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QUIZ 160 - 23.01.06
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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1
1.
Where might you find a clay and wattle cabin, 9 bean rows and a beehive?
THE LAKE ISLE OF INNISFREE
2.
Which is larger; a grade 1 egg or a grade 3 egg?
GRADE 1
3.
What name is given to the theory that compares the planet Earth to a living
organism?
THE GAIA HYPOTHESIS
4.
Morocco leather comes from the skin of which animal?
THE GOAT
5.
Which 3 travellers were, 'like Webster's Dictionary, Morocco bound'?
BOB HOPE - BING CROSBY - DOROTHY LAMOUR
(The Road to Morocco)
6.
Which country joined Zanzibar to form Tanzania?
TANGANYIKA
7.
Ascorbic acid is better known as what?
VITAMIN C
8. How many degrees maximum can an acute angle be?
89 (90 is a right angle)
9.
What is Radio 4's morning news programme called?
TODAY
10.
In the book Treasure Island, what was the name of Long John Silver's parrot?
CAPTAIN FLINT
MUSIC
1.
To which Buckinghamshire town did the Style Council welcome us in 1985?
MILTON KEYNES
2.
What leaves the Pennsylvania Station at 3.45?
THE CHATTANOOGA CHOO-CHOO
3.
What was the best selling single of 2005?
IS THIS THE WAY TO AMARILLO?
4.
What instrument is associated with Pablo Cassals?
THE CELLO
5.
How many UK number one singles did Duran Duran have?
2 (Is There Something I Should Know & The Reflex)
6.
How many weeks did "Release Me" by Engelbert Humperdink stay in the
UK charts +/- 5?
56 (51 - 61)
7.
From which song does the following come - "Highways jammed with broken
heroes on a last chance power drive"?
BORN TO RUN (BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN)
8.
From which musical does the Liverpool FC anthem "You'll Never Walk Alone"
come?
CAROUSEL
9.
Take That have reformed but without Robbie Williams. Gary Barlow and Mark Owen
are two name either of the others?
JASON ORANGE & HOWARD DONALD
10.
What was the first solo No.1 credited to Freddie Mercury in the UK singles charts?
LIVING ON MY OWN
ODD
FOOD ROUND
(all answers have a dubious 'food' connection)
1.
Which creature is 95% water?
THE 'JELLY'FISH
2.
Who walked out of the West End play CellMates in 1995?
STEPHEN 'FRY'
3.
Which great American novel concerns the Joad family?
THE 'GRAPES' OF WRATH
4.
Which English writer did his parents name after a lake in Staffordshire?
RUDYARD 'KIPLING' (Mr Kipling bakes exceedingly good cakes
ha ha)
5.
Which British artist painted a series of screaming popes based on a portrait
of Innocent X by Velazquez?
FRANCIS 'BACON'
6.
Which mount to the east of Jerusalem has the Garden of Gethsemane at its foot?
MOUNT OF 'OLIVES'
7.
Which great English sportsman was offered the throne of Albania?
C B 'FRY'
8.
Who played the title role in the film Uncle Buck?
JOHN 'CANDY'
9.
What type of creature is a rockhopper?
A 'PENGUIN'
10.
Which US film producer produced the early Bond films and Chitty Chitty Bang
Bang?
CUBBY 'BROCCOLI'
SPORT
1.
Which two teams play for the Calcutta Cup?
ENGLAND & SCOTLAND (rugby union)
2.
Who is the only athlete to have set 6 World records in one day?
JESSE OWENS
3.
What sport features sails, wishbone booms, and universal joints?
WIND SURFING
4.
In what sport do players take long and short corners?
FIELD HOCKEY
5.
In which year did George Best last play for Man Utd?
1974
6.
Which course has been lengthened by 154 yards and had 20 new hazards added,
in preparation for 2008 Open?
ROYAL BIRKDALE (it's a sort of golf question)
7.
Who is the youngest-ever F1 Grand Prix winner?
FERNANDO ALONSO
8.
What started in December 2005 in Portugal, and ran through Spain, Morocco, Mali,
Mauritania, and Guinea and finished in Senegal?
THE 2006 DAKAR RALLY
(It used to be the Paris - Dakar but now is the Lisboa - Dakar)
9.
In which Olympics did Steve Redgrave win his first Olympic gold medal?
LOS ANGELES - 1984
10.
Which Rugby Union International wrote the book entitled 'My Grand Slam Year'?
GAVIN HENSON
TELEVISION
1.
Which car manufacturer offers its' customers, "The Ride of your Life"
according to its' adverts?
PEUGEOT
2.
Ray Marsden played which TV detective based on the books by P D James?
ADAM DALGLEISH
3.
Which character returned at Xmas, remarking, "New teeth. That's weird"?
DR WHO
4.
Which comedy series was set in the village of Nouvion?
'ALLO 'ALLO
5.
Who made a TV comeback in Deal Or No Deal?
NOEL EDMONDS
6.
Big John Cannon owned which fictional ranch?
THE HIGH CHAPARRAL
7.
Nick Frost plays Commander Michael Henderson in which new BBC 2 series?
HYPERDRIVE
8.
Where did Matt Le Blanc's character Joey move to, when he got his own spin-off
series?
LOS ANGELES
9.
What is the name of the spin-off TV series featuring Boycie and Marlene, two
of characters from the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses?
GREEN, GREEN GRASS
10.
Who won the Radio Times' Most Powerful People In Radio poll?
JONATHON ROSS
FILM
1.
Who appeared in more than 30 Alfred Hitchcock films?
ALFRED HITCHCOCK
2.
What is the name of Sam Mendes's new film about the 1st Gulf War?
JARHEAD
3.
Who directed the film Dune?
DAVID LYNCH
4.
Which 1994 western starred James Garner, Mel Gibson & Jodie Foster?
MAVERICK
5.
The 'Dangerous Girls' in the Bond film Diamonds Are Forever were named after
which Disney characters?
BAMBI & THUMPER
6.
Who played the part of the drunken lawyer in the film Easy Rider?
JACK NICHOLSON
7.
Who played Pal Joey in the film of the same name?
FRANK SINATRA
8.
Hellcats of the Navy was the only film to star which famous married (in real
life) couple?
RONALD & NANCY REGAN
9.
How are Gabriel Byrne, Stephen Baldwin, Kevin Pollack, Kevin Spacey and Benicin
Del Toro collectively known in the title of the 1995 film?
THE USUAL SUSPECTS
10.
What is the rather apt name of Kevin Costner's character in Waterworld?
MARINER
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2
1.
Who was the youngest President of the USA?
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
2.
Where are the Scottish Crown Jewels kept?
EDINBURGH CASTLE
3.
What is the name of the traditional skirt worn by men and women in Indonesia?
A SARONG
4.
With what is the Belgian beer Kriek flavoured?
CHERRIES
5.
In which State of the USA is the Pentagon complex?
VIRGINIA
6.
What links Jack Dee, Claire Sweeney & Mark Owen?
CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER WINNERS
uh oh - another mistake - thanks to Ashley for the following
CLAIRE SWEENEY HAS NEVER WON CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER , SHE WAS RUNNER UP TO JACK DEE IN SERIES 1 PREVIOUS WINNERS WERE :- JACK DEE , MARK OWEN AND BEZ AND MORE RECENTLY CHANTELLE
7.
How is Reginald Dwight better known?
ELTON JOHN
8.
Currently, how many nuclear reactors are there in the UK (that we know about!)?
35
9.
Who is the yellow suspect in the game Cluedo?
COLONEL MUSTARD
10.
What is a collabar?
AN AUSTRALIAN TREE
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