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Every week, you will find a quiz in this page on a variety of subjects. There are no prizes for answering correctly nor whiplashes for incorrect answers. That need not hold you back from testing your knowledge. Go ahead and have fun. If you have interesting puzzles, teasers, questions on any subject and you want them to be featured here, please e-mail them to me at webmaster@mohaniyer.com. I will acknowledge your contributions. I have also arranged chronologically all the previous weeks' questions in an archive.
This week's quiz is a Bonanza Quiz.
In Camberley, England, two out of every seven people have telephone numbers that are not listed in the directory. If there are 14,000 names in the phonebook, how many of them have names that are unlisted?
In Iran, a Westerner cannot take a photograph of a man with a turban. Why not?
How many successful parachutes jump must a trainee parachutists from the U.S. army have to make before he graduates from jump school?
What is the invention, first discovered in ancient times, that allows people to see through solid walls?
A man carefully pointed his car due east and drove for 2 miles. He was two miles west of where he started from. How come?
A mail plane was halfway from Dallas to Miami at a height of 2000 feet on a clear, still day. It dropped a 100 kg sack of airmail and a 100 kg steel rod at the same time. Which hit the ground first?
If two are company and three are a crowd, what are four and five?
With which hand does a nun stir her coffee?
Why do some people press the elevator buttons with their fingers and others with their thumb?
What do you say to a man who claims not to be superstitious?
A grandfather clock strikes 13, what time is it?
Two sons, two fathers and a grandfather sat together. How many men were there?
An archaeologist showed his daughter a coin that he had found on a dig. He told her it was dated 200 B.C. She told him she thought it was a fake. Who was right?
a) What color is a refrigerator?
b) What do cows drink?
Meanings of the following words:
Irrefutable
Irrelevant
Jargon
Judicious
Kindle
Labyrinth
Lackluster
Laconic
Lampoon
Lassitude
Latent
Laudable
Lethargic
Levity
Listless
Lucid
Malicious
Marred
Meager
Meandering
When did automobile racing begin?
Where was the first theatre?
Which group released the album Definitely Maybe?
Which nationality is the singer Bjork?
With which group do you associate Ali Campbell?
What is the title of the Best of Bryan Adams album?
On which R.E.M. album would you find the song everybody hurts?
Which Roxette song appears in pretty woman?
In 1996 Take That had a hit with 'How Deep is Your Love'. Which group recorded the song originally?
Who is the lead singer of simply Red?
Which group did Deborah Harry Front?
Which group released the album, Jollification?
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2 4 8 3 6 12 4 8 x
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