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QUIZ 167- 13.03.06
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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1
1.
Which female country singer once said "I've got small feet because nothing
grows in the shade"?
DOLLY PARTON
2.
In bull fighting what name is given to the mounted man with a lance?
PICADOR
3.
What attracted many white men to the Sioux's sacred Black Hills in the 1860's?
GOLD
4.
Which paper size is 52 X 74 mm?
A8
5.
How much is received in Monopoly from 'the sale of stock'?
£50
6.
What is formed by the metamorphosis of limestone?
MARBLE
7.
Which philosopher said, "Cogito ergo sum"?
RENE DESCARTES
8.
What was the name of the first ever cloned sheep, born in 1997?
DOLLY
9.
What term describes the movement of a plane on the ground?
TAXIING
10.
What became available in blue for the 1st time in 1989?
SMARTIES
1.
Goods in shops are often marked with a pattern of black and white stripes, what
is this called?
A BARCODE
2.
Who was known as 'The Iron Chancellor'?
BISMARCK
3.
One of the World's finest opera houses, The Gran Teatre del Liceu is located
in which City?
BARCELONA
4.
What name is given to the type of (jazz) piano playing that uses a repeated
motif for the left hand?
BOOGIE WOOGIE
5.
In what type of oven are pizzas traditionally made?
BRICK
6.
Who is the Supreme Being of the Hindu religion?
BRAHMA
7.
Which fictional character had friends called Algy Lacy and Ginger Hebblethwaite?
BIGGLES
8.
Rivaldo and Patrick Kluivert played together for which European football side?
BARCELONA
9.
In the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" what type of fish is put
into the ear in order to make all the spoken languages of the galaxy understandable?
BABEL FISH
10.
What links Lancaster and Motorhead?
BOMBER (AVRO Lancaster & Motorhead album)
1.
Who played the part of Don Corelone in the film The Godfather II?
ROBERT DE NIRO
2.
What is the name of the actress who plays Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter
films?
EMMA WATSON
3.
Who played the lead role in the films Curly Top, Bright Eyes and Dimples?
SHIRLEY TEMPLE
4.
In which film does Harold Ramis play Scientist Egon Spengler?
GHOSTBUSTERS
5.
Which actor led the sabotage team in The Guns Of Navarone?
GREGORY PECK
6.
Who links James Earl Jones and David Prowse?
DARTH VADER
7.
Who co-starred with Arnold Schwarzenegger in the film Red Heat?
JAMES BELUSHI
8.
Steve McQueen played the part in 1968 and Pierce Brosnan in 1999, who?
THOMAS CROWN (THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR)
9.
What was the name of the 6-foot invisible rabbit that inebriate Elwood P Dowd,
played by James Stewart, alone could see in the 1950 film?
HARVEY
10.
Which movie was released in Venezuela as 'Vaselina'?
GREASE
1.
In which country is the sky-train rail bridge - USA, Canada or Australia?
CANADA
2.
In which continental country is there a town called Spy, it's co-ordinates being
lat 50 29N, long 04 43E?
BELGIUM
3.
Which Country surrounds San Marino?
ITALY
4.
Dalaman, Alanya and Fethe are holiday resorts in which country?
TURKEY
5.
Which lake is Africa's deepest, holding 1/6th of the World's fresh water?
LAKE TANGANYAKA
6.
In which US State is the Painted Desert?
ARIZONA
7.
Which of the four main Balearic Islands is closest to Spain?
IBIZA
8.
In which part of the British Isles would you find Bailiwicks?
THE CHANNEL ISLANDS
9.
The Thar Desert lies in two countries, name either?
INDIA & PAKISTAN
10.
Which is greater in area, Ireland or Iceland?
ICELAND
1.
What connects Frankenstein, Hywell Bennett and Ode To A Skylark?
SHELLY (Mary - TV series - poet)
2.
What connects Danny Kaye and Frank Butcher?
THE UGLY DUCKLING (Danny Kaye and Mike Read both charted
with it)
3.
What connects a town, a cigarette and a sofa?
CHESTERFIELD
4.
What connects Leon Uris, Bob Marley and The Bible?
EXODUS
5.
What connects an intestine filled with meal and suet, a type of desert and the
Great Fire of London?
PUDDING (GFOL started in Pudding Lane)
6.
What connects the great white shark, the walrus and the golden bear?
GOLF (Greg Norman - Craig Stadler - Jack Nicklaus)
7.
What connects The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair and The Magician's
Nephew?
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA
8.
What connects a young Oscar winner, a fictional detective and a place of worship?
TEMPLE (Shirley - Paul)
9.
What connects Galway and Denver?
ANNIE'S SONG (James - John)
10.
What connects Shephard, Grissom and Glenn?
FIRST 3 AMERICANS IN SPACE (Alan, Virgil and John)
1.
In an advert for which product would you see a bunch of Priests skating on thin
ice?
STELLA ARTOIS
2.
Tony Blair appeared on the Michael Parkinson show. Which actor also appeared
as a guest on the same show?
KEVIN SPACEY
3.
All Quiet On The Preston Front was a TV comedy series about which organisation?
THE TERRITORIAL ARMY
4.
What was the name of the character in Lovejoy played by Dudley Sutton?
TINKER
5.
In Coronation Street, to which TV character did Sally liken Janice?
VICKY POLLARD (LITTLE BRITAIN)
6.
What was the name of the ranching family in Bonanza?
THE CARTWRIGHTS
7.
Who had sons called Burney and Gash?
RAB C NESBITT
8.
What is the name of the drunken priest who lives with Father Ted in the former
Channel 4 sitcom?
FR. JACK HACKETT
9.
What relationship to Katie was the person killed in the car crash in which she
was injured in Emmerdale?
HER FATHER
10.
Who was Diana Prince able to turn into?
WONDERWOMAN
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2
1.
What word beginning with the letter D is an Australian word meaning genuine
or honest?
DINKUM
2.
Which nation invented the wheelbarrow?
CHINA (circa 200AD)
3.
What is the term for the vertical rows on a chessboard?
FILES
4.
In Greek mythology Oedipus unwittingly fulfilled a prophecy when he unknowingly
married his mother. What was his mother's name?
JOCASTA
5.
Which plastic ring was a major craze in the 1950's?
THE HULA HOOP
6.
What name is given to the suspension of organic molecules on which life is thought
to have evolved?
PRIMEVAL SOUP
7.
Which word means the knack of making lucky discoveries by accident?
SERENDIPITY
8.
In the nursery rhyme Cock-A-Doodle-Do, what has "my master lost"?
HIS FIDDLING STICK
9.
What is the only species of deer where both male and female have antlers?
REINDEER (CARIBOU)
10.
How is The Earl of Bunkerton is better known?
LORD SNOOTY (THE BEANO)
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