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Quizzitch: the Numbers-and-Knowledge Quiz

Now that you've had a go with our Big Big Quiz of 2011, we return this week to our numbers and knowledge quiz, Quizzitch, with round 11. In this simple but challenging quiz, all you have to do is make your choice between 4 answers to 10 questions picked at random from the Quizzitch database of 1 to 1000 questions. The numbers set the question, so you'll also learn some pretty cool facts while you play the game. This week, we've reached round 11. As ever, there are 20 free MTL SkillBoosters for the lucky winner. Have a go now and see if you can beat the Quizzitch questions.

    • Question 1: Champagne is a sparkling wine named after the northeast region of France around the cities of Rheims and Epernay. What is a 2-quart bottle of champagne called?
    • Question 2: Donald Bradman was an Australian cricketer who is often regarded as the greatest player of all time. He has the highest batting averages of any player and scored over 117 first-class centuries. He joined the Royal Australian Air Force in 1940 but was invalided out in 1941. Why?
    • Question 3: The Sculptor Galaxy, also known as NGC 253, is an intermediate spiral galaxy, discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1783 while looking for comets. Herschel was born in Hanover in 1750 and died there in 1840. How was she a British citizen?
    • Question 4: English is the mother tongue of some 358 million people in the world. Which of the following is regarded as the most closely-related living language to English?
    • Question 5: The Parthenon in Athens was completed in 432 BC. Its columns use entasis which correct the illusion of straight columns curving inward by making them curve outward. What car maker famously uses entasis on its radiator grill?
    • Question 6: The Capitol building in Washington DC has 540 rooms. It is built in the Federal style with a large dome and column entrances. On which of the following architectural styles is the Federal style based?
    • Question 7: Roots vary in the amount of water they need. For example, an alfalfa plant requires 900 lbs of water but a wheat plant just 500 lbs. Which of the following has been found to need 636 lbs of water?
    • Question 8: The era from 740 Ad to 1050 AD is known as the Viking Age after the Viking marauders who raided large parts of Europe at this time. Why were Viking ships pointed at the front and rear?
    • Question 9: St Cyril was born in 827 AD. With his brother, Methodius, he translated the Bible into the Slavonic language. In doing so, he created an alphabet which, as the Cyrillic alphabet, is named after him and used in all eastern Europe countries and Russia. What English transliteration represents the Cyrillic letter B?
    • Question 10: In 986 AD, Erik the Red started to colonize an island that today the natives call Kalaallit Nunaat. What is the island?
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