From One to Ten Trivia Quiz

Formula One motor racing is seen as the elite world championship. In the early days of motoring there had been various racing championships. A suggestion was made for what would become Formula One, but the Second World War delayed its implementation. The first official Formula One Grand Prix was held at the Silverstone Circuit in the United Kingdom in May 1950.

While number one is fairly obviously the first, it is also used for the best of something. Popular songs are rated by sales or numbers of plays, with the coveted number one position being given to the song that achieves the most.

"One man went to mow" is one of several traditional counting songs. Another is "This Old Man", which is more interesting since it is not so repetitive. In the former several men and a dog go to mow a meadow. In the latter the old man 'played one, he played knick-knack on my drum', but the items used change for each number.

"A Tale of Two Cities" is a novel written by Charles Dickens. The two cities are London and Paris, and it is set before and during the French Revolution. The twists and turns of the plot hinge on changed names, and the uncanny resemblance of two of the characters to each other. The book has some of the most famous opening and closing lines in literature. It begins with 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times', and ends with 'It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known'.

Another of England's greatest writers uses the number 'two' in the titles of two of his plays. William Shakespeare wrote both "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" and "The Two Noble Kinsmen".

R2-D2 is a robot who first appeared in the Star Wars films in 1977; he has a friend who really belongs in the next question, called C-3PO. 2 Chainz is the professional name used by the American rapper, songwriter and actor whose real name is Tauheed Epps. In the traditional rhyme there are two little dicky birds, named Peter and Paul, who sit on a wall.

'Three sheets to the wind' is an expression used to describe someone who has over imbibed on alcoholic beverages, or is drunk! The saying comes from seafaring, where a sail with three loose ropes, known as sheets, would be out of control. "Three Sheets to the Wind" has been used as a song title by both Kid Rock and Hudson Mohawke, as well as being used by the band, Idaho, for an album title.

Both Lebanon and Libya have towns named Tripoli, which means 'three cities' in Greek. Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania, USA is remembered as being the site of a nuclear disaster. The Three Choirs Festival is an annual music event for the choirs of the cathedrals in the cities of Worcester, Hereford and Gloucester in England.

In traditional rhymes and tales, the three blind mice had an unfortunate experience when they met the farmer's wife, and Goldilocks was startled when the three bears returned to their cottage in the forest. The three wise monkeys have one who sees no evil, one who hears no evil, and one who speaks no evil. 3M, known for making sticky tape and post-it notes amongst many other things, were originally known as the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company.

The four horsemen of the Apocalypse appear in the sixth chapter of the last book of the bible - the Revelation according to St. John. The first horse is white; its rider carries a bow and is given a crown to wear; he is seen as the personification of conquest or pestilence. The second horse is red; its rider personifies war, since he was given a sword to take peace from the earth. The fourth horse is black; its rider is thought to represent famine since he carries the scales used to weigh food. The fourth horse is pale; its rider signifies death, he is followed by Hades, and the two of them have power to kill by sword, pestilence, and famine.

There are four seasons, Spring, Summer, Autumn (or Fall) and Winter. That phrase can also refer to a pizza topping, a hotel chain, or a musical composition by Vivaldi. There are four tennis Grand Slam titles from the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. "FOUR" is also the title of an album released in 2014 by the band, One Direction.

Encouraged by their father, Joe Jackson, in the mid 1960s the five Jackson brothers, Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, and Michael formed a band which was known as the Jackson 5. Their younger brother, Randy, joined the band later. All the brothers had successful solo careers, although Michael's fame was greater than that of any of his brothers.

"Five Little Pigs" is a mystery written by Agatha Christie featuring Hercule Poirot. It takes its title from the pigs in the nursery rhyme "This little pig went to market". Five Guys Burgers and Fries is the name of a fast food chain in the United States.

When decimal currency was introduced in the United Kingdom in February 1971 the old one shilling coin became worth five new pence, and the new coins minted were known as fivepenny pieces. Fivepenny piece is also used as the name for a folk dance in a square formation with a fifth couple in the middle of the set.

Six degrees of separation refers to the concept that everybody in the world is connected to any other person in the world by no more than five intermediary people. By extension a game, known as Bacon's Law or Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, has been created where people try to connect any actor to Kevin Bacon in as few links as possible, by using films that both have starred in.

