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QUIZ 183 - 19.07.06
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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1
1.
Of the twenty official languages spoken by the European Union, which one has
the most native speakers?
GERMAN (90 Million)
2.
What Spanish name is given to a long thin cigar?
PANATELA
3.
With which musical instrument is Dizzy Gillespie associated?
TRUMPET
4.
In the Harry Potter novels what kind of animal is Fawkes?
A PHOENIX
5.
What nationality is racing driver Juan Pablo Montoya?
COLOMBIAN
6.
What is the name of Dublin's light railway system?
LUAS
7.
Why did Radio 4 replace the bells with the birds?
THE CHIMES OF BIG BEN* WERE REPLACED BY BIRDSONG AT
6 P.M.
(*Big Ben is the name of the Bell NOT the clock or the clock tower and it
was under repair recently)
8.
Who wrote the classic novel Journey to the Centre of the Earth?
JULES VERNE
9.
Which toy company makes Hot Wheels cars?
MATTEL
10.
An orchidectomy is the surgical removal of what?
TESTICLES
FILM
1.
Rachel Weisz and Susan Lynch play a couple of downtrodden girls in Glasgow
in which 2000 film?
BEAUTIFUL CREATURES
2.
In the film Demolition Man what present does Sylvester Stallone give to Sandra
Bullock?
A RED SWEATER (THAT HE KNITTED HIMSELF)
3.
What was the name of the striptease troupe in the film The Full Monty?
HOT METAL
4.
Which famous publisher makes a cameo appearance in the film 'Beverly Hills
Cop II?
HUGH HEFNER
5.
Who starred in the 1998 re-make of The Parent Trap and the 2003 re-make of
Freaky Friday?
LINDSAY LOHAN
6.
Who starred in Repo Man and Paris, Texas?
HARRY DEAN STANTON
7.
Who played the female lead in Indecent Proposal?
DEMI MOORE
8.
Jack Nicholson and Shirley Maclaine starred together in which movie?
TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
9.
Who appeared in the 39 Steps and won an Oscar for Goodbye Mr. Chips?
ROBERT DONAT
10.
Who is the latest actor to play 'The Man of Steel' in the new film Superman
Returns?
BRANDON ROUTH
RECENT AFFAIRS
1.
Who said recently "Don't you dare suggest that I've taken cocaine"
when her nose collapsed?
TARA PALMER TOMPKINSON
2.
What was the name of the 'rogue bear' shot on the border between Germany and
Austria?
BRUNO
3.
The Serpentine Gallery unveiled its inflatable summer pavilion, what nickname
has it been given?
THE COSMIC EGG
4.
Who has been announced as the replacement for Sue Lawley (after 18 years)
for Radio 4's Desert Island Discs?
KIRSTY YOUNG
5.
Who has just released 'Surprise' his 1st album since 2000?
PAUL SIMON
6.
What is the name of the space probe recently launched to explore Pluto and
its moon Charon?
NEW HORIZONS
7.
Which 'alleged' comedian was declared bankrupt last week?
JIM DAVIDSON
8.
Which 'Crazy Diamond' passed away earlier this month?
SYD BARRETT (CO-FOUNDER PINK FLOYD)
9. Which author was made an honorary Doctor of Laws by Aberdeen University
recently?
J.K. ROWLING
10.
Italy beat France in a penalty shootout to win the World Cup for the fourth
time in their history. Who missed the only penalty for France?
DAVID TREZEGUET
LITERATURE (BOOKS TO YOU!)
1.
Who wrote Watership Down?
RICHARD ADAMS
2.
Who created the character Harry Lime?
GRAHAME GREENE
3.
John Ridd is the central character of which classic novel?
LORNE DOONE
4.
What kind of animal was Beatrix Potter's Mrs. Tiggywinkle?
A HEDGEHOG
5.
What is the title of the last Inspector Morse novel?
THE REMORSEFUL DAY
6.
How were the fictional characters William, Ginger, Henry and Douglas collectively
known?
THE OUTLAWS (WILLIAM BOOKS BY RICHMAL COMPTON)
7.
Who wrote the novel Misery?
STEPHEN KING
8.
Whose parents kept a famous fictitious inn called the Admiral Benbow?
JIM HAWKINS (TREASURE ISLAND)
9.
Which crime novelist also writes under the name Barbara Vine?
RUTH RENDELL
10.
Who wrote in his diary on March 17th 1912 "I am just going outside and
may be some time"?
CAPTAIN OATES
TELEVISION
1.
Summer Bay High School features in which soap?
HOME & AWAY
2.
Who tells the 'Real Story' on BBC 1?
FIONA BRUCE
3.
In which 1993 TV series did Olympia Dukakis play the role of Mrs Anna Madrigal?
ARMISTEAD MAUPIN'S TALES OF THE CITY
4.
Who is on a 'French Odyssey' on BBC 2?
RICK STEIN
5.
Who played the North East of England detective, Spender?
JIMMY NAIL
6.
What is the name of Ant & Dec's new game show?
POKERFACE
7.
What was the name of Mr. Crane's dog on Frasier?
EDDIE
8.
Who is Patrick Kielty's co-presenter in the new series of the romantic reality
show Love Island?
FEARNE COTTON
9.
What is agent Scully's first name in the X-files?
DANA
10.
Freema Agyeman has been named whose next assistant?
DR WHO
SPORT
1.
What tournament offers a trophy inscribed with the words 'The Gentleman's single-handed
Championship of the World'?
WIMBLEDON MEN'S SINGLES
2.
Which race starts at the Solent then sails to the Southern tip of Ireland and
back?
THE FASTNET YACHT RACE
3.
What make of motorcycle does Valentino Rossi ride?
YAMAHA
4.
Who won the Bank of Ireland, Ulster football final 2006?
ARMAGH (beat Donegal)
5.
American Brittany Lincicome defeated Juli Inkster in the final of which World
Championship?
THE WORLD MATCHPLAY CHAMPIONSHIP (LPGA - GOLF)
6.
At which ground will Ireland be playing their home International Rugby Union
matches next season?
CROKE PARK
7.
How many times have Wales won the 6 Nations - once, twice or never?
ONCE (2005)
8.
In American football what name is given to the area of the pitch that attacking
teams try to enter and score a touchdown?
THE END ZONE
9.
Which jockey's career is in tatters after he lost an appeal against a Britain-wide
racing ban?
KIEREN FALLON
10.
In which sport did competitors have to raise their skirts in 1983?
F1 - MOTOR RACING
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2
1.
In which pub did Ronnie Kray murder George Cornell?
THE BLIND BEGGAR
2.
Who is the most famous young man to come from Compton in Berkshire?
THEO WALCOTT
3. Who became the youngest Heavyweight Boxing Champion in 1986?
MIKE TYSON
4.
In which month does the oyster season open?
AUGUST
5.
Who is Jessica's father in The Merchant of Venice?
SHYLOCK
6.
What is the name of the mosque tower from which the muezzin calls people to
prayer?
MINARET
7.
What is the meaning of the French culinary term brouillé?
SCRAMBLED
8.
In which polar region would you find the wintering grounds of the Arctic Tern?
ANTARCTICA (South Pole)
9.
What is a funambulist?
TIGHTROPE WALKER
10.
On the packaging of which popular snack would you find a man with a handlebar
moustache?
PRINGLES POTOTO CHIPS
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