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QUIZ 182 - 28.06.06 This page was last modified: |
PICTURE ANSWERS
1. NATALIE PORTMAN
2. JUAN PABLO MONTOYA
3. ALAN TITCHMARSH
4. OZZY OSBOURNE
5. MK 1 LOTUS CORTINA
6. JONNY WILKINSON
7. BROTHERS IN ARMS - DIRE STRAITS
8. CHARLOTTE CHURCH
9. EDWARD G ROBINSON
10. ARSENE WENGER
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1
1.
What name is given to a Brazilian cowboy?
GAUCHO
2.
Which battle was fought on Oct 21st 1805?
THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR
3.
In which country was the game Trivial Pursuit created?
CANADA ???
(I received a rather long e-mail about this one from John - see bottom of page)
4.
The Fairey Swordfish generally carried which type of bomb?
TORPEDOES
5.
Which island did mutineers from the Bounty occupy in 1790?
PITCAIRN ISLAND
6.
To date, who is the youngest footballer ever to have played for England?
THEO WALCOTT
7.
How many aircraft comprise the Red Arrows?
9
8.
Simon Fuller was very publicly sacked from which job in 1997?
MANAGER OF THE SPICE GIRLS
9.
Which Australian created Barry Mackenzie for Private Eye?
BARRY HUMPHRIES
10.
What is the USA's equivalent of the UK's S.A.S.?
DELTA FORCE
GEOGRAPHY
1.
In which US State is the Petrified Forest National Park?
ARIZONA
2.
Thorshavn is the capital of which island group?
THE FAROES
3.
Which river enters Lake Leman at Villeneuve and it leaves it to pass through
Geneva?
THE RHONE
4.
Alma-Ata is the largest city in which country?
KAZAKHSTAN
5.
In which island group would you find the island of Tresco?
THE ISLES OF SCILLY
6.
What is the capital city of Bulgaria?
SOFIA
7.
Which canal links the Atlantic and Pacific oceans?
THE PANAMA CANAL
8.
Which canal links Lake Erie & Lake Ontario?
THE WELLAND CANAL
9.
In which country would you find the Gower Peninsula?
WALES (W. GLAMORGAN)
10.
What is the name of the extinct volcano in the centre of Edinburgh?
ARTHUR'S SEAT
CURRENT AFFAIRS
1.
Pamela Anderson recently revealed that she dumped whom because "He was
just too sweet"?
EDDIE IRVINE
2.
Reese Witherspoon is suing an American tabloid over a story that she was what?
PREGNANT
3.
Who is the current Education Secretary?
ALAN JOHNSON
4.
Which soap star was filmed getting off his head on a 4-hour car journey?
CRAIG CHARLES
5.
TV chef Gordon Ramsay has won his libel damages case against which newspaper?
THE EVENING STANDARD
6.
A painting by which artist has just sold for £73m?
GUSTAV KLIMT
7.
Who is being kept off our TV screens due to RSI (repetitive strain injury)?
NOEL EDMONDS
8.
Which 'Wizard of Weird' is reputedly house hunting in Cork and Kerry?
MICHAEL JACKSON
9.
Which celebrity recently received an honourary degree from St Andrews University?
JOANNA LUMLEY
10.
What is the name of the trainee vet who is the new Miss Northern Ireland?
CATHERINE MILLIGAN
FILM
1.
Faye Dunaway starred in the 1983 remake of which Margaret Lockwood film?
THE WICKED LADY
2.
What sort of 'creature' does Sara Paxton play in her new film Aquamarine?
A MERMAID
3.
Which 1985 film had Helen Slater in search of the Omegahedron?
SUPERGIRL
4.
What was Steve Martin's occupation in The Little Shop Of Horrors?
DENTIST
5.
What spoof secret agent was played by Dean Martin in the 1960's?
MATT HELM
6.
What is the name of the American imprisoned in Turkey in the film Midnight Express?
BILLY HAYES
7.
Who plays the part of Violet in the new film Ultraviolet?
MILLA JOVOVICH
8.
Who was the female child star of The Exorcist?
LINDA BLAIR
9.
Fay Wray played Ann Darrow in the original King Kong, who played her in the
2005 remake?
NAOMI WATTS
10.
Who played the toy maker in the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?
BENNY HILL
TODAY IN HISTORY
1.
What now popular foodstuff was proven nonpoisonous today in 1820?
THE TOMATO
2.
Who was crowned in Westminster Abbey today in 1838?
QUEEN VICTORIA
3.
Russian sailors mutinied aboard which battleship today in 1905?
THE BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN
4.
Which famous treaty was signed today in 1919?
THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES (ENDING WW I)
5.
Dunmor, Kentucky holds the State 24-hour record for rainfall when how many (+/-
10%) inches of rain fell, today in 1960?
10.4 in (9 - 11) 26.42 cm
6. What happened to golfer Lee Trevino during the Western Open today in 1975?
HE WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
7.
Which 59-year-old highway of 2,200 miles of blacktop was decertified as a U.S.
highway on this day in 1985?
ROUTE 66
8.
What doll with an 'untidy' name was invented today in 1917?
RAGGEDY ANN
9.
What nickname was given to today in 1934 when Hitler flew to Essen?
THE NIGHT OF THE LONG KNIVES
10.
Which politician announced their intention to retire from the House of Commons
today in 1991?
MARGARET THATCHER (Oh Happy Day!)
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2
1.
What is the method of training a horse to carry out a predetermined routine
of specified movements called?
DRESSAGE
2.
Which fish has a prehensile tail?
THE SEAHORSE
3.
Floodgate, Circus and The Dark Crusader are all novels by whom?
ALAISTAIR MACLEAN
4.
Which American President founded the Peace Corps?
JOHN F KENNEDY
5.
On which track does The Chattanooga Choo Choo leave Pennsylvania Station?
TRACK 29
6.
Which biblical character was cured of 7 Demons by Jesus?
MARY MAGDALENE
7.
With how many counters (or blots) does each player start a game of backgammon?
15
8.
What type of flour is used in the making of pasta?
DURUM WHEAT FLOUR
9.
Which emblem was used by General De Gaulle for the Free French during WW II?
THE CROSS OF LORRAINE
10.
Who wrote the novel King Solomon's Mines?
H RIDER HAGGARD
Hi
Colin,
I am a fellow quizmaster living in Aguadulce, Spain and I run a weekly quiz
in the Aguadulce marina.
If I may I would just like to correct you one one of your question. Your question
(3) is not really correct. When Trivial Pursuit was invented I had a villa in
Nerja, Spain. There were 3 Canadians living in Nerja who, over almost a two
year period, devised the game.
It would appear that most nights they enjoyed the odd drop or two and it was
common talk in Nerja at the time that the idea had come to them whilst possibly
a "little happy" in one of the many bars in Nerja that they frequented.
The 3 Canadians had apparently none, or very little money,to market their idea
and used their skill to get a number of the owners of bars they frquented in
Nerja to fund the initial costs of marketing this new game. The deal was that
the bar owners would receive royalties from the profits once the game was launched.
They and indeed nobody could have comprehended that the game would take off
in the way it did and it would appear that subsequently these "small time"
bar owners all became incredibly affluent
So you were correct in that the 3 "inventors" were of Canadian nationality
but the game was actually invented in Nerja, Spain.
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