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QUIZ 202 - 29.11.06
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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1
1.
How are Jim, Andrea, Caroline & Sharon collectively known?
THE CORRS
2.
Which London tube station was destroyed by fire in 1987, killing 27 people?
KING'S CROSS
3.
In which City would you find the Flavian Amphitheatre?
ROME
4.
Which artist is known for his silk screen images of Marilyn Monroe?
ANDY WARHOL
5.
In 1847, the Californian coastal city of Yorba Buena changed its name to what,
getting its name from a Saint?
SAN FRANCISCO
6.
What colour are the History questions in Trivial Pursuit?
YELLOW
7.
Which European Capital City is heated by volcanic springs?
REYKAJAVIK (ICELAND)
8.
The UK & the US have the Tooth Fairy what is the Mexican equivalent?
THE TOOTH MOUSE
9.
Who was Ronald Reagan's Vice-President?
GEORGE BUSH SNR
10.
On what continent would you find the Pensacola Mountains?
ANTARCTICA
1.
According to new figures, which country is the 'cocaine capital' of Europe?
UK
2.
President Bush made a high-profile trip to which Country to meet Prime Minister
Nuri al-Maliki of Iraq recently?
JORDAN
3.
Which long running radio presenter died at the age of 79 this week?
ALAN (FLUFF) FREEMAN
4.
What was the name of the Russian spy poisoned in London?
ALEXANDER LITVINENKO
5.
How is Misbah Iram Ahmad Rana from Stornoway in Scotland's remote Western Isles,
better known?
MOLLY CAMPBELL
6.
Andy Robinson has retired (did he jump or was he pushed?) as whose coach?
THE ENGLAND RUGBY UNION TEAM
7.
Who said he is too ill to attend the start of public celebrations marking his
80th birthday?
FIDEL CASTRO
8.
Which East European country marked the anniversary last Wednesday (22/11/06)
of the Orange Revolution, which overthrew its government?
UKRAINE
9.
Who is rumored to have bought a property in Poole which resembles the Thunderbirds'
Tracy Island base?
LIAM GALLAGHER
10.
Who has delivered a blunt public message to Australian Prime Minister John Howard
over his opposition to gay marriage: "Up yours"?
SIR ELTON JOHN
1.
Who played Deuce Bigalow - Male Gigolo in the 1999 film?
ROB SCHNEIDER
2.
Who played The Grand Moff Tarkin in the film Star Wars?
PETER CUSHING
3.
In which recent film does Timothy Spall play a hangman?
PIERREPOINT
4.
Who played bounty hunter Domino Harvey in the film Domino?
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY
5.
In which 1999 film does Denzel Washington play a paralyzed forensics expert?
THE BONE COLLECTOR
6.
Which 1972 film was the 1st musical to be awarded an X Certificate?
CABARET
7.
Which Neil Jordan film tells the tale of a Cork transvestite searching for his
mother in London?
BREAKFAST ON PLUTO
8.
What is the title of the 2004 film that tells a story of Che Guevera as a young
man?
THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
9.
Who directed the classic westerns, Stagecoach and Rio Grande?
JOHN FORD
10.
What is the name of the Richard Attenborough movie filmed earlier this year
on Belfast's Cave Hill?
CLOSING THE RING
WHAT YEAR WAS IT?
match
the year to the event
1869 - 1872 - 1891 - 1918 - 1922 - 1937 - 1938 - 1974 - 1978 - 1980
1.
The Hindenburg Zeppelin is destroyed by fire in the United States
1937
2.
Women over thirty given the right to vote in the United Kingdom
1918
3.
Vigdis Finnbogadottir becomes the 1st woman to be elected as President in the
world, becoming the new President of Iceland
1980
4.
The Mary Celeste is found deserted
1872
5.
The Tomb of Tutankhamun is discovered in Egypt
1922
6.
Adolf Hitler is Time Magazine's person of the Year
1938
7.
Affirmed wins racing's Triple Crown
1978
8.
Dimitri Mendeleev devises the Periodic Table
1869
9.
Basketball is introduced by James Naismith
1891
10.
Portugal is involved in a revolution known as The Carnation Revolution?
1974
TELEVISION & RADIO
1.
What is the name of the last living human onboard The Red Dwarf?
DAVE LISTER
2.
Which 1970s television programme will return to the small screen next year with
one of its most famous original presenters?
TISWAS
3.
What is the name of Postman Pat's son in the children's TV show?
JULIAN
4.
Who is forever associated with the phrase "I love it when a plan comes
together"?
HANNIBAL SMITH - THE A TEAM
5.
David and Ruth are currently involved in marital strife in which radio programme?
THE ARCHERS
6.
What do the initials of the US radio and television network ABC stand for?
AMERICAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION
7.
The controversial broadcast on BBC of Jerry Springer the Opera, featured which
US actor as Springer?
DAVID SOUL
8.
In the TV series Star Trek, was Mr. Spock's mother Human or Vulcan?
HUMAN
9.
Who created Scooby Doo?
(William) HANNA & (Joseph) BARBERA
10.
Whose 'Theme Time Radio Hour' is to be broadcast for the 1st time in the UK
over the Christmas period?
BOB DYLAN
LITERATURE / ISH
1.
Casino Royale was written by which author?
IAN FLEMING
2.
Which poet composed Paradise Lost?
JOHN MILTON
3.
Who wrote the novel Our Mutual Friend?
CHARLES DICKENS
4.
For which book, also made into an Oscar-winning movie was Pulitzer Prize-winning
author William Styron who died at age 81 most noted?
SOPHIE'S CHOICE
5.
Which famous author was declared blind in March 2001?
SUE TOWNSEND (Adrian Mole)
6.
Which shipwrecked sailor settled a war between King Bombo and King Little?
(LEMUEL) GULLIVER
7.
What is the third book in the sequence of Terry Pratchett novels - Truckers,
Diggers and what?
WINGS
8.
Which author's real name is Eric Arthur Blair?
GEORGE ORWELL
9.
Who created Andy Capp?
REG SMYTHE
10.
What is the title of Charlotte Church's autobiography?
VOICE OF AN ANGEL
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2
1.
What European City is nicknamed The City of Light?
PARIS
2.
How were Henry Longbaugh and Robert LeRoy Parker better known?
BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID
3.
In 10-pin bowling, a strike is when you get all pins down with 1 ball - what
term is used for getting them down with 2 balls?
A SPARE
4.
To what group of islands do Majorca and Ibiza belong?
THE BALEARICS
5.
Who married Nancy Barbato in 1939, Ava Gardner in 1951, Mia Farrow in 1966 &
Barbara Marx in 1976?
FRANK SINATRA
6.
What is the Capital City of the United Arab Emirates?
ABU DHABI
7.
What on a bottle of wine is the punt?
THE DENT IN THE BASE
8.
Which British Sporting Body has the initials BSJA?
BRITISH SHOW JUMPING ASSOCIATION
9.
Which British designer is credited with the creation of the Mini Skirt?
MARY QUANT
10.
What were snickers bars known as in the UK until 1990?
MARATHON
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