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QUIZ 197 - 25.10.06
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PICTURE ROUND 197
1. IOAN GRUFFUDD
2. JOHNNY DEPP
3. KEVIN BACON
4. ANGELINA JOLIE
5. ANITA EKBERG
6. KURT COBAIN
7. HOWARD HUGHES
8. BOB DYLAN
9. LENNOX LEWIS
10. MICHAEL J FOX
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1
1.
Which blood sucking African insect causes sleeping sickness in humans?
THE TSETSE FLY
2.
Which colourful small bird is capable of flying backwards?
THE HUMMING BIRD
3.
What is the longest running radio serial in the world?
THE ARCHERS (BBC)
4.
Which word precedes, board, car, light and step to form another word?
SIDE
5.
How many humps does a bactrain camel have?
2
6.
Which star of the TV series Dallas had a top 10 LP in 1984?
HOWARD KEEL
7.
What type of creature lives in a holt?
OTTER
8.
Dating from before 8,000 BC, what method of transport was the first to be made
and used by man?
THE DUG OUT CANOE
9.
What 'H' is a 'C'?
ONE HUNDRED (Roman numeral C)
10.
Which showman coined the phrase "There's a sucker born every minute"?
PHINEAS T BARNUM
CINEMA
1.
"I remember Paris perfectly. The Germans wore grey, you wore blue."
Is a quote from which classic film?
CASABLANCA
2.
On which Greek Island is the film Captain Corelli's Mandolin set?
CEPHALONIA
3.
Which cult movie has the characters: Dr Frank N Furter, Riff Raff, Magenta,
Columbia, Eddie, and Rocky?
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
4.
In which Merchant Ivory film did Anthony Hopkins play a repressed butler?
REMAINS OF THE DAY
5.
Which American actress starred opposite Hugh Grant in the 1994 hit Four Weddings
And A Funeral?
ANDIE MACDOWELL
6.
Michael Caine and Stanley Baker starred in which historical epic based on the
heroic Battle of Rourke's Drift?
ZULU
7.
Who plays, the wheelchair-bound telepath, Professor Charles Xavier in the film,
X-Men?
PATRICK STEWART
8.
Who starred as the travel book writer in the 1988 film The Accidental Tourist?
WILLIAM HURT
9.
What links J, K, and Z with Will, Tommy and Rip?
MEN IN BLACK
10.
Who played the Tooth Fairy in the 1992 film Sweet Tooth?
ARNOLD SCHWARZENNEGGER
GEOGRAPHY
1.
In which English County would you find the coastal resort of California?
NORFOLK
2.
In which Irish County is Navan Fort, reputedly the 'Camelot of Ireland'?
ARMAGH
3.
Which Country, consisting of over 7,000 islands lies in the Pacific, N.E. of
the South China Sea?
THE PHILIPPINES
4.
In which Country would you find Lake Maracibo?
VENEZUELA
5.
In which Country would you find the biblical Mt. Ararat?
TURKEY
6.
On which Sea is the port of Gdansk?
THE BALTIC SEA
7.
How many islands are there in the Channel Islands group?
9
(heaps of conroversy about this - if you're running a quiz, don't use it. I am stil trying to find a definitive answer)
Owen sent me this
There are eight inhabited Channel Islands - Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, Herm, Brechou, Jethou and Lihou. There are some other smaller islands, which in total cover approximately 75 square miles. The islands of Alderney, Brechou, Sark, Herm, Jethou and Lihou are all dependencies of Guernsey.
Lorraine came up with this
Hi Colin, I couldn't agree with you more on this question. {Sci-Fi Number 7, Quiz 197,} I have experienced some near fisticuffs over this!! Suffice to say, the safest question regarding the Channel Islads would be to ask "How many are permanently inhabited?" The correct answer is five {5}. Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, & Herm.
so take your pick
8.
On which river do the Canadian Cities of Quebec and Montreal stand?
ST. LAWRENCE
9.
Clonmel is the County town of which Irish County?
TIPPERARY
10.
What comes between Alaska and California?
TEXAS (3 largest States in order Alaska Texas California)
SCI-FI
1.
Who wrote the 'Dune' series of books?
FRANK HERBERT
2.
On which play by William Shakespeare was the 1956 film Forbidden Planet based?
THE TEMPEST
3.
Science Fiction Double Feature is a song from which musical film?
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
4.
What is the sci-fi equivalent of The Booker Prize?
THE HUGO
5.
Who was the captain of The Nautilus in the book by Jules Verne?
CAPTAIN NEMO
6.
What was the name of the spaceship in 2001 A Space Odyssey?
DISCOVERY
7.
Which came 1st with The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, the book, the radio
series, the TV series or the film?
THE RADIO SERIES
8.
How is the comic book character Diana Prince better known?
WONDER WOMAN
9.
What is the name of the new BBC sci-fi series, an offshoot of Dr Who?
TORCHWOOD
10.
According to 'Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy' what is the answer to life, the
universe and everything?
42
TELEVISION
1.
Which long running TV character uttered the final words "Be Happy, I said,
Be Happy" recently?
FRED ELLIOT (CORONATION STREET)
2.
Dr Iain Stewart recently presented 'Journeys into…' where?
THE RING OF FIRE
3.
Which 'comedian' had 'Sticky Moments' on Ch 4 in 1998?
JULIAN CLARY
4.
The reports of which TV news reporter inspired Live Aid and Band Aid?
MICHAEL BUERK
5.
Which Star Trek aliens fly cuboid spacecraft?
THE BORG
6.
Who presented the first National Lottery draw on TV?
NOEL EDMUNDS
7.
In which comedy series did Audrey Forbes Hamilton have a butler called Brabinger?
TO THE MANOR BORN
8.
Helen Mirren has made her last appearance in Prime Suspect but who wrote the
series?
LYNDA LA PLANTE
9.
Which two cartoon characters had the maiden names Slaghoople and McBricker?
WILMA FLINTSTONE & BETTY RUBBLE
10.
In Miami Vice, what were the 1st names of Crockett & Tubbs?
SONNY & RICARDO
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2
1.
Which organisation was set up by Lord Baden Powell's wife Agnes?
THE GIRL GUIDES
An
E mail from David about this one
The answer on girl guides was wrong
History of guiding (extract)
However, Baden-Powell's letters from this time show that he had a scheme for
girls in mind. In 1910 he formed the Girl Guides, asking his sister Agnes to
look after the new organisation. A few years later his wife Olave became
involved and, in 1918, was appointed Chief Guide
2.
In the game of Monopoly, how much does it cost to buy Bow Street?
£180
3.
Gatophobia is the fear of what?
CATS
4.
Which country do Hyundi cars originate from?
(SOUTH) KOREA
5.
Who is the lead singer with the group Wet Wet Wet?
MARTI PELLOW
6.
The Harvey Wallbanger cocktail is dedicated to Tom Harvey, with which sport
is he associated?
SURFING
7.
During which War did the Battle of Marston Moor take place?
ENGLISH CIVIL WAR
8.
Which salad consisting of celery, apples and nuts is named after a hotel?
WALDORF SALAD
9.
What is the name of the F1 Grand Prix circuit in Montreal, Canada?
THE GILES VILLENEUVE CIRCUIT
10.
What lies between the ionosphere and the troposphere?
STRATOSPHERE
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