#230

Go Fish, Moustaches, Out Of Order, Famous Phone Calls, and Abbreviations.

Go Fish

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1

What “fishy” term was popularised in 1807 when English polemicist William Cobbett told a story of having used a strong-smelling smoked fish to divert and distract hounds from chasing a rabbit?

2

Which Australian sporting legend is also known as “The (Great White) Shark”?

3

Tiger, Dusky and Southern Sand are all types of what fish species?

4

In Ernest Hemingway's novel The Old Man and the Sea, the ageing fisherman Santiago struggles to catch a giant fish of what species - marlin, swordfish or halibut?

5

Some fish, like the Atlantic salmon, are anadromous, which means what?

Go Fish

Moustaches

The hairiest season of the year.

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6

A small primate native to South America and known for their distinctive moustache, is the Emperor what?

7

In a deck of cards, who is the only non-moustached king?

8

Famous for his moustache, Tom Selleck is best known for portraying a private investigator in which 1980s television series?

9

Set in 2010, the current world record for the longest moustache belongs to India’s Ram Singh Chauhan. Roughly how long is it - 2 metres, 4 metres or 6 metres?

10

Match these four moustache styles (pencil, walrus, horseshoe, chevron) to the following famous people: Hulk Hogan, Clark Gable, Freddie Mercury and David Boon.

Moustaches

Out Of Order

Put the following in the correct order as specified.

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11

Taxonomic ranks (most to least specific): Family, Order, Genus

12

Geological periods (oldest to most recent): Cretaceous, Triassic, Jurassic

13

Rocks on the Mohs Scale (softest to hardest): Topaz, Talc, Quartz

14

Wind conditions on the Beaufort Scale (lowest to highest wind speed): Storm, Gale, Hurricane

15

Acids based on pH (least to most acidic): Gastric acid, Black coffee, Orange juice

Out Of Order

Famous Phone Calls

No, YOU hang up!

16

A phone call to the police by American security guard Frank Wills on June 17, 1972 at 1:47am regarding a break-in at his place of work kicked off what political scandal?

17

UK paper The Sunday Mirror caused a scandal in 1993 when they published the transcript of a saucy six-minute telephone call made between which two high-profile individuals when they were both married to other people?

18

What is the next line in the iconic phone speech Liam Neeson gives in the 2009 film Taken: “I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money.”?

19

In 2007, Rod Baber reached the summit of Mount Everest and broke the record for the highest mobile phone call ever made using a phone manufactured by which tech company?

20

Established in 1963, the Moscow–Washington hotline is often depicted in popular culture as what colour telephone?

Famous Phone Calls

Abbreviations

Can you guess what the letter in each of these abbreviations stand for?

21

M in IMF

22

S in NASCAR

23

E in OPEC

24

C in UNESCO

25

I in CSIRO

Abbreviations

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