Showing posts with label Nobel Prize. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nobel Prize. Show all posts

Saturday, 13 June 2009

Basic Anatomy Baffles Brits

Amazing, but a large percentage of British people don't know where in the body their major organs are situated! A research team at King's College London found that the knowledge of our bodies was no better than over 30 years ago! A provisional PDF of the paper can be found here.!

Saturday's questions
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  1. Who was born today in 1910 in Nuneaton and founded the National Viewers and Listeners Association in 1965 (now mediawatch-uk)?

  2. Actor Malcolm McDowell (right), who was born today in 1943, played wealthy villain Mr Linderman in which TV series?

  3. In which country was Nobel Prize winning writer William Butler Yeats born today in 1865?
Yesterday's Answers: 1. Charles Kingsley; 2. Courtney Cox; 3. "The Invaders" (A Quinn Martin Production!

Friday, 27 February 2009

Something Different Today

There's not much news that inspires me today, so I'll just leave you with the teasers for today. After all, that's the main purpose of this blog!

Friday's questions are: -

  1. Nobel Prize winning author John Steinbeck was born today in 1902 and won a Pulitzer Prize for which 1939 novel?


  2. Actress Elizabeth Taylor (right) was born today in 1932 and has won how many Oscars?


  3. Which former Liberal Democrat leader was born today in 1941 in New Delhi?
Yesterday's Answers: 1. Levi Strauss; 2. "Put Your Records On"; 3. Elba