Series 1 Quizzes 21 to 30 - Great for a Pub Quiz
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Quiz 21
1 In the Chinese New Year what year follows Rat? Ox
2 Genuphobia is the fear of what? Knees
3 Percy LeBaron Spencer invented what in 1945 in USA? Microwave Oven
4 St Peter was the first Pope - Who was second? St Linus
5 What 1945 film won best picture, actor, director Oscars? The Lost Weekend
6 What is the literal translation of pot-pouri? Putrid Pot
7 Who did James Bond marry - character - (both names)? Theresa Draco
8 What is studied in the science of somatology? The Body
9 What was Hugh Hefner's jet plane called? Big Bunny
10 What profession did Handel originally study? The Law
11 What European nation was the first to drink tea? The Dutch
12 Beaufort - the wind scale man - had what job? Sailor (Admiral)
13 What bird is the symbol of Penguin books (children's section)? Puffin
14 Diane Leather was the first woman to do what? Sub 5 minute mile
15 What is Admiral Sir Miles Messervy usually known as? M (Bond films)
16 Which part of the body is most sensitive to radiation? The Blood
17 The Boar War - South Africa started in1899. What year did it end? 1902
18 Mr Chips said goodbye from Brookfield school - What subject? Latin
19 In which American city can you get a doctorate in hambugerology? Hamburger College Chicago
20 Which author created The Saint (both names)? Leslie Charteri
Quiz 22
Questions - Answers below
1. Which famous man was known as "Barry O'Bomber" at school due to his basketball prowess?
2. Francis Rossi and Ronnie Wood have both lost which part of their face?
3. In 1985, Sting sang guest vocals on which "relatively" best- selling album for a group of troublemakers?
4. The US state of California borders the Pacific Ocean, the Mexican state of Baja California and which three other US States?
5. In Greek mythology, who was known as a divine hero, the son of the ruler of Mount Olympus and the nephew of Amphitryon?
6. Who am I? I was a English poet, novelist and jazz critic and was offered the Poet Laureateship following the death of John Betjeman, but declined the post?
7. Canopus, Rigel, Regulus and Procyon are all examples of what?
8. In which country can one find (spell it out) "Agencja Wywiadu", the Foreign Intelligence Agency?
9. What connects the actors Lon Chaney, Charles Laughton and Anthony Quinn?
10. Chemakum, Akkadian, Carian, Illinois, Cumbric and Hadramautic are all examples of what?
11. Six lists of twenty-one Christian names from both sexes, sorted alphbetically, each name in each list beginning with a different letter. Each list is reused every six years. Explain.
12. Which gemstone is said to be the birthstone for May?
13. The first guide dog training schools were established in which European country (shortly after World war I)?
14. Cliff Richard entered the Eurovision Song Contest in which year?
15. The following are the nicknames of which famous footballers (soccer players)? For an extra point per answer, give their
nationality:
a: Short fat Mueller (Kleiner dicker Mueller)
b: Razor
c: Duracell
d: Little Buddha AND Divine Ponytail
e: Asian Maradona
f: Baby-Faced Assassin
16. "Time and Materials" by Robert Hass and "Failure" by Philip Schultz both won what in 2008?
