|
Hi Anu,
Welcome to our weekly quiz newsletter for week 14 2010, we hope you enjoy it. No April Fools' questions.
You can find the printable version of our quiz material with questions alongside answers by clicking the link at the top of this email.
We present twenty questions this week on our usual topic of general knowledge. Feel free to rewrite them if you feel they are too difficult for your teams.
For those of you looking for up-to-date news-related quiz material, look no further. Use following link to instantly download many current affairs quiz questions and answers:
So, here we go with this week's question selection...
PaulsQuiz.com Questions for Week 14 2010
1. Name the two honourees with the initials D. D. who have a star for excellence in recording (music) on The Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2. Pizza Margherita is closely associated with which city?
3. The water in which lake was formed with tears?
4. There are almost 1.6 billion Muslims in the world. Name the top five countries with the highest amount of Muslims. One point for each correct answer.
5. Which famous law student was struck by lightning whilst at university in 1505, something that he saw as an act of God and persuaded him to later become a monk?
6. With one word describe someone or something that is 'brobdingnagian'.
7. What was the name of the Beatles debut album in 1963?
8. In which cathedral is the Petersglocke, the world's largest church bell?
a: Cologne, Germany
b: St. Peters, Vatican City
c: Canterbury, England
d: Durham, England
e: Ulm, Germany
9. What are the two South American OPEC countries?
10. Which of the following countries does not have a bird on its flag?
a: Egypt
b: Mexico
c: Brazil
d: Dominican Republic
11. Name the city or town in which each of the following ships were built?
a. Queen Elizabeth II
b. Titanic
c. Bismark
d. Queen Mary II
e. HMS Dreadnought
12. Along which two streets is the Hollywood Walk of Fame found?
13. Who wrote the Nancy Sinatra hit songs 'These boots are made for walking', 'Summerwine' and 'Sugartown'?
14. What are the four most populated cities in the world that end with the letter 'i'?
15. The following words are from songs with the name of a city in the song title. Can you name the song? One point for each correct answer.
a. Tell her to make me a cambric shirt
b. Ain't no angel gonna greet me, it's just you and I my friend
c. These vagabond shoes
d. A nuclear error but I have no fear
e. Strobe lights beam create dreams, walls move minds do too
f. We got married in a fever hotter than a pepper sprout
g. Cops in cars, the topless bars, never seen a woman so alone
h. They ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles
16. Which 'wily' ex English Premier League club has appeared in four F.A. Cup finals without walking away with the silverware, a record?
17. Arnold George 'Gerry' Dorsey had countless hit songs in both the UK and the US in the 1960s and 70s. What was his amusing stage name?
18. The 'James Caird', now a museum piece, was one of three lifeboat size whalers which helped save the entire crew of which man's chilling expedition?
19. In which country are bulgogi and dak galbi popular toppings on a pizza?
20. The Italian patriot Vincenzo Peruggia made headlines around the world after walking away with which elderly lady on Monday the 21st of August 1911?
and now the all important answers:
Answers for Week 14 2010
1. Doris Day and Duran Duran
2. Naples
3. Swan Lake
4. Indonesia (203 million), Pakistan (174 million), India (161 million), Bangladesh (145 million) and Egypt (78.5 million) - 2009 estimate.
5. Martin Luther
6. Gigantic. (large, huge etc) From Johathan Swift's book Gulliver's Travels. The inhabitants of Brobdingnag were giants.
7. Please Please Me
8. a: Cologne, Germany
9. Venezuela and Ecuador
10. c: Brazil
11. Five answers
a. Clydebank
b. Belfast
c. Hamburg
d. Saint Nazaire
f. Portsmouth
12. Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street
13. Lee Hazlewood
14. Shanghai, Mumbai, Karachi and Delhi
15. Eight answers
a. Scarborough Fair (Simon and Garfunkel)
b. Streets of Philadelphia (Bruce Springsteen)
c. New York New York (Frank Sinatra)
d. London Calling (The Clash)
e. San Francisco Nights (Eric Burdon)
f. Jackson (Johnny Cash and June Carter)
g. L.A. Woman (The Doors)
h. Battle of New Orleans (Johnny Horton)
16. Leicester City ('The Foxes') 1949, 1961, 1963 and 1969
17. Engelbert Humperdinck
18. Sir Ernest Shackleton
19. South Korea
20. The Mona Lisa. Peruggia stole the painting from the Louvre.
Finally, if you need to get your hands on tens of thousands of quiz questions and answers, just like those above, don't hesitate to visit our other website
We have four quiz packs available for instant download with an added bonus of 10,000 extra questions for those who sweep up the lot.
So, until next week,
Happy quizzing!
Paul Abrook and Dave Small,
PaulsQuiz is a joint effort between Paul Abrook and Dave Small, two British expats living in Germany.
PS: Feedback is always encouraged. Let us know what you think about our quiz material and newsletters by replying to this email. Don't hold back, let us really know what you think about these emails.
| 
