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The Quiz!

// May 26th, 2006 // Personal

I said I’d post it and so I shall.

Just a quick note. I really don’t care how well you do. There are no prizes and I’ll be posting the answers in a couple of days. If you want to keep track of how you did then great. Just don’t email me the answers!

That said – enjoy

First Half

• General Knowledge

  • 1 In which decade were parking meters introduced in the UK?
  • 2 What is the metal or plastic end of a shoelace called?
  • 3 How many sides does a Rhombus have?
  • 4 How many carats is pure gold?
  • 5 Where would you use Nori and Wasabe?
• TV & Film

  • 6 What film was the first sequel to win a Best Picture Oscar? (options The Godfather Part II, The Empire Strikes Back, Rocky 2)

  • 7 Debra Messing & Eric McCormack starred in which hit, American sitcom which ended earlier this year?
  • 8 Carnforth railway station was the main setting for which 1940s film?
  • 9 What does BAFTA stand for? (point for each letter)
  • 10 In which 1980s children’s TV program would you find Autobots and Decepticons?

• Geography

  • 11 In which English county is the ancient monument Stonehenge?
  • 12 New York is on which river?
  • 13 What is the world’s smallest ocean?
  • 14 In which country is Timbuktu? Options: Peru, Australia, or Mali?
  • 15 Apart from London which three other cities in Britain have an underground railway system? (point for each one)
• Science & Nature
  • 16 What region of Earth’s atmosphere lies above the stratosphere?
  • 17 What are kept in an apiary?
  • 18 How many hearts does an octopus have?
  • 19 How many bones are in a normal adult human skull? (point for 1 either side)
  • 20 Vulpine relates to which animals? (options Rabbits, Foxes or Badgers)

• Music

  5 intros to fairly well know songs. A point for the artist and the title.

  • 21 – click to download the MP3
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  • 24 – click to download the MP3
  • 25 – click to download the MP3

2nd Half

• General Knowledge

  • 26 In the U.S.A. , what is celebrated on February 2nd and is also the title of a film starring Bill Murray
  • 27 Arctic King, Saladin and Tom Thumb are which types of vegetable?
  • 28 What is the chemical symbol for the element Potassium?
  • 29 What spirit is used to make a Harvey Wallbanger?
  • 30 Which Sunday newspaper was founded by John Browne Bell in 1843?

• Sport

  • 31 Who scored England’s first goal in the 1998 World Cup Final tournament?
  • 32 How many players are in a basketball team?
  • 33 How many times in succession did Bjorn Borg win the Men’s Tennis Singles at Wimbledon?
  • 34 How many hulls does a catamaran have?
  • 35 In which country was tennis player John McEnroe born?

• Arts and Literature

  • 36 How many syllables make up a Haiku?
  • 37 Who wrote the opera ‘The Barber of Seville?
  • 38 In Greek mythology who flew too close to the sun and fell to his death when his wax wings melted?
  • 39 In Bram Stoker’s novel, where did Dracula come ashore in England?
  • 40 What colour is the Mr Men character Mr Happy?

• History

  • 41 What were the codenames of the five DDay Landing beaches? (point for each one)
  • 42 What cost 37 pence when it was abolished in 1988?
  • 43 Sui, Liao and Yuan were all dynasties in which country?
  • 44 By which nickname was Edward Teach known?
  • 45 The Battle of Naseby was fought during which war?

• Faces

  10 celebrity faces. Real names only – no character names

  • Click to view / download the faces sheet