Competition Quiz number 1

[piper_dancer]

Hiya all!
the rules are the same, no chatting in here
but for this quiz you guys have 7 days to complete this quiz. Then results will be posted, along with a scoreboard.
Winner will get a cookie. okay??
So here's the quiz. Post your answers below! :bg:

1. One of Earths satellites is bigger than the others, what is it called?

2. The first tank used in battle had a nickname, what was it?

3. What do the Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liberty have in common?

4. Where did the Wright brothers first flight take place?

5. Which bird lays the largest egg in proportion to its body size?

6. What is the origin of the military salute?

7. Spiral staircases in castles turn clockwise when ascending and anti-clockwise when descending. Why is it always done that way and not the opposite?

8.Vladimir Illych Uryanov was better known as who?


9. In what country would you find two Moscows?

10. Where would you find Lake Vostok?

11. Mercury is to Vostok as Gemini is to ?

GOOD LUCK!

[Joanna Avashite]

ok. Just a suggestion here PD.

how about everyone post there answers below and PD and i will tellyou guy if they are correct or incorrect, and put them on the score board. ?

[true_blue_piper]

1) the moon

2) Little Willie (you naughty girl)

3) Alexandre-Gustave - engineer of the SoL and designer of the ET

4) Unmanned ? Kitty Hawk, NC, USA

5) Kiwi

6) nobody really knows. Either from raising a helmet visor or to show that there were no arms in the right hand

7) up or down......they're the same spiral staircases ? Easier to use a sword in the right hand ?

8) Nobody ! However, Vladimir Illyich Ulyanov was better known as Lenin

9) USA

10) Antarctica

11) Voskhod ?

OK.....I'm a bored computer geek with nohthing better to do.......

[Vikki]

1 - the moon
2 - little willie
3 - Gustave Eiffel - his company built eiffel tower and internal structure of statue of liberty
4 - kitty hawk, nc, america
5 - kiwi
6 - origins have been lost in history. 2 lines of thought are to show there were no weapons in the right hand, or to raise helmet visor
7 - knights in medieval world were all right handed (left handed people werent allowed to become knights) and the clockwise staircases made it easier to defend the castle
8 - guessing you mean Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov - better known as Lenin
9 - they're not in the same country. (unless you count moscow and moscow mills - then usa)
10 - antarctica
11 - Voskhod

[An claidheamh soluis]

I'm with Vikki and T_B_P, except for no 4 which I believe is Kill Devil Hills in North Carolina

[Vikki]

so what are the right answers???

[piper_dancer]

Sorry I took so long. Here are the answers:

1. moon
2. Little Willie
3. biult by the same man ( gustave eiffel )
4. kitty hawk
5. Kiwi
6. ( normally your fighting hand ) had no weapon in it. therefore you were safe.from attack
7. it allowed the defender to be at an advantage as they descended the staircase
8. lenin
9. USA
10. Ice sheet or Antarctic
11. Voskhod

I will post a scoreboard for these. Competition Quiz Number 2 coming up soon.