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QUIZ 198 - 01.11.06
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PICTURE ANSWERS 198
1. NATASHA BEDDINGFIELD
2. A MANATEE (SEA COW)
3. MICHAELA STRACHEN
4. DAVID STARKEY
5. RUTH RENDELL
6. VLADAMIR PUTIN
7. MOBY
8. THE BRANDENBURG GATE
9. MACHU PICHU
10. RAY CHARLES
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1
1.
Which restaurant was voted the Best in the World 2005, by a panel of 500 experts?
(HESTON BLUMENTHAL'S) FAT DUCK
2.
In the Police hit Message In A Bottle, how many bottles did they find 'washed
up on the shore'?
100 MILLION
3.
September 27th 2006 marked the birthday of the search engine Google, but how
many years old was it?
EIGHT
4.
Which 'signal' celebrates its 100th birthday this week?
S.O.S.
5.
Dendrophobia is a fear of what?
TREES
6.
Shah Jahan is famous for erecting which famous monument?
THE TAJ MAHAL
7.
What is the smallest brass instrument in an orchestra?
THE TRUMPET
8.
Whose voice was the 1st to be heard on Virgin Radio?
RICHARD BRANSON
9.
Which singer was killed by a speedboat in Mexico in 2000?
KIRSTY MACCOLL
10.
If a male duck is a drake what do you call a female duck?
A DUCK (sort of trick question!)
FILM
1.
Peter Weller plays a disturbed writer who becomes addicted to insect poison
and shoots his wife in which 1991 film?
NAKED LUNCH
2.
In which 1998 film does Gwyneth Paltrow play a woman whose future hinges on
one pivotal moment in time?
SLIDING DOORS
3.
Ben Afflick plays an engineer whose memory is erased in which 2003 film?
PAYCHECK
4.
Who played Dan Ackroyd's partner in the film 'Dragnet'?
TOM HANKS
5.
Which film made in 1959 won 11 Oscars?
BEN HUR
6.
US military lawyers played by Tom Cruise and Demi Moore are assigned to defend
two marines accused of murder in which 1992 film?
A FEW GOOD MEN
7.
Which Oscar-winning actress starred with Lisa Kudrow in 'Romy and Michelle's
High School Reunion'?
MIRA SORVINO
8.
Who played the aunts in James and the Giant Peach?
MIRIAM MARGOLYES & JOANNA LUMLEY
9.
Who plays 50's politician Willie Stark who becomes Governor of Louisiana in
the recent film All The King's Men?
SEAN PENN
10.
Which 2003 remake of a 1969 Classic stars Mark Whalberg, Charlize Theron and
Edward Norton?
THE ITALIAN JOB
THE ARTS
1.
What sort of 'Proms' are being staged in the Roundhouse, Camden for the 1st
time ever?
ELECTRIC PROMS
2.
Which artist is famed for his studies of ballet dancers, horses, and young women
working?
DEGAS
3.
What is the title of Martin Lynch's 2nd play, currently centrepiece of the Queen's
Festival drama programme?
HOLDING HANDS AT PASCHENDALE
4.
What is the name for a distance of eight white notes on a piano keyboard?
AN OCTAVE
5.
'I Am Born' is the 1st chapter of which Charles Dickens' novel?
DAVID COPPERFIELD
6.
Who introduced Jasperware?
JOSIAH WEDGWOOD
7.
In which language does the writing on the wall appear in Rembrandt's painting
Belshazzar's Feast (1635)?
HEBREW
8.
Which poem opens with the line "I wandered lonely as a cloud"?
DAFFODILS (WM. WORDSWORTH)
9.
Which period of Picasso's creative life preceded his Rose Period?
BLUE PERIOD
10.
According to Longfellow, where does the village smithy stand?
UNDER THE SPREADING CHESTNUT TREE
SPORT
1.
Who won golf's European Order of Merit recently?
PADRIAG HARRINGTON
2.
Who was the 1st British sportswoman to win an Olympic Gold Medal?
MARY RAND (TOKYO 1964)
3.
Who won the 2005 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award?
ANDREW FLINTOFF
4.
In which sport would you find a 'hogline' and a 'house'?
CURLING
5.
How many players are there in a Canadian Football team?
12
6.
Former midfielder John Collins has signed a three-year deal to succeed Tony
Mowbray as manager of which club?
HIBERNIANS
7.
At which British sporting venue would you find the Valley of Sin?
ST ANDREWS (OLD COURSE)
8.
Which country finished 4TH in the 1990 World Cup but failed to qualify for the
1994 tournament?
ENGLAND
9.
At which sporting venue would you find Club, Farm and Abbey?
SILVERSTONE (names of corners)
10.
In what Olympic event are you penalized 50 points if you stop smiling?
SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING
TELEVISION
1.
Whose 'Wild Challenge' is currently being screened on Ch 5?
MICHAELA STRACHAN
2.
Who was Dr Bunsen Honeydew's accident-prone Muppet Show assistant?
BEAKER
3.
In which TV series did the characters David and Hugo Horton appear?
THE VICAR OF DIBLEY
4.
Which seriously cheesy presenter is the host of All Star Family Fortunes?
VERNON KAY
5.
Which of Doctor Who's enemies came from the planet Mondas?
THE CYBERMEN
6.
Where do the five travellers meet in the new Ch 5 series Tripping Over?
BANGKOK
7.
In which drama series would you come across gangland boss, Johnny Sack?
THE SOPRANOS
8.
Which chef is 'In Search of Perfection' according to the title of his BBC2 series?
HESTON BLUMENTHAL
9.
How were Christine and Mary Beth known in the title of their 80's TV series?
CAGNEY & LACEY
10.
Who returned for a one-off after 7 years?
THE ROYLE FAMILY
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2
1.
What was the name of the imaginary creature that was described by Lewis Caroll
as having 'jaws that bite and claws that catch'?
THE JABBERWOCKY
2.
What was the last Rodgers and Hammerstein musical?
THE SOUND OF MUSIC
3.
What is the name of Mexico's largest seaside resort?
CANCUN
4.
Which pop singer or group has the most fan clubs worldwide?
ELVIS PRESLEY (613 fan clubs)
5.
Which U.S. State is known as 'The Golden State'?
CALIFORNIA
6.
Before Eternal Flame by The Bangles in 1989, who were the last all-girl group
to reach #1 in the UK charts?
ST WINNIFRED'S SCHOOL CHOIR
A Correction from John on this one
St winifreds choir included boys. If you go on google images it will eventually lead you to a BBC article in which there is a photograph of the choir and there you can see the boys
Paersonally I don't remember seeing any boys on the picture sleeve but I'm sure John is correct.
7.
What can be A, B, AB or O?
BLOOD GROUPS
8.
What is the official language of Vatican City?
LATIN
9.
What type of transport is an SR-N6?
HOVERCRAFT
10.
Who said, "A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend
on the support of Paul"?
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
Tie break -- How long is the Suez Canal in kilometers? -- 161.9 km
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