The Virus Inspire Us Quiz # 04

Knebworth’s Panacea to Boredom

This quiz is aimed more at people who enjoy quizzes and crosswords and I hope that it will provide some mental stimulation in difficult times.

The questions are written such that (hopefully) they will test your brain and are not simple to research on the internet.

There is a weekly prize of a bottle of prosecco which will (somehow) be delivered to the winner. The address on the application form must be an address within the parish of Knebworth. Do forward it (printed or email) to anyone you think may be interested.

Entries should be sent to the compiler at colin.stringer@ntlworld.com by midnight on Sunday 19 April, with the subject line Virus Inspire Us Quiz 04, or delivered by hand to 21, St Martin’s Road.

The results and answers will be posted each Monday on www.parascosa.com/VirusInpireUs.htm

To keep the process simple:

· no emails will be answered; and

· the question master’s decision is final; and

· in the event of a tie, there will be a random selection from the winning entries.

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Question

Answer

1

Move only two matches to make a valid equation.

Just write the correct equation in the box

This one is reasonably easy to look up on the internet, but where’s the challenge in that?

2

What comes next in the following (incomplete) sequence ?

H H L B B ?

3

Of which country is this the parliament building? (what a shame that the flag wasn’t flying that day!)

4

What comes next in the following (incomplete) sequence?

T O B C B R ?

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Question

Answer

5

If E = 3, H = 4, N= 2 and D = 0 , then X = ?

6

What do the following people have in common?

· Celine Dion

· Olivia Newton-John

· Lúcia Moniz (Colin Firth’s love interest in Love Actually)

· Sam Womack (née Janus)

7

A train is 500 m long and is travelling at a constant speed of 110 km/h. It enters a tunnel that is 5 km long. What is the time in seconds (rounded to the nearest second) between the moment that the front of the train enters the tunnel and the back of the train exits the tunnel?

8

A is the father of B but B is not the son of A. How is this possible?

9

This is the logo of which company?

10

What do the following have in common?

CHESS CHAT SINE RIDE RIVE

11

Which London Underground station is this?

12

Sounds as if a coal-worker might make money from finding the next letter in this sequence.

H J A O J M ?

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Question

Answer

13

A, B and C are each positive numbers and are different from one another.

What are the values of A, B and C such that the sum is valid?

14

What is this complete musical sequence?

L F L K B M G

15

If 1 = SF↔VCP, 2 = W↔FABC and 3 = H↔NLA then what 4 = ? in this transportation sequence.

16

A man carves his name into a tree at a height of 1.5 m above the ground; the tree is 12 m tall. Years later he comes back and the tree is 30 m tall. At what height above the ground is the carving of his name when he returns?

Finally, in true Only Connect tradition, a connecting wall. For those who have never watched the programme, you need to sort these 16 squares into 4 groups of 4, having found the connection between them. There are multiple ‘overlaps’ to make it more difficult. You may find that it helps to cut out the squares and arrange them in groups. (Hint: It helps to cut them out and then arrange them).

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Connection

17

18

19

20

Name

Address 1

Address 2

Post Code

Email Address

Landline

Mobile Number

Score

CHAINHOLMKEYPOLE

POSTWEAVERINCHHURT

CARTWRIGHTYARDSCOREWILD

FOOTTIMESKERRITTSKERRY