Answers to HSL’s Weekly Quiz- 8th November 2021
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- Which TV series showed the first interracial kiss on American television in 1968?
Star Trek
- In which year did the hit show, ‘The Golden Girls’, end?
1992
- In the European fairy tale, ‘Little Red Riding Hood’, who does the wolf dress up as?
Grandmother
- The name of which African animal means ‘river horse’ in Greek?
Hippopotamus
- Which is the only American football team to go a whole season undefeated, including the Super Bowl?
Miami Dolphins (1972)
- Area 51 is located in which U.S. state?
Nevada
- What is a Vaporetto in Venice?
Public waterbus
- Which of Newton’s laws states, ‘for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction’?
The third law of motion
- What is a duel between three people called?
Truel
- The unicorn is the national animal of which country?
Scotland
- Which Central American country has a name which translates in English as ‘The Saviour’?
Republic of El Salvador
- What is measured in Mickeys?
The direction and speed of your computer mouse
- Which country has the longest coastline?
Canada
- Which economist and philosopher wrote the book, ‘Das Kapital’?
Karl Marx
- Which British Prime Minister was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953?
Sir Winston Churchill
- Which Asian dog breed is notable for its blue or black tongue?
Chow Chow
- Which small gland, attached to the brain, is important for growth and development?
Pituitary gland
- Which pop group sang the hit song, ‘Stayin Alive’?
Bee Gees
- Where is the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) taking place?
Glasgow
- What plant does linseed oil come from?
Flax
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