Dwarf's Quiz

Since some have already been answered, I'll give my answers for the others

Dwarf said:

I thought I'd bring you all a little quiz to exercise those grey cells. :)

1. What is the connection between these seemingly unrelated words ? hijack, defence, first, unopened, stupid
2. Can you explain how 4 - 1 = 5 ?
   IV - I = V (Roman numerals)
3. How many gifts are delivered by My True Love in the song The Twelve Days of Christmas ?
4. Can you prove that you have 11 fingers (for this question, thumbs also count as fingers) ?
   You hide one finger below the others so that only nine are visible and start counting from 10 in reverse (10, 9, 8, 7, 6. At this point, there are 4 fingers visible. So you say, 6 + 4 = 10 and then you show the hidden finger, the eleventh one)
5. Can you decipher the following:
   
   • 2 Y U R 2 Y U B I C U R 2 Y 4 ME
     (Too wise you are
     Too wise you be
     I see you are
     Too wise for me)
   • 23 P of C in the H B
     23 Pairs of Chromosomes in the Human Body
   • 32 is the T in D F at which W F
   • 29 D in F in a L Y
   • 13 S on the U S F
   
   
6. A movie actor/director died on this day (25th December). He was famous for having a cane and a bowler hat. Who was he, and in which year did he die ?
7. Again on this day (25th December), what object was stolen from Westminster Abbey and in which year ?
8. In which year was the popular Charles Dickens novel A Christmas Carol written and first published ?
9. An easy one this: Who is the main character in the above novel ?
10. Can you pair up the following carols with their correct tunes (title of carol; tune):
    
    • O come, all ye faithful; Mendelssohn
    • In the bleak mid-winter; Irby
    • Angels, from the realms of glory; Adeste Fideles
    • Hark! the herald angels sing; Cranham
    • Once in royal David's city; Iris
    
    

I shall post the answers to this quiz in this thread on or just after New Year's Day 2011.

Question 3, 78 gifts were delivered by My True Love.

Joan Archer said:

Question 3, 78 gifts were delivered by My True Love.

Joan, Q3 is the Stone of Scone stolen in 1950

z3r010 said:

Q1 - Post

Q1 hijack,defence,first,unopened,stupid (very good Dwarf,really had me going)

Joan Archer said:

Question 3, 78 gifts were delivered by My True Love.

Sorry about the numbering :) Guess my answers messed up the list. Fixed it now.

Dwarf said:

I thought I'd bring you all a little quiz to exercise those grey cells. :)'

1. What is the connection between these seemingly unrelated words ? hijack, defence, first, unopened, stupid They all have vowels. It's true.
2. Can you explain how 4 - 1 = 5 ? Well, if you put a vertical slash on the subtraction symbol, it works out perfectly.
3. How many gifts are delivered by My True Love in the song The Twelve Days of Christmas ? A number.
4. Can you prove that you have 11 fingers (for this question, thumbs also count as fingers) ? Well, if I count them, they're "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10." and if I add all that together, I get 55. So I have 55 fingers. If I have 55 fingers, that qualifies as 11 fingers (plus 44...).
5. Can you decipher the following:
   
   • 2 Y U R 2 Y U B I C U R 2 Y 4 ME
   • 23 P of C in the H B
   • 32 is the T in D F at which W F
   • 29 D in F in a L Y
   • 13 S on the U S F
   -cheats and uses answers of other users-
6. A movie actor/director died on this day (25th December). He was famous for having a cane and a bowler hat. Who was he, and in which year did he die ?
7. Again on this day (25th December), what object was stolen from Westminster Abbey and in which year ?
8. In which year was the popular Charles Dickens novel A Christmas Carol written and first published ?
9. An easy one this: Who is the main character in the above novel ?
10. Can you pair up the following carols with their correct tunes (title of carol; tune):
    
    • O come, all ye faithful; Mendelssohn
    • In the bleak mid-winter; Irby
    • Angels, from the realms of glory; Adeste Fideles
    • Hark! the herald angels sing; Cranham
    • Once in royal David's city; Iris
    All of this is completely unknown to me.

I shall post the answers to this quiz in this thread on or just after New Year's Day 2011.

And here's to beating the minimum-message-length requirement.