Can you put the following Formula One flags with their correct description? To find the answer hold the curser over the flag.
Black
Shown with a car number to indicate that the driver must call into the pits immediately, usually because he has broken the rules and will be disqualified.		 Shown to a driver to indicate that a faster car is behind him and trying to overtake. Shown both to lapped cars and those racing. A lapped car must allow the faster car past after seeing a maximum of three of these flags or risk being penalised. A racing car is under no obligation to move over.
Black and White Chequered
The race has ended. Shown first to the winner, and then to every car to cross the line behind them.		 The race has been stopped, usually because a car is lying in a dangerous position after an accident or because conditions are too poor for racing to be safe.
Blue
Shown to a driver to indicate that a faster car is behind him and trying to overtake. Shown both to lapped cars and those racing. A lapped car must allow the faster car past after seeing a maximum of three blue flags or risk being penalised. A racing car is under no obligation to move over.		 Indicates danger ahead and overtaking is prohibited. A single waved flag of this colour means slow down, a double waved one warns that the driver must be prepared to stop if necessary.
Red
The race has been stopped, usually because a car is lying in a dangerous position after an accident or because conditions are too poor for racing to be safe.		 Shown with a car number to indicate that the car has a mechanical problem and the driver must return to his pit immediately.
Yellow
Indicates danger ahead and overtaking is prohibited. A single waved yellow flag means slow down, a double waved yellow warns that the driver must be prepared to stop if necessary.		 The race has ended. Shown first to the winner, and then to every car to cross the line behind them.
Yellow and Red Diagonal Stripes
The track is slippery. This usually warns of oil or water on the track.		 A hazard has been cleared up and the cars can proceed at racing speed.
Green
A hazard has been cleared up and the cars can proceed at racing speed.		 Shown with a car number to indicate that the driver must call into the pits immediately, usually because he has broken the rules and will be disqualified.
Black Flag with Orange Disc
Shown with a car number to indicate that the car has a mechanical problem and the driver must return to his pit immediately.		 Shown with car number to indicate a warning for unsportsmanlike behaviour. A black flag may follow if the driver takes no heed of the warning.
White and Black Diagonal Halves
Shown with car number to indicate a warning for unsportsmanlike behaviour. A black flag may follow if the driver takes no heed of the warning.		 Warns of a slow-moving vehicle on the track, such as a tow truck or safety car.
 
White Flag
Warns of a slow-moving vehicle on the track, such as a tow truck or safety car.		 The track is slippery. This usually warns of oil or water on the track.

 

 

Can you put the following number of characters with their correct alphabet? To find the answer hold the curser over the number.
Phoenician AlphabetPhoenician Alphabet Gaelic Alphabet Braille AlphabetBraille Alphabet Russian Alphabet
Greek AlphabetGreek Alphabet Arabic Alphabet Russian AlphabetRussian Alphabet Braille Alphabet
Gaelic AlphabetGaelic Alphabet Greek Alphabet Arabic AlphabetArabic Alphabet Phoenician Alphabet

 

A triangle has three sides. Can you put the right number of sides with the correctly named shape? To find the answer hold the curser over the number.
Hexagon Decagon Heptagon Dodecagon
Nonagon Hexagon DecagonDecagon Nonagon
DodecagonDodecagon Hendecagon hendecagonHendecagon Heptagon

 

 

In the United States of America George Washington was the first president from 1789-1797. Can you put the following president with the correct years of office? To find the answer hold the curser over the photograph.

1969 - 1974
Richard Nixon

1981 – 1989

1981 - 1989
Ronald Regan

1993 - 2001
1974-1977
Gerald Ford

1977 – 1981

1989-1993
George Bush

1969 – 1974
1977-1981
Jimmy Carter

1974 – 1977

1993-2001
Bill Clinton

1989 – 1993

 

As feline refers to the cat family can you put the following adjectives to their rightful owners? To find the answer hold the curser over the photograph.
Cervine
 Deer-like		 Psittacine

Vaccine
 Cow-like

 Equine
Equine
 Horse-like		 Canine

Ovine
 Sheep-like

 Cervine
Psittacine
 Parrot-like		 Apian

Avian
 Bird-like

 Ovine
Apian
 Bee-like		 Porcine

Canine
 Dog-like

 Anguine
Anguine
 Snake-like		 Avian

Porcine
 Pig-like  

 

 

The following is a list of book sizes. Can you put the right size with the right name?
To find the answer hold the curser over the picture.

