Answers to Quiz which raised £160 for Water Aid
Soroptimist clubs were challenged by the Federation President to raise £75 for the charity Water Aid, to celebrate the 75thAnniversary of Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland. If every individual were to have access to clean water many of the worlds diseases and illnesses would be eradicated. Soroptimist International of Barry and District decided to compile a quiz with fifty questions, all based on water, and an entry fee of £1 was agreed. The quiz proved popular but difficult. Only three correct entries were received. The three were put into sealed envelopes and the winning one was drawn by President Judith Lewis at a recent Club meeting. The winner was Beth Jones of Whitchurch Cardiff who received a cheque for £50. Members were grateful to everyone who participated and delighted to have raised £160 for Water Aid, such a worthwhile charity. Those who took part might be interested in the answers which are set out below (together with the questions).
1. What is the world’s largest lake? (Caspian Sea at 143,200 square miles )
2. What is the longest river in the world? (the Nile is 4,135 miles long )
3. What is the longest river wholly in Wales? (River Towy 64 miles )
4. Name a feature that is man -made and approximately 51 miles long? ( Panama
Canal)
5. Which river is spanned by the first arch bridge in the world to be made out of cast iron? (River Severn)
6. Where is the sea of tranquility ? ( the moon)
7. What body of water is located 1,300 feet (396 meters) below sea level, making it the
lowest place on earth. ( The Dead sea)
8. What is the longest river system in Europe?( The Volga)
9. Which river is known in Welsh as the Afon Donwy ( Danube)
10.Which ocean covers about one third of the earth’s surface? ( Pacific Ocean)
11. Cyprinid fish are members of which fish family – ( carp)
12. Humpback, Southern Right and Orca are all types of what? ( whale)
13. What fish is known as the “ Wolf of the Water” (Piranha)
14. Ai Goromo, Bekko, Gold Ogon, Kohaku are all types of what fish? ( Koi)
15. The largest fish in the world ( whale shark)
16. Almost all of which fish contain tetrodotoxin, a substance that is deadly to humans
and up to 1,200 times more poisonous than cyanide. There is enough toxin in one
fish to kill 30 adult humans, and there is no known antidote. ( Pufferfish)
17. Name a sea creature with three hearts -Two hearts pump blood through the gills
whereas the third one pumps blood through rest of the body. (Octopus)
18. What are called the “rainforests of the sea,” ( coral reefs)
19. The name of which fish comes from its resemblance to a sandal ( sole)
20. What are named after the Mediterranean island where they were once in abundance
(sardines)SardinSardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea . The area of Sardinia is . The nearest land masses to the island are the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Tunisia, and the Spanish Balearic Islands…
21. Who wrote “Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink”? (Samuel Taylor
Coleridge)
22. What premiered in the summer on July 17, 1717 when King George I requested a
concert on the River Thames. (George Frideric Handel’s Water music)
23. Name a hymn for those in peril on the seas (Eternal Father strong to save)
24. Which Simon and Garfunkel song featured water in its title? (Bridge over troubled
water)
25. Name one of Abba’s greatest hits ( Waterloo)
26. Published in 1889, what was the title of a humorous account of a boating holiday on
the Thames between Kingstonand Oxford. (Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing
of the Dog) by Jerome K Jerome
27. Which story tells the adventures of the wandering sailor Ishmael and his voyage on
the ship Pequod, commanded by CaptainAhab. ( Moby Dick)
28. Name a film directed, written, by James Cameron starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack
Dawson and Kate Winslet as Rose. (Titanic )
29. On what day according to the book of Genesis did God create fish? (fifth day)
30. Which famous Steven Spielberg film had people afraid to go in the sea? (Jaws)
31. Name a town famous for its crystal ( Waterford crystal)
32.Name the place where Donald Campbell CBE died on January 4 1967 while trying
to break his own record. ( Coniston lake)
33. What is over 20 miles long, a mile wide and 700 feet at its deepest and is the home of
a very special creature? ( Or is it?). (LochNess)
34. Who introduced many to the underworld sea and co invented the aqua lung?
(Jacques-Yves Cousteau )
35. For what was Gertrude Caroline Ederle famous ? ( first woman to swim the English
Channel)
36. This “ house by the stream” is famous for which product? ( blue bottled natural
mineral water)
37. Which Olympic swimmer has won the most gold medals? (Michael Fred Phelps )
38. In which year was Water Aid set up? (1981)
39. President Richard Nixon was associated with which scandel ( Watergate Scandal)
40. To mark the 62nd anniversary of his death on January 30th, 1948, whose ashes
were sprinkled into the Indian Ocean off the South African coast. (Gandhi)
41. If you ate Beluga eggs what would you be eating? ( Caviar)
42. Name a traditional Spanish seafood dish (paella )
43. If you eat fish chowder what would it be a desert, soup or cake? ( soup)
44. What would you be eating if you had a French dish consisting of a creamy cheesy mixture of cooked lobster meat, egg yolks, and brandy or sherry, stuffed into a lobster shell, and optionally served with an oven-browned cheese crust. (lobster thermador)
45. The town of Whitstable is noted for farming which seafood from beds on the Kentish Flats that have been used since Roman times. ( Oysters)
46. Whose seafood restaurant would you be visiting in Padsow ( Rick Stein)
47. With what according to the New testament did Jesus feed the 5,000 with? (5 loaves and 2 fish)
48. Who once said if he were to die tomorrow, he’d choose oysters for his last meal? ( And as it turned out he did !)(Keith Floyd )
49. Where better than here to buy a book on seafood cooking? (Waterstones)
50. Name a well known meteorologist? ( Michael
Fish)