Dr Graham's Sunday Quiz

1 January 2017 - Happy New Year!

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  1. Internationally, CAKE is 1254; NOPE is 4751; BING is 257234; and LYRE is 218262. What is STAR?

    2. Answer: 23954
    The letters are pairs of ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes; the numbers are the international dialing codes for those countries. Canada (CA:1) and Kenya (KE:254); Norway (NO:47) and Peru (PE:51); Burundi (BI:257) and Nigeria (NG:234); Libya (LY:218) and Réunion (RE:262); Sao Tome and Principe (ST:239) and Argentina (AR:54)

    Correct answers from: @BooTicketyBoo, @WaspBox, @KatEllis37

  2. What is the name of this trophy?

    3. Answer: The Calcutta Cup

    Correct answers from: @SmallsLites, @The_Jedi_Master, @BooTicketyBoo, @WaspBox, @Kirstin16o3, @KatEllis37, @MrsDawnK, @Supervisor1_9_4

  3. Recreate the image below using a pen and paper. The rules are you cannot take the pen off the paper, and you cannot go over a line once it's drawn (e.g. you cannot go from B to C and then later go from C to B). What are the sequences of letters to recreate the image (there are more than one)?

    4. Answers: C D B E A B C E D
    C D E A B E C B D
    C E A B D E B C D
    C B D E A B E C B
    C E B D E A B C D
    There are probably more!

    Correct answers from: @The_Jedi_Master, @BooTicketyBoo, @Kirstin16o3, @WaspBox, @KatEllis37, @LauraMullan, @MrsDawnK, @SmallsLites, @Supervisor1_9_4

  4. If first paper or cotton, sixth iron or sugar, and eigth bronze or salt it stands that ninth A or B. What are A and B?

    5. Answer: Pottery and copper
    They are the traditional wedding anniversary gifts for the ninth wedding anniversay in the US and UK respectively.

    Correct answers from: @The_Jedi_Master, @BooTicketyBoo, @KatEllis37, @MrsDawnK, @SmallsLites, @Supervisor1_9_4

  5. Which coat of arms is next in the sequence, and why?


    6. Answer: B
    They are the university / college coat of arms of the last four British prime ministers. The last in the sequence is May - who went to St Hughs, Oxford

    Correct answers from: @WaspBox (with help from @KatEllis37), @BooTicketyBoo

  6. In which city were these photos taken?

    7. Answer: I thought is was Elista. Though accepted Chess City and Kalmykia as I think the photos I got may have been mislabeled!

    Correct answers from: @The_Jedi_Master, @Kirstin16o3, @WaspBox, @SmallsLites, @MrsDawnK, @Supervisor1_9_4