Crown Quarto
246 x 189mm

 Demy Quarto

Royal Octavo
234 x 156mm

 Crown Octavo
Demy Quarto
276 x 219mm		 Demy Octavo Demy Octavo
216 x 138mm		 Royal Quarto
Royal Quarto
312 x 237mm		 Royal Octavo Crown Octavo
186 x 123mm		 Crown Quarto

                                                                               

 

Can you put the following letters with their Morse Code? To find the answer hold the curser over the code.
D K T
E O U
G R W

 

  

Can you place the following nobility in order of seniority? Starting with the highest first. To discover the answer hold the curser over the Nobility Ranking banner.

Earl
Viscount
Baron
 Marquess
Baronet
Duke

Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount, Barron, Baronet

 

Can you put the US state on the right with the correct states on the left that it shares its borders with? To find the answer hold the curser over the state picture.
Tennessee, Georgia,
Mississippi, Florida		 Colorado, Oklahoma, Missouri, Nebraska
Kansas		 Maine

Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky
Indiana
Arizona, Nevada, Oregon Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama
Mississippi

Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin

 Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas
Louisiana
Georgia, Alabama Maine
New Hampshire

Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama

 Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin
Michigan
Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas
Texas

Louisiana, New Mexico,  Oklahoma, Arkansas

 Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa
Wisconsin
Colorado, Oklahoma, Missouri, Nebraska Tennessee, Georgia, Mississippi, Florida
Alabama

Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa

 Georgia, Alabama
Florida
Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas Arizona, Nevada, Oregon
California		    

 

Can you put the following birds with their group or collective name?  To find the answer hold the curser over the picture.
A flight A dissimulation
Birds in general		 A company A party
 Jays
A peep A siege
Bitterns		 A dissimulation A tiding
 Magpies
A parliament A peep
Chickens in general		 A descent A watch
 Nightingales
A tiding A herd
Curlews		 A watch A parliament
 Owls
A party A convocation
Eagles		 A brace A company
 Parrots 
A herd A gaggle
Geese		 A siege A flight
 Swallows
A convocation A brace
Grouse		 A gaggle A descent
 Woodpeckers

                                                                   

Can you put the collective name with their animal names?  To find the answer hold the curser over the picture. There are two groups for the word “POD”
A quiver A cete
 of badgers		 A pod A hover
 of trout
A swarm A pod
of elephant seals		 A herd A pride
 of lions
A culture An army
of caterpillars		 A pod A shoal
 of bass
A cete A culture
of bacteria		 A nest A quiver
 of cobras
An army A herd
of elephants		 A string A nest
 of vipers
A clowder or clutter A mob
of emus		 A hover A swarm
 of flies
A pack A pod
of porpoises		 A shoal A string
 of ponies
A mob A pack
of dogs		 A pride A clowder or clutter
 of cats

 

Before we carry on with the quiz a short piece of animal trivia.

  • A squirrel cannot contract or carry the rabies virus

  • A Horse has 18 more bones than a Human.

  • Giraffes have no vocal chords

  • A full-grown bear can run as fast as a horse

  • The largest recorded American alligator was 19 feet long.

  • The opening to the cave in which a bear hibernates is always on the North Slope

  • An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain

  • White cockatoos are the only parrots that can be sexed by eye colour; females have a visible pupil while males have black irises.

 

Can you put the following animals with their offspring? To find the answer hold the curser over the animal picture.
Kit
Beaver		 cygnet Cheeper
Grouse		 squab Squab or Squeaker
Pigeon		 eyas
Elver
Eel		 keet Keet
Guinea Fowl		 polliwog Pup
Rat		 cub
Weaner
Elephant Seal		 elver Eyas
Hawk		 foal Cub
Shark		 cheeper
Polliwog or Tadpole
Frog		 Joey Joey
Kangaroo		 kit Cygnet
Swan		 weaner
Calf
Whale		 pup Foal
Zebra		 calf    

 

Before we carry on with the quiz another short piece of animal trivia.

  • Roosters can't crow if they can't fully extend their necks.

  • Twelve or more cows are known as a "flink."

  • The underside of a horse's hoof is called a frog.

  • Dogs and humans are the only animals with prostates.

  • Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.

  • It takes forty minutes to hard boil an ostrich egg.

  • The only continent without reptiles or snakes is Antarctica.

  • The Mola Mola, or Ocean Sunfish, lays up to 5,000,000 eggs at one time.

  • As Kiwi birds are blind, they hunt by smell.

  • A tiger's paw prints are called pug marks.