17. What do kangaroos, anteaters and seahorses all have in common?
18. Where do/did the following ethnic groups live?
a: The Brong
b: Chinookan
c: Lemkos
d: Nenets
e: Oromo
f: Sammarinese
19. Which famous Russian city was called Tsaritsyn between 1598 and 1925?
20. Which famous winger (footballer / soccer player) died on the 25th of November, 2005?
ANSWERS
1. Barack Obama, US Politician
2. Nasal Septum - part of their nose, due to drug abuse
3. Brothers in Arms - (Dire Straits)
4. Oregon, Nevada, Arizona
5. Heracles (or Hercules)
6. Philip Larkin
7. Bright stars
8. Poland
9. They have all played the hunchback of Notre Dame
10. Extinct languages
11. Hurricane names (in the North Atlantic)
12. Emerald
13. Germany
14. 1968
15. Six Answers:
a: Gerd Muller (German)
b: Neil Ruddock (English)
c: Pavel Nedved (Czech)
d: Roberto Baggio (Italian)
e: Ali Karimi (Iranian)
f: Ole Gunnar Solskjar (Norwegian)
16. The Pulitzer prize (for poetry)
17. Pouches to carry their young
18. Six Answers:
a: Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire (formerly Ivory Coast)
b: USA (Columbia River valley in Washington and Oregon)
c: Ukraine, Poland and Slovakia
d: Russia
e: Ethiopia
f: San Marino
19. Volgograd (was also called Stalingrad between 1925 and 1961)
20. George Best
Quiz 23
1. Which oil tanker that ran aground off the coast of Brittany in 1978?
2. What was the name of Henry VIII's flagship that sank in 1545?
3. Which cross-channel car ferry capsized in 1987, after leaving Zeebrugge harbour?
4. Which destroyer was badly holed after hitting rocks off Lord Howe Island Australia?
5. The ferry Estonia sank in 1994 with the loss of 912 people, in which sea?
6. Where in Alaska in 1989, did the oil tanker Exxon Valdez strike Bligh Reef?
7. Which ship was involved in the collision with the Marchioness on the Thames?
8. Where in the English Channel did the Tory Canyon run aground at full speed in 1967 resulting in the spillage of 120,000 tons of crude oil?
9. What was the name of the Russian Submarine that sank with all 118 hands in the Barents Sea in August 2000?
10. How many crossings of the Atlantic had the Titanic completed before she struck an iceberg and sank?
11. Where is most of the Earth's fresh water located? Is it in Lakes, Streams, Clouds or Polar ice caps?
12. Whilst at sea boats occasionally encounter 'growlers', what exactly are growlers?
13. The deepest part of any ocean in the world is an area of the Pacific Ocean with a depth of 36,161 ft., what name is given to this area?
14. In dry desert climates rivers may not flow for many years on end, after a storm they may flow for only a few days or even hours, By what name is this type of river known?
15. What is the world's fifth largest ocean?
16. An iceberg, probably the biggest on record has recently broken off from Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf, what is the area it covers, was it approximately 1,000 - 2,000 - 3,000, or 4,000 square miles.
17. The river Nile was prone to severe seasonal flooding until which dam was built in 1971?
18. The Amazon and it's tributaries contain what proportion of the worlds river water, is it 1/5, 1/4. 1/3, 1/2, 2/3 or 3/4?
19. H20 is the chemical formula for water, what is D20 more commonly known as?
20. Why did 60 small ships set out to cross the English Channel in June 2000?
21. What were the three ships on Columbus' first voyage?
22. What do you call the name of the line on ships that indicates the maximum loading permitted?
23. What do you call the flame like electrical discharge that sometimes occurs above ships' masts or about aircraft in stormy weather?
24. 17th century Buccaneers used the West Indies for hideouts. Which country's ships were the targets of the buccaneers?
25. Which country claims the largest number of registered ships?
ANSWERS:
1. The Amoco Cadiz.
2. Mary Rose.
3. Herald of Free Enterprise.
4. HMS Nottingham.
5. Baltic Sea.
6. Prince William Sound.
7. The Bow Belle.
8. On the Severn stones between the Scilly's and Lands End, off the tip of Cornwall.
9. The Kursk.
10. None (Maiden Voyage).
11. Polar ice caps.
12. Small icebergs (so named because of the nose made as the ships hull scrapes past them).
13. Mariana Trench.
14. Ephemeral.
15. Indian Ocean.
16. 4000 square miles.
17. Aswan Dam (creating lake Nasser).
18. 2/3.
19. Deuterium (Heavy Water).
20. To mark the 60th anniversary of the Dunkirk evacuation.
21. Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria.
