Quote: Steve Sunshine @ 13th June 2014, 11:48 PM BSTDolly always pops in for question 20
It's what makes That Friday Quiz the BCG's 17th best thread
As voted for by who?
(or should that be whom? I never know.)
Quote: Steve Sunshine @ 13th June 2014, 11:48 PM BSTDolly always pops in for question 20
It's what makes That Friday Quiz the BCG's 17th best thread
As voted for by who?
(or should that be whom? I never know.)
have we got one for this week
10. Game On!
9. Rabbit
4. Francois Truffaut
11. Lobe
14. South Sudan (and what a success that has been!)
The anagram one looks difficult
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Friday Quiz April 4th 2014
1.81-77-1. What sporting significance does this have this weekend? Results of the 159 Boat Races so far (Cambridge 81, Oxford 77, Draw 1)
2.Who swapped a blue ball for a hamper this week? The Pope and The Queen
3.What was the name of the Queen Mother's horse that fell whilst leading the Grand National during the 1950s? Devon Loch
4.Who is this from the world of film? Francois Truffaut
5.In which classic science fiction novel do firemen burn books instead of putting out fires? Fahrenheit 451
6.In astronomy, what name is given to either of the days of the year when the Sun's apparent path is furthest north or furthest south of the Earth's equator? Solstice
7.What name is given to the fertile low-lying area of reclaimed