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QUIZ 214 - 28.02.07

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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1

1. In a knitting pattern, what is meant by the letters BH?

2. The law of the sea divides it into three zones, Internal Waters, Territorial Waters, and what?

3. A Bogle is the name given to a cross between which two breeds of dog?

4. Who succeeded Clement Attlee as leader of the Labour Party?

5. On which date is St David's Day celebrated in Wales?

6. Which darts player is nicknamed The Viking?

7. What is the collective name for a group of penguins?

8. What is faggoting?

9. What links Paul, formerly Saul and Manfred Man?

10. The star Centaurus A is in what Constellation?

GEOGRAPHY / HISTORY

1. Who was the runner-up to Tony Blair in the 1994 Labour leadership election?

2. There are only two countries in the European Union without an official second language, the UK and where?

3. In which year were the unsuccessful assassination attempts on the lives of Pope John Paul II and President Ronald Reagan?

4. Where is the valley of 10,000 smokes?

5. Who was the last Tudor monarch of Britain?

6. What is the State Capital of Oregon?

7. Bunker Hill was a battle during which war?

8. Which Country is known to its inhabitants as The Roof Of The World?

9. What region of France did Eleanor bring to Henry IInd?

10. What is the Capital City of Trinidad?

FILM

1. Who played Professor Severus Snape in the Harry Potter film/s?

2. What was the name of Cliff Richard's character in the film Summer Holiday - Don, Tom or John?

3. In which films did the character Samwise Gamgee appear?

4. What was the name of Dustin Hoffman's character in The Graduate?

5. Who played Garp's mother in The World According To Garp?

6. Following in the footsteps of Manhunter, Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal and Red Dragon, what is the name of the latest Lecter film?

7. What was the name of the tanker that formed the home of the smokers in Waterworld?

8. Who played the eponymous Wedding Planner in the 2001 film?

9. What was Catwoman's (aka Michelle Pfiffer) alter identity in Batman Returns?

10. Which film won the 2007 Oscar for Best Film?

FOOD & DRINK

1. What type of food is a persimmon?

2. Which fast food company's logo features three dots said to represent their three original outlets?

3. In a Spanish supermarket it is naranja, what is it in English?

4. What vegetable is also called Lady's Fingers?

5. Clamato is a drink is made by mixing tomato juice with the juice of clams - true or false?

6. A Crown Roast would contain which meat?

7. What, in the Welsh language is Cwrw (pronounced koo roo)?

8. Which type of rice should be used to make the Italian dish risotto?

9. Which pirate perhaps most well known for his bold raid on Panama, gives his name to a rum?

10. Navel and Blood are two types of which fruit?

HUMAN BODY

1. How are the third molars more commonly known?

2. Which is the hardest bone in the human body?

3. What colour are your eyes if you have comparatively little pigment in your iris?

4. How many types of muscles are there in the human body?

5. What are the small round bones found in the fingers & toes called?

6. How many layers of skin are there on the human body?

7. What part of the body is examined using an Otoscope?

8. What are teeth made of?

9. How many bones are there in the human body?

10. What is the anatomical name for the breastbone?

TELEVISION

1. In which current TV advert would you find a 'Stupid Dogbot'?

2. Carol Smiley made her TV debut as a hostess on which game show?

3. In The X Files what is Agent Mulder's nickname?

4. Which Sci-Fi TV series featured the characters Apollo and Starbuck?

5. What was the name of He-man's legless, wizard friend?

6. Who has now got his own 'Oxford Patch'?

7. What movie star made a cameo appearance on the first Late Show with David Letterman when he stood up in the audience and said, "Where the hell are the dancin' cats?"

8. Jane Turner plays a divorcée whose lifestyle is often cramped by the presence of her spoiled twenty-something daughter played by Gina Riley in which 'sitcom'?

9. Which BBC series stars Conor Mullenn and Stanley Townsend as rival racehorse trainers in The Republic of Ireland?

10. Tribioni, Greene, Geller, Geller and Bufet, what name is missing?

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2

1. Elmer J. Fudd is the archenemy of which cartoon character?

2. Which reggae star was shot dead in 1987?

3. What Spanish dance is said to have been invented in Cadiz around 1780?

4. Who was the mythological ferryman who transported the dead across the river Styx to Hades?

5. Speaking of mythological figures, what was the name of Michael Jackson's famous chimpanzee?

6. Bird and Bat droppings are called what?

7. What is the minimum number of bars on an Abacus?

8. Who wrote the opera Lakme?

9. What is the more common name for a Comedo?

10. Cocos Nucifera is the Latin name for what?

 


 

 

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