22. Plimsoll Line.
23. St. Elmo's fire.
24. Spain.
25. Liberia.
Quiz 24 Entertainment -Answers below
1. Name the four cats beginning with an 'M' in Cats?
2. In which cities are the following famous opera houses? a. La Scala b. The Metropolitian Opera c. Teatro Colon?
3. Bowie is a stage name. David Bowie's real name is the same as which teeny star from the 1960s?
4. In song, which public place is a. "melting in the dark" and b. "over bridge of sighs"?
5. Who played Guenevere alongside Richard Burton in the original stage musical Camelot?
6. Which elegant and charming woman is mentioned in each of the following songs The Lady is a vamp (Spice Girls), Posthuman (Marilyn Manson), Cruel (Bryan Ferry), 52 Girls (B52s)?
7. Complete the title of this Pink Floyd song. 'Several species of small fury animals........'?
8. Which Grammy Award and Golden Globe winning singer and actress represented the UK in the Eurovision song contest 1974 and came in fourth place behind the winners ABBA ?
9. In song, which "smarter than average" character "will sleep to noon" and "has it better than a millionaire" ?
10. The teenage girls that went beserk about Frank Sinatra during the Sinatramania years were named after an article of clothing. What were those girls called ?
11. Which country did Aneka who sang Japanese boy come from?
12. In what popular musical film did Wilfred Hyde-White play Colonel Hugh Pickering?
13. Which musical does the song "There's no Business like Show Business" come from?
14. What musical (clue: described as a 'Tribal-Love-Rock' musical) premiered in London on the very next night after stage-censorship was abolished in 1968?
15. Which piece of music accompanied Torvill and Dean to Olympic Gold success?
16. Who was the youngest Beatle?
17. Who wrote the music for West Side Story?
18. Who did Marc Almond sing with his first no 1 hit?
19. Who was the lead singer with the Animals?
20. Who had a 70's hit with Feelings?
21. Why didn't Gustav Holst include Pluto in his 1918 orchestral suite "The Planets"?
22. Which jazz musician was known as Yardbird, or Bird?
23. What is the correct title of the music sometimes referred to as "Danny Boy"?
24. What does the musical term 'da capo' mean?
25. The march entitled Liberty Bell (By Sousa) was the title music for which TV comedy programme?
and now the answers...
1. Macavity, Mr. Mistoffeles, Mungojerrie and Munkustrap.
2. a. Milan, b. New York, c. Buenos Aires.
3. Davey Jones of the Monkees.
4. a. MacArthur Park b. Itchycoo Park.
5. Julie Andrews.
6. Jackie O.
7. '....gathered together in a cave and grooving with a Pict'.
8. Olivia Newton John.
9. Yogi Bear.
10. Bobby Soxers.
11. Scotland (United Kingdom).
12. My Fair Lady.
13. Annie get your Gun.
14. Hair.
15. Ravel's Bolero.
16. George Harrison.
17. Leonard Bernstein.
18. Gene Pitney (Something's gotten hold of my heart).
19. Eric Burden.
20. Morris Albert.
21. It wasn't discovered until 1930.
22. Charlie Parker.
23. Londonderry Air.
24. From the beginning.
25. Monty Python's Flying Circus.
Quiz 25 - Answers Below
1. What is the official name of the Columbus Archipelago?
2. True or false: Gustave Eiffel was the Architect of the Eiffel Tower.
3. The following words are the first words to which famous song: "People everywhere, A sense of expectation hanging in the air, Giving out a spark, Across the room your eyes are glowing in the dark"
4. Which English county is known as "The Garden of England"?
5. How did James Earl Ray make headlines after an event on the 4th of April 1968?
6. Isabella, Pinta, Santa Fe, Wolf and Fernandina are all names of what?
7. What was the name of Madonna's 2008 world tour?
8. In Star Wars, what is the name of the home planet of the Ewoks?
9. And what about the Wookiee, Chewbacca, what was his home world called? (Extra point for correct spelling).
10. Don Diego de la Vega was better known as whom?
11. What was the FULL name of Tom Sawyer's girlfriend in the Mark Twain classic "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"?
