Quiz 200708
1. Who became French Prime Minister in 1997?
Lionel Jospin
2. How many noble gases are there?
Six
3. Which Manic Street Preachers hit of 1999 shares its name with a natural disaster?
Tsunami
4. George W Bush was Governor of which state before he became president?
Texas
5. The Halle Orchestra is based in which English city?
Manchester
6. Which is the only country in the world which the Tropic of Capricorn and the Equator pass through?
Brazil
7. Which deities form the Hindu trinity?
Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma
8. What is the currency of South Africa?
Rand
9. Which actress played the single mum in 2000 film Chocolat?
Juliette Binoche
10. Which number on a standard computer keyboard would be pressed with shift to produce the Percentage sign (%)?
5 (Five Key)
11. In which country were the 1964 Olympic Games held?
Japan
12. How many Chance squares are there on a standard Monopoly board?
Three
13. What is toxiphobia the fear of?
Poison
14. What type of clouds produce rain or snow?
Nimbus
15. Who was the first occupant of Poets Corner in Westminster Abbey?
Geoffrey Chaucer
16. Which Asian Country has the greatest area of inland water?
India
17. Who was the third crew member along with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the Apollo 11 mission?
Michael Collins
18. Who was the head villian in the TV Cartoon ‘The Smurfs’?
Gargamel
19. What word goes before block, price and stalls?
Starting
20. Which artist or band released the album ‘Tango in the Night’ in 1987?
Fleetwood Mac
21. In which Television program did the character Detective Saperstein appear?
Kojak
22. Francis Ford Copola is the uncle of which film actor?
Nicholas Cage
23. Who said "Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind"?
Albert Einstein
24. Which Abba song includes the line "Do you still recall that fateful night we crossed the Rio Grande"?
Fernando
25. What name is given to the spicy gingerbread originating in Northern counties and often eaten at bonfire parties?
Parkin
26. Which island group, a British Crown Colony, has one town,approx 2200 people and 750,000 sheep?
The Falklands
27. Who in the Bible was asked to interpret the writing on the wall?
Daniel
28. In a game of ice hockey, what is the maximum number of players allowed on the ice at any one time?
Twelve
29. Where in the human body would you find the malleus, incus and stapes?
In the Ear
30. What was the first programme to be shown on BBC2?
Play School
31. Found in central Africa, an okapi is a mixture of what two animals?
Giraffe and Zebra
32. Who was the first to break Fred Perry’s record of 3 consecutive Mens Wimbledon Titles?
Bjorn Borg
33. In which Television program did the character Detective Mark Petrie appear?
Cagney & Lacey
34. What type of plant is a silver slipper?
Azalea
35. Who was the first British woman to finish in the London Marathon of 2004?
Tracey Morris
36. Which number on a standard computer keyboard would be pressed with shift to produce the ‘asterisk’ sign (*)?
8 (eight Key)
37. What is the currency of Turkey?
Turkish Lira (accept Lira)
38. In advertising, who currently designs sofas for DFS?
Linda Barker
39. Who in Greek mythology killed Achilles when he shot a poisoned arrow into his heel?
Paris
40. From which musical does the song ‘Consider yourself’ come from?
Oliver
Tiebreaker - How many teams entered the first FA Cup competition in the 1871-72 season?
Fifteen
How many top 20 singles did Status Quo have in the 80’s?
Eighteen
