CUK University challenge

[Drewster]

forty one degrees farenheight is how many degrees centigrade?

A trick question!!!

farenHEIT

But you wouldn't expect thick Northerners to know

[SallyAnne]

If we can get 75% right that isn't a high enough standard. I'm a pretty good pub quizer, but can get about 20% on UC on a good week


Here's a typical question

Which post-impressionist technique was used by Seurat ?

<everyone frantically googles>

Never heard of him....I'm guessing art....erm,
Pass.

[Bagpuss]

These are actual questions:

No googling, answers in 60 seconds please:

Which George Eliot novel features Maggie Tulliver ?
What type of object is the end product of a star of less than 4 solar masses. ?

The first asteroid to be discovered was named after which goddess ?

Ambassadors to Britain are officially ambassadors to which court ?

What was signed at Runnymede in 1215 ?

What word is used in a planned economy to describe the required output and is used elsewhere to describe a maximum allocation?

Which post-impressionist technique was used by Seurat ?

Which country lies due east of New York ?

Which is the largest member of the crow family in Britain ?

Which material is used for fastening and was inspired by burrs in nature ?

Which 20. Century British Prime Minister served four terms of office ?

Which British king died in 1199 ?

Where did Kublai Khan "a stately dome decree" ?

The name of which novel derives from the words of Miranda in The Tempest ?

Which is the only species of deer in which both sexes have antlers ?

In which film was a starling used to capture a buffalo ?

What connects the passenger pigeon and the great auk ???

What office was held by U-Thant, Tryge Lie and Kurt Waldheim ?

What name is given to a painting which is intended to be used as a "template" for a final work of art ?

Who was responsible for a museum of art in Malibu ???

[EternalOptimist]

It's 5 I think.

correct

southern frots ten, northern soe zero


for five points each

What are the chemical symbols for the elements Calcium,Tin,Pottasium?

[DaveB]

forty one degrees farenheight is how many degrees centigrade?

Buzzzz!

[Bagpuss]

GCSE level old chap

[DaveB]

Can I go to the toilet Please?

[Drewster]

correct

southern frots ten, northern soe zero


for five points each

What are the chemical symbols for the elements Calcium,Tin,Pottasium?

potassium
Are you doing this deliberately?

[EternalOptimist]

GCSE level old chap

pitched well, dont you think

[EternalOptimist]

potassium
Are you doing this deliberately?

blooming researchers