12. The following words are the first words to which famous song: "Finished with my woman cause she couldn't help me with my mind. People think I'm insane because I am frowning all the time"?
13. What was the name of the oil tanker which deposited 1000's of tonnes of oil in the Shetlands in 1993?
14. Which two countries border Moldova?
15. For which crime was Konrad Kujau jailed in 1984?
16. Which city was founded in 1819 by Sir Stamford Raffles?
17. In which sport would you be rewarded for your snatch?
18. Which sport would you practice if you were a toxophilite?
19. Which British actor married the former Miss Guyana in 1973?
20. Europe boasts the world's shortest frontier. Where is it?
21. Deoxyribonucleic acid is more commonly known by what short form?
22. The world's southernmost active volcano stands on Ross Island in the Antarctic, what is it's name?
23. A cataract is a large and powerful what?
24. How many standard wine bottles make up a Nebuchadnezzar?
25. For what does the acronym QANTAS stand?
26. Which word connected with sorcery has 10 letters and 5 consecutive consonants?
and now the answers...
1. Galapagos Islands.
2. False, he was the Engineer who built it. The Architects were Emile Nouguier, Maurice Koechlin and Stephen Sauvestre.
3. (Abba) Voulez-Vous.
4. Kent.
5. He assassinated Martin Luther King.
6. Islands that make up the Galapagos Islands.
7. Sticky and Sweet.
8. (Forest Moon of) Endor.
9. Kashyyyk.
10. Zorro (originally called Senor Zorro).
11. Rebecca "Becky" Thatcher.
12. (Black Sabbath) - Paranoid.
13. (MV) Braer.
14. Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east and south.
15. Forging the Hitler Diaries.
16. Singapore.
17. Weightlifting.
18. Archery.
19. Michael Caine.
20. Between Gibraltar and Spain.
21. DNA.
22. Mount Erebus.
23. Waterfall.
24. Nebuchadnezzar is 20 standard bottles
25. Queensland and Northern territory Aerial Services.
26. Witchcraft.
Quiz 26 Film - Answers below.
1. Mary Irwin and John C. Rice were the first to do what in film in 1896 ?
2. What were the first cinemas in the USA (circa 1900) called ?
3. Which French word was used to label films like The Maltese Falcon, Cape Fear, Gilda, Asphalt Jungle and Touch of Evil ?
4. Which film role do all of the following have in common: Douglas Fairbanks, Errol Flynn, Richard Todd, Lex Barker, Sean Connery and Patrick Bergen
5. Which Steven King book was the first to be filmed in 1976 ?
6. Who played the role of Capt. Bligh opposite each of the following Fletcher Christian's ? a. Clark Gable b. Mel Gibson
c. Marlon Brando
7. Plus or minus 1 year, how long did it take to make the Disney masterpiece 'Bambi' ?
8. What instrument did Joe, the character played by Tony Curtis in 'Some like it hot' play ?
9. In what does Anita Ekberg take her famous bath in the film 'La Dolce Vita' ?
10. In which film does Robert De Niro play a gangster named Noodles?
11. Which comedy duo were the stars of the movie 'Way Out West'?
12. In 1988 the Four Tops had a hit with 'Loco in Acapulco'. Which film was it taken from?
13. Who plays the grown-up Tarzan, in 'Greystoke, The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes'?
14. Which actress deposes John Gordon Sinclair from the school football team in the classic comedy 'Gregory's Girl'?
15. In which movie did Sean Connery play the role of monk, William of Baskerville?
16. Which movie is the odd one out and why: Raising Arizona, Fargo, Blood Simple, Seven, The Big Lebowski?
17. Which comedy duo starred in the films 'That Riviera Touch' and 'The Intelligence Men'?
18. What is the name of Robert Altmans film that is a rye look at the fashion industry?
19. In which movie did Bob Hoskins play the character Harold Shand?
20. Which film gave Robert Redford a Best Director Oscar in 1980?
21. Who won an OSCAR for best actor for his part in the 1967 film, 'In The Heat Of The Night'?
22. What was the surname of the reporter played by Robert Redford in All the Presidents Men?
23. Director and title role actor of the 1945 film Henry V, knighted in 1947 and created peer in 1970, who was he?
24. Which Australian actor appeared in the films 'Cocktail' and 'Gorillas In The Mist' as well as the TV series 'The Thorn Birds'?
