Quiz 3

03-04 Season

1
 
The following string could be considered equivalent to what single character or digit?
V-7-N-6-E-L-2-A-F .
Zack
2
Where in the world is this?
(Click for a closer look)

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3
How did an anecdote about a tropical well lead to a classic science experiment and a great logical deduction?
4
Replace the odd man out with a Beatle.
Clark Gable, Sean Connery, Charlie Chaplin, Anthony Hopkins, Orson Welles, Gregory Peck.
Demar
5
sixty
crazy
food for the indigent
clean a wound?
bruise
not 100% boys
incognito
Where do the Shaman go?
Pete Mitchell
6
Who am I?
My ancestry might suggest illegitimacy to the over-literal.
I am a celebrated spymaster.
I have a more famous namesake who is known by a different name.
I prosecuted a war criminal.
I have my own book.
I kept my word to a prostitute.
I committed genocide, more than once, but I claimed I was obeying orders from on high.
7
Who painted this?

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8
If you have a drawer full of socks of different colours in the following numbers..
10 red socks
8 blue socks
6 green socks
4 yellow socks
2 pink socks
1 white sock (isn't it always the way)
What is the probability of picking a pair, if 2 socks are selected at random, without being able to see their colour? Express your answer as a fraction.
Graybags
9
In my trusty old dictionary between a division into parts and an (allegedly) blessed one I find somebody to share with, a jumped up former nobody, a lampoon, a religious festival, gone by, a non-stop vertical conveyor for people, a difficult bunch to pacify, exciting sadness, a dialect, the name of the father, a charity case and a secured lender.
What can we find to eat around here?
10
Complete this sequence. Where does it end?
1) 131
2) 1304
3) 2392 / 2310
4) 117
5) 1407
6) ?
Need a clue? There's one hidden right here: > +44 or 0, your mileage may differ. <
Bob

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