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QUIZ 190 - 06.09.06
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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1
1.
In the game of Cluedo, what room lies between the conservatory and the library?
THE BILLIARD ROOM
2.
What was the boxer Joe Louis' nickname?
THE BROWN BOMBER
3.
What name is given to the surveyor's mark consisting of an arrow with a horizontal
bar through the apex?
A BENCHMARK
4.
By what name was actor Paul Reubens, arrested in a movie theatre in Sarasota,
Fl, for exposing himself better known?
PEE-WEE HERMAN
5.
What is tattooed on Popeye's arm?
AN ANCHOR
6.
Why is Clyde Tonbaugh's 1930 discovery no longer of note?
HE DISCOVERED PLUTO WHICH IS NO LONGER A PLANET
7.
What is the collective noun for a group of moles?
A LABOUR
8.
In which Country was the singer Bonnie Tyler born?
WALES
9.
Which popular fruit takes its name from the Arabic for finger?
THE BANANA
10.
Do you know how many syllables are there in a Haiku?
17 (is that question a haiku then?)
FILM
1.
Which double act won seven Oscars between 1943 and 1953?
TOM & JERRY
2.
In which film does Bruce Willis play Korben Dallas, ex-space marine turned taxi
driver?
THE FIFTH ELEMENT
3.
In the classic 1946 film It's A Wonderful Life, in which town did George Bailey
(James Stewart) live?
BEDFORD FALLS
4.
What was the name of Spider-Man's main adversary in the 2002 film Spiderman?
THE GREEN GOBLIN
5.
What relation is Super-Hero Supergirl to Superman, if any?
COUSIN
6.
Who was the director of the film Jackie Brown?
QUENTIN TARANTINO
7.
If Jim Carrey was 'Dumb' who was 'Dumber'?
JEFF DANIELS
8.
In which 1996 film does Bill Pullman play the President of the USA?
INDEPENDENCE DAY
9.
How were Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Alfie Bass and Sid James collectively
known in 1951?
THE LAVENDER HILL MOB
10.
What links Carl Dane, Bombardier Billy Wells and Kenneth Richmond?
RANK FILMS 'GONGMEN' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gongman
(BANGING THE PAPIER MACHE LOL)
RECENT AFFAIRS
1.
Name 2 of the 3 new planets in our solar system?
CERES, CHARON AND 2003 UB313
2.
Who passed on with a barb to the heart?
STEVE IRWIN (killed by a stingray barb during a diving
expedition)
3.
Police recently recovered 2 stolen paintings, who was the Scandinavian artist?
EDVARD MUNCH
4.
Cindy Kienow who works for restaurant chain Applebees was in the news because
a customer left a tip of how much on a $26 bill?
$10,000
5.
The Ford Motor Company said it was putting one of its European brands up for
sale. Which one?
ASTON MARTIN
6. Which actor with parts in The Big Heat and The Blackboard Jungle, died at
his Beverly Hills home at the age of 90 recently?
GLENN FORD
7.
Who ended the Roger Federer's run of 55 straight hard-court wins?
ANDREW MURRAY
8.
Why was a senior English fire fighter demoted recently?
HE REFUSED TO HAND OUT LEAFLETS AT A GAY PRIDE MARCH
9.
Why has Daniel Craig's 007 Bond image come under scrutiny?
A GAY KISS IN HIS LATEST FILM
10.
It was the ninth anniversary of whose famous death last Thursday?
PRINCESS DIANA
1.
Who was the Welsh born detective in the stories by Ellis Peters?
BROTHER CADFAEL
2.
Who wrote the book Swallows and Amazons?
ARTHUR RANSOME
3.
Which poet was nicknamed the Ploughman Poet?
ROBERT BURNS
4.
Which play by John Osborne featured the music-hall comedian Archie Rice?
THE ENTERTAINER
5.
Which philosopher kept goal for the Algerian national soccer team?
ALBERT CAMUS
6.
Who wrote Northanger Abbey?
JANE AUSTEN
7.
Who wrote Catch 22?
JOSEPH HELLER
8.
Carlo Collodi created which famous children's character?
PINOCCHIO
9.
Who wrote the novel Trainspotting?
IRVING WELSH
10.
In the play by William Shakespeare, who killed Macbeth?
MACDUFF
TELEVISION
1.
What is the TV equivalent of a movie Oscar?
AN EMMY
2.
How is Jo Frost better known on TV?
SUPERNANNY
3.
Who played Cecil Rhodes in the TV mini series Rhodes?
MARTIN SHAW
4.
How long are the chefs allowed for cooking a meal in Ready Steady Cook?
20 MINUTES
5.
In which sci-fi series did Lance Henrickson play Frank Black?
MILLENIUM
6.
Who has a new daily chat show, the 1st guests being Penny Lancaster and Debra
Stephenson?
SHARON OSBOURNE
7.
Mark Snow was in the UK top ten in 2000 with the theme to which TV series?
THE X FILES
8.
What is the name of the drama about John Prescott's love affair commissioned
by ITV?
PREZZA
9.
Which two shows were spin-offs from Man About The House?
GEORGE & MILDRED - ROBIN'S NEST
10.
What initials link Craine, Taylor, Grissom and The Who?
C.S.I.
1.
Much was one of Robin Hood's Men, what did his father do for a living?
MILLED FLOUR (MUCH THE MILLER'S SON)
2.
Who use wigglers and plunkers?
ANGLERS
3.
Which Native American who died in 1617 is buried at Gravesend in Kent?
POCAHONTAS
4.
Which organisation founded in 1961 won the Nobel Prize in 1977?
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
5.
Who is the Patron Saint of lost causes?
SAINT JUDE
6.
What name is given to the device pushed onto or over the bell of a brass instrument
to change the tone or reduce the volume?
A MUTE
7.
Which flower is the badge of the Boy Scout movement?
FLEUR DE LIS
8.
By what more common name do we know the fibrous skeleton of the fruit of the
Luffa Cylindrica?
A LOOFAH
9.
In which City is the Obelisk of Luxor?
PARIS (unless they've given it back!)
10.
Wearing which two articles of clothing together has recently been voted the
worst fashion mistake a man can make?
SANDALS AND SOCKS
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