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QUIZ 192 - 20.09.06
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PICTURE ANSWERS 192
1. PATTI SMITH
2. LUIS CUNHA (NAN)
3. WILL YOUNG
4. ROSEMARY CLOONEY
5. SIGOURNEY WEAVER
6. KIM CATTRELL
7. SCARLETT JOHANSSON
8. SHARON STONE
9. AIRBUS A300-600ST (BELUGA)
10. JOHN DENVER
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1
1.
By what name is a hairclip or hair grip known in the USA?
A BOBBY PIN
2.
What type of creature ia an orange-tip?
A BUTTERFLY
3.
Which ex-prison is on an island in Cape Town Bay?
ROBBEN ISLAND
4.
What can be hard pressed, semi hard or soft?
CHEESE
5.
In which Country is Magill University on of the top Universities?
CANADA
6.
Ficus Robusta is the Latin name for which common house plant?
THE RUBBER PLANT
7.
What name is given to a small glass bottle which turns liquid perfume into a
fine spray?
AN ATOMISER
8.
What type of cross is the St John Ambulance Brigade emblem?
A MALTESE CROSS
9.
Which vitamin is produced by the action of Ultarviolet light on the skin?
VITAMIN D
10.
Why did stockbrokers in Auckland, New Zealand object to their place of work
being redesignated as a Regional Stock Exchange?
BECAUSE THE ACROSTIC WOULD HAVE BEEN A.R.S.E.
FILM
1.
Who played Captain Ahab in John Huston's film version of Moby Dick?
GREGORY PECK
2.
Which comedy horror film centres on a team-building trip to eastern Europe by
a group from an arms corporation?
SEVERANCE
3.
Who directed the controversial film Natural Born Killers?
OLIVER STONE
4.
What was the name of Michael J Fox's character in the Back To The Future films?
MARTY McFLY
5.
Eric Idle and Robbie Coltraine were what, 'On The Run'?
NUNS (NUNS ON THE RUN 1990)
6.
Which 1993 Disney film starred Bette Middler as a witch?
HOCUS POCUS
7.
What was the title of the film starring James Mason as Johnny McQueen, portions
of which were filmed in the Crown Bar in Belfast?
ODD MAN OUT
8.
Who played the title role in the 1978 film The Stud?
OLIVER TOBIAS
9.
In which Bond film is 007 handcuffed to an atomic bomb?
GOLDFINGER
10.
What was the name of John Travolta's character in Pulp Fiction?
VINCENT VEGA
BOOKS & WRITERS
1.
In the story of Peter Pan, what was kept in a drawer in the Darling house?
PETER PAN'S SHADOW
2.
Who wrote the novel Ivanhoe?
SIR WALTER SCOTT
3.
In the world of Enid Blyton fiction who collectively owned a dog called Scamper?
THE SECRET SEVEN
4.
Contempt proceedings began on July 12 against the Sunday Times for publishing
extracts of which book by Peter Wright?
SPYCATCHER
5.
Who wrote the novel Little Women?
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
6.
Who wrote the biography of Dr Johnson?
JAMES BOSWELL
7.
Which Steinbeck novel features George and Lennie?
OF MICE AND MEN
8.
Who wrote the 'Poldark' stories?
WINSTON GRAHAM
9.
Who wrote The Rights of Man and The Age of Reason?
THOMAS PAINE
10.
How is 'The Book of Changes' better known?
I CHING
HISTORY
1.
Which US President was the first to visit China?
RICHARD NIXON
2.
How many ships were in the Spanish Armada (+/- 20%)?
130 (104- 156)
3.
Israel invaded which country in October 1956?
EGYPT
4.
Aboard which ship did Captain Scott sail to the Antarctic in 1901?
THE DISCOVERY
5.
In 1909 who made the 1st successful cross channel flight?
LOUIS BLERIOT
6. Who founded The National Viewers and Listeners Association in 1965?
MARY WHITEHOUSE
7. Which major new law regarding safety was passed in 1971 that affected certain
road users and upset a small section of one religious community?
COMPULSORY HELMETS FOR MOTORCYCLISTS (upset the Sikh community)
8.
Who was the leader of the GunPowder Plot to blow up The Houses of Parliament?
ROBERT CATESBY
9.
Which London Tube station was destroyed by fire in 1987, killing 27 people?
KING'S CROSS
10.
Big Willie was the 1st what, introduced in the early 20th cent?
MILITARY TANK
TELEVISION
1.
Which TV series was based on the work of New York cartoonist Charles Addams?
THE ADDAMS FAMILY
2.
What recent Ch 4 programme is based around a group of women in a brothel?
RESPECTABLE
3.
What was the name of Father Ted's housekeeper played by Pauline McLynn?
MRS DOYLE
4.
Who devised the TV programmes Brookside and Grange Hill?
PHIL REDMOND
5.
Who links Borat and Ali G?
SACHA BARON COHEN
6.
Kate Mulgrew is probably best known for her portrayl of which Captain?
CAPTAIN JANEWAY (STAR TREK VOYAGER)
7.
You'll Never Get Rich was the original title of which long running comedy series?
THE PHIL SILVERS SHOW (BILKO)
8.
Name either of Griff Rhys Jones' co-presenters of the BBC 2 programme Restoration
Village?
MARIANNE SUHR - PTOLEMY DEAN
9.
What was the name of the rabbit in the Magic Roundabout?
DYLAN
10.
Paul Martin is the presenter of which daily programme?
FLOG IT!
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2
1.
With which firm is Port Sunlight associated?
UNILEVER
2.
What happened to BBC Radio 1 in September 1988?
F.M. STEREO
3.
What was the name of the man who invented the breech-loading rifle, his descendants
making typewriters?
REMINGTON
4.
What is the largest native British bird?
THE MUTE SWAN
5.
What name is given to the Scottish dance for four couples in a line?
AN EIGHTSOME REEL
6.
What is the astronomical term for a shooting star?
A METEOR
7.
In what industry did John Davidson Rockefeller get rich?
OIL (STANDARD OIL)
8.
Of which element is diamond a form?
CARBON
9.
Which fictional cowboy had a horse called Topper?
HOPALONG CASSIDY
10.
What type of creature is a dik-dik?
ANTELOPE
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