Colin's Web From Belfast - Pats Bar Quiz 253

QUIZ 253

(BRAND NEW AND UNUSED - WRITTEN FEBRUARY 2008)

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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1

1. Who was the only US President to have had two women (on different occasions) try to assassinate him?

2. Which lager shares its name with the river on which Holland's capital stands?

3. Nipper, the dog in the HMV logo, is being replaced by what?

4. Vulcan was the Roman god of what?

5. Who 'Walked Like An Egyptian' into the charts?

6. For which fashion items is Jimmy Choo Famous?

7. What is unique about the two mammals, the spiny anteater and the duck billed platypus?

8. What type of gun was patented in 1718 by James Puckle?

9. What is the beef stew that gets its name from a Russian count?

10. Why did Jenny Bailey make headlines when she was sworn in as the mayor of Cambridge in May 2007?

IRELAND & THE IRISH
(Begorragh & Bejabbers!)

1. Dancing at Lughnasa was written by which Irish playwright?

2. In the legend of the Fianna, what was the Land of Eternal Youth called?

3. What makes the Purple Mountains in Kerry purple?

4. What is the county capital of Kildare called?

5. Which Irish Saint was known as The Navigator?

6. What is the smallest county in Ireland?

7. What did Lir turn his wife Aoife into after he discovered what she had done to his children?

8. Which road do the Saw Doctors sing about in a song of homesickness and emigration?

9. The City of Galway stands on which river?

10. What is the name of Frank McCourt's follow-up memoir to Angela's Ashes?

FILM

1. In the film Little Nicky, who is his father?

2. Which 1985 film had Helen Slater in search of the Omegahedron?

3. What is the name of the wise old monkey in the Lion King?

4. What was the name of Dean Martin's spoof secret agent in the 1960's?

5. Which actor provides the voice of Sulley in the 2001 film Monsters Inc?

6. In which classic film did Cary Grant play an angel called Dudley?

7. What is the head shark in Finding Nemo called?

8. In what animated feature does the sinister penguin, Feathers McGraw appear?

9. Who played Doc Holliday in Tombstone?

10. The Toecutter is the motorcycle gang leader in which seminal film?

SPORT

1. In Olympic synchronised swimming events competitors are penalized 50 points if they stop smiling - true or false?

2. Snooker World Champion Dennis Taylor comes from which town in County Tyrone?

3. At which Irish stadium would you find the Hogan Stand?

4. What type of timber is used to make the sticks for camogie and hurling?

5. What links The Dallas Stars (ice hockey), The Texas Rangers (baseball) and Liverpool FC (soccer)?

6. Which Scottish footballer was the 1st (and possibly still the only) player to have scored 100 goals in both the English and Scottish football leagues?

7. Which race is the Flat season's first Classic, held at Newmarket?

8. What is the nickname of the Australian rugby union team?

9. In which sport is a single front somersault with two-and-a-half twists called a Randolph?

10. Who won the 2007 British Open Golf Championship?

TELEVISION

1. In which sitcom did Graham Norton 1st appear on national TV?

2. Who was the original presenter of Ready Steady Cook?

3. Who represented Ireland in the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest?

4. Which BBC TV programme traces the family trees of celebrities?

5. On which television programme would you find Harry Harper, Dixie Dixon and Maggie Caldwell amongst others?

6. Where might you find Iggle Piggle and Makka Pakka?

7. Jim and Barbara, son Anthony and daughter Denise, name the family?

8. Set up in the mid-1950s, what name was given to the Europe-wide television distribution network run by the European Broadcasting Union?

9. Who is the male star of Diagnosis Murder on television?

10. Which Irish comedian was the first host of the TV show Catchphrase?

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2

1. According to the Bible who was the son of Elizabeth and Zechariah?

2. A term coined by John Stuart Mill in 1868, what name describes an imaginary society whose evil qualities are meant to serve as a moral or political warning?

3. What unusual event occurred in Kent in April 2007?

4. Which singer had a best-selling L.P. entitled Songs in the Key of Life?

5. Bette Nesmith Graham who invented liquid paper (originally called mistake out) was the mother of which singer star?

6. Which was the first battle of the American War of Independence?

7. Which Country star died alongside Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins in a 1963 plane crash?

8. Which European country exports the most bananas?

9. How were Henry Longbaugh and Robert LeRoy Parker better known?

10. As The USA & UK have the Tooth Fairy what does Mexico have?