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QUIZ 161 - 30.01.06
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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1
1.
On which day of the week is Prime Minister's Question Time?
WEDNESDAY
2. The World Wildlife Fund is now known as what?
WORLDWIDE FUND FOR NATURE
3.
True or False - The popular American comic strip Peanuts is known as Radishes
in Denmark?
TRUE
4.
What word could describe a snake and a type of neckwear for women?
BOA
5.
There are five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council - Russia, United
States, Britain & name either of the other two?
CHINA - FRANCE
6.
How are the dolls Yasmin, Meygan, Jade and Sasha collectively known?
BRATZ
7.
The name of which European country means 'Land of the Eagle'?
ALBANIA
8.
What English military term translates as 'Little War' in Spanish?
GUERRILLA
9.
What type of clock was first introduced by the US National Bureau of Standards
in 1949?
THE ATOMIC (Mollecular) CLOCK
10.
Which was the first country in the world to impose a total ban on smoking in
the workplace?
THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
FILM
1.
Which French actor and director played the character Monsieur Hulot in a series
of films?
JACQUES TATI
2.
In which technical area of film production is a foley artist employed?
SOUND
3.
Who played Fred Flintstone in the film version of The Flintstones?
JOHN GOODMAN
4.
What is the subtitle of the third Terminator film, released in 2003?
TERMINATOR 3 - RISE OF THE MACHINES
5.
Which film won Best Motion Picture Drama at the recent Golden Globe awards?
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
6.
Which actress played the part of Clark Kent's girlfriend Lois Lane in the films
Superman and Superman III?
MARGOT KIDDER
7.
Brody, Quint & Hooper 'go fishing' in which classic film?
JAWS
8.
Which comedy is set more or less entirely on February 2nd?
GROUNDHOG DAY
9.
The revenge-seeking 14 year old Mattie Ross is the heroine of which 60's film?
TRUE GRIT
10.
Sally Allbright and Harry Burns are the leading characters in which romantic
comedy?
WHEN HARRY MET SALLY
CURRENT AFFAIRS
1.
What has Walt Disney agreed to buy for $7.6 bn?
PIXAR
2.
What is the destination of NASA's recently launched New Horizons mission?
PLUTO
3.
What is unusual about film director Kishan Shrikanth?
HE IS ONLY TEN YEARS OLD
4.
Gordon and Sarah Brown have announced they are expecting a baby. What is the
name of their two-year-old son?
JOHN
5.
Who has been appointed as the new manager of the Republic of Ireland soccer
team?
STEVE STAUNTON
6.
What is the title of Hilary Spurling's Whitbread Book of the Year winner?
MATISSE THE MASTER
7.
Who are to begin recording their 1st new album in more than 4 years?
ALL SAINTS
8.
What is the name of the 16-year old footballer who has chosen to sign for Arsenal
rather than Chelsea in a £12.5m deal?
THEO WALCOTT
9.
The TV licence fee is to rise on April 1st how much will it cost?
£131.50 (currently £126.50)
10.
Laura Bush attended the swearing in of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf the new President
of where?
LIBERIA
BELGIUM
1.
Which landlocked country is bordered by Germany, Belgium and France?
LUXEMBOURG
2.
After Brussells, which is the largest City in Belgium?
ANTWERP
3.
Which of these cheeses originated in Belgium; Limburger, Gorgonzola or Jarlsberg?
LIMBURGER
4.
Which Belgian cartoonist created The Thompson Twins?
HERGE
5.
What is the national airline of Belgium called?
SABENA
6.
How many countries have borders with Belgium?
4
7.
What are the Dutch-speaking inhabitants of Belgium called?
FLEMS / FLEMINGS
8.
Which Belgian singer hit the UK top ten in 1978 with Ca Plane Pour Moi?
PLASTIC BERTRAND
9.
From which country did Belgium become independent in 1830?
THE NETHERLANDS
10.
What is the Internet domain for a Belgian website?
.be
RADIO & TV
1.
Which TV series was set mainly at 34 Claremont Avenue, London?
ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS
2.
What was the name of the TV spin-off of the radio show, The Goon Show?
THE TELLY GOONS
3.
Which was the first legal local commercial radio station in Britain, which started
in 1973?
LBC
4.
Which of the Wombles took his name from a city in Siberia?
TOMSK
5.
Which presenter of 'It's A Knockout' remains a popular football correspondant
for radio's 'Sports Report'?
STUART HALL
6.
Which brother and sister have both had their own Radio 1 programmes?
LIZ & ANDY KERSHAW
7.
Which cartoon character lives in Bikini Bottom?
SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS
8.
How many members are in each team in Family Fortunes?
5
9.
A current advert for which car shows angels looking after people with the voice
over "Built to protect"?
VW POLO
10.
Which actor played the role of television cop Nash Bridges?
DON JOHNSON
IRELAND
1.
To which Irish county do the Aran Islands belong?
GALWAY
2.
What happened to Rowland Street (Sandy Row) in the early 1970's?
IT WAS MOVED TO THE ULSTER FOLK MUSEUM
3.
In May 1889, Queen Victoria's husband laid the foundation stone of which aid
to Belfast traffic?
THE ALBERT BRIDGE
4.
Who released the 1977 album, 'This Is Where I Came In'?
VAN MORRISON
5.
What is the name of the Queen of Connaught, reputedly buried at Knocknarea,
Co. Sligo?
QUEEN MAEVE
6.
Which club were the 1st professional soccer club in Ireland?
DISTILLERY
7.
Which Irish singer/songwriter had an early 90's album called 'Primitive Dance'?
PAUL BRADY
8.
According to legend, where were the ancient Kings of Ireland crowned?
(THE HILL OF) TARA
9.
Which much loved (well by me anyway) Irishman wrote the play 'The Quare Fellow'?
BRENDAN BEHAN
10.
What is precceeded in N Ireland by Green and in the R O I with Safe?
CROSS CODE
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2
1.
Which tree gives the Blue Mountains in Australia their name?
EUCALYPTUS (from its blueish leaves)
2.
Which UK company lost a 350 year monopoly from 1st January 2006?
ROYAL MAIL
3.
What does the common mole normally feed upon?
WORMS
4.
What is the name of the 'Beautiful Scorer' who helps Humphry Littleton on Radio
4's 'I'm sorry I Haven't A Clue'?
SAMANTHA
5.
In which European City will the 2007 Tour De France start?
LONDON
6. How is the quality of petrol measured?
OCTANE RATING
7.
What gets its name from the Italian phrase for 'beautiful woman'?
BELLADONNA
8.
Who precceeded Jonathon Dimbley as chairman of Radio 4's Any Questions?
JOHN TIMSON
9.
Robert James Lee Hawke was Prime Minister of which country from 1983 to 1991?
AUSTRALIA
10.
Where can February come before January, August come before May and December
come before October?
IN A DICTIONARY
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