Quiz 110407
Round One - That’s Entertainment
1. Which film features the hit song "I was born under a wandering star"?
Paint Your Wagon
2. Who wrote the thriller The Day of The Jackel?
Frederick Forsyth
3. What is the television equivalent of the cinema’s Oscar?
Emmy
4. Who played the lead role in the 1990’s series "House of Cards"?
Ian Richardson
5. Who was the star of the film ‘Dog Day Afternoon’?
Al Pacino
Round Two - Murders & Assasinations
6. Which country’s Prime Minister was Olaf Palme, who was assassinated in 1986?
Sweden
7. In what district of East London did Jack the Ripper pray on women?
Whitechapel
8. In which year were all the bodies murdered by Fred West discovered at 25 Cromwell Street?
1994
9. Which world leader was assasinated in 1948?
Mahatma Ghandi
10. The Warren Commission investigated the assasination of who?
President John F Kennedy
Round Three - Between The Covers
11. What was the name of the hero of Vernes Around The World In Eighty Days?
Phileas Fogg
12. Which American thriller writer created the private detective Phillip Marlowe?
Raymond Chandler
13. In the ‘Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ which bird is it fatal to shoot?
An Albatross
14. The novel ‘Fever Pitch’ is about a fan of which football club?
Arsenal
15. In which book does livestock start a revolution, only to be betrayed by their leaders the pigs, who treat them worse than man did?
Animal Farm
Round Four - Food & Drink
16. What name is given to French Brandy distilled north of Bordeaux?
Cognac
17. The sweet confection marshmallow contains no real marshmallow, inspite of it’s name, what is the main ingredient?
Egg Whites
18. What name is given to the fruit of the Blackthorn?
Sloe
19. What name is given to a side of unsliced bacon?
A Flitch
20. What is the name of the Japanese native drink made from rice which is usually drunk warm?
Sake
Round Five - Abbreviations
21. MIRA - Motor Industry Research Association
22. PDSA - Peoples Dispensary For Sick Animals
23. BAFTA - British Academy of Film And Television Arts
24. ASH - Action on Smoking and Health
25. RADA - Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts
Round Six - Sporting Challenge
26. How many seconds can a professional boxer have around the ring?
Four
27. Who captained the team that won the 1974 Football World Cup?
Franz Beckenbauer
28. What is the name of the cycle race where two riders start opposite one another and try to catch the opponent?
The pursuit
29. Name either of the two clubs who have won the FA cup final after being two goals down?
Blackpool (1953) Everton (1966)
30. Where is this years British Open Golf tournament venue?
Carnoustie
Round Seven - Around The World
31. Which Italian city, famous for its art and architecture is the capital of Tuscany?
Florence
32. Which city, 3000ft above sea level, is the centre of Brazils coffee industry?
Sao Paulo
33. Which area of France is known for the breeding of white horses and black bulls?
Carmargue
34. Which European country has four official languages, German, Italian, French and Romansch?
Switzerland
35. Which is the largest island in the West Indies?
Cuba
Round Eight - Pop Trivia
36. Who had albums entitled Complete Madness and Divine Madness?
Madness
37. Which group had a smash hit debut album ‘Songs About Jane’ which featured the top 10 singles "This Love" and "She Will Be Loved."
Maroon 5
38. In which country was singer Mika born who recently topped the charts with his first single "Grace Kelly"?
Lebanon
39. Which song from ‘The Sound of Music’ is used in Gwen Stefani’s single "Wind It Up"?
The Lonely Goatherd
40. What number in the series is the new Now! That’s What I Call Music! album?
Sixty-Six
Round Nine - Connections
41. Who was murdered by Feliks Yusupov and friends on December 31st 1916 in Russia?
RASPUTIN
42. About which London Street did Gerry Rafferty sing?
BAKER
43. By what relative name was Shirley Crabtree better known?
Big DADDY
44. Which city would you associate one of the seven wonders of the world called the Hanging Gardens?
BABYLON
45. What is the connection?
Boney M - Rasputin / Ma Baker / Daddy Cool / Rivers Of Babylon
Round Ten - Which Is The Bigger?
For each of the following which is the larger?
46. 5 inches or 10cm - 5 inches
47. A4 or B4 paper size - B4 (A4 - 210 x 297, B4 - 250 x 353)
48. The size of California or the size of Florida - California
49. The air distance from London to Delhi or London to Chicago - London to Delhi
50. The population of the United Kingdom or the population of Spain - UK (a 1/3 larger)
- The road distance from London to Bristol or London to Birmingham - The same (120 miles)
