Musical instruments quiz

Sports quiz

1. Field Athletics: long jump, high jump, triple jump, pole vault, shot putt, discus, hammer, javelin.
   Track Athletics: Sprint (60m, 100m, 200m, 400m), middle distance (800m,1500m, 2000m), long distance (3000m, 5000m, 10,000m), steeplechase (1500, 2000m, 3000m), hurdles (100/110m, 400m), relay (4x100m, 4x400m).
2. One - Ko Lai Chak and Li Ching – Table Tennis, Men's doubles.
3. Brazil , five times
4. Roger Federer
5. Golf ( Europe v USA ), Europe
6. Real Madrid , nine times
7. 7ft 6in – 2.29m
8. Lance Armstrong, six times
9. Li Tie, Sun Jihai
10. The 110-metre hurdles

1. ventured - had the courage to go somewhere dangerous / unknown
2. horizon - limit of a person's knowledge and experience
3. notoriety - fame
4. renowned - famous
5. exclusive - restricted / only for a special group of people
6. advent - the arrival of an important person / event
7. humble - modest, not large or elaborate
8. domain - area of activity

Match the countries to the corresponding flags

Canada	France	Spain	Hong Kong	Thailand	Nepal	Vietnam	Philippines

Ladies are requested not to have children in the bar.

Explanation: This bar has a 'no children' policy due to the presence of alcohol. However, as to have children refers to childbirth, the message becomes somewhat more unusual. Using the verb bring instead of have would have avoided this miscommunication.

In an Acapulco hotel:

The manager has personally passed all the water served here.

Explanation: The intended meaning of pass here is 'to test something and decide that it is good enough'. Complicating the matter, however, is the polite and formal euphemism to pass water, which means 'urinate'. The resulting meaning is unpleasant, to say the least. I'd stick to coke, if I were you!