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| For those who are unable to make it for the live quiz but would like to see how many of the questions they would have been able to answer within the 4 minutes given, the daily questions can be found on this page and will remain for 1 month. The answers can be found on another page but, all the answers so far will be visible so you may like to put off going there for the first time until you have caught up to the latest questions...
Saturday 31st January 2009 Twitterhood Quiz Q1: What is the more common name of nitrous oxide? Twitterhood Quiz Q2: Who was the 34th president of the United States of America? Twitterhood Quiz Q3: What sort of creature is a drongo? Twitterhood Quiz Q4: By what name did Agnes Gonxha Bojahiu become better known? Twitterhood Quiz Q5: From which language does the word 'ombudsman' come?
Friday 30th January 2009 Twitterhood Quiz Q1: Which gland in the human body requires the mineral iodine to work properly? Twitterhood Quiz Q2: What is the capital of Luxembourg? Twitterhood Quiz Q3: In which year was the French king Louis XVI executed on the guillotine? Twitterhood Quiz Q4: Which Marquis gave his name to the rules that govern the sport of boxing? Twitterhood Quiz Q5: What disease is caused by a deficiency of vitamin D?
Thursday 29th January 2009 Twitterhood Quiz Q1: In which country is the Taurus moutain range? Twitterhood Quiz Q2: What is the meaning of the term 'dinosaur'? Twitterhood Quiz Q3: In which year was the International Boxing Federation formed? Twitterhood Quiz Q4: From which language do the words 'molasses' and marmalade' originate? Twitterhood Quiz Q5: What gas forms the largest percentage of the air we breathe?
Wednesday 28th January 2009 Twitterhood Quiz Q1: The goat represents which sign of the Zodiac? Twitterhood Quiz Q2: What is the name of the membrane that surrounds the human heart? Twitterhood Quiz Q3: What is the commonest element in the Universe? Twitterhood Quiz Q4: In which country is the River Fraser? Twitterhood Quiz Q5: What is the name of Serena Williams's tennis-playing sister?
Tuesday 27th January 2009 Twitterhood Quiz Q1: What is the full name for the US government agency NASA? Twitterhood Quiz Q2: In which year was songwriter & musician Paul McCartney born? Twitterhood Quiz Q3: Where in the body would you find the hyoid bone? Twitterhood Quiz Q4: Of which country is Accra the capital? Twitterhood Quiz Q5: From which language do the words 'taffeta', 'bazaar' and 'caravan' originate?
Monday 26th January 2009 Twitterhood Quiz Q1: From which plant is the heart drug 'digitalis' obtained? Twitterhood Quiz Q2: Who invented the vacuum flask in 1872? Twitterhood Quiz Q3: How many bones are there in the adult human body? Twitterhood Quiz Q4: In which city was the first Athletics World Championship held in 1983? Twitterhood Quiz Q5: On what island did bungee jumping originate?
Sunday 25th January 2009 Twitterhood Quiz Q1: What is the correct term for the rigid outer part of the Earth´s surface, or crust? Twitterhood Quiz Q2: In which year did Captain Cook discover Botany Bay in Australia? Twitterhood Quiz Q3: A triathlon consists of running, swimming and which other sport? Twitterhood Quiz Q4: What do the initials PVC stand for? Twitterhood Quiz Q5: From which language do the words 'chintz' and 'bangle' originate?
Saturday 24th January 2009 Twitterhood Quiz Q1: Which metal is added to steel to make it 'stainless'? Twitterhood Quiz Q2: Which US state is south of Kentucky? Twitterhood Quiz Q3: From which language do the words 'bamboo' and 'batik' originate? Twitterhood Quiz Q4: From which goat is mohair obtained? Twitterhood Quiz Q5: What is the astronomical name of the 'North Star'?
Friday 23nd January 2009 Twitterhood Quiz Q1: What nationality was the painter Edvard Munch? Twitterhood Quiz Q2: What is REM sleep an abbreviation for? Twitterhood Quiz Q3: Who was the first woman in space? Twitterhood Quiz Q4: Of what are 'venules' the smallest branches? Twitterhood Quiz Q5: Which French physicist discovered radioactivity?
Thursday 22nd January 2009 Twitterhood Quiz Q1: Who invented the term 'lateral thinking'? Twitterhood Quiz Q2: In which year did 'Custer's last stand' take place? Twitterhood Quiz Q3: In which part of the body is the brachial artery? Twitterhood Quiz Q4: Who painted the 'Mona Lisa'? Twitterhood Quiz Q5: What aid to criminal detection was invented by Sir Francis Galton?
Wednesday 21th January 2009 Twitterhood Quiz Q1: What is the lowest layer of the atmosphere called? Twitterhood Quiz Q2: Which dynasty ruled China from 1368 to 1644? Twitterhood Quiz Q3: From which language do the words 'alcohol' and 'algebra' originate? Twitterhood Quiz Q4: What is the technical term for the collarbone? Twitterhood Quiz Q5: Who commanded the British at the Battle of Waterloo?
Tuesday 20th January 2009 Twitterhood Quiz Q1: What are the names of President and Mrs. Obama's children? Twitterhood Quiz Q2: On what date was President Barack Obama born? Twitterhood Quiz Q3: In which year did President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Twitterhood Quiz Q4: What is the name of President Barack Obama's alma mater? Twitterhood Quiz Q5: What is Barack Obama's middle name?
Monday 19th January 2009 Twitterhood Quiz Q1: What kind of apes live on the rock of Gibraltar? Twitterhood Quiz Q2: In which French town was Joan of Arc burnt at the stake in 1431? Twitterhood Quiz Q3: Who was the first woman to fly the Atlantic? Twitterhood Quiz Q4: What is the correct term for the study of skulls? Twitterhood Quiz Q5: In which year was the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously awarded to Martin Luther King Jr.? Sunday 18th January 2009 Twitterhood Quiz Q1: In which country is the Orange River?
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