Answers to HSL’s Weekly Quiz- 29th November 2021

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1. What word is used to describe the partial or complete loss of your sense of smell?

Anosmia

2. Who painted the 1808 masterpiece, ‘The 3rd of May’?

Francisco de Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)

3. Lomé is the capital of which African country?

Togo

4. In an isosceles triangle, how many sides have an equal length?

Two

5. What is the longest river in Canada?

Mackenzie River (at 4,241km long!)

6. How many red squares are there on a standard checkerboard?

32

7. Which animal is traditionally associated with the Zodiac sign, Cancer?

Crab

8. If a laptop costs £800 before VAT, and VAT is 20%, what is the total price of the laptop?

£960

9. What year were the Olympic Games hosted in the U.S. for the first time?

1904

10. Who co-founded the company, Microsoft, with Bill Gates in 1975?

Paul Allen

11. In which year was the first commercial flight?

1914

12. What kind of poisoning is known as ‘plumbism’?

Lead poisoning

13. What female’s name is also the correct term for a female donkey?

Jenny

14. In Greek mythology, who was the last King of Troy?

Priam

15. What is the fourth book in the Harry Potter series?

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

16. What is the technical term for when a human bone bends and cracks only on one side?

Greenstick fracture

17. The Clio Award is an award given in which field?

Advertising

18. What alcoholic drink is made from fermented honey, yeast and water?

Mead

19. ‘Morello’ is a variety of which fruit?

Cherry

20. Which organ is responsible for creating urine?

Kidney

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