25. Who played a bumbling accomplice of 007's in the film Never Say never Again?
26. Which actor has appeared in more James Bond films than any other?
and now the answers...
1. Kiss.
2. Nickelodeons.
3. Noir (Film Noir) The black series of films.
4. Robin Hood.
5. Carrie.
6. a. Charles Laughton b. Anthony Hopkins c. Trevor Howard.
7. 5 years.
8. Saxophone.
9. Trevi fountain.
10. Once upon a time in America.
11. Laurel and Hardy.
12. Buster.
13. Christopher Lambert.
14. Dee Hepburn.
15. The Name of the Rose.
16. Seven, The other movies were all written/directed by the Coen Brothers.
17. Morecambe and Wise.
18. Pret A Porter.
19. The Long Good Friday.
20. Ordinary People.
21. Rod Steiger.
22. (Bob) Woodward.
23. Laurence Olivier.
24. Bryan Brown.
25. Rowan Atkinson.
26. Desmond Llewellyn (Q).
Quiz 27 - People and Places. Answers below.
1. What is the connection between Copenhagen and the Battle of Waterloo?
2. Which famous person's name is an anagram of "Nigel, Fetch an Iron Leg"?
3. Who was the first woman to appear on US postage stamp?
4. The marriage between which two famous people was described as 'Egghead meats hourglass'?
5. What do Hamilton in Canada, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia and Kingston in Jamaica have, amongst others in common?
6. What well-known painter was famous for depicting industrial and crowd scenes of northwest England?
7. Outside of Paris, which city contains the most French-speaking people?
8. Which country's name means 'Land of the people'?
9. Whose last written words were "We shall stick it out to the bitter end but we are getting weaker.... For God's sake look after our people."?
10. Who was the USA's first ever honorary citizen?
11. Who won a place in the Guinness Book of Records for writing 26 books in 1982?
12. How did Jack the Ripper famously sign his letters to the Police?
13. Which Indian princess married the English colonist John Rolfe in 1614?
14. "Pillow talk" cost Margaretha Geertruida Zelle her life in 1917, by what name is she better known?
15. Cetewayo once ruled which people?
16. Which Central-American country is known as "the land of lakes and volcanoes"?
17. What Islamic edifice was built in the city of Agra by Shah Jahan?
18. What connects Leonardo da Vinci, Jack the Ripper, Bill Clinton, Lewis Carroll, Richard Dreyfuss, Kurt Cobain and Horatio Nelson?
19. Who did Steve Davis defeat in his very first World Championship Snooker final in 1981?
20. What nationality was Marie Tussaud who founded the famous wax work exhibitions?
21. Who traded places with Eddie Murphy in the film Trading Places?
22. Where would one find the mountains IDA and DICTI?
23. More than 50% of all men on Corfu have which first name (5 Letters.)?
24. Which two German ex-colonies begin with the letter 'S'?
25. Which famous painter painted and sketched the atrocities of war committed by Napoleon's soldiers in Spain?
26. Many people believed that Lord Carnarvon's death was due to what?
and now the answers...
1. He was the Duke of Wellington's horse.
2. Florence Nightingale.
3. Queen Isabella of Spain (1893).
4. Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe.
5. All have hosted the Commonwealth Games.
6. Lawrence Stephen Lowrey.
7. Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
8. China.
9. Captain Robert Scott.
10. Winston Churchill.
11. Barbara Cartland.
12. From Hell.
13. Pocahontas.
14. Mata Hari.
15. Zulus.
16. Nicaragua.
17. The Taj Mahal.
18. Left-handedness.
19. Doug Mountjoy.
20. She was Swiss.
21. Dan Akroyd.
22. Crete (Greece).
23. Spiro.
24. Solomon Islands and Samoa.
25. Goya.
26. The curse of the mummy.
Quiz 28. Science and Nature. Answers below
1. Which incident gave fruit to a theory in late summer 1666?
2. Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) was a German mathematician and astronomer that introduced Keplers' laws. What did these laws describe?
