The first cut is the: answers
January 25, 2012 in Gilligan's, Quizzes
Here’s a very quick post with the answers to the questions posted over the weekend in The first cut is the…
I don’t have anything else to tell you… so let’s get on with it!
Questions we missed:
- Name the two students who won the 2012 BT Young Scientist & Technology Award last week. A> Eric Doyle and Mark Kelly
- What is the largest lake in Great Britain? A> Loch Lomond
- Who played Louise in the movie Thelma & Louise? A> Susan Sarandon
- Which is Japan’s second-largest city? A> Osaka *
- Which river forms part of the border between England and Scotland? A> Tweed
- The space shuttle programme came to an end in July 2011. Which shuttle completed that final flight? A> Atlantis
- Who was the first Irish person to win the Noble Prize for Literature? A> William Butler Yeats
- What is the fourth largest country in the world, both in terms of area and population? A> USA **
- What is the name of the second-highest peak in the Alps? A> Monte Rosa
- What is the name for a female ferret? A> Jill
- Who played the Toymaker in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang? A> Benny Hill
- What flag is traditionally flown by a ship that is about to leave port? A> Blue Peter
- Rickets is caused by a deficiency of which vitamin? A> D
Picture round (click to embiggen):
- Linda Martin
- Gary Lineker
- Hector Ó hEochagáin
- Bridie Gallagher
- Davina McCall
- John O’Donoghue
- Justin Bieber
- Courteney Cox
- Seán Lemass
- Anthony Worral Thompson
- Arthur Griffith
- Kate Middleton ***
Moving swiftly on, I’ll have another post up later details my plans for the site for the coming year. Stay tuned!
Footnotes:
* A tricky one as Tokyo hasn’t officially been a city since 1943. It has a special status: metropolis.
** There’s some contention here over the size by area list. Both USA and China claim third place!
*** The Duchess of Cambridge was also accepted! 😉
Barry Murphy said on January 26, 2012
Also, isn’t the US the third largest by population?