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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?
GERALD FORD

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

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

A correction from Tony (a fellow Belfast man)

The way it reads is that it’s permanent, but perhaps that’s you being cryptic. I know it was done last year for three months in conjunction with Comic Relief and to get kids on board.

4. Vulcan was the Roman god of what?
FIRE

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

6. For which fashion items is Jimmy Choo Famous?
SHOES

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

8. What type of gun was patented in 1718 by James Puckle?
1ST MACHINE GUN

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

10. Why did Jenny Bailey make headlines when she was sworn in as the mayor of Cambridge in May 2007?
THE UK'S 1ST TRANSEXUAL MAYOR

IRELAND & THE IRISH
(Begorragh & Bejabbers!)

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

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

3. What makes the Purple Mountains in Kerry purple?
HEATHER

4. What is the county capital of Kildare called?
NAAS

5. Which Irish Saint was known as The Navigator?
SAINT BRENDAN

6. What is the smallest county in Ireland?
LOUTH

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

8. Which road do the Saw Doctors sing about in a song of homesickness and emigration?
N 17

9. The City of Galway stands on which river?
THE CORRIB

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

FILM

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

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

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

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

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

6. In which classic film did Cary Grant play an angel called Dudley?
THE BISHOP'S WIFE

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

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

9. Who played Doc Holliday in Tombstone?
VAL KILMER

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

SPORT

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

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

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

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

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

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?
KENNY DALGLISH

7. Which race is the Flat season's first Classic, held at Newmarket?
2000 GUINEAS

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

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

10. Who won the 2007 British Open Golf Championship?
PADRAIG HARRINGTON

TELEVISION

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

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

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

4. Which BBC TV programme traces the family trees of celebrities?
WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE

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

6. Where might you find Iggle Piggle and Makka Pakka?
IN THE NIGHT GARDEN

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

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

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

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2

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

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?
DYSTOPIA

3. What unusual event occurred in Kent in April 2007?
AN EARTHQUAKE (4.3 on the Richter scale is rare for England!)

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

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

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

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

8. Which European country exports the most bananas?
IRELAND (home of Geest, largest banana company in the world)

9. How were Henry Longbaugh and Robert LeRoy Parker better known?
BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID

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