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Credo Reference Friday Brainteaser – Just William

Credo Reference — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:55:56 +0000

This week: Just William

This brainteaser is about people whose first name is William, some of whom are best known as Bill. Try to identify them all.

1. English playwright whose plays include Antony and Cleopatra and As You Like… Read More...

Credo Reference Friday Brainteaser – Three

Credo Reference — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:29:01 +0000

This week’s brainteaser is about the number three. All the questions or answers contain the number three, or refer to three people or things.

1. The song “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?” was written for which 1933 Walt… Read More...

Credo Reference Friday Brainteaser – Television

Credo Reference — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:34:56 +0000

This week’s brainteaser is about television and some of the programmes shown on it, old and new.

1. Which US science-fiction television series included the characters Captain Kirk and Mr Spock?

2. “D’oh!” is the characteristic cry of pain or… Read More...

Credo Reference Friday Brainteaser – General Knowledge

Credo Reference — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:06:07 +0000

This week’s brainteaser will test your general knowledge.

1. In the nursery rhyme, what had Little Bo-peep lost?

2. Is the colour vermilion blue, green or red?

3. Name the place in the Ukraine where there was a nuclear disaster… Read More...

Credo Reference Friday Brainteaser – General Knowledge

Credo Reference — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:55:30 +0000

This week’s brainteaser is to test the breadth as well as the depth of your knowledge.

1. In “Sesame Street” and the “Muppet Show”, what sort of animal was Kermit?

2. Which rock group released albums called “Their Satanic Majesties… Read More...

Credo Reference Friday Brainteaser – Weather

Credo Reference — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:55:55 +0000

All these questions are about the weather, or things that have “weather” in their names.

1. What is a weather vane?

2. In which ocean does El Niño occur?

3. What is the difference between “weather” and “climate”?

4. What… Read More...

Credo Reference Friday Brainteaser – Which Group?

Credo Reference — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:55:54 +0000

Can you identify the rock and pop groups to which these players belong or belonged?

1. Which US pop group included Jackie Jackson, Tito Jackson and Jermaine Jackson?

2. Which Swedish pop group included Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson?

3.… Read More...

Credo Reference Friday Brainteaser – Christmas Songs

Credo Reference — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 10:55:04 +0000

Having had a general quiz about Christmas, here’s a brainteaser about Christmas songs.

1. Which British rock group returned its 1973 Christmas chart-topper “Merry Xmas Everybody’ to the British charts no less than eight times?

2. Which Christmas song is… Read More...

Credo Reference Friday Brainteaser – Christmas

Credo Reference — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:55:20 +0000

This week’s brainteaser is about things connected with Christmas.

1. The three gifts that the Wise Men brought to the infant Jesus were traditionally gold, frankincense, and what else?

2. What is the date of the first day of… Read More...

Credo Reference Friday Brainteaser – Cartoon Films

Credo Reference — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:55:19 +0000

This brainteaser is about animated cartoon films made for the cinema or television.

1. Which 1995 animated film included characters called Buzz Lightyear and Woody the cowboy?

2. Which tattooed pipe-smoking cartoon character gained strength by consuming a can of… Read More...