Square Me a Thought Trivia Quiz

Answer:a square peg

The idiom 'You can't fit a square peg into a round hole' has been around for many years. Surely this cannot be the case, simply drill the hole larger than the peg or hit the peg with a heavy enough mallet. The idiom roughly means 'you can't be forced into something that doesn't suit you'.

Answer:square bashing

Square bashing is British military slang for the drilling of service men and women, in marching and presenting arms. This activity takes place on a barrack square, where a very vocal Sergeant Major barks out commands and hopefully all his charges will move as one.

Answer:It's a Square World

The show won a BAFTA in 1962 for Best Comedy Performance. It then followed up the next year with a Golden Rose of Montreux award.

Answer:square sausage

The square sausage is thought to be named after a Scottish comedian called Tommy Lorne. One of his catch phrases was 'sausages are the boys'. It is said that, indeed, he did love his sausages. Square sausage is also known as sliced sausage in some parts of Scotland, fitting neatly between two slices of bread.

Answer:The Square Dealers

The long-running British soap opera 'Coronation Street' is where you would find The Square Dealers. They are loosely based on freemasonry, having elected officers such as Grand Masters.

Answer:a square go

A square go means a fair fight. It is one that is evenly matched with no weapons involved, almost honourable now-a-days!

Answer:square leg

Cricket has many strange sounding fielding names: silly mid-off, deep square leg and third man, to name but a few. Whilst standing at square leg, a fielder has to be extremely vigilant as he is very close to the batsman. His main duties are to prevent quick singles and take catches.

Answer:squarials

British Satellite Broadcasting started in 1986 and lasted until 1990 when it merged with Sky. Very quickly it became obvious that Sky had taken over BSB and, for all intents and purposes, had eliminated the only other satellite broadcasting company in the British market.

Answer:Celebrity Squares

The show started in 1975 and ran for four years. A group of celebrities would sit in boxes, designed like a traditional noughts and crosses layout. Bob Monkhouse would ask two members of the public questions, they would then pick a celebrity to answer. Depending on the accuracy of the answer, a nought or cross would be placed in the box.

Answer:Square Root Day

This phenomenon occurs when the date is the square root of the last two digits of the year - when the two elements of the date are the same (i.e. 5/5) and the last two digits of the year is their square.

Answer:square eyes

No doubt most of us baby boomers have heard this tongue-in-cheek threat many times. There is no scientific basis for this myth associated with watching too much television!

Answer:Tsquare

A T square is named after its shape. A draughtsman would use it by laying it on a drawing board, pressing the top of the T against the straight edge of the board and drawing along the shank.

Answer:square coin

Square coinage in Australia first appeared around 1919-21, when cupronickel coins were minted as an alternative to the unwieldy bronze pennies and halfpennies. Although none of these coins were officially circulated, in 2002 Australia's first legal tender square coin, a 1/2 ounce Kookaburra adorned square, was introduced.

Answer:square emerald

'The Square Emerald' is a 1926 thriller. It was written by English-born author Edgar Wallace.

Answer:a magic square

A magic square can be as straightforward as 1x1, where the single entry is the number 1. The next magic square would be 3x3, where all rows, columns and diagonals would add up to 15. Positioned in 3 rows of 3, top row 8, 1, 6, middle row 3, 5, 7 and bottom row 4, 9, 2.

Answer:square wheeled trike

The American mathematician perfected a road surface which allows a square wheel to revolve efficiently. A square wheel is able to travel over uniformly spaced bumps of customised shapes known as an inverted catenary.

Answer:square brackets

Square brackets are used to surround a piece of writing in order to separate it from the core text. In mathematics, square brackets are used as a sign of aggregation, demonstrating that the expression enclosed is to be evaluated first.

Answer:square piano

London-based German Johannes Zumpe produced square pianos dating back to the 1760s. Today the upright piano fills the vacuum created by the decline in popularity of its square predecessor.

Answer:square deal

Roosevelt's 'Square Deal' vowed not to favour any specific group of Americans but to be fair to them all. Roosevelt was President of the United States from 1901-1909.

Answer:Captain Square

Captain Square likes to get his own way. His uncompromising persona ensures a clash of personalities with Captain George Mainwaring, who was played by Arthur Lowe.