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25/11/2019

A Foolish Round

 15 General Knowledge questions indexed by subject matter.  Each answer contains a word that is a synonym for the word ‘fool’.  Make your choice.

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Choose your general knowledge question from the 15 subjects listed below by clicking the question number.  Each answer contains at least one key word that starts ‘Bo’ or ‘Jo’.

1.

Stage names

2.

British actors

3.

Vehicles

4.

Medicines

5.

Trains

6.

Fells

7.

Words

8.

Radio 4

9.

Academic institutions

10.

Olympic Games 1

11.

Olympic Games 2

12.

Philosophy

13.

Chinese words

14.

Animals

15.

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1.

Stage names

 Michael Lee Aday is an actor and singer. How is he better known?

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2.

British actors

 Who’s this British actor?
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Vehicles

 Translated into English Piaggio made a wasp and Innocenti made a Milanese Water-Sprite – but what type of vehicles were they?

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Medicine

What part of the body is affected by chondrolaryngoplasty?

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5.

Trains

 HBR is a railway company that runs a twice weekly train service to Churchill. In which province of which country is Churchill?

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6.

Fells

  If you look North West down from the peaks of Steeple and Pillar towards Whitehaven what do you see?

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7.

Words

 Which autological word is – in three senses – ‘keenly foolish’?

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Radio 4

This is the theme music of Desert Island Discs, but what is its original title?   (click to play)
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Academic Institutions

 Which academic institution takes its name jointly from a Scottish inventor and a Scottish goldsmith?

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10.

Olympic Games 1

 In which Olympic Games host city did the ‘flying Finn’ Paavo Nurmi win his first Gold Medal?

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11.

Olympic Games 2

 …and who is this Olympic Gold medallist?

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12.

Philosophy

 Which phrase, a fundamental principle of Western philosophy, first appeared in the book Principles of Philosophy?

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13.

Chinese words

 What is the English meaning of the Chinese Taishanese word which has been anglicised to ‘mein’?

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14.

Animals

 What sort of animal is this?

 
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15.

Theme music

What is introduced by this music?   (click to play)
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