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QUIZ 201 - 22.11.06
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PICTURE ROUND 201
1. JACK NICHOLSON
2. RICKY GERVAISE
3. FORD MODEL A
4. BEYONCE (KNOWLES)
5. REESE WITHERSPOON
6. MOBY
7. KIERA KNIGHTLEY
8. LES DENNIS
9. PATRICK VIERA
10. MORRISEY
1.
The liqueur Curacao is flavoured with which fruit?
ORANGE
2.
In which country was the sculptor Rodin born?
FRANCE
3.
Which area in the Pacific has a name that means 'Many Islands'?
POLYNESIA
4.
Who painted the picture A Bigger Splash?
DAVID HOCKNEY
5.
What is the UK's equivalent to the French Patrouille de France ant the Italian
Frecce Tricolori?
THE RED ARROWS
6.
A pickle is the collective noun for a group of sea cucumbers - true or false?
TRUE
7.
Which fish grow to become pilchards?
SARDINES
8.
What is the name of the John Lennon memorial garden in Central Park, N.Y.?
STRAWBERRY FIELDS
9.
In terms of population, what is the largest Spanish speaking country in the
world?
MEXICO
10.
Where in Belfast would you find The Confiance?
IN THE LAGAN NEAR THE WATERFRONT HALL
(it is the barge set to become a new floating coffee shop cum exhibition
space)
1.
Which famous Director sadly passed on this week?
ROBERT ALTMAN
2.
Who directed the 2005 version of War of the Worlds?
STEVEN SPIELBERG
3.
What is the title of the 2006 Brian Da Palma film, based on a James Elroy novel
starring Scarlett Johansson?
THE BLACK DAHLIA
4.
The 1978 film Go Tell The Spartans is set during which war?
VIETNAM
5.
In which 1989 film does Tom Cruise play a disabled Vietnam War veteran?
BORN ON THE 4TH OF JULY
6.
Who played Guy Gibson in the 1954 film The Dambusters?
RICHARD TODD
7.
Who played the eponymous Happy Gilmore in the 1996 film?
ADAM SANDLER
8.
What is the title of the 2006 film starring Keanu Reeves as a drug-addicted
undercover cop of the future?
A SCANNER DARKLY
9.
Who plays the part of The Queen in the 2006 film?
HELEN MIRREN
10.
Who played the parts of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in the 1972 film All
The President's Men?
ROBERT REDFORD & DUSTIN HOFFMAN
1.
What is the name of the stretch of water that separates Ireland and South Wales?
ST. GEORGES CHANNEL
2.
What two countries does the Gobi desert lie in?
MONGOLIA & CHINA
3.
Of which US State is Augusta the capital?
MAINE
4.
Which two countries have Dead Sea Beaches?
ISREAL & JORDAN
5.
Mount Logan is the highest peak in which country?
CANADA
6.
What City is your destination if your baggage tag reads JFK?
NEW YORK
7.
What is the capital of Estonia?
TALLINN
8.
Where is Marco Polo International Airport?
VENICE
9.
In which country are the Drakensberg Mountains?
SOUTH AFRICA
10.
Which sea has no coast?
SARGASSO SEA
(since this is a GEOGRAPHY round and not an astronomy round - the Sea of Tranquility does NOT count)
1.
Who have got together again for a spot of Rocksteady?
ALL SAINTS
2.
Which group had a No.1 Hit in 1973 with Rubber Bullets?
10 CC
3.
Whose recent album release is entitled An Other Cup?
YUSUF ISLAM (CAT STEVENS)
4.
Who was the vocalist on Gary Moore's hit Parisienne Walkways?
PHIL LYNOT
(as anyone who has visited me will know, one of my proudest positions is the framed photo of Phil and I holding each other up in a caravan in Mullingar)
5.
Which flamboyant music star was/is the leader of the Parliament-Funkadelic entourage?
GEORGE CLINTON
6.
According to The Beatles, how many holes are there in Blackburn, Lancashire?
4,000 (A Day In The Life - Sgt Pepper)
7.
Who married country singer George Jones in 1968 and wrote a hit about their
divorce in 1975?
TAMMY WYNETTE (OUR D.I.V.O.R.C.E. BECOMES FINAL TODAYYYYY)
8.
According to the title of his new album, who was Born In The U.K.?
BADLY DRAWN BOY
9.
How were the quartet Annette Zilinskas, Debbie and Vicki Peterson and Susanna
Hoffs collectively known?
THE BANGLES
10.
In what year (+/- 2) was the 1st stereo record available in the UK?
1958 (56 - 60)
1.
What was Sir Francis Drake doing when the Spanish Armada was first sighted?
PLAYING BOWLS
2.
What historic event took place on March 15th 44 BC?
THE ASSASSINATION OF JULIUS CAESAR
3.
The French General Louis Montcalm was killed in defence of which city in 1759?
QUEBEC
4.
What was Operation Sea Lion in the Second World War?
PROPOSED GERMAN INVASION OF BRITAIN
5.
Which great Victorian engineer died by choking on a half sovereign?
ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL
6.
Who did Ted Heath succeed as Prime Minister?
HAROLD WILSON
7.
Who did Jimmy Carter succeed as President of the United States?
GERALD FORD
8.
Which came first - Blackpool's tower or illuminations?
ILLUMINATIONS (1879) (Tower 1894)
9.
What was the name of the 1st satellite to be launched from Earth into space?
SPUTNIK 1
10.
Which day became a bank holiday in 1978?
MAY DAY
TELEVISION
1.
In which current advert would you see Shirley Bassey singing Pink?
MARKS & SPENCER
2.
P.C. McGarry made regular appearances in which children's series?
TRUMPTON
3.
Who played Edward Teach in the BBC docudrama Blackbeard?
JAMES PUREFOY
4.
In which year did Top Gear begin on BBC TV - 1976, 1978 or 1981?
1978
5.
What is the name of the detective played by John Nettles in Midsomer Murders?
TOM BARNABY
6.
Who played crime profiler Dr Tony Hill in the UTV series Wire in the Blood,
based on the novels by Val McDermid?
ROBSON GREEN
7.
What was the name of the bar on The Dukes of Hazzard?
THE BOAR'S NEST
8.
In which TV series does Steve Carell play Michael Scott manager of Dunder Mittlin?
THE OFFICE - AN AMERICAN WORKPLACE
9.
Who presented the BBC2 series The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive?
STEPHEN FRY
10.
Who played Jane Marple in the ITV series Agatha Christie's Marple?
GERALDINE McEWAN
1.
What is the square root of a quarter?
A HALF
2.
Which king in a standard pack of playing cards doesn't have a sword?
KING OF DIAMONDS
3.
What translates from Italian as 'scratched drawing'?
GRAFFITO
4.
Who composed Ecce Cor Meum, premiered in the Albert Hall on Nov 3rd?
PAUL McCARTNEY
5.
In the shipping forecast, what element of the weather can be described as poor,
moderate or good?
VISIBILITY
6.
By the time he died in 1227, whose Empire stretched from the Black Sea to the
Pacific?
GENGHIS KHAN
7.
A dunnock is more popularly known as what?
A SPARROW
8.
Who is the MP for Dunfermline East who has been in the Cabinet since the 90's?
GORDON BROWN
9.
What is the alternative name for the crane fly?
DADDY LONG LEGS
10.
Which word connects a Japanese company, a religious gentleman, a large weapon
and a type of melody?
CANON
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