Colin's Web From Belfast - Pats Bar Quiz 245

QUIZ 245 - 21.11.07

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PICTURE ROUND 245

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1

1. What is the abbreviation for the methicillin-resistant superbug that kills 1000's of hospital patients each year?

2. Which NFL team have a horseshoe on their helmets?

3. In which London borough is the Royal Albert Hall?

4. Which fictional sleuth is based in Shrewsbury?

5. In what part of the body would you find the Thyroid Gland?

6. In A Broken Dream was a hit for Python Lee Jackson, by what name is he better known these days?

7. In which Country did the Sandinistas overthrow the government in 1979?

8. What makes black peppercorns black?

9. If you spend a dime how many cents change will you get from a quarter?

10. Dachshunds were originally bred to hunt which animals?

FILM

1. Who plays a mentally unstable ventriloquist in the 1978 film, Magic?

2. In which 1997 movie does Pierce Brosnan play a Vulcanologist?

3. How are the Parr family, Bob, Helen, Jack Jack, Violet and Dashiell better known?

4. Who produced and directed the 1941 movie Citizen Kane?

5. What household item does Sharon Stone's character (Catherine Tramell) use to dispatch her unlucky victims in Basic Instinct?

6. What 2 words did The Wicked Witch of the West write in the sky over the Emerald City in The Wizard of Oz?

7. In which Sandra Bullock film is her character tagged as Unpolished. Unkempt. Unleashed. Undercover?

8. What actress was in both the 1968 and 1999 versions of the movie The Thomas Crown Affair?

9. Who played the eponymous Second World War spy Charlotte Gray in the 2001 film?

10. Who played opposite Doris Day in the 1963 film Move Over Darling?

GEOGRAPHY

1. Which Caribbean island lies furthest west - Barbados or Jamaica?

2. In which European country would you find the rivers Oder and Vistula?

3. What is the Capital of the State of Washington?

4. On what continent would you find the Pensacola Mountains?

5. What Asian island Country's Capital is Manila?

6. How many US States have a coastline along the Pacific Ocean?

7. What is the Capital of the Bahamas?

8. Which river flows over Niagara Falls?

9. Which European Country's Capital City is heated by volcanic springs?

10. What sea would you cross to travel from Shanghai to Korea?

TELEVISION

1. In the TV show Sex And The City, what is the name of Sarah Jessica Parker's character?

2. What was the name of Gargamel's evil cat in the 1980s cartoon The Smurfs?

3. If you see a pineapple, a battered top hat, a monkey offering an earring and a young man combing his hair, then, what is being advertised?

4. What was the name of Homer Simpson's bowling team?

5. According to the current St Pancras, Eurostar advert, at what speed do you travel?

6. The 2001 TV series The Lone Gunmen was a spin-off of what show?

7. Which car manufacturer sponsors the 'CSI' programmes?

8. How was the character Ernie Pantusso known in the series Cheers?

9. In which series did Fred Savage play the much put upon Kevin Arnold?

10. What is the name of Jennifer Saunders' daytime chat-show host?

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2

1. Known to the Romans as Plumbum, it has the chemical symbol Pb and the atomic number 82, what element is it?

2. In Norwegian legend, what name is given to the sea-monster inhabiting the waters around the Lofoten islands?

3. Which bird did Benjamin Franklin propose to be the national bird and symbol for the U.S. as opposed to today's Eagle?

4. What is the more common name of the compound Ascorbic Acid?

5. Which animal is the official emblem of Canada?

6. In what year did the ½ p cease to be legal tender?

7. According to Arthurian legend, whose adultery prevented him from finding the Holy Grail?

8. Which English pop group won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1976?

9. How many zero's are there in a quadrillion?

10. What European country was involved in a revolution in 1974 known as The Carnation Revolution?