3. Which is the only type of animal that if each and every one of them were eliminated from the face of the earth, sometime maybe months later they would exist again?
4. An atom of oxygen linked to an atom of hydrogen is the compulsory combination included in the formulae of which compounds?
5. What purpose do the following (human features) have in common: Skin, Tears, Sweat, Stomach Acids, Mucous Membranes and Inflammation of the skin?
6. What name is given to the physical disintegration of a nuclear reactor's core?
7. Animals can be classified by food type. E.g. Insectivores eat insects. In each of the following cases, indicate what the animal eats: a: Folivore, b: Granivore, c: Omnivore, d: Ophiophagy, e: Lepidophagy, f: Detritivore, g: Oophagy
8. The following are all examples of what: Nereid, Charon, Dione, Rhea, Mimas, Dactyl, Phobos and Deimos?
9. What type of bird is a Harlequin?
10. Periodic table: An element denoted by the symbol Hg was originally called hydrargyrum. How do we refer to this element now?
11. Brown Boobies, Bushtits, Ruddy Ducks, Bristle-thighed Curlews and Dark-rumped Petrels are all birds native to which continent?
12. Which temperature has the same value in both centigrade and Fahrenheit?
13. What is the common name for the cluster of seven stars called The Pleiades?
14. Back to school: What colour would litmus paper turn if you rubbed it on damp washing powder?
15. Which popular bird was named after what was wrongly thought to be its country of origin?
16. True or false: A typical American eats at twenty pigs-worth of pork in his or her lifetime?
17. Periodic table again: Spell the name of the element with atomic number 42, Mo.
18. Easy on this one: Which is the shortest of the human digits?
19. What is particularly prominent in a Proboscis Monkey?
20. What is the name given to the molten rock beneath the surface of the earth?
21. What is a Turkish Van?
22. Who gave his name to his invention the whirlpool bath?
and now the answers...
1. The apple falling on Newton's head (probably in his Woolsthorpe Manor garden).
2. Planetary motion (motion of planets in the Solar System).
3. Cross breeds.
4. Alcohols (and Phenols).
5. To protect us against disease.
6. Meltdown.
7. a: Leaves, b: Seeds, c: both plants and animals, d: Snakes, e: fish scales, f: decomposing material, g: eggs
8. Moons of our solar system (perhaps there were too many in that list) (see http://paulsquiz.com/images/moons.jpg for a full list)
9. A duck.
10. Mercury (Am: Quicksilver) - (Latinized Greek: hydrargyrum, meaning watery or liquid silver).
11. North America (USA to be even more specific).
12. -40 degrees.
13. The seven sisters.
14. Blue (not to be confused with PH paper).
15. Turkey. They are native to the USA.
16. True.
17. Molybdenum - from the Greek word for the metal "lead".
18. Little toe... not little finger as I imagine many have chosen.
19. Its Nose.
20. Magma.
21. A cat breed.
22. (Candido) Jacuzzi.
Quiz 29. World of cartoons and animation. Answers below.
1. Which Musical is set around the French Revolution in the early 1800's?
2. Walt Disney ironically suffered from suriphobia. Suriphobia is the fear of what?
3. Which big screen cartoon character was voiced by Charles Fleischer?
4. The Simpsons became the longest running cartoon family in 1997, replacing whom?
5. What was the name of the sex-crazed cat from Robert Crumb?
6. The first cartoon with synchronized sound is often identified as Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie", starring Mickey Mouse in 1928, but Max Fleischer's 1926 "My Old Kentucky Home" is less popularly but more correctly credited with this innovation. Fleischer patented a technology whereby animation could be traced from a live action film. By what name is this technology known? (11 letters, 2nd and 4th are both "O")
7. A webtoon is a cartoon designed to be shown on the internet. With which tool do 99% of internet cartoonists use to create a webtoon?
