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Friday's Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Norway will take place with a number of conspicuously empty seats. Firstly, there will be that reserved for the Peace Prize laureate himself. Award winner Liu Xiaobo cannot attend because he is detained in a Chinese prison. An infuriated Chinese Government is boycotting the event and urged others to do likewise or face 'consequences', with diplomats from the eighteen countries listed below heading Beijing's warnings by declining their invitations to the ceremony in Oslo. Noting the Chinese authorities' description of the Nobel Committee members as 'clowns' and being supporters of free speech and human rights, we at Highly Questionable? dedicate today's clown themed quiz to Liu Xiaobo.
The countries who have joined China in confirming they will not be attending the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony are Afghanistan; Colombia; Cuba; Egypt; Iran; Iraq; Kazakhstan; Morocco; Pakistan; the Philippines; Russia; Saudi Arabia; Serbia; Sudan; Tunisia; Ukraine; Venezuela & Vietnam. At the time of writing two other countries had neither accepted nor declined their invitation, being Algeria & Sri Lanka.
Clowns Quiz
1 What colour are clown fish?
2 The well known song 'Send In The Clowns' came from which 1973 musical before being recorded by a host of artists and gaining the status of a jazz standard?
3 'Tears Of A Clown' was a 1967 Motown hit for which artist?
4 What was the name of the clown that Charlie Chaplin played in the film 'Limelight'?
5 What is the term for a phobic fear of clowns?
Answers will be published along with tomorrow's quiz questions.
Monarchies Quiz Answers
1 Helen Mirren.
2 Carthage.
3 Tsarina.
4 Hans Christian Anderson.
5 Richard III.
The countries who have joined China in confirming they will not be attending the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony are Afghanistan; Colombia; Cuba; Egypt; Iran; Iraq; Kazakhstan; Morocco; Pakistan; the Philippines; Russia; Saudi Arabia; Serbia; Sudan; Tunisia; Ukraine; Venezuela & Vietnam. At the time of writing two other countries had neither accepted nor declined their invitation, being Algeria & Sri Lanka.
Clowns Quiz
1 What colour are clown fish?
2 The well known song 'Send In The Clowns' came from which 1973 musical before being recorded by a host of artists and gaining the status of a jazz standard?
3 'Tears Of A Clown' was a 1967 Motown hit for which artist?
4 What was the name of the clown that Charlie Chaplin played in the film 'Limelight'?
5 What is the term for a phobic fear of clowns?
Answers will be published along with tomorrow's quiz questions.
Monarchies Quiz Answers
1 Helen Mirren.
2 Carthage.
3 Tsarina.
4 Hans Christian Anderson.
5 Richard III.
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