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Happy New Year Everyone! QUIZ 248 - 09.01.08 This page was last modified: |
PICTURE ROUND 248
1. MICHAEL GAUNT (LINFIELD F.C.)
2. J.K. ROWLING
3. DANNI MINOGUE
4. JENNY ECLAIR
5. MARIA SHARAPOVA
6. STEPHEN MERCHANT
7. ROSE McGOWAN
8. THE VICTORIA CENTRE (BELFAST)
9. MIKE ATHERTON
10. SHAUN WILLIAMSON
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1
1.
Which bird is the international symbol of happiness?
THE BLUEBIRD
2.
Who wrote the poem Funeral Blues that featured in the funeral scene of the
film Four Weddings and a Funeral?
W H AUDEN (Wystan Hugh)
3.
In 1936 Sir Giles Gilbert Scott designed an instantly recognizable object
designated as the K6, what was the K6?
THE RED TELEPHONE KIOSK
4.
What is the title of the latest Eagles' album, their 1st for 28 years?
LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN
5.
Peppermint Patty is a character from which cartoon strip?
PEANUTS
6.
The name of which Australian animal is an Aboriginal word for no water?
KOALA
7.
Bram Stoker wrote Dracula, what name was Bram short for?
ABRAHAM
8.
What number does a black stripe on a bar code represent?
ONE (white is zero)
9.
Who was Poopdeck Pappy's most famous son?
POPEYE
10.
A car with the international registration letter E comes from which country?
SPAIN
FILM
1.
According to the title of which 1993 film did Tom Hanks suffer from insomnia?
SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE
2.
What was the subject of Michael Moore's 2007 feature-length documentary?
U.S. HEALTH CARE
3.
Starring Gerard Depardieu, La Vie En Rose told the story of which French icon?
EDITH PIAF
4.
What was the name of the Good Witch of the North in The Wizard of Oz?
GLINDA
5.
Which 1992 western earned Clint Eastwood a Best Director Oscar?
THE UNFORGIVEN
6.
Which actor played Clancy and beat Steve McQueen in The Cincinnati Kid?
EDWARD G ROBINSON
7.
What was the title of the 1996 film that saw Helen Hunt chasing tornadoes?
TWISTER
8.
Who has recently been named the world's highest paid actress, earning between
$15 million to $20 million per movie?
REESE WITHERSPOON
9.
What do Kelsey Grammer, Minnie Driver and Erin Brockovich all have in common?
THEY ALL HAD THEIR SCENES CUT FROM THE SIMPSONS MOVIE
10.
Who directed the 1990 movie Goodfellas?
MARTIN SCORSESE
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2
1.
Which female singer had a 2004 number one album entitled Call off the Search?
KATIE MELUA
2.
For which industry is London's Wardour Street famous?
FILMS
3.
Marsh Fever is another term for which ailment?
MALARIA
4.
After Earth, which planet was orbited first by a man-made object?
MARS
5.
Who wrote the Savoy operas?
GILBERT & SULLIVAN
6.
What is a young turkey called?
A POULT
7.
Which popular TV programme shares its name with a horse that won the Derby
in 1939?
BLUE PETER
8.
Are sea-urchins animal, vegetable or mineral?
ANIMAL
9.
Beriberi results from a lack of which vitamin?
B1
10.
Which European country grows the most bananas?
ICELAND (using geothermal energy)
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