February in a leap year
- 40 = D and N of the G F – Days and nights of the Great Flood
Pot Luck
- What was Terry Wogan’s Real Name? Michael
- Which river runs through the Grand Canyon? Colorado
- Name the geological fault that runs the length of California The San Andreas Fault
- Which drink did Leonard Rossiter and Joan Collins advertise? Cinzano
- Name the art of making decorative lace-work with knotted threads Macrame
- Where was Captain Cook killed? Hawaii
- In fiction, Michael Henchard became the mayor of which town? Casterbridge
- Which mountain was first climbed by Edward Whymper in 1965? The Matterhorn
- Name Mary Quand’s shop which revolutionised fashion in the 1960s Bazaar
- Which planet was home for the aliens in Wells’ “War of the Worlds”? Mars
Chocolates and Sweets
- Wobbly infants – Jelly Babies
- Where refined people live – Quality Street
- 100% precious metal – All Gold
- 9, 10, 11 – After Eight
- Fallen fruits – Pear Drops
- Carrier for dairy produce – Milk Tray
- Mothers’ local – Mars Bar
- All sorts of girls – Dolly Mixtures
- Belly dancer, perhaps? – Turkish Delight
- Sport for a Prince – Polo
- Home for alcoholic teeth – Wine Gums
- Speak quietly – Wispa
- Edible fasteners – Buttons
- Aromatic Spheres – Aniseed Balls
- Inhabitants of Mediterranean isle, perhaps? – Maltesers
- Feline gear – Kit Kat
- Occult perhaps – Black Magic
- Corks for a mouth – Gob stoppers
- A galaxy – Milky Way
- London has big red ones – Double Decker
- Wise guys – Smarties
- Usually found in an electric plug – Fuse
- Of no fixed abode – Drifter
- Royal herb – Mint Imperial
- 10 pin bowling perhaps – Skittles
