46664 was the prison number of Nelson Mandela, who was incarcerated for twenty seven years in apartheid era South Africa before becoming the country's president in 1994. The number subsequently became the name of a Mandela backed AIDS charity which this week announced their plans to launch a clothes label called '46664 Apparel' with a view to creating a sustainable income stream to help underwrite the organisation's work. Both everyday and couture ranges of garments will go on sale in August at a new bespoke shop in Johannesburg, with similar stores planned next year for London and New York. In recognition of the development, today's Highly Questionable quiz takes numbers as its theme.
Numbers Quiz
1 By what name is the number 3.14159265 better known?
2 Ten points are given for successfully using which two letters in the English language version of the word game Scrabble?
3 Who originally sang that 'you're more than a number in my little red book'?
4 Which author wrote the novel 'The Thirty-Nine Steps'?
5 On a roulette wheel all the numbers appear against a red or black background except zero which appears against what background colour?
Answers will be published along with the next Highly Questionable quiz and associated post.
Bones Quiz Answers
The answers to yesterday's Highly Questionable quiz which took bones as its theme are:-
1 206 is the number of bones an adult human normally has.
2 The Jolly Roger is the name of the pirates' flag that features a white skull and cross bones on a black background.
3 Dr McCoy, was the 'Star Trek' character who was nicknamed Bones by Captain Kirk in the cult TV series.
4 Alice Sebold wrote the novel 'The Lovely Bones' that was adapted into the 2010 film of the same name directed by Peter Jackson.
5 Mark Anthony delivers the lines 'the evil that men do lives after them, the good is oft interred with their bones' in Shakespeare's play 'Julius Caesar'.
1 206 is the number of bones an adult human normally has.
2 The Jolly Roger is the name of the pirates' flag that features a white skull and cross bones on a black background.
3 Dr McCoy, was the 'Star Trek' character who was nicknamed Bones by Captain Kirk in the cult TV series.
4 Alice Sebold wrote the novel 'The Lovely Bones' that was adapted into the 2010 film of the same name directed by Peter Jackson.
5 Mark Anthony delivers the lines 'the evil that men do lives after them, the good is oft interred with their bones' in Shakespeare's play 'Julius Caesar'.
The author of the Highly Questionable? quiz and trivia blog, Harry Reid, is a freelance question setter, writer and blogger. He can be contacted at harryreid@btinternet.com
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