Fwd: Quiz Questions for Week 8 2010
anu M
From: PaulsQuiz.com Newsletter <in...@paulsquiz.com>
Date: Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 4:02 PM
Subject: Quiz Questions for Week 8 2010
To: anu <anuinf...@gmail.com>
Hi Anu,
Welcome to our weekly quiz newsletter, we hope you enjoy it. Also,
apologies about the lateness and lack of printable version this
week, we have experienced a few technical problems. Normal service
should resume next week.
We present twenty questions this week on our usual topic of general
knowledge.
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So, on to this week's quiz selection ...
Questions for Newsletter Week 8 2010
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1. Which immense tragedy did the Argo discover in the early hours
of September 1st, 1985?
2. Minilla is the son of which infamous heavyweight?
3. The actual first name of which Nobel Peace Prize winner means
'trouble maker' when translated?
4. Which two men have been nominated a record 10 times for the
Oscar as best actor or best actor in a supporting role?
5. The word serendipity stems from the old Persian word 'serendib',
which was once the name of which present day country with a lion on
its flag?
6. Kopi Luwak sells for more than 100 US dollars per pound making
it one of the most expensive examples of what in the world?
7. Based on the 2009 list from Transparency Int., name two of the
ten most corrupt countries in the world.
8. Which famous guitar does one usually associate with Jimi
Hendrix?
9. What name was given to the headlands that flank the entrance to
the Srait of Gibraltar in antiquity?
10. The following lyrics are all beer related. Can you name the
song? One point for each correct answer
a. And the microphone smells like a beer
b. Well I woke up this morning and got myself a beer
c. And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad so I had one
more for dessert
d. John Stewart Mill of his own free will on half a pint of
shandy was particularly ill
e. I like a good beer buzz early in the morning
f. He drinks a lager drink
11. Why was 'Cool hand Luke' sent to prison?
12. Who is the most infamous Seraph?
13. What are the two most populated cities in each of the following
countries?
a. Argentina
b. Pakistan
c. Vietnam
14. What is the number of the dreaded room in the book 'Nineteen
Eighty Four'?
15. In which book and film is room 237 a frightening place?
16. What is the name of the 8mm colour film which records the
assassination of JFK?
17. In song, where does Terry meet Julie?
18. In song, where does Gordon meet Julie?
19. According to the human rights organisation Freedom House, which
two G8 countries have the least 'freedom of the press'?
20. An archaic expression of surprise or shock and a contraction of
the term refering to the nails of the crucifixion. Eight letters,
second letter 'a', last letter 's'.
and now the all important answers:
Answers for Newsletter Week 8 2010
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1. The wreck of the Titanic. Argo was Robert Ballard's unmanned
undersea video sledge
2. Godzilla
3. Nelson Mandela. His birth name is Rolihlahla (trouble maker)
4. Jack Nicholson and Laurence Olivier
5. Sri Lanka
6. Coffee
7. Starting with the most corrupt, they are in order: Somalia,
Myanmar, Iraq, Haiti, Afghanistan, Sudan, Chad, Guinea, Equatorial
Guinea, DR Congo.
8. Fender Stratocaster
9. Pillars of Hercules
10. Six answers
a. Piano man (Billy Joel)
b. Roadhouse Blues (The Doors)
c. Sunday morning coming down (Kris Kristofferson)
d. Bruce's philosophers song (Monty Python)
e. All I wanna do (Sheryl Crow)
f. Tubthumping (Chumbawamba)
11. For cutting the heads of parking meters
12. Satan
13. Answers
a. Buenos Aires and Cordoba
b. Karachi and Lahore
c. Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi
14. Room 101
15. The Shining
16. The Zapruder film
17. Waterloo station. 'Waterloo Sunset'
18. At the bus stop (outside the chip shop). 'Jilted John'
19. Russia and Italy
20. Gadzooks! (from Gods' hooks)
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