14 Jan 2004 - Quiz Page
Have a try at our unique prize quiz - only available online.
Send your answers to us via the Enquiry page, by E-Mail or post and you could win a copy of our school compact disc 'New Millennium Heroes', a special school pen or a copy of 'School Heritage' which looks at the history of this school from the perspective of our school log books.
If there are more than 10 correct entries a draw will be made. Anyone - young or old can take part. Winners will be notified by post and on these pages along with the answers to these questions.
A. The answers to these questions are available from this web site:
1. How many times is the word millennium mentioned on this web site ?
2. How far is Swimbridge from Barnstaple ?
3. Who wrote 'Tarka the Otter'?
4. Can you discover our headteacher's favourite fast food restaurant ?
5. How old is Swimbridge Primary School ?
6. What is our E-Mail address ?
7. Name the island which can be seen from Hooda Hill, Swimbridge.
8. What is the colour of the Swimbridge school uniform ?
9. Which musical instruments are mentioned or seen on this web site ?
B. These questions will require some research. A search engine on the Internet might help for some.
10. On the outside of our school building there is a benchmark engraved in the stonework. What is a benchmark ?
11. A greedy grub eats his own bodyweight every day. On day 12 he weighs 12 grams. On which day did the grub weigh 3 grams ?
12. If you put three plus (+) signs and one minus (-) sign between these digits you should get 100. Can you ?
9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 = 100
13. What is the capital of St. Helena, in the Atlantic Ocean ?
14. The S.S. Tarka is floating in Bideford Bay. It is 3 p.m. and low tide. There is a port hole 1.5 metres above sea level. The sea level rises by 0.5 metres per hour.
When will the sea water start to seep into the port hole?
15. What is a euphonium ? a) a new educational euphemism ? b) An internet compatible digital telephone ? c) The highest high wire in the Milllennium Dome or d) A brass instrument
16. Name all the countries, in order from north to south, which the Greenwich Meridian passes through.
17. Name the only capital city in the world on the equator.
18. Imagine a triangle with 1 at the apex (top), 0 at the bottom left and 2 at the bottom right. Can you place two numbers from those below on each side so that every side makes 13 ?
Use: 3,4,5,6,7,and 8.
What will the missing two numbers on the base, left and right sides be ?
19. What is the missing number:
? x ? x ? = 1331
20. How many moons does Saturn have?
GOOD LUCK!
Send your answers to us via the Enquiry page, by E-Mail or post and you could win a copy of our school compact disc 'New Millennium Heroes', a special school pen or a copy of 'School Heritage' which looks at the history of this school from the perspective of our school log books.
If there are more than 10 correct entries a draw will be made. Anyone - young or old can take part. Winners will be notified by post and on these pages along with the answers to these questions.
A. The answers to these questions are available from this web site:
1. How many times is the word millennium mentioned on this web site ?
2. How far is Swimbridge from Barnstaple ?
3. Who wrote 'Tarka the Otter'?
4. Can you discover our headteacher's favourite fast food restaurant ?
5. How old is Swimbridge Primary School ?
6. What is our E-Mail address ?
7. Name the island which can be seen from Hooda Hill, Swimbridge.
8. What is the colour of the Swimbridge school uniform ?
9. Which musical instruments are mentioned or seen on this web site ?
B. These questions will require some research. A search engine on the Internet might help for some.
10. On the outside of our school building there is a benchmark engraved in the stonework. What is a benchmark ?
11. A greedy grub eats his own bodyweight every day. On day 12 he weighs 12 grams. On which day did the grub weigh 3 grams ?
12. If you put three plus (+) signs and one minus (-) sign between these digits you should get 100. Can you ?
9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 = 100
13. What is the capital of St. Helena, in the Atlantic Ocean ?
14. The S.S. Tarka is floating in Bideford Bay. It is 3 p.m. and low tide. There is a port hole 1.5 metres above sea level. The sea level rises by 0.5 metres per hour.
When will the sea water start to seep into the port hole?
15. What is a euphonium ? a) a new educational euphemism ? b) An internet compatible digital telephone ? c) The highest high wire in the Milllennium Dome or d) A brass instrument
16. Name all the countries, in order from north to south, which the Greenwich Meridian passes through.
17. Name the only capital city in the world on the equator.
18. Imagine a triangle with 1 at the apex (top), 0 at the bottom left and 2 at the bottom right. Can you place two numbers from those below on each side so that every side makes 13 ?
Use: 3,4,5,6,7,and 8.
What will the missing two numbers on the base, left and right sides be ?
19. What is the missing number:
? x ? x ? = 1331
20. How many moons does Saturn have?
GOOD LUCK!