Don't know much about the French I took

The exams results were issued in Scotland this week. Overall, I think Young Ben was fairly pleased. He achieved 'A's in Crawling, Pointing, Throwing, Pulling Grandpa's Hair, Clapping, Maths and Finding Spot and a 'B' in French. He was a bit disappointed in this but I told him he could take French again once he actually learned to read. I think it was his Oral Exam that let him down as his answer to all questions was "Dad" (even 'papa' or 'pere' would have helped him there)

So I thought for this week's Blog I would test you with my School Curriculum Pop Music Quiz. See how you do


MATHEMATICS

1. Fritz, Helga and Nena go to the balloon shop to buy balloons for a party. They buy an assorted box of balloons containing 10 dozen blue and 10 dozen red. Fritz blows up 80 blue balloons and 10 red balloons. Helga blows up 40 blue balloons and 11 red balloons. How many balloons does Nena have to blow up and what colour were they?

2. Number of American soldiers in Vietnam = 553000
Total age of American soldiers in Vietnam = 10507000
Average age of American soldiers in Vietnam = ?

3. good
....good
....bad .................name the song

4. Gene is driving to Tulsa which is 1200 miles away. Allowing for 4 one hour breaks, if he travels at an average speed of 60 miles per hour, how many hours is he from Tulsa

5. According to Manfred Mann what are the next 5 numbers in this sequence
10 9 8 7 6 .. .. .. .. ..

6. The Number of Craig David’s ‘Days’ is equal to the square root of the number of ways Paul Simon has to leave a lover plus the number of days in a Beatles week minus the number of Damien Rice crimes


ZOOLOGY

1. What kind of ‘Feet’ took Mud to no 1 in the UK charts in 1974
2. What kind of ‘Rock’ gave Elton John a no 5 hit in 1972
3. Which band went to no 1 with their debut single ‘I Bet you Look Good on the Dancefloor’ in 2005
4. Who had a no 2 hit with ‘Matthew and Son’ in 1967
5. Which animal did America go ‘through the desert’ with in 1972 reaching no 3 in the UK charts
6. Chas and Dave had a no 8 hit in the UK charts of 1980 with which animal


HISTORY
1. Which notorious character from Russian history gave Boney M a no 2 hit in 1978
2. Which historical battle gave Abba their debut no 1 in 1974
3. Which famous French heroine gave OMD a no 5 hit in 1981
4. Which South African Anti-Apartheid Activist did Peter Gabriel sing about in 1980
5. Which 3 assassinated American Political figures did Marvin Gaye take to no 9 in the charts in 1970
6. Which notorious American 20th Century outlaw duo gave Georgie Fame a no 1 hit in 1967

LITERATURE

1. Which group featuring Lou Reed took their name from a novel by Michael Leigh
2. Which Rock Group formed in the late 60s took their name from a character in the book David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
3. Which famous lovers took Dire Sraits to no 8 in the charts in 1981
4. Which Emily Bronte novel gave Kate Bush a debut no 1 in 1978
5. In which Police song do they mention the writer Nabokov
6. Green Day sang ‘ Who Wrote Holden Caulfield’. In which famous novel is Holden Caulfield the main character

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

1. This group which takes its name from an Old Testament Book had hits including ‘Follow You Follow Me’ and ‘Turn it on Again’
2. These ‘Rivers’ gave Boney M a no 1 hit in 1978
3. This character from the Bible gave Tom Jones a no 2 hit in 1968
4. This ‘Tree’ was a huge hit album for U2 in 1987
5. REM were suffering this problem in the 1991 charts
6. This second book of The Old Testament gave Bob Marley a no 14 hit in 1977



GEOGRAPHY


1. Which city were Odyssey ‘Native’ to in 1977?
2. Which continent did Toto sing about in 1983?
3. The Beatles were ‘Back’ here in 1976
4. In 1981 this European capital gave Ultravox a no 2 hit
5. Typically Tropical went here in 1975 and had a no 1 hit
6. Crosby Stills & Nash took the ‘Express’ to here in 1969


OK, time's up! Pencils down! Answers next week for anyone who cares