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Quote: george roper @ 12th September 2014, 12:13 AM BSTSteve have we got a quiz this week?
Well, have we Steve?
1. What has recently become the UK's best selling car of all time? Ford Fiesta - overtaking the Ford Escort
2. Which team at the Commonwealth Games represents the smallest population? Niue - population of just over 1,000.
3. Which major African city's name derives from the Spanish for white house? Casablanca
4. Name the film. Amadeus
5. What is the only American state that borders only one other state? Maine
6. Which Greek hors d'oeuvre consists of smoked fish roe mixed with olive oil, lemon and soaked breadcrumbs? Taramasalata
7. I am a place where all deliveries are returned to the sender, those who perform better need to do less work, and a lot of things get knocked over, but in general, nothing gets broken. What am I? A tenpin bowling alley
8. What word of Greek origin is used for overconfidence that invites disaster or ruin and is often cited as the flaw in the characters of tragic heroes Hubris?
9. What links these pictures? Miley (Commonwealth Games gold medal winner Hannah Miley and Miley Cyrus)
10. Name the material. Seersucker
11. In physics, what name is given to the phenomenon in which waves appear to bend or spreadout as they pass through a small aperture or round the edge of a barrier? Diffraction
12. Which Irish province shares its name with a town in Germany? Munster
13. Who is this? Graca Machel - wife of Nelson Mandela
14. Who was the only artist to have a top 40 hit in the US and the UK every year from 1971 to 1999? Elton John
15. What sort of victory involves such terrible losses for the winner that it's almost as bad as a defeat? Pyrrhic
16. In what game show did members of the losing team receive a photo of themselves and their opponents? Family Fortunes
17. If Easter Sunday falls on 6th April, what is celebrated on 15 May? Ascension Day
18. Use any maths symbols and eleven 8s to make a total of 10,000. Different answers from nearly every team, but no-one found the most elegant answers of 88888/8 - 8888/8
19. What links these pictures: Playwrights (Noel COWARD; Arthur MILLER; Christopher MARLOWE; George Bernard SHAW; Sam SHEPHARD)
20. Unscramble the two works: A A C C E M N O R S T CARMEN & TOSCA
3. Ring Of Fire
6. Encore
7. Thomas Crown
14 (Division) Lobby
17 Tintoretto
9. Lichfield
11. Bhutan
13. Fast & Furious
Hello steve have you got one for us this week?
Quote: george roper @ 3rd October 2014, 8:57 AM BSTHello steve have you got one for us this week?
Yes
I'll pop one up in a little while
Friday Quiz August 1st 2014
1. Which major international sporting competition begins today? Women's Rugby World Cup
2. According to a UK court ruling this week, which foodstuff has to be made in Greece in order for it to be labelled 'Greek'? Yoghurt
3. Which Johnny Cash song shares its title with a name given to the active volcanoes encircling the Pacific Ocean ? Ring of Fire
4. What kind of snake is this? Anaconda
5. Which region forms the 'toe' of Italy? Calabria
6. Which French word is used for an additional song or piece at the end of an artist's performance? Encore
7. Steve McQueen and Pierce Brosnan have both played which movie character? Thomas Crown
8. What was the name of the agreement signed in Scotland in the 1970s that banned sporting links with South Africa? Gleneagles Agreement
9. What links these pictures? Lichfield (Lord Lichfield & Lichfield Cathedral)
10. Who is this? Pete Tong
11. In which small Asian country does the government take into account the happiness of the general population before deciding on government policy? Bhutan
12. In the croquet game in Alice in Wonderland what animal was used for the mallets? Flamingoes
13. Name the film. Fast & Furious (will allow slight variations on this. I know the franchise is called The Fast & The Furious)
14. In Parliament, what name is given to either of the corridors, entered from each side of the Speaker's Chair, through which MPs pass to register votes? Division lobby (1/2 mark for lobby or division)
15. The sound effects on which Beatles chart-topper were produced partly by John Lennon blowing through a straw while the group's chauffeur rattled chains in the bath? Yellow Submarine
16. What general term is used for the philosophical doctrine that all knowledge and beliefs are to be accepted only if based on personal experience? Empiricism
17. Which renowned 16th century Venetian painter's name could be translated as 'little dyer'?
Tintoretto
18. Andrew and Janet can write a book together in 90 days. Andrew writes at half the speed that Janet does. How many days does it take the each to write a book on their own? Andrew 270 days and Janet 135 days
19. What links these pictures: Steps (Ang LEE; Alice FAYE; CLAIRE Sweeney; LISA Kudrow; H g Wells)
20. Unscramble the two words: A A A D F I M T Z FIAT & MAZDA
Ok Steve
Quote: Steve Sunshine @ 3rd October 2014, 10:18 AM BSTI'll pop one up in a little while
Does that . . oh forget it.