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QUIZ 237 - 26.09.07 This page was last modified: |
PICTURE ROUND 237
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1
1. Which Politician was responsible
for the creation of the police force?
2. What is the term for mild weather
in late autumn?
3. Who recently snapped up a 4th
Emmy Award, the 2nd in a row out of 10 nominations?
4. The Planet Arakis is the setting
for which series of sci-fi novels?
5. Which song contains the line
- Take your protein pills and put your helmet on?
6. What name is given to a camel
with one hump?
7. Which planet in our solar system
has the lowest density?
8. Which British Crown Dependencies
celebrate May 9th as Liberation Day?
9. Which leader's name means "ocean"
or "ocean of wisdom"?
10. The aperture to what familiar
object is rectangular in the UK and a 26cm Square in France?
FILM
1. Anna Wintour, the Editor-In-Chief
of the U.S. edition of Vogue, was the main inspiration for the character of
Miranda Priestly in which film?
2. The World's oldest film festival
celebrated its 64th anniversary this year, in which City is it held?
3. In which 1982 film did Julie
Andrews dress up as a man?
4. Who plays a DJ turned vigilante
in the soon to be released film The Brave One?
5. In the movie Rainman, what airline
does Raymond insist on flying as it has a perfect safety record?
6. Who played Captain Keene in the
1968 movie Carry On Up The Khyber?
7. In what way are Sam, Jack, Harry
and Albert associated with film?
8. Who are Kambei Shimada, Katsushiro
Okamoto, Gorobei Katayama, Shichiroji, Kyuzo, Heihachi Hayashida, and Kikuchiyo?
9. Which film stars Russell Crowe
as Ben Wade and Christian Bale as rancher Dan Evans?
10. Which actor played Minnesota
Fats in The Hustler?
TELEVISION
1. Which 'judge' walked into a door
after being 'sent off' this week?
2. Which TV character is a fry cook
at the Krusty Krab?
3. What was the name of the character
played by Ricky Gervais in the award winning TV show, The Office?
4. Martin Clunes is returning to
our screens as which medic?
5. You can currently find Paddington
Bear advertising what product?
6. On TV, who was the female star
of Bewitched?
7. Who did Alan Titchmarsh eject
from his TV talk show?
8. In Only Fools and Horses what
was the name of Boycie's wife?
9. In which classic children's TV
series did the Soup Dragon feature?
10. Which ageing rocker can be seen
begging autographs from a group of unknown karaoke singers in a Carlsberg
advert?
ABBREVIATIONS
1. In the world of teaching what
do the initials TES stand?
2. In connection with elections
and polling for what does STV stand?
3. What do the initials of the news
agency AP stand for?
4. With regard to banks what do
the initials TESSA stand for?
5. What does the V stand for in
DVD?
6. In the lubricant and rust-prevention
spray WD40, what does WD stand for?
7. For what do the letters IMHO
stand in Internet chat rooms?
8. What does the M of the financial
abbreviation ERM stand for?
9. Which BP is a paralysis of the
facial nerve?
10. What reference work is known
as the OED?
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2
1. Which Heavy Metal / Rock band
had a drummer with one arm?
2. Which drug is derived from the
poppy?
3. Who is the Supreme Being of the
Hindu religion?
4. Which Scottish mountains separate
the Highlands from the Lowlands?
5. Why was Barry George jailed?
6. Which ocean liner was retired
in 1967 to become a hotel at Long Beach?
7. What team won the Baseball World
Series in the 2000?
8. What are the forenames of the
opera composers Gilbert and Sullivan?
9. What is the name of the botanical
wonderland built in a former china clay quarry in the county of Cornwall?
10. Where are the Kentucky Fried
Chicken head offices?
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