Colin's Web From Belfast - Pats Bar Quiz 249

QUIZ 249 - 16.01.08

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Sorry - once more this is a shorter than usual quiz due to factors beyond my control

PICTURE ROUND 249

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1

1. Who was the lead singer of The Four Seasons in the 1960s and 1970s?

2. What name is given to a cow that has not had a calf?

3. How many dots are there on a pair of dice?

4. H2 SO4 is the chemical formula for which acid also known as oil of vitriol?

5. Introduced in the 1930s, who produced the first instant coffee?

6. In which country did Venetian blinds originate?

7. Which legendary chief of the Onondaga tribe of Native Americans
was the subject of a famous poem by Henry Longfellow?

8. What name is given to an angle that is greater than 90º but less than
180º?

9. The black swan originates from which continent?

10. What is the minimum number of people required for a police identity parade?

HISTORY

1. Who was the 1st Norman King of England?

2. Which site in South Dakota saw the last confrontation between Indians and U.S. troops in December 1890?

3. Which Swedish Prime Minister was assassinated on 28th February 1986?

4. Which fashion designer was shot dead by Andrew Cunanan in Miami in 1997?

5. In what year was Napoleon defeated at Waterloo?

6. During WW II, what did members of the Nazi SS have tattooed in their armpits?

7. Who was elected President Of The Russian Federation in 1990?

8. In which country did Barry Sheen die in 2003?

9. Who was the 1st UK Government Cabinet Minister to threaten to resign over the 2003 Iraq War Crisis?

10. What was the name of the American couple who were executed in the USA in 1953 for supplying atomic bomb secrets to the USSR?

FILM

1. On what type of vehicle does most of the action take place in the film Speed?

2. Which film won Best Picture at the Oscars 2007?

3. Which actor portrayed Sam the piano player, from the 1942 movie Casablanca?

4. Who starred in the 1985 movie Teen Wolf?

5. What was the name of the ship's cat in the film Alien?

6. What film stars thirteen-year-old English actress Dakota Blue Richards in her debut role?

7. Which film actor's real first names are Kong Sung?

8. Which creatures are enjoying a popularity boom in pet shops following a recent Disney film about a chef in a Parisian restaurant?

9. Which 1993 film was based on a man offering another man $1 million dollars to spend one night with his wife?

10. In which movie did Grace Jones play a character called May Day?

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2

1. What is the stage name of Ian and Janet Tough?

2. As indicated by Pythagoras's Theorem, in a right-angled triangle what is the length of the hypotenuse if the other two sides are 12 inches and 5 inches long?
13 (inches)

3. Varig is the national airline of which country?

4. The author Salman Rushdie was responsible for the cream cake slogan, Naughty - but nice! - True or False?

5. What was the title of Jacqueline Gold's autobiography?

6. I Think We're Alone Now, was a massive hit for whom in 1988?

7. In a game of Monopoly, if you owned Pall Mall and Whitehall, which other property would you need to complete the set?

8. In which capital City could you climb the Spanish Steps?

9. Scientist Edward Jenner developed an effective vaccine for which disease?

10. How long does it take for the moon to revolve round the earth?