There is also a film with the title "Six Degrees of Separation", which has been adapted from a play with the same title. The story is based on a real life con man who persuaded a number of wealthy New Yorkers to let him stay with them, claiming that he was Sydney Poitier's son.

Six degrees of freedom refers to the possible movements of a body in three dimensional space, when it can translate in each of the three directions, or rotate about an axis in each direction. A European rugby tournament is known as the Six Nations for the six countries which compete for the trophy. A reference to six feet under is a reference to death since that is the depth for a coffin to be buried. Six Flags is an entertainment corporation which takes its name from its first theme park, Six Flags Over Texas, referring to the six countries which have ruled Texas - Spain, France, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the United States of America, and the Confederate States of America.

Geographically, there are said to be seven seas in the world. In ancient times these were the Sea of Fars (the Persian Gulf), the Sea of Larwi (the Arabian Sea), the Sea of Harkand (the Bay of Bengal), the Sea of Kalah (the Strait of Malacca), the Sea of Salahit (the Singapore Strait), the Sea of Kadranj (the Gulf of Thailand), and the Sea of Sanj (the South China Sea). In modern times, the seven seas refer to the Arctic, North Atlantic, North Pacific, South Atlantic, South Pacific, Indian, and Southern Oceans.

In 590 AD, Pope Gregory I defined the list of seven deadly or cardinal sins, as they are commonly known. They are pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, and sloth. There is also a list of seven capital or lively virtues; they are chastity, temperance, charity, diligence, kindness, patience, and humility. They should not be confused with the seven heavenly virtues which comprise the three theological virtues of faith, hope and charity, along with the four cardinal virtues of prudence, justice, temperance and fortitude.

The city of Rome was built on seven hills. There were seven wonders of the ancient world, of which only the Great Pyramid at Giza is still standing. Snow White made friends with Seven Dwarfs in the traditional fairy tale. 7Up is the brand name for a carbonated citrus flavoured soft drink.

'Eight maids a-milking' comes from "The Twelve Days of Christmas". This gift is sent on the eighth day, along with a repeat of the gifts from the previous seven days. In the Faroes, eight ponies are sent. In a Swedish version, the gift is eight grey foals with golden saddles. The French have eight biting cows.

There has been speculation that the gifts have religious symbolism, so that the song was used to teach Roman Catholic doctrines at a time when the religion was suppressed. In this case, the eight maids a-milking could be said to represent the eight Beatitudes from the Sermon on the Mount.

The Beatles had a hit with a song entitled "Eight Days a Week". Eight is used in several place names. Eightmile is an unincorporated community in Oregon, USA. Eight Mile Plains is a suburb of Brisbane in Australia. Also the Pacific Island nation of Tuvalu takes its name from the Tuvaluan for 'eight standing together' referring to the original eight islands which were inhabited.

The cat o'nine tails is a name commonly given to a whip formerly used for corporal punishment in the British Navy or Army. A thick piece of rope would be untwisted to make nine separate strands, often with knots added at the end of the strands for increased pain when the punishment was inflicted. It was not unknown for the condemned prisoner to have to make the cat o'nine tails to be used for his own punishment.

The "Cat O'Nine Tails" is also used for the titles of novels by Paul Gillette (1972) and Julia Golding (2007), and a collection of short stories by Jeffrey Archer (2006), as well as an Italian film from 1971.

The Bingo call 'Doctor's orders' is used for number 9; it is said to refer to a laxative tablet prescribed for military personnel during the Second World War. Another use of the number is in the expression, 'the whole nine yards', meaning 'to go all the way', or 'to use everything'.

10 Downing Street, sometimes just referred to as Number Ten, is the official residence of the British Prime Minister in London. Downing Street is a cul-de-sac on the west side of Whitehall, not far from the Houses of Parliament.

The street takes its name from Sir George Downing, who had the houses designed by Sir Christopher Wren and built in the 1680s. Originally there were probably twenty houses on both sides of the road. By the start of the twenty-first century, only three numbered houses, 10, 11 and 12, remained, all on the north side of the street. The houses on the south side and on the eastern end of the north side of the street had been demolished, with government offices replacing them during the nineteenth century.

There are Ten Commandments in the bible. They are also mentioned in the song "Green Grow the Rushes-O". Another use of ten in a song is for the ten lords-a-leaping in the "Twelve Days of Christmas". Agatha Christie's book and play, "And Then There Were None" sometimes appears under the title "Ten Little Indians".