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QUIZ 186 - 09.08.06
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PICTURE ROUND 185
1. DIANE KEATON
2. COLIN FARRELL
3. CARL DOUGLAS (everybody was Kung Fu fighting la di da)
4. HEATHER LOCKLEAR
5. JERRY LEWIS
6. RACHEL HUNTER
7. SHARON OSBOURNE
8. GARY NUMAN (is he electric?)
9. LEONARD COHEN (Mr Cheerful makes a rare appearance in the pic quiz)
10. DUNCAN FERGUSON (some sort of soccer player)
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1
1. Who wrote
the poem Kubla Khan?
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE
2. Which
bird features on the national coat-of-arms of Mauritius?
THE DODO
3. Which
Norman French word is used to collectively describe Hastings, New Romney,
Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich?
THE CINQUE PORTS
4. From which
plant is linen made?
FLAX
5. In which
US State was Madonna born?
MICHIGAN
6. What is
the most popular fruit in the UK?
BANANA
7. Which
BT service recently celebrated its 70th birthday?
THE SPEAKING CLOCK
8. Which
creature has the largest eyes in the world?
THE GIANT SQUID
9. Released
in 1985, what was first album to sell one million copies on the then new CD
format?
BROTHERS IN ARMS - DIRE STRAITS
10. A Twit
is the name given to a pregnant goldfish - true or false?
TRUE
strictly speaking goldfish don't get pregnant since the female lays unfertilised eggs which are then fertilized by a roving male - but you know what I mean
CURRENT AFFAIRS
1. How many
prisoners have absconded from open jails since 2001?
4,000 +
2. Janjaap
Ruijssenaars a young Dutch architect has created a floating bed which hovers
above the ground through magnetic force, how much does it cost?
1.2 M EUROS (£807,966)
3. On what
day of the week are people most likely to look for a new job?
MONDAY
4. What did
a German woman find when she opened the refrigerator freezer compartment in
her new apartment in the southwestern town of Trossingen?
A FROZEN DEAD DOG
5. What are
rail workers in the North-East being sprayed with by passing GNER trains?
EXCREMENT
6. What happened
to Brazilian DJ Tiago Amorin da Silva, from Alto Paraná, whilst he
was talking live on Verde e Rosa radio station at 2 am?
HE WAS ROBBED BY ARMED ROBBERS
7. Wayne
Rooney (allegedly) is too scared to ask Sir Alex Ferguson for a day off to
do what?
PLAY AN SAS HERO IN A NEW FILM (LAST ROUND)
8. A new
photo of which well-known nurse has been discovered?
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
9. A dagger
dating from 3,000BC has been found in a tomb in which country?
BULGARIA
10. How much
does it cost to dispose of Britain's 3 billion used nappies each year?
£67 M
RADIO TIMES
1. Which
long-running BBC Radio 4 programme is affectionately known to its listeners
as GQT?
GARDENER'S QUESTION TIME
2. Princess
Margaret and the Duke of Westminster both played themselves in a 1984 episode
of the Archers - true or false?
TRUE
3. How much
did a wireless licence cost in 1922?
10 Shillings (50p)
4. The Man
From Laramie was a hit in 1955 for which long-running radio presenter?
JIMMY YOUNG
5. What do
the initials RDS stand for on a car radio - rapid data system, radio detection
service or radio data system?
RADIO DATA SYSTEM
6. What does
VOA stand for on the radio?
VOICE OF AMERICA
7. Which
BBC Radio 2 presenter was suspended in 1999 for using cocaine?
JONNIE WALKER
8. Who took
over from Roy Plomley as presenter of Desert Island Discs?
MICHAEL PARKINSON
9. Francis
Durbridge created which dashing radio detective and his wife Steve?
PAUL TEMPLE
10. What
do the initials DAB stand for?
DIGITAL AUDIO BROADCASTING
SPORT
1. Who won
the Tour de France 2006?
FLOYD LANDIS (PENDING THE RESULTS OF
THE 2ND DRUGS TEST)
2. Jake White
is the current Rugby Union Coach for which nation?
SOUTH AFRICA
3. In which
field event does athlete Jade Johnson compete?
LONG JUMP
4. Who won
his first ever F1 Grand Prix in Hugary at the weekend?
JENSEN BUTTON
5. In which
sport might you use nymphs?
FLY FISHING
6. What nationality
is tennis player Kim Clijsters?
BELGIAN
7. Who had
his 50th PGA Tour victory at The Buick Open on Sunday?
TIGER WOODS
8. Who completed
the first Woman's "Golden Slam," winning all of tennis' grand slam
events and an Olympic gold medal?
STEFFI GRAF (1988)
9. In which
athletics event for men do they achieve the highest speed?
200 m SPRINT
10. What
did Andrea Whitcombe win last Sunday?
THE LONDON TRIATHLON (Women's Elite Event)
MOVIES
1. What is
the subtitle of the 2nd Pirates of the Caribbean film?
DEAD MAN'S CHEST
2. Which
famous brothers had 'A Night at the Opera'?
THE MARX BROTHERS
3. What is
the title of Martin Brest's 1998 remake (starring Brad Pitt) of Mitchell Leisen's
1934 comedy Death Takes A Holiday?
MEET JOE BLACK
4. The opening
scenes of the James Bond movie The Living Daylights are set in which Overseas
Territory of the United Kingdom?
GIBRALTAR
5. What was
the name of the FBI Agent played by Jodie Foster in Silence of the Lambs?
CLARICE STARLING
6. Which
British actor plays The Juggernaut in the recent X-Men 3 film?
VINNIE JONES
7. In which
film did John Candy play the irritating Del Griffith opposite Steve Martin's
uptight Neal Page?
PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES
8. Who played
the unflappable butler in the 1957 film The Admirable Crichton?
KENNETH MOORE
9. Who played
the character Gabriel Cash in the 1989 movie Tango & Cash?
KURT RUSSELL
10. Which
recent film was advertised with the strapline "Don't Hide The Truth -
Just Filter It"?
THANK YOU FOR SMOKING
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2
1. The Oscar
class submarine K-141 Kursk of the Russian Navy exploded and sank in which
sea during a military exercise in 2000?
THE BARENTS SEA
2. What is
the official language of Haiti?
FRENCH
3. Tom Chaplin
is the lead singer of which popular English band?
KEANE
4. Who 'discovered'
Mexico?
HERNAN CORTEZ
5. Five US
states belonged to Mexico until 1845, Texas, New Mexico & California are
three, name either of the others?
NEVADA & ARIZONA
6. How long
is the coastline of Slovenia - 46 km, 146 km or 546 km?
46 km
7. What is
190 feet long, 66 feet high and had its nose shot off by Napoleon's troops?
THE GREAT SPHINX
8. How is
1224, 67 km/h better known?
THE SPEED OF SOUND (MACH 1)
9. What is
named Domingo in Spanish and Domenica in Italian?
SUNDAY
10. Who came
first, Donald Duck or Mickey Mouse?
MICKY MOUSE (May 15, 1928) (Donald Duck
June 9, 1934)
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