Any Takers For A Little Quiz?

[Buenchico]

If you're feeling bored (or just super-brainy) today, why not try my little quiz below? There are just 10 questions, with only 3 options to select your answer from in each case, so it's got to be really, really easy, hasn't it?

The quiz has an EU theme to it but both Europhiles and Europhobes should do equally well (or possibly badly), I think.

PLEASE DON'T POST ANSWERS ON THIS THREAD. Instead, simply check your answers from the link below and then post your score here to tell us all what a genius you are.

1. Which country is, in terms of both its area and its population, the smallest within the EU?
(a) Cyprus ;
(b) Luxembourg ;
(c) Malta.

2. The Latitude Festival is held in the UK. In which country is the Longitude Festival held?
(a) Belgium ;
(b) Ireland ;
(c) The Netherlands.

3. Which EU country lies directly to the north of Hungary?
(a) Croatia ;
(b) Czech Republic ;
(c) Slovakia.

4. Which of the following activities forms the basis of a popular competitive sport in the Czech Republic, with teams of both adults and children competing in league and cup competitions?
(a) Firefighting ;
(b) First aid ;
(c) Mental arithmetic.

5. Who said "We must build a kind of United States of Europe"?
(a) Winston Churchill ;
(b) Charles de Gaulle ;
(c) Franklin D Roosevelt.

6. Which EU country is, in terms of its area, the largest?
(a) France ;
(b) Spain ;
(c) Sweden.

7. British superstition says that the 13th of the month will bring bad luck if it falls on a Friday. On what day of the week does the 13th have to fall in order to bring bad luck under Greek superstition?
(a) Sunday ;
(b) Thursday ;
(c) Tuesday

8. How many EU countries are there in this list? Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden.
(a) 2 ;
(b) 3 ;
(c) 4.

9. If we read out an email address in English, we say "at" when we reach the '@'symbol. What do Polish people say (in Polish, of course!) when they encounter the '@' symbol?
(a) Hook ;
(b) Monkey ;
(c) Snake.

10. Who wrote "I am a raving Euro-federalist . . . a pro-European of the most violent, dyspeptic and incurable disposition"?
(a) Kenneth Clarke ;
(b) Boris Johnson ;
(c) Ken Livingstone.


The answers can be found here:
http://www.upl.co/uploads/EU-Answers1562599680.jpg


So how well did you do?

8, 9 or 10 = Eurofighter quality

5, 6 or 7 = Eurovision quality

2, 3 or 4 = Eurotrash quality

0 or 1 = Euravinalarf quality

[spathiphyllum]

1 - c

2- b

3- c

4- a

5- a

6- a

7- a

8- 3? :S

9- a

10 - b

My guess.

[spathiphyllum]

I am shook. Not going to lie. Didn't google any.

[Buenchico]

That was quick, Spath!

i asked that people didn't post their answers here but it doesn't really matter, I suppose. I make that a score of 8. (Check the 'Answers' link above to see where you went wrong). So that's 'Eurofighter' class. Well done!

[wolf63]

I got them all right but with a little help from my favourite search engine.

[spathiphyllum]

Sorry Buen :( I reacted a bit quickly, did the quiz, and missed the request regarding answers! I also missed the answers link. These questions made me feel silly, but i find, with these quizes, by using the rule of elimination it makes it quite obvious.

One that surprised me was question 6 and question 7.

[Baldric]

1 C, 2 B, 3 C, 4 A, 5 A,
6 A, 7 C, 8 B, 9 B, 10 B.

[Buenchico]

>>> I got them all right but with a little help from my favourite search engine

Erm, isn't that called 'cheating', Susan ? ;-)

Thanks for have a go anyway!

[spathiphyllum]

I prefer multiple question quizzes because then you have a good chance by process of elimination if you don't just know

Regarding longitude festival, that is one of the ones i 'just knew'

[Buenchico]

You got question 6 right anyway, Spath! The day in question 7 is generally regarded as unlucky within Greek superstition but it's worse if it falls on the 13th.

[Buenchico]

I hope you didn't use Google, Baldric ;-)

[Buenchico]

>>> I prefer multiple question quizzes . . .

I quite enjoy setting them too, as it can be fun to try to come up with some answers that look as if they might be right ;-)

[Baldric]

No I didn't Chris.

// One that surprised me was question 6 and question 7 //

Er, isn't that two?

[Buenchico]

Well done then Balders ;-)

[spathiphyllum]

LOL, yes it is two.

[spathiphyllum]

Buen, the reason i selected A for 7 was because sunday is the 7th day, on the 7th question.. Bit of a conspiracy, i know ;)

[wolf63]

It would be cheating if you had said not to Google the answers, but you didn't so I used my initiative.
☺☺

:-)

[ToraToraTora]

i got 6.

[Buenchico]

"Initiative", Susan, is just a woman's word for "low cunning", isn't it?

;-)

[Lie-in King]

Eurovision - 7 including one guess.

[Buenchico]

TTT:
Thanks for joining in.

Given your choice of avatar, I hope that you got the last one right!