 

Do you know the floral emblems of the English counties or towns? Test your knowledge, put the floral emblem with the English county or town. To find the answer hold the curser over the picture.
Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea). Found in parks and industrial wastelands of Birmingham's "endless village"
Birmingham
Mistletoe		 Hop (Humulus lupulus). Wild hops are unobtrusive climbers in hedgerow and thickets.
Kent
Cowslip		 Cowslip (Primula veris). Cowslips are still frequent on road verges, quarries and railway banks
Northamptonshire
Dorset heath
Cuckooflower (Cardamine pratensis). This is a delicate flower of wet meadows and pond margins. Its country name is milkmaids.
Cheshire
Cheddar pink		 Bilberry (Vaccinium mytillus). They are a symbol of the open air of the hills, especially around Bradford and Leeds.
Leeds
Rosebay		 Cheddar pink (Dianthus gratianopolitanus). It grows in several places in the Mendip Hills but nowhere more profusely than the original site at Cheddar Gorge.
Somerset
Sea-holly
Dorset Heath (Erica ciliaris). This crimson heather is a defining species of Dorset's special heaths and bogs.
Dorset
Hop		 Sea-holly (Eryngium maritimum). its powder blue flowers emerge in July, protected by prickly, wax-covered leaves.
Liverpool
Harebell Cuckooflower		 Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia). Their papery beauty belies their extraordinary toughness.
Yorkshire
Bilberry
Mistletoe (Viscum Album). In Hereford, mistletoe grows on fruit trees, from which it can be harvested as a winter crop.
Herefordshire
Foxglove		 Rosebay willowherb (Epilobium angustifolium). It mingles with buddleias and Michaelmas daises on railway banks, walls and waste ground.
London
Willowherb 		   

 

This is a list of inventers on the right hand side. Can you put them with their invention on the left hand side. To find the right answer hold the curser over the inventers name on the right.
English, Roger Bacon
1250 - Magnifying glass		 American, Alexander Graham Bell American, Bell Laboratories
1975 – Fiberoptics		 English, Roger Bacon Norwegian, Erik Rotheim
1926 - Aerosol can		 Italian, Marchese Guglielmo Marconi
German, Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
1714 - Mercury thermometer 		American, Bell Laboratories British, Thomas Newcomen
1712 - Steam engine		 French, Jean-Baptiste Denys Italian, Marchese Guglielmo Marconi
1895 - Wireless telegraph		 Norwegian, Erik Rotheim
French, Jean-Baptiste Denys
1625 - Blood transfusion		 American, Benjamin Franklin Indian, Narinder S. Kapany
1955 - Optical fibres		 French, Louis Braille French, Louis Braille
1829 - Braille printing 		Scottish, James Nasmyth
English, Isaac Newton
1668 - Reflecting telescope		 British, Sir Alexander Fleming British, Sir Alexander Fleming
1928 - Penicillin		 German, Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit    
Italian, Galileo
1593 - Water thermometer		 British, Thomas Newcomen Scottish, James Nasmyth
1839 - Steam hammer		 Indian, Narinder S. Kapany    
American, Benjamin Franklin
1780 - Bifocal lens		 English, Isaac Newton American, Alexander Graham Bell
1876 - Telephone		 Italian, Galileo    

                                                                                 

How well do you know England? Can you place the English towns in their appropriate county? To find the answer hold the curser over the county picture.
Totterdown
Bristol 		Bideford Crinkley Bottom
Somerset 		Great Yarmouth Aldershot
Hampshire		 Avebury
Falmouth
Cornwall 		Newhaven Avebury
Wiltshire 		Shanklin Shanklin
Isle of Wight		 Bournemouth
Bideford
Devon		 Purfleet Newhaven
East Sussex 		Aldershot Whitstable
Kent		 Crinkley Bottom
Bournemouth
Dorset 		Whitstable Purfleet
Essex		 Totterdown Great Yarmouth
Norfolk		 Falmouth

 

On the left hand side are the names of 12 American states. Can you place the nicknames on the right hand side with these states ? To find the answer hold the curser over the state.
Beaver State
Oregon		 Treasure State Granite State
New Hampshire		 Badger State
Beehive State
Utah		 Centennial State Sunshine State
Florida 		Evergreen State
Treasure State
Montana		 Beaver State Sunflower State also known as the Jayhawk State
Kansas		 Empire State
Badger State
Wisconsin		 Sunshine State Centennial State
Colorado		 Lone Star State
Lone Star State
Texas		 Golden State Golden State
California		 Sunflower State
Empire State
New York		 Beehive State Evergreen State
Washington		 Granite State

 

Can you match the vehicle manufacturer in the left hand column to the vehicle model in the right hand column? To find the answer hold the curser over the vehicle manufacturers badge.
Fusion


Monaro

Sedona


Matiz
Berlingo Multispace

Seat Alhambra 2.0
 Alhambra

 Matiz


Partner Combi
Partner Combi


Sedona

 Alhambra


Espace
Espace


Avantgarde

 Grand Vitara


Berlingo Multispace
Monaro


Voyager

 Avantgarde


Fusion
Voyager


Grand Vitara