Colin's Web From Belfast - pat's quiz 226

QUIZ 226 - 23.05.07

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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1

1. What might you wear that in Spanish translates as 'shade'?

2. Which animal performed the wedding in the Owl and the Pussycat?

3. In which field of the arts was American Ansel Adams famous?

4. Who is the leader and founder of the Movement for Democratic Change, the opposition party in Zimbabwe?

5. Nicola Roberts is the youngest member of which group?

6. Which village on the extreme north coast of Scotland has been the site of Britain's experimental fast reactor nuclear programme?

7. Who wrote Female Friends and The Life and Loves of a She Devil?

8. What is the name of the Daily Mail's cartoon dog?

9. Which town on the South Coast of England became a City as part of the Millennium celebrations?

10. Prospero is the main character in which of Shakespeare's plays?

TELEVISION

1. Which Coronation Street legend was voted the character with the worst hairdo in soap opera history?

2. Who is the new presenter of the science show, Brainiac?

3. What was the name written on the side of the Scooby Doo van?

4. What do the initials HDTV stand for?

5. Which Spice Girl once appeared in an episode of Eastenders as a Mugger?

6. What was the theme music for the show Absolutely Fabulous called?

7. Which character was played on TV by John Inman in Are You Being Served?

8. Gok Wan can currently be seen on Ch 4 telling people how to …. what?

9. Which light-hearted drama series shot Catherine Zeta Jones to fame?

10. Which former presenter of Blue Peter sadly died in 2004?

CURRENT AFFAIRS

1. Which legendary U.S. cartoon celebrated its 20th birthday in April 2007?

2. An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale hit which English county in April 2007?

3. At which US University were 33 students massacred by a mad gunman in April 2007?

4. Which nation won the Eurovision song contest for 2007?

5. Which leader celebrated his 80th birthday on April 16th 2007?

6. Paul Wolfowitz, announced that he was stepping down as what, because he pulled strings to get a pay raise for his girlfriend?

7. Which iconic 19th-century vessel was ravaged by fire recently?

8. Nobel prize winner Jose Ramos-Horta has been elected president of which country?

9. Merseyside police have deployed the UK Police's first what?

10. Which television evangelist who founded the Moral Majority and the Liberty University died recently?

GEOGRAPHY

1. The Palm Jumeirah off the coast of Dubai holds which record?

2. What is the only county in the Province of Connacht which does not have a coastline?

3. In which Russian City is the Winter Palace?

4. What is the capital City of Bahamas?

5. The Swiss call this Lake Leman what is it called in English?

6. Which is the only British City whose name begins with the letter 'I'?

7. What is the capital of the Liguria region of Italy?

8. What is the second most populous town on the Isle of Man?

9. In which English county would you find Fotheringay Castle, the site of Mary Queen of Scots' beheading?

10. How is the City known as Tsaritsyn from 1589-1925 and Stalingrad from 1925-61 now known?

SPORT

1. Which Kenyan athlete triumphed in the London Marathon with a time of 2h 7m 41s?

2. Which team joined the F1 circus in 1991?

3. Who was the first European golfer to win The US Masters?

4. Who scored Chelsea's last minute winning goal against Man United to win the F.A. Cup?

5. Australia overpowered Sri Lanka to record a third successive World Cup title. But which Aussie batsman top-scored in the final with a sensational 149?

6. How is the sport of tauromancy better known?

7. Boxer Barry Morrison currently holds which title?

8. In which sport is the Churchill Cup contested?

9. What type of ball did Nolan Ryan once throw at a record speed of 100.9 miles per hour?

10. Which famous athlete once said, "The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life"?

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2

1. Which common herb is known in France as the 'King of Herbs'?

2. In which English City is the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television?

3. Which instrument did Bartolommeo Cristofori invent in 1704?

4. Which game was invented in 1982 by three Canadians Scott Abbott and Chris & John Haney?

5. The Post Office changed its name to what in March 2001?

6. Which dinosaur's name means 'thunder lizard'?

7. What sort of tissue connects muscles to bones?

8. Which heavily built ground squirrel with short legs, short tail, broad rounded head and small ears, has generally reddish/yellow fur and can be found in the Swiss Alps and Russian Carpathians?

9. What is a Cape Triangular?

10. What famous London landmark was designed by David Marks and Julia Barfield?