QUIZERAMA QUIZ FILES

Scientists claim that every minute, about 900 million tons of rain hits the earth…..

1. Who had a hit in 1984 with the song ‘Here Comes the Rain Again’?
Eurythmics
2. Raymond and Charlie Babbitt were the names of the two principal characters in the film ‘Rain Man’, Which actor played Charlie Babbitt?
Tom Cruise
3. The first record played by Tony Blackburn on radio one in 1967 eventually got to number 2. It had the lyrics “Woke up one morning half asleep, with all blankets in a heep.” What was its title?
Flowers in the rain
4. “The Rain in Spain” comes from which musical?
My Fair Lady
5. With extensive horizontal development; what type of cloud formation is most likely to deliver persistent rain?
Stratiform
6. What is the driest US state, averaging about 4″ of rain per year?
Nevada
7. Acid rain is composed mainly of the oxides of which two elements?
Sulphur & Nitrogen
8. Which singer songwriter’s autobiography was entitled ‘Laughter in The Rain’?
Neil Sedaka
9. What is the name of the method of calculating runs required in a rain interrupted one day cricket match?
Duckworth-Lewis method
10. For how many days is it supposed to rain, if it rains on Saint Swithin’s Day?
Forty
11. Who made the classic Purple Rain in 1984?
Prince
12. Who won an Oscar for his appearance in Rain Man?
Dustin Hoffman
13. When did Carole King decide it might as well rain until?
September (No 3 – 1962)
14. Which family went “Walking In The Rain” in 1973?
The Partridge Family
15. The King of Thailand was given a patent for which invention, A, a new method of gold plating crowns B, a new way of seeding clouds for rain or C, an improved system for yoking horses to a carriage?
B - a new way of seeding clouds for rain
16. What musical was produced on London stage 30 years after the film?
Singing in the Rain - Tommy Steel - 1983
17. Barring rain - in which athletics event would you get wet?
Steeplechase
18. Who had a hit with November Rain?
Guns n Roses
19. The Golden Rain is the common name of what tree?
Laburnum
20. Who are Misty Rain, Sunshine Blue and Honey Rose?
Porn Stars

21. Which type of cloud usually brings rain? Nimbostratus, Cirrus, Cumulus, or Stratocumulus?
Nimbostratus
22. Lyric: “the barber shaves another customer we see the banker sitting waiting for a trim and then the fireman rushes in from the pouring rain, very strange”?
Penny Lane – Beatles – 1967
23. In which English county is Styhead Tarn? With an average of 170 inches of rain per year, it is officially the wettest place in Britain?
Cumbria
24. Which dancer was famous for “Singing in the Rain”?
Gene Kelly
25. What P Is The Collective Name For Rain, Snow, Hail And Sleet?
Precipitation
26. Who had a 1960’s hit with Rhythm Of The Rain?
Cascades
27. In which planet of the solar system does it constantly rain acid?
Venus
28. What did it “rain” on the Australian town of Ipswich in 1989: (a) frogs (b) sardines or (c) snails?
Sardines (a violent storm probably caused updraughts which took the fish from the shallow Brisbane waters into the atmosphere)
29. Which song begins with the lyrics “Hey where did we go, days when the rain came”?
Brown Eyed Girl
30. True or False - When the first weather forecast was broadcast on BBC radio in 1923 it predicted a spell of fine weather?
False - Rain!
31. What type of bird did Noah first release from the ark after the rain stopped?
Raven
32. Which song contains the lyric: “Looking out on the morning rain, I used to feel uninspired”?
(You make me feel like) a natural woman
33. Which two actors star as American police officers in pursuit of an escaped Yakuza criminal in the Japanese port of Osaka in the Ridley Scott-directed film ‘Black Rain’?
Michael Douglas and Andy Garcia
34. Who began his solo career with a Bob Dylan song “a hard rain’s gonna fall” reaching no 10 in the UK in 1973?
Brian Ferry
35. If you were using a pine cone to forecast weather, how would you know it was going to rain?
it closes
36. Which classic film sees a character called Don Lockwood getting extremely wet in one scene?
Singing In The Rain
37. Which 1970’s song contains the following lyrics “Well, The Rain Exploded With A Mighty Crash As We Fell Into The Sun, And The First One Said To The Second One There I Hope You’re Having Fun”?
“Band on the Run” (by Wings)
38. Who had a hit with ‘Kiss The Rain’?
Billie Myers
39. What N is the name given to low-level clouds sometimes called ‘rain clouds’?
Nimbus
40. In the song ‘I Believe’, what happens for every drop of rain that falls?
A flower grows

- Which horse won the Melbourne cup in both 1968 and 1969?
Rain Lover
- Which politician sued the Move over a promotional postcard for Flowers in the Rain, which had a caricature of him in the nude?
Harold Wilson
- Lyrics - I’m lying in the rain, but I never wave bye bye, but I try?
“Modern Love,” David Bowie