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Big Fat Quiz…

Yearly:

Big Fat Quiz of Everything

The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2015

Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2014

Big Fat Quiz Of The Year 2013

Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2012

The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year 2011

The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year 2010

The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year 2009

The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year 2008

The Big Fat Quiz of The Year 2007

The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year 2006

Decades:

The Big Fat Quiz of the Noughties (00’s)

Big Fat Quiz of the 90’s

Big Fat Quiz of the 80’s

Specials:

Big Fat Anniversary Quiz 2015

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Saint George – The patron saint of England

Happy St George’s Day to everyone in England!

You will not see many people celebrate this day in England, so let’s do it for them! 😉

Quick facts about Saint George

20 things you didn’t know about him

All things English

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Big Ben

Fun facts about Big Ben and the Westminister Clock – read about it here

Visit Big Ben – watch video here
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The origin of Valentine’s day

Do you know who invented Valentine’s Day?

Who can we blame? – read about it – here

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A look back at Valentine’s Day

An article in The Guardian about the history of Valentine’s Day

read it – here

Valentine’s Day from days gone by – in pictures

 

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Chinese New Year

Watch how it is celebrated in London with 500.000 people in Soho, the Chinese district of the city:

Watch the video and see the pictures – here
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Which came first the chicken or egg?

The definitive answer to the age old question.

Watch the video – here

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Augmented reality

As part of the “Google X” project, the co-founder of Google had been seen testing their new augmented reality glasses

Read the article from The Guardian – here

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The internet of things

The internet’s next big frontier

A video from the BBC on new developments, watch – here (5:30)

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The impact of China’s one-child policy analysed

People growing up under China’s one-child policy are less trusting, more risk averse and more pessimistic, a study concludes.

Read the BBC analysis – here

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A Sincere Compliment

Jeremiah is a high school junior and creator of @westhighbros, a Twitter account that tweets compliments to friends and classmates.

Watch the vide – here

Do you know anyone who has been bullied?

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A newly opened Victorian house

A Victorian house which has been largely hidden from public view will finally reveal some of its secrets to the public in 2013. It is is officially handed over to the care of the National Trust on Friday.

read the BBC article – here

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Queen Victoria and her children

A BBC article about the “domestic bliss” of Queen Victoria’s family: her turbulent marriage and the strained relationships with the kids.

read the article – here

 

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Amazing facts to blow your mind

How much we walk in our life time, the number of combinations on a Rubik cube and other interesting facts.

watch the video – here (2:24)

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Innovative way to tackle rhino poachers

Poison, dye and GPS to stop poachers killing rhinos
read the article – here

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Rare cat filmed up close in Borneo

Watch the video and read an article about the Sunda clouded leopard of Malaysia

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An optical illusion with Einstein

Watch a video of a cool optical illusion and how to cheer up the Queen – QI

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Body language – It shapes who you are

Motivational speech… tear jerker alert!

Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are

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Happy Diwali!

Today they celebrate the festival
of lights, the Diwali.

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I have asked my friend Ari what he will do this year.
Ari lives in St Albans, Hertfordshire UK

me: Ari, as you celebrate this Hindu holiday, can you tell us about it?

Ari : If you have been recently greeted by the phrase Happy Diwali then it must be Diwali. This phrase is heard around this time of year and is the greeting by Hindus during the Hindu festival of Diwali (aka Deepawali).
It signifies a 5 day festival with Dewali being the 3rd day, this year it falls on Tuesday 13th November.
It is a festival generally known as the festival of lights, spiritually it is Light winning over Dark, or Good over Evil. It’s Knowledge over Ignorance. The celebration of inner light. It also signified the Hindu New year and is harvest time in many regions of India. Each region has its variations to how they celebrate the festival. But they all have sweets, fire crackers and little oil lamps (known as Diyas) that are lit.

Gifts are exchanged between family and friends to wish each other a happy, wealthy and peaceful Diwali.

It’s the dedication to Saraswati, the goddess of Knowledge;the ultimate wealth as it can not be stolen from you and it overcomes ignorance.

me: Does your whole family celebrate it?

Ari: Yes the whole family celebrates it….we share sweets and light lamps
We pass sweets to everyone we know.
It’s also a celebration to Lakshmi,goddess of wealth who visits homes on this day.
So to welcome Her into our homes the doorstep is decorated with a floor painting,known as a Rangoli design. Various designs are done.

me: Thank you, Ari! Happy Diwali from us here!

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Happy Diwali

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How to win at scrabble – video

A short video on how to win at scrabble, tips from a champion.

How to win at scrabble – BBC News

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