A glitch in the system means that the regular format of the mental_floss Quiz of the Day will be derailed for a short while. In the meantime, we’ll post each daily quiz in the blog, with the answers appearing after the break.

Quiz for Saturday/Sunday, October 7/8, 2006: Block-Head

1. A “block and tackle” is an apparatus that utilizes what simple machine?
a. lever   b. pulley   c. screw   d. wedge

2. What is the first name of the “H” brother/partner in the tax preparation firm H&R Block?
a. Henry   b. Homer   c. Humphrey   d. Horace

3. The cult TV favorite Prisoner: Cell Block H was set in what nation’s fictitious Wentworth Prison?
a. Australia   b. Scotland   c. United States   d. South Africa

4. Boy band New Kids on the Block was assembled by Maurice Starr in what U.S. city?
a. Pittsburgh   b. Chicago   c. Newark   d. Boston

5. The Great Pyramid of Cheops was constructed from more than two million blocks of what type of stone?
a. granite   b. quartz   c. marble   d. limestone

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ANSWERS:1. A “block and tackle” is an apparatus that utilizes what simple machine?
b. pulley

2. What is the first name of the “H” brother/partner in the tax preparation firm H&R Block?
a. Henry

3. The cult TV favorite Prisoner: Cell Block H was set in what nation’s fictitious Wentworth Prison?
a. Australia

4. Boy band New Kids on the Block was assembled by Maurice Starr in what U.S. city?
d. Boston

5. The Great Pyramid of Cheops was constructed from more than two million blocks of what type of stone?
d. limestone