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QUIZ 153 - 05.12.05
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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1
1. What links a Swiss Hero and the Lone Ranger?
THE WILLIAM TELL OVERTURE
2. What is a Boston Shaker used to make?
COCKTAILS
3. Which Irish poet won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923?
W B YEATS (1865 – 1939)
4. Which town in the Lake district is famous for its mint cake?
KENDAL
5. What are salopettes?
SKI PANTS (pale cats?)
6. Jocheim Rindt was declared F1 World Champion in 1970, what was unusal about his title?
HE WAS DEAD
7. In what year (+/- 10 years) did the ill fated Spanish Armada set sail?
1588
(apparently my family is descended from a Levantine sailor on board one of those ill-fated ships)
8. By what name was June 6th 1944 better known?
D DAY
9. White, tiger and bull are types of which creature?
SHARK
10. What name is given to the sauce made from mayonnaise to which is added capers, olives or chopped pickles?
TARTARE SAUCE
FILM
1. Which actor once said "Just call me a clean cut Mongolian boy"?
YUL BRYNNER
2. If Robin Williams was Popeye, who was Olive Oyl?
SHELLY DUVAL
3. In which film were "Three days of peace, music and love" condensed into 3 hours?
WOODSTOCK
4. In which 1995 film did Ice T play a mutant kangaroo?
TANK GIRL
(a very much underated film – go rent it from Blockbusters)
5. What species of duck is also the title of a James Bond film?
GOLDEN EYE
6.` Which Oscar-winning 1972 film was based on a novel by Mario Puza?
THE GODFATHER
7. Whose ‘Bogus Journey’ was preceeded by an ‘Excellent Adventure’?
BILL & TED
8. In which film does a cabaret singer on the run from the Mafia end up training a choir of nuns?
SISTER ACT
9. How is superhero Sue Storm better known?
THE INVISIBLE WOMAN
10. In which film did Julie Walters play June Edwards?
BUSTER
GEOGRAPHY
1. In which country is the Gower Peninsula?
WALES (West Glamorgan)
2. Which Canadian province has its capital at Edmonton?
ALBERTA
3. Which is the largest povince in Canada?
QUBEC
4. In which country are the Taurus Mountains?
TURKEY
5. What is the capital of The Falkland Islands?
PORT STANLEY
6. Name the State Capital of Kansas?
TOPEKA
7. The Grand Union Canal was built to link London with which other City?
BIRMINGHAM
8. In a list of all of Euriope’s capital cities, which would be last, alphabetically?
ZAGREB (Croatia)
9. What is the capital of Chile?
SANTIAGO
10. On average, how many hurricanes hit Australia every year?
NONE (Australia has cyclones)
BLOCKBUSTERS
1. What ‘T’ is an ancient City and a system of weight?
TROY
2. What ‘H’ was a famous 18th cent furniture maker?
HEPPLEWHITE
3. Which ‘I’ lived in the top left-hand corner of Wales?
IVOR THE ENGINE
4. What ‘S’ is a form of pastry popular in Austria?
STRUDEL
5. What ‘I’ are the most numerous creatures on Earth?
INSECTS
6. What ‘S’ is a famous English porcelain?
SPODE
7. What ‘C’ were formed in the late 19th cent by Mary Baker Eddy?
CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS
8. What ‘R’ is a edible salad root with a peppery taste?
RADISH
9. What ‘A’ is a large hirsuite mammal which has features similar to man and supposedly exists in the Himalayas?
ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN
10. What ‘P’ is a fence made of stakes?
PALISADE
SPORT
1. On which racecourse is the US equivalent to the Grand National run?
BELMONT PARK
2. In which City would you find the Roland Garros Stadium?
PARIS
3. What is the three word inscription beneath the Football association’s official insignia?
PLAY THE GAME
4. How many counters does each player have at the start of a game of backgammon?
15
5. Which Footballer was banned for 5 matches as a result of the publication of his autobiography?
ROY KEANE
6. How many 'downs' does each team have to travel ten yards in American Football?
FOUR
7. What is the name given to an unreturnable serve in a game of tennis or badminton?
ACE
8. What piece of sporting equiptment has a head, face, heel and toe?
A GOLF CLUB
9. Which is the shortest circuit in Formula 1?
MONACO
10. Which sporting legend was known as the Louisville Lip?
MUHAMMED ALI
TELEVISION
1. Who went from ‘advanced driving technology’ to ‘watching the bay’?
DAVID HASSLEHOFF (KNIGHT RIDER – BAYWATCH)
2. In Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Qurks brother had the same name as an important computer component – what was it?
ROM
3. Who won the 2nd (2003) series of I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here?
PHIL TUFNELL
4. Who accompanied Dogtanian in the cartoon series?
THE THREE MUSKETHOUNDS
5. What was Sam’s surname in the TV series Cheers?
MALONE
6. What type of creature was the megalomaniac Baron Greenback in Danger Mouse
TOAD
7. What costs $847.63 in in the opening credits of The Simpsons?
MAGGIE
8. Which Scottish singer made a series of apperances in Miami vice?
SHEENA EASTON
9. In which Australian series did Kylie minogue make her first appearance – The Sullivans, the Henderson Kids or Neighbours?
THE HENDERSON KIDS
10. What was the name of Zena’s (The Warrior Princess) fiesty red headed partner?
GABRIELLE
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2
1. Which animal is the mascot of the US Republian Party?
ELEPHANT
2. Who bacame King of Spain in 1975?
KING JUAN CARLOS
3. Which river sepeartes The USA from Mexico?
THE RIO GRANDE
4. Which Irish county has the shortest coastline?
LEITRIM
5. Who wrote the book The Road To Wigan Peir, published in 1937?
GEORGE ORWELL
6. What name is given to the French apple brandy produced in Normandy?
CALVADOS
7. For what major reason did the Tour de France come to Britain in 1994?
OPENING OF THE CHANNEL TUNNEL
8. How was the famous escapeoligist Eric Weiss better known?
HARRY HOUDINI
9. From which plant is molasses obtained?
SUGAR CANE
10. Which country owns the land at the North Pole?
THERE IS NO LAND AT THE NORTH POLE (ho ho ho)
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