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QUIZ 159 - 16.01.06
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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1
1.
Which sculptor, son of a Yorkshire miner was noted for his large abstract sculptures?
HENRY MOORE
2.
Who is the patron Saint of animals?
ST FRANCIS
3.
A jackfish is the common name for a young what?
PIKE
4.
Which WW I aircraft was named after the hump over its gun breach?
THE SOPWITH CAMEL
5.
What system of weights and measures was developed in France in the 1790's?
THE METRIC SYSTEM
6.
What word (sounds like a pointer on a sundial) is used to describe the second
name of ancient Roman?
NOMEN (a sundial pointer is called a gnomon)
7.
Which is the only US State lying south of the Tropic of Cancer?
HAWAII
8.
According to the rhyme, what of Thursday's child?
HAS FAR TO GO
9.
Aquaculture is the scientific name for what?
FISH FARMING
10.
What name does the US give to its practice of abducting and torturing terrorist
suspects?
EXTRAORDINARY RENDITION
FILM
1.
In which film does an American diplomat adopt an orphan child when his own son
is stillborn?
THE OMEN
2.
What is the full title of the film Airport '79?
AIRPORT '79 - THE CONCORDE
3.
The film 'Stoned' tells the story of the last days of which rock star?
BRIAN JONES (THE ROLLING STONES)
4.
Which Connecticut seaside town is the setting for the film 'Mystic Pizza'?
MYSTIC (I love those trick questions)
5.
The title characters in which cartoon are a warthog and a meerkat?
TIMON & PUMBA
6.
When a shower of mysterious meteorites blinds most of the world's population,
an American naval officer is one of the few sighted people left in which 1962
film?
THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS
7.
In the 1998 movie 'Saving Private Ryan', what was the first name of Private
Ryan, played by Matt Damon?
JAMES
8.
'New York Stories' consisted of three short films directed by Martin Scorcese,
Francis Ford Coppola and what other director?
WOODY ALLEN
9.
Which film musical was based on the Christopher Isherwood book Goodbye to Berlin?
CABARET
10.
In what part of New York did the original movie 'Shaft' take place?
HARLEM
DO
IT YOURSELF
(all of the answers have someting to do with DIY)
1.
Who partnered Chaka Demis into the charts in the mid 90's?
PLIERS
2.
What name is given to a mixture of liquids in which one is suspended in tiny
droplets within the other?
AN EMULSION
3.
What was the name of Diana Ross's 2nd film?
MAHOGANY
4.
What name is given to a bishop's tall pointed hat?
MITRE
5.
The canine disease hardpaw is more commonly known as..?
DISTEMPER
6.
Patrick Fyffe and George Logan are better known as which comedy duo?
HINGE & BRACKETT
7.
Who had a hit in 1985 with Love Don't Live Here Anymore?
JIMMY NAIL
8.
According to the poem by WB Yeats, whose ghost is Beating On The Door?
ROGER CASEMENT
9.
Which film features the song I Was Born Under A Wandrin' Star?
PAINT YOUR WAGON
10.
Strange Days (67) and Weird Scenes Inside The Gold Mine (72) were albums by
which group?
THE DOORS
MUSIC
1.
'What Will The Neighbours Say' is a DVD featuring which group live in concert?
GIRLS ALOUD
2.
In which country was Al Jolsen born in 1886?
RUSSIA
3.
What was the name of the Prodigy's first UK number one hit?
FIRESTARTER
4.
Who is 'The Showgirl' according to the title of her latest DVD?
KYLIE MINOGUE
5.
Which Welsh hip-hop band have often been described as 'The Newport Wu Tang Clan'?
GOLDIE LOOKIN CHAIN
6.
Kate Bush recently released her first album since 1993, what is it called?
AERIAL
7.
Which musical term is the opposite of diminuendo?
CRESCHENDO
8.
Madness shot the video for their number one hit at the Great Yarmouth funfair,
but what was the single called?
HOUSE OF FUN
9.
Elton John wrote the music for which acclaimed musical which opened in London
in 2005?
BILLY ELLIOTT
10.
Which Underground station appears in the title of one of Ian Dury's albums?
UPMINSTER
ART & LITERATURE
1.
In the original L. Frank Baum story 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz', what colour
were Dorothy's slippers?
SILVER
2.
With which other painter would you associate painter Françoise Gilot?
PABLO PICASSO
(she lived and studied with him for ten years and had two children)
3.
Who wrote the book 'Swallows and Amazons' in 1930?
ARTHUR RANSOME
4.
In Caravaggio's painting 'Doubting Thomas', what is Thomas doing?
PUTTING HIS FINGER IN CHRIST'S WOUND
5.
Who wrote 'A Short History of Nearly Everything' and 'Notes from a Small Island'?
BILL BRYSON
6.
In which H.G. Wells novel was humanity split into two groups whereby the Eloi
live above ground, and the Morlocks below?
THE TIME MACHINE
7.
What nationality was the surealist painter Salvador Dali?
SPANISH
8.
In which publication would you find the columns 'Streets of Shame' and 'Rotten
Boroughs'?
PRIVATE EYE
9.
Algernon Montcrief is one of the main characters in which famous play?
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNEST (OSCAR WILDE)
10.
'Greenmantle', dating from 1916, was the sequel to which other novel published
in 1915?
THE THIRTY NINE STEPS
TELEVISION
1.
Much to Pollard's horror in Emmerdale, who arrived in Spain instaed of The Kings?
THE DINGLES
2.
In what year did MTV go on the air?
1981
3.
Which TV programme links Peter West, Angela Rippon and Terry Wogan?
COME DANCING
4.
Whose 'Great Escape' on Ch 4 ended with his 30th birthday celebrations on the
Amalfi Coast?
JAMIE OLIVER
5.
Jay Silverheels a full-blooded Mohawk indian from the Six Nations Indian Reservation
in Ontario, Canada, was famous for playing which character?
TONTO (THE LONE RANGER)
6.
Who starred in Eastenders, Albion market and Sunburn?
MICHELLE COLLINS
7.
What was the name of the Pink Hippo in Rainbow?
GEORGE
8.
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has a view from where, in his Ch 4 series?
RIVER COTTAGE
9.
Who played 'The Demon Barber' in the recent BBC adaptation of 'Sweeny Todd'?
RAY WINSTONE
10.
Who had a friend called Spotty Man?
SUPERTED
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2
1.
What is the national airline of Belgium called?
SABENA
2.
In 1935, President Roosevelt order that a vault be built for the storing of
the government's gold, where was it?
FORT KNOX
3.
What name is given to the penninsula between the Dardanelles and N.W. Turkey?
GALLIPOLI
4.
What type of food is the Italian 'zuppa Inglese'?
A TYPE OF TRIFLE
5.
What is the common name for the Chilean Pine or Araucaria tree?
MONKEY PUZZLE
6.
The Vinson Massif is the highest mountain of which continent?
ANTARCTICA
7.
With which gas was the Hindenberg filled?
HYDROGEN
8.
What, in population terms, is the largest Spanish speaking country in the world?
MEXICO
9.
By what name was China known to the West in medieval times?
CATHAY
10.
Kettering were the 1st football club to do what in the 1970's?
HAD ADVERTISING ON THEIR SHIRTS DURING A MATCH
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