Quiz 211107
Round One - General Knowledge
1. Born in 1926, John Bartholomew was the real name of which bespectacled comedian?
ERIC MORECAMBE
2. Author Sir Henry Rider Haggard died in 1925. Which of his novels was made into a film starring Stewart Granger and Deborah Kerr?
‘KING SOLOMON’S MINES’
3. Released in 1993, which film tells the story of a man offering another man $1m to sleep with his wife?
`INDECENT PROPOSAL’
4. To which American President was a memorial at Runnymede unveiled in 1965?
JOHN F. KENNEDY
5. In which American state did the first Englishman settle in 1607?
VIRGINIA
Round Two - Cinema
6. What were the Christian names of the Blues Brothers?
JAKE & ELWOOD
7. Which actress, born in Berlin in 1940, starred with Peter Sellers in A Shot in the Dark?
ELKE SOMMER
8. Who was killed in a plane-crash shortly after completing her starring role in Queen Of The Damned?
AALIYAH
9. Who won an Oscar in 2003 for her part in the film Chicago?
CATHERINE ZETA JONES
10. In the 2001 film Behind Enemy Lines a US Navy pilot is shot down in which country?
BOSNIA
Round Three - The Arts
11. Who painted The Laughing Cavalier?
FRANS HALS
12. What operatic heroine works in a cigarette factory?
CARMEN
13. Which style of art is characterised by lightness, delicacy and elaborate ornamentation and corresponds with the reign of Louis XV of France?
ROCOCO
14. Which of Shakespeare’s plays begins with the words "If music be the food of love, play on"?
TWELFTH NIGHT
15. L.S. Lowry, what was the artist’s first name?
LAURENCE
Round Four - Sports Bag
16. Only one tennis player has achieved a ‘Golden Grand Slam’, winning all four major tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in the same year. Who was it?
STEFFI GRAFF
17. Which football team were the first to be promoted to the Premier League?
NEWCASTLE UNITED
18. Which Formula 1 team made their debut in Australia 2002?
TOYOTA
19. It’s played over four periods of 15 minutes and only two of the seven players can score, which sport?
NETBALL
20. In cricket how many runs are scored when the ball hits a helmet left on the ground by the fielding team?
FIVE
Round Five - Titanic Questions
21. Which Belfast shipbuilding company built Titanic?
HARLAND & WOLFF
22. What was the name of Titanic’s older sister ship?
OLYMPIC
23. How many watertight compartments was Titanic’s hull divided into?
SIXTEEN
24. What was the name of the ship that came to rescue Titanic’s survivors?
CARPATHIA
25. How many propellors did Titanic have?
THREE
Round Six - Food & Drink
26. In corned beef what are the corns?
SALT
27. Which company opened the first Burger Restaurant in Britain in 1954?
WIMPEY
28. The wine Marsala comes from which region of Italy?
SICILY
29. What kind of nuts are used in a bar of Cadbury’s Fruit And Nut?
ALMONDS
30. What is the world’s most popular bottled malt whisky?
GLENFIDDICH
Round Seven - Music
31. The Beatles had several earlier names. Which wasn’t one of them: The Quarrymen, Johnny and the Moondogs, The Silver Beetles, Rory Storme and the Hurricanes?
RORY STORME & THE HURRICANES (It was Ringo´s band before joining)
32. What Elton John song begins "It’s a little bit funny, this feeling inside…"?
YOUR SONG
33. What was Bob Dylan’s first hit single in the UK?
TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGIN’
34. According to The Eagles, where can you check out but never leave?
HOTEL CALIFORNIA
35. Who had a 90s hit with ‘Born Slippy’?
UNDERWORLD
Round Eight - Around The World
36. Which country is home to the Mosquito Coast, El Salvador, Costa Rica or Honduras?
HONDURAS
37. In what county is Canvey Island?
ESSEX
38. The Strait of Hormuz separates Oman from which country?
IRAN
39. Where is the Thar Desert?
INDIA
40. Where would the next place you came to if you travelled due west from Cape Horn?
CAPE HORN
Round Nine - Connections
41. What is the general term used to describe the woman in charge of a religious community of women - for example nuns?
MOTHER SUPERIOR
42. In which U.S. State would you find Detroit?
MICHIGAN
43. Which Spice girl had hit with "this groove / let your head go"?
VICTORIA BECKHAM
44. What is the name of the international agreement that established a code for the treatment of prisoners of war?
GENEVA CONVENTION
45. What is the connection?
LAKES
Round Ten - Kissing
46. Which Nursery Rhyme Character "kissed the girls and made them cry"?
GEORGIE PORGIE
47. On which Ship did Horatio Nelson allegedly say, "Kiss me, Hardy"?
HMS VICTORY
48. Which "Royal" caused a scandal by being photographed having her Toes kissed?
THE "DUCHESS OF YORK" (SARAH FERGUSON)
49. Which Animated Disney film (1989), featured a song called "Kiss the Girl"?
THE LITTLE MERMAID
50. Which Actor said, "kissing Marilyn Monroe" was like kissing Hitler!"?
TONY CURTIS, (AFTER STARRING WITH HER IN THE 1959 FILM, "SOME LIKE IT HOT")
