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Welcome to our Square Quiz - 20 questions all about squares!



Quiz I

  1. How many squares are there on a chess board?
  2. If that was too easy, how many squares are there on a Scrabble board?
  3. Which European country has a square flag?
  4. Who sculpted the four bronze lions in Trafalgar Square?
  5. Which non-SI metric unit of area is equal to a square with 100-metre sides?
  6. Who was the star of the early 1960s BBC television comedy series It's a Square World?
  7. Which Beijing Square is remembered for its 1989 student-led demonstrations?
  8. Which gives a tighter fuller fit: a square peg in a round hole or a round peg in a square hole?
  9. Who was the host of the 1970s British comedy game show Celebrity Squares?
  10. In which European capital city would you find Wenceslas Square?
  11. Which fashionable late 18th and 19th century European dance is related to American square dancing?
  12. George Square, created in 1781, is a major public square in which British city?
  13. Looking on a map of the world, Sierra Leone is the world's roundest country - which country is the squarest?
  14. SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated comedy series created by Stephen Hillenburg for which television channel?
  15. How many square roots does a positive number have?
  16. Which square is the hub of the Broadway Theater District in new York City?
  17. Which large leafy square in Mayfair also features in the title of a romantic British popular song written in 1939?
  18. Can you name the principal public square of Venice, Italy?
  19. What is the common name given to the 16 by 16 square pixel graphic image associated with a particular Web page?
  20. The Grand Place is the central square of which European city?


Answers:

  1. 64 squares
  2. 225 squares
  3. Switzerland
  4. Sir Edwin Landseer
  5. Hectare
  6. Michael Bentine
  7. Tiananmen Square
  8. A round peg in a square hole is a better fit
  9. Bob Monkhouse
  10. Prague
  11. The quadrille
  12. Glasgow
  13. Egypt




  14. Nickelodeon
  15. Two - one positive, and one negative
  16. Times Square
  17. Berkeley Square (the song is "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square")
  18. Piazza San Marco, or St Mark's Square
  19. Favicon
  20. Brussels