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QUIZ 256 - 15.05.08

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PICTURE ROUND 256

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1

1. What is advertised with the slogan 'You either love it or hate it'?

2. What is a baby rabbit called?

3. What is the name of the Islamic militant group based in the Lebanon?

4. Which Rolling Stones' album starts with Sympathy For The Devil?

5. In 1839, the British Army shot dead over 20 people in Newport belonging to which protest group?

6. Which is the only country to have its name on its national flag?

7. How many compartments does a cow's stomach have?

8. Which gas is produced by the explosion of a hydrogen bomb?

9. Which was the tallest man-made building in the world until the Eiffel Tower was erected in 1889?

10. Which six countries signed the Treaty of Rome to found the EEC?

TELEVISION

1. Which car manufacturer is 'Taking You To The Movies' on Ch 5?

2. Who played Emma in Home & Away, made the top ten in the UK in 1990 and is now back regularly to UK TV screens?

3. What is the name of the complex in the TV series Benidorm?

4. Who is the most famous supporter of Pencaster United F.C.?

5. Karina and Mal (Michelle Collins & Sean Gallagher) are the stars of which sit-com?

6. Jim McDonald was recently released from prison where he was serving time for whose murder?

7. Which actor played TV detective, Columbo?

8. What is the polite reply to the Vulcan "Peace and long life"?

9. Who plays Dylan Hunt, Captain of the Andromeda Ascendant in the TV series Andromeda?

10. How many sealed boxes are there on Deal Or No Deal (UK version)?

CHOICES

1. The highest heat setting on an iron is for which fabric - Silk, Cotton or Linen?

2. In what did the famous French actress Sarah Bernhardt often, sleep, study lines and make love - a Coffin, a Hammock or the back seat of her Limousine?

3. What year did the Daleks first appear in Doctor Who - 1963, 1971 0r 2005?

4. Which Country has a flag with a Nassau Blue cross - The Netherlands, The Commonwealth of the Bahamas or The Islands of Trinidad & Tobago?

5. What is the collective name for a group of cobras -Pod, Quiver or Trance?

6. Which country is home to the Proton - Korea, Malaysia or The Philippines?

7. What is the main ingredient in Borsch (Borsht) a chilled soup - Tomato, Beetroot or Carrot and Turnip)?

8. What is the traditional Japanese custom of kodo - Flower Arranging, a Tea Ceremony or 'Listening' to Incense?

9. John the Painter hanged in Portsmouth on 10 March 1777 holds which dubious distinction - the Highest Gallows in England, his death took Over 5 Hours or the Largest Crowd ever in England to witness a public execution?

10. Is a bird of paradise - a bird, a flower or both?

CINEMA

1. Who plays Miss Fritton (the role originally played by Alistair Sim) in the 2008 remake of St Trinians?

2. Who won the Oscar for scripting the film Sense And Sensibility?

3. In which Coen Brothers' film does a pregnant police officer stumble across a strange kidnapping plot?

4. Which famous building did General Hammond occupy in the film, The Rock?

5. Who won an Oscar at the age of ten, playing a con artist?

6. Which actor played the title role in the movie Little Big Man?

7. Who plays the President of the USA in The Simpsons - The Movie?

8. In the original film, in which City did the Italian Job take place?

9. Michael Caine plays a dying East End butcher in which 2001 film?

10. The sleepy village of Sanford is the setting for which 2007 British comedy?

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2

1. Who are Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup?

2. During the war, stuffing a kipper inside what, created 'mock grouse'?

3. Which band had a No. 1 UK hit album entitled Automatic To the People?

4. By what other name is the Liffey Bridge in Dublin colloquially known?

5. A young man decides he must fulfil his destiny when a fortuneteller predicts murder in the palm of his hand in which work by Oscar Wilde?

6. In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating what?

7. What percentage of metals was used in making the earliest bronze?

8. Who won the opening Grand Prix of 2008 held in Australia?

9. Who bought Bebo for $850m?

10. What links the 1st King of Israel, the Son of Enoch and grandfather of Noah, a King of Assyria, a Regent of Babylon and a King of Babylon?