Colin's Web From Belfast - Pats Bar Quiz 235

QUIZ 235 - 05.09.07

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PICTURE ROUND 235

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1

1. What is the main food of an oystercatcher?

2. Who wrote the novel Black Beauty?

3. Geronimo was a leader of which Native North American people?

4. What links a US store chain, a space fighter and a white whale?

5. Which Australian bird is nicknamed 'the bushman's clock'?

6. Who was Tony Curtis' first wife?

7. The Welsh word llyn translates into what English word?

8. What has the chemical symbol Fe2 O3?

9. Who wrote the music for West Side Story?

10. What do we call the symbols used in e-mail and online conversations to convey tone and mood along with the words?

GEOGRAPHY

1. The Kincardine Bridge spans which Scottish river?

2. Which of the Canary Islands is served by Arrecife Airport?

3. Which US state has the postal abbreviation IA?

4. Which Capital City is located partly on the island of Amager?

5. What is the current name of Idlewild Airport?

6. Which two colours appear on the flag of Peru?

7. In which European Capital City can you find the DART light-rail network?

8. Which river flows through more countries - the Amazon or the Nile?

9. Which river, famed for its salmon, rises in the Cairngorm Mountains and flows east to the North Sea at Aberdeen?

10. What name is given to the notorious tidal current in the Lofoten islands off northern Norway?

TELEVISION

1. Which long running BBC programme was first broadcast from Hereford Town Hall on May 17th 1977?

2. Who was Graham Norton's female co-host of Eurovision Dance Contest?

3. Police Constable Knapweed, Parsley and Basil all appeared in which TV series?

4. What is the name of the latest Ch 4 'reality' show in which 11 volunteers live for 3 weeks on a rubbish tip?

5. According to the title of the latest BBC 'reality' show, who is Back In Business?

6. Who created the character of Chief Inspector Wexford?

7. According to the title of the CH 5 show, what takes place in the village of Stempington?

8. Who recently joined the cast of EastEnders as Ronnie Mitchell?

9. Which Coronation Street character is set to return after serving time in prison for the murder of Jez Quigley?

10. Who player solicitor Peter Kingdom in the ITV series Kingdom?

SPORT

1. England spin bower Monty Panesar plays county cricket for which team?

2. Which country won soccer's Asia Cup?

3. What in Olympic competition measures 164 feet by 68 feet 11 inches?

4. With which County did Devaney, Kiely and Shanahan win All-Irelands?

5. What was the venue for the 2007 Irish Open golf Championship?

6. Which soccer team play their home matches at the Ricoh Arena?

7. Which Canadian City is home to the ice hockey team, The Oilers?

8. Who decided to give up his world title rather than fight Lennox Lewis?

9. Which US Stadium is home to the Rangers and the Knicks?

10. Who was Armagh's 1st 'All Star'?

FILM

1. Who is the President of the USA in The Simpsons - The Movie?

2. In which 1978 film did Gregory Peck play the real-life Nazi fugitive Dr Joseph Mengele?

3. Who played the role of God in Bruce Almighty and Evan Almighty?

4. In which Bond film does the villain try to cheat at golf?

5. What kind of creatures run the Gringotts bank in the Harry Potter films?

6. What was the name of the biggest dog in the world?

7. Who plays the prostitute with a heart of gold in the film Trading Places?

8. Who danced with Gene Kelly in Brigadoon and Fred Astaire in Band Wagon?

9. Tom Cruise plays a New York playboy forced to reassess his life after a car crash in which 2001 film?

10. Who played the part of Gene Hackman's son in the film The Quick And The Dead?

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2

1. Envelope, burner and basket are the three essential parts of what form of transport?

2. Which fast food chain was originally called Pete's Super Submarines?

3. Which are the two hottest months at the Equator?

4. What animal can be broken into a thousand pieces and still live?

5. The product Marmite is named after a French word meaning what?

6. Which Beano character was a member of the Smellyfoot tribe and had a horse called Treaclefoot?

7. Which manufacturer produces the Sprinter and the Vito vans?

8. What is sculpted as lying broken at the feet of the Statue of Liberty?

9. Which Irish poet won a Whitbread literary prize for his translation of the Old English poem 'Beowulf'?

10. In February 2004, who broke up with her boyfriend of 43 years and began dating an Australian surfer named Blaine?