QUIZ 19

Q1
Connect: Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela

Q2
It was devised and created in the early 1870s by Christopher Sholes, a newspaper editor and printer who lived in Milwaukee, in an effort to reduce the frequency of typebar clashes. What?

Q3
Identify X and Y:

X: I understand you live with your parents.

(Audience laughs)

Y: At least we don't have to make appointments to meet with our parents.

Q4
It is originally a Hawaiian word for "fast". It has been suggested that "______" means "What I Know Is".. On March 15, 2007, ______ entered the online Oxford English Dictionary. Any guesses?

Q5
Charles II of England was concerned by the unregulated copying of books and passed the Licensing Act of 1662 by Act of Parliament, which established a register of licensed books and required a copy to be deposited with the Stationer's Company, essentially continuing the licensing of material that had long been in effect. What originated from this?

Q6
The very earliest known examples of the graphic are attributed to Harvey Ball, a commercial artist in Worcester, Massachusetts. He devised the face in 1963 for an insurance firm that wanted an internal campaign to improve employee morale. Ball never attempted to use, promote or trademark the image; it fell into the public domain in the United States before that could be accomplished. As a result, Ball never made any profit for the iconic image beyond his initial $45 fee. The Internet version made its debut on September 19, 1982 by Scott E. Fahlman. What?

Q7
It was named after Harold Blaatand, King of Denmark and Norway, as his teeth were stained blue. He was known for his unification of previously warring tribes from Denmark (including now Swedish Scania, where the technology was invented), and Norway and that's why his name was deemed fit for the technology. Which technology?

Q8
Winston Churchill was a member of this club. He resigned from its
membership in 1913 in protest at the blackballing of a friend, Baron
de Forrest. Guy Burgess, the spy, was also a member, as was E.M.
Forster, the English novelist. The club was used for the filming of
the famous fencing scene in the James Bond movie Die Another Day. It
is also the place where a a £20,000 wager results in a member leaving
hurriedly and promising to be back by 8.45 pm on Saturday 21 December
1872. Which club are we talking about?

Q9
The first ________ was developed by Peter A. Meijer, the founder of the Meijer Company, in 1906. This was too sticky and broke too easily, so it was quickly abandoned. Accompanied by his assistant, Keegan C. Marr, Meijer strove to create a stronger, less sticky type of ___, but was forced to give up in 1908 and declare bankruptcy. Fill in the blank.

Q10
Robert Cade, Dick Malonis, Harry James Free, and Dana Shires were the medical researchers at the University of Florida. The Gators football coach, Ray Graves, was frustrated with the performance of his players during the hot summer football practices, and asked the team doctor, one of Cade’s associates, for his insight. Cade and his research team came across the unique mix of water, sodium, sugar, potassium, phosphate, and lemon juice that is now known as......what?

Q11
Identify the winner of twenty-six Oscars, shown in the above image.

The Early Bird: Anonymous

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