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QUIZ 241 - 24.10.07 This page was last modified: |
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1
1. An early riser is said to be
up with which bird?
2. What name is given to the syrup
made from pomegranates, used in cocktail-making?
3. In what year (+/- 2) was Nelson
Mandella released from prison?
4. Who composed the music for Billy
Elliot the Musical, based on the 2000 film Billy Elliot?
5. In which European City are the
headquarters of Interpol?
6. In which year did the 'Live Aid'
concerts take place?
7. John Palmer is buried in York
under what better-known name?
8. Ganymede is the largest moon
in our solar system, around which planet does it orbit?
9. How many tiles are there in a
game of Scrabble?
10. From which insect do you get
Royal Jelly?
FILM
1. Who plays Connor MacLeod in the
film Highlander?
2. Whose current movie release is
entitled Sicko?
3. Which movie includes the line
"Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night!"?
4. Who plays the 'driver' in the
David Cronenberg film Eastern Promises?
5. Who played sick psycho killer
Max Cady in Cape Fear?
6. In which 1997 film did Jack Nicholson
fall in love with Helen Hunt?
7. What were the first names of
the characters played by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John in the film
Grease?
8. What was the screen name of the
actress Camille Javal?
9. Which actor played Johnny Blaze
in the 2007 superhero movie Ghost Rider?
10. Who directed the film version
of William Burroughs' classic book Naked Lunch?
GEOGRAPHY
1. How many permanent rivers does Saudi Arabia have?
2. What is the stretch of Spanish
coast from Alicante to Valencia called?
3. If you were standing outside
the House of Keys, where would you be?
4. In which European country is
the town of Salzburg located?
5. In which country is Cotapaxi,
the world's highest volcano?
6. What is the name of the famous
shingle bank, in Dorset that extends from Bridport to the west of the isle
of Portland?
7. In which City would you find
Marco Polo Airport?
8. Which two British Cities are
joined by the Grand Union Canal?
9. Through which country does the
Oronocco flow for most of its 1000 miles?
10. On which river does Dumfries
lie?
TELEVISION
1. If Gary Sinise's character runs
the department, what City are you in?
2. Which Monkee had played Corky
in the children's TV series Circus Boy?
3. Which product is being advertised
if a gorilla replaces Phil Collins?
4. What was the name of Pamela Anderson's
character in Baywatch?
5. Which British drama from the
mid-80's starred Jeremy Irons and Anthony Andrews?
6. Who is current presenter of Film
2007?
7. Which children's programme featured
the Iron Chicken, singing froglets, the Cloud and Blue String Pudding?
8. Who won his first Emmy Award
for his role as Denny Crane on The Practice, and is currently reprising the
role as a series regular on Boston Legal?
9. Port Isaac is the pretty seaside
location for which ITV series?
10. What was the name written on
the side of the Scooby Doo van?
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2
1. How many hours of daylight does
the equator experience at the September equinox?
2. How many Avenues meet in Paris
at the Arc de Triumph?
3. Which tourist attraction is sited
in an old china clay pit just outside St. Austell, Cornwall?
4. Which Frank Sinatra song has
been banned in some US hospitals?
5. Which famous author claimed,
"Golf is a good walk spoiled"?
6. What name is given to a triangle
with unequal sides and angles?
7. In what year is Halley's Comet
expected to return?
8. What type of animal is a guanaco?
9. From which boy band was Brian
Harvey dropped in 1997 following drug confessions?
10. The Battle of Agincourt took
place during which war?
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