8. What is the name of the type of flat topped hill found in the arid regions of the western United States and in Roadrunner cartoons? Four or five letters, last letter is an 'E'.
9. What is the world's most syndicated cartoon strip, appearing in 2620 newspapers?
10. In the cartoon, what kind of bird is the roadrunner? (a roadrunner is not acceptable)
11. Along with Walt Disney, which Tex was considered to be the greatest cartoonist of his day?
12. Which cartoon bird created by Robert McKimson made his debut in "Walky Talky Hawky" in 1946? (Extra point for his middle name).
13. The following words are from which cartoon theme song? (point for each)
a: overture, curtain, lights
b: he?s the boss, he`s a pip, he`s championship
c: like a streak of light he arrives just in time
d: pretending you got a sliver
e: is really a crazy clown
f: an ape named Ape
g: we`d cruise along the milky way
h: I?m one tough gazookas which hates all palookas
i: He will sleep till noon but before it`s dark
j: Think of all the animals you've ever heard about
14. In which Walt Disney classic would you find the three fairies Flora, Fauna and Merryweather?
15. Which British actor provided the voice of the evil Scar in Disney's "The Lion King"?
16. Which Disney character sang 'Some day my Prince will come'?
17. What cartoon character has vital statistics of 19-19-19?
18. Why are the popular Tom & Jerry cartoons the most criticised of cartoons?
19. What was the title of Disney's first full length animated cartoon?
20. Which Cartoon animal's favourite food is Lasagne?
21. The Thompson Twins feature in which cartoon series?
22. With which train is Oliver Postgate associated?
23. Who was the producer of the Tom and Jerry Cartoons until 1956?
24. Gus & Jaq are mice from which Disney cartoon?
25. Which cartoon character was honoured by the Dalai Lama?
26. Who was the cartoonist whose satire appeared in Punch, Private Eye and the Sunday Times?
and now the answers...
1. Les Misérables
2. Fear of Mice (from the French "souris", meaning mouse).
3. Roger Rabbit (in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit").
4. The Flintstones.
5. Fritz the Cat.
6. Rotoscoping
7. Flash (currently Adobe Flash, previously Macromedia Flash).
8. Bute or Butte.
9. Peanuts (by Charles M. Schulz).
10. Cuckoo (The roadrunners are two species of bird in the genus Geococcyx of the cuckoo family, Cuculidae, native to North and Central America).
11. Tex Avery.
12. Foghorn Leghorn (full name Foghorn J. Leghorn).
13. a: Bugs Bunny, b: Top Cat, c: Spiderman, d: Scooby Doo, e: Road
Runner, f: George of the Jungle, g: Fireball XL 5, h: Popeye, i:
Yogi Bear, j: The Pink Panther.
14. Sleeping Beauty.
15. Jeremy Irons.
16. Snow White.
17. Olive Oyl (from the Popeye cartoons).
18. Due to the sheer violence.
19. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film).
20. Garfield.
21. Adventures Of Tin Tin.
22. Ivor the Engine.
23. Fred Quimby.
24. Cinderella.
25. Tintin. 'Tintin in Tibet' was published in the same year that the Dalai Lama fled the Himalayan kingdom.
26. Gerald Scarfe.
Quiz 30
1. Which famous man's son was an eyewitness at the assassination of three US Presidents ?
2. In a popular 60s song, what do birds, stars and me all have in common?
3. After becoming the President-Elect, Barack Obama received many calls of congratulation from world leaders. For each of the following messages, identify the world leader to congratulate Mr. Obama, as well as their country:
a: "Africa ... today stands proud of your achievements"
b: "I look forward to meeting with the President-elect so that we can continue to strengthen the special bond that exists between Canada and the United States"
c: "We hope the president-elect in the United States will stay the course and would continue the US engagement in the peace process without delay. We hope the two-state vision would be transferred from a vision to a realistic track immediately"
d: "What an awesome night for you, your family and your supporters. You are about to go on one of the great journeys of life. Congratulations and go enjoy yourself"
e: "Barack Obama ran an inspirational campaign, energising politics with his progressive values and his vision for the future...I look forward to working extremely closely with him in the coming months and years."
f: "At a time when we must face huge challenges together, your election has raised enormous hope in ******, in Europe and beyond"
4. In what year was President Clinton inaugurated for the second time?
5. What do the following people all have in common: Barack Obama, Alexander the Great, Fidel Castro, Helen Keller, Jack-the-Ripper, Boston Strangler (Albert Henry DeSalvo) and Edwin Buzz Aldrin?
6. Which city of west-central France is famous for its fine porcelain and its ceramic industry dating back to the 18th century?
7. Which European capital's name translated means 'merchant harbour'?
8. Plus or minus 10 degrees, what is the Fahrenheit equivalent of minus 40 degrees Celsius?
9. Put the following in the correct order starting with the animal with the most bones. A human, a horse and a mouse.
10. All of the following 'had a bite', so to speak, of which fruit in the late 1960s? Hot Chocolate, Billy Preston, Badfinger, Mary Hopkin, Jackie Lomax and James Taylor
11. What is the term for the most comprehensive win possible in a game of backgammon?
12. The most widely used herb in the world takes its name from the country of its origin. Name the herb.
13. In which animated state capital did Barack Obama announce his candidacy for the President of the United States?
14. What were the Oscars awarded during the Second World War made from?
15. In 1979, Barack Obama graduated Punahou High School. Where is this school? (it is quite well-known).
16. Obama says that his alternate career choice would have been: a: Pastor, b: Architect, c: Doctor, d: Lawyer or e: Psychologist?
17. Name the five James Bond films with a one-word title?
18. When Kevin is left home alone for the first time, where is the family's destination for their Christmas vacation?
19. Which footballer's autobiography was entitled 'Le Magnifique'?
20. Which of these boxers is the heaviest: Bantamweight, Lightweight or Flyweight?
21. What title is given in Spain to daughters of the sovereign?
22. Which two Britons won the gold and silver medals in the 1,500 metre final at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics?
23. If N comes before M, I comes before O, U before I and Z before X, what letter comes before B?
24. Which rock star once said of his daughter "She had her rebellious moment, but it was pretty quiet compared to mine, which lasted about 15 years"?
25. What was the title of the Beatles EP which featured the songs "Your Mother Should Know" and "I Am The Walrus?"
26. Which comet was visible from the UK during 1997?
27. Who composed the tune to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star?
and now the answers...
1. Abraham Lincoln's son Robert Todd Lincoln.
2. "Just like me, they long to be, close to you" - from the song Close to you. (D. Warwick, Carpenters and Richard Chamberlain).
3. a: Kgalema Motlanthe (South Africa), b: Stephen Harper (Canada, obviously), c: Saeb Erekat (aide to Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas), d: George W Bush (USA), e: Gordon Brown (UK), f: Nicolas Sarkozy (France).
4. 1997 (Elected in 1996).
5. All are/were left handed.
6. Limoges.
7. Copenhagen.
8. Minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
9. A mouse(225), a human(206), a horse(205).
10. Apple (They all signed for the Beatles label Apple Records).
11. Backgammon (the answer is obvious to some, annoying to others).
12. Parsley (from Pars for Persia).
13. Springfield (as in The Simpsons), Illinois,
14. Wood.
15. Honolulu, Hawaii (also schooled AOL-founder Steve Case and eBay-founder Pierre Omidyar amongst many others).
16. b: Architect.
17. Goldfinger, Thunderball, Moonraker, Octopussy and Goldeneye.
18. Paris.
19. David Ginola.
20. Lightweight.
21. Infanta.
22. Sebastian Coe and Steve Cram.
23. V (Typewriter/Keyboard).
24. Mick Jagger.
25. "Magical Mystery Tour".
26. Hale-Bopp.
27. Mozart.
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