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QUIZ 200 - 15.11.06
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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1
1.
Mexico City is built on the ruins of the capital of which empire?
THE AZTEC EMPIRE
2.
What would North American Indians do with a calumet?
SMOKE IT (IT IS A PEACE PIPE)
3.
Which Ford motor car was named after the Spanish word for a high jagged peaked
mountain range?
SIERRA
4.
From what type of wood are cricket balls made?
CORK
5.
Charles Darnay is a character in which Charles Dickens novel?
A TALE OF TWO CITIES
6.
In which US State is the Winged Foot golf course, which hosted the 2006 American
Open?
NEW YORK
7.
To which family of fish does the Dab belong?
PLAICE
8.
Which material used in making of pipes is also called sepiolite?
MEERSCHAUM
9.
What type of creature is a Devil's Coach Horse?
A BEETLE
10.
The annual "Tomatina" in the Mediterranean village of Bunol, near
Valencia is a tomato fight between the villagers - true or false?
TRUE
CINEMA
1.
Who is playing the latest incarnation of secret agent James Bond?
DANIEL CRAIG (CASINO ROYALE)
2.
Nichole Kidman and Will Farrell star in the 2005 big screen adaptation of which
60's TV series?
BEWITCHED
3.
In which film does Marlon Brando become president of Mexico?
VIVA ZAPATA
4.
Who provided the voice of Jessica Rabbit in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
KATHLEEN TURNER
5.
In the 1997 film Volcano, an undetected volcano erupts beneath which US City?
LOS ANGELES
6.
Which couple's 1st film was called The Intelligence Men?
MORECOMBE & WISE
7.
What is the name of the frigate Captain played by Russell Crowe in the film
Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World?
JACK AUBREY
8.
Kevin Spacey plays Irish gangster Thaddeus O'Sullivan in which 2000 film?
ORDINARY DECENT CRIMINAL
9.
Who plays the Michael Caine character in the 2000 remake of Get Carter?
SYLVESTER STALLONE
10.
In which film does Jack Nicholson seduce a frustrated reporter, a hippie sculptor
and a strait-laced schoolteacher?
THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK
GEOGRAPHY
1.
What is the State Capital of New Mexico?
SANTA FE
2.
Which Portuguese City stands at the mouth of the river Douro?
PORTO
3.
In which country is the greater part of the Atacama Desert?
CHILE
4.
What is the name of the Gulf formed between the heel and the sole of Italy?
GULF OF TARANTO
5.
In which English County is the seaside town of Westward Ho!?
DEVON
6.
Which country lies immediately south of Nicaragua?
COSTA RICA
7.
What is the capital City of Bosnia and Herzegovina?
SARAJEVO
8.
Columbus is the State Capital of which US State?
OHIO
9.
In which country does the Zambezi River reach the sea?
MOZAMBIQUE
10.
What is the largest English National Park?
THE LAKE DISTRICT
TELEVISION
1.
Who is the host of the new Ch 4 game show Codex?
TONY ROBINSON
2.
According to the title of his BBC 2 show, what is Charles Rangeley-Wilson?
THE ACCIDENTAL ANGLER
3.
Eric McCormack and Debra Messing play the title characters in which American
TV sitcom?
WILL & GRACE
4.
What was the eponymous Vincent in the recent ITV series?
A PRIVATE EYE
5.
In the television series, Batman, umbrellas were the trade mark of which villain?
THE PENGUIN
6.
Which TV series is set in the village of Skelthwaite?
WHERE THE HEART IS
7.
Produced by Steven Spielberg, what is the title of BBC2's new 6-part mini-series?
INTO THE WEST
8.
Which series stars Jonas Armstrong and Lucy Griffith?
ROBIN HOOD
9.
In which county is the drama series Goldplated set?
CHESHIRE
10.
Who said to the Sex Pistols on live television: "Go on, you've got another
10 seconds, say something outrageous"?
BILL GRUNDY
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2
1.
What type of transport has rubber skirts?
HOVERCRAFT
2.
What is the name of the RAF free fall parachute team?
THE FALCONS
3.
Which painter said… "The only difference between me and a madman is
that I'm not mad"?
PABLO PICASSO
4.
What name is given to a line on a weather map linking places of equal atmospheric
pressure?
ISOBAR
5.
Which horse came first, but did not win the 1993 Grand National?
ESHA NESS
6.
What leaf is the symbol of The National Trust?
THE OAK LEAF
7.
Which country boasts the oldest ruling Royal Family?
JAPAN
8.
In order of accession to the British throne, who is the first female?
PRINCESS BEATRICE
9.
In the rules of golf what type of bad weather can stop play?
LIGHTNING
10.
What colour are the petals of a cowslip?
YELLOW
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