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QUIZ 203 - 06.12.06
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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1
1.
Who led the Mutiny on H.M.S. Bounty?
FLETCHER CHRISTIAN
2.
Which foreign Princess is buried at Gravesend in Kent?
POCAHONTAS
3.
What U.S. State is the world's largest producer of Ginger?
HAWAII
4.
To the Romans it was Eboracum, to the English, York, how did the Vikings know
this City?
JORVICK
5.
With which art movement are Braque and Picasso associated?
CUBISM
6.
What credit card was advertised as, Your Flexible Friend?
ACCESS
7.
Lent always begins on which day of the week?
WEDNESDAY
8.
If you were a conchologist, what would you collect?
SHELLS
9.
What is the Jewish Word for proper, genuine or legitimate?
KOSHER
10.
What does a laniferous animal do?
PRODUCES WOOL
FILM
1.
Who plays a former spy on the run from a group of CIA assassins in The Bourne
Identity?
MATT DAMON
2.
Who proved the voice of the female hyena in the film The Lion King?
WHOOPI GOLDBERG
3.
In which film does Keifer Sutherland phone Colin Farrell?
PHONE BOOTH
4.
What is the name of the film producer Sophia Loren married in 1958?
CARLO PONTI
5.
Which Coen Brothers comedy of 1987 starred Holly Hunter and Nicholas Cage?
RAISING ARIZONA
6.
What age was Shirley Temple when she filmed her first movie 'RedHeaded Alibi'
1932?
3
7.
Don Birnam is a character in which Oscar-winning picture from the 40's?
THE LOST WEEKEND (1945)
8.
Who, Rides Again 1974, Goes To Monte Carlo 1977 & Goes Bananas 1980?
HERBIE (THE LOVE BUG)
9.
What was the name of Daniel Day Lewis's character in the 2002 film Gangs Of
New York?
BILL THE BUTCHER
10.
What movie, starring Orson Welles and Joseph Cotton, premiered in 1949?
THE THIRD MAN
1.
What country is completely landlocked within the Republic of South Africa?
LESOTHO
2.
Where in Britain is there a maze of alleys full of antique shops referred to
as The Lanes?
BRIGHTON
3.
On which river do the cities of Quebec and Montreal stand?
ST LAWRENCE
4.
On which side of the road do they drive in Pakistan?
THE LEFT
5.
Lake Taupo is the largest lake in which country?
NEW ZEALAND
6.
Which country has a land border with Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, & Montenegro?
ALBANIA
7.
Sudan's only coastline stands on which sea?
THE RED SEA
8.
Yemen lies on the Southern edge of which Arabian country?
SAUDI ARABIA
9.
What is the State Capital of Pennsylvania?
HARRISBURG
10.
What is the Capital City of Croatia?
ZAGREB
THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS
match the event to the year
1787 -1803 - 1814 - 1848 - 1929 - 1936 - 1949 - 1978 - 1982 - 1983
1.
John George Haigh 'The Acid Bath Killer' is executed?
1949
2.
Sally Ride is the first US woman in space?
1983
3.
The California Gold Rush begins?
1848
4.
The 1st One Thousand Guineas horse race is run at Newmarket?
1814
5.
The USA purchases Louisiana from France for 15 million dollars?
1803
6.
Zsa Zsa Gabor is stripped of the title Miss Hungary when it is found out she
is not yet 16?
1936
7.
The twenty pence piece is 1st issued?
1982
8.
Levi Hutchins invents the Alarm Clock?
1787
9.
Margaret Bondfield becomes 1st female member of the Cabinet?
1929
10.
Sid Vicious is charged with the murder of Nancy Spungen?
1978
SPORT
1.
The Pasadena Rose Bowl hosted which famous event in 1994?
THE SOCCER WORLD CUP FINAL
2.
Which international rugby union team are nicknamed The Pumas?
ARGENTINA
3.
Who is the last English-born player to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon?
FRED PERRY
4.
In which town is soccer club St Johnstone based?
PERTH
5.
On which race course is the Irish Derby run?
THE CURRAGH
6.
Who was the first man to be world champion on two and four wheels?
JOHN SURTEES
7.
In which sport is the Alfred Dunhill Cup contested?
GOLF
8.
How frequently does the Tour de France take place?
EVERY YEAR
9.
What Professional golfer was nicknamed SuperMex?
LEE TREVINO
10.
Bobby Robson went on to manage which club when he left the England national
team?
PSV EINDOVEN
TELEVISION
1.
What is the name of Fireman Sam's fire engine?
JUPITER
2.
Simon Cowell, Sharon Osbourne & who are the three judges in the television
show X Factor?
LOUIS WALSH
3.
What is the neighboring town to Springfield called in The Simpson's?
SHELBYVILLE
4.
What is the name of Doctor Who's assistant played by Billie Piper?
ROSE TYLER
5.
Who is currently sharing Oz Clarke's 'Big Wine Adventure'?
JAMES MAY
6.
Which cartoon character lives in Bikini Bottom?
SPONGEBOB SQUARE PANTS
7.
What was the name of the investigative journalist played by Caroline Quinten
in the series Jonathan Creek?
MADDY MAGELLAN
8.
In Eastenders, who returned in May 2001 to run the Queen Vic?
SHARON WATTS (Letitia Dean)
9.
How were Rory McGrath, Rick Wakeman, Des Lynam, Tim Rice and Will Self collectively
known earlier this year?
GRUMPY OLD MEN
10.
What is the title of the new BBC series centered on a local Church Woman's Guild?
JAM & JERUSALEM
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2
1.
The world's biggest selling mobile phone manufacturer is based in which country?
FINLAND (NOKIA)
2.
Which seaside resort shares its name with Hercule Poirot's assistant?
HASTINGS
3.
What car manufacturer makes the Sonata?
HYUNDAI
4.
What kind of butterfly shares its name with a punctuation mark?
THE COMMA BUTTERFLY
5.
Who was the first woman to fly the Atlantic single-handed?
AMELIA EARHART
6.
In which month does St Crispin's day fall?
OCTOBER
7.
What is the name of the temple on the Acropolis?
THE PARTHENON
8.
Time Warner merged with which Internet Service Provider in early 2001?
AMERICA ONLINE (AOL)
9.
Which weapon was nicknamed 'The gun that won the West'?
THE WINCHESTER REPEATING RIFLE
10.
A Jiffy is the name given to the actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second
- true or false?
TRUE
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