Radio Omniglot<\/a>.<\/p>\nIt was a friend’s birthday yesterday and I went to a party at her house. There was live music, nice food and drink, I met some interesting people, and I got to speak various languages – mainly Welsh, French and Mandarin Chinese, and also Cantonese and Irish. There was also a quiz with word-based questions and riddles, and questions about things that happened in the year my friend was born. See how you do with these:<\/p>\n
1. Fill in the gaps with the same letters in the same order: A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ surgeon was _ _ _ \/ _ _ _ _ to perform the operation because there was _ _ \/ _ _ _ _ _.<\/p>\n
2. What has a head, a tail, no legs and is brown?<\/p>\n
3. What has 6 faces, but does not wear make up, has 21 eyes, but cannot see?<\/p>\n
4. Re-arrange the letters, O O U S W T D N E J R, to spell just one word. What is it?<\/p>\n
5. Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it you die. What is it?<\/p>\n
6. How do you spell ‘cow’ in 13 letters? (Hint: it’s not cooooooooooow, as I guessed).<\/p>\n
7. Which West African country became independent in February of this year?<\/p>\n
8. What was the Intelsat I<\/em> communications satellite, launched in April of this year, known as?<\/p>\n9. What song did the Rolling Stones release in August of this year?<\/p>\n
10. What classic sci-fi show was launched in September of this year in the UK?<\/p>\n
Finally, what year was my friend born, and how old is she this year?<\/p>\n
These quizzes are normally published every Sunday, and the answers are given the following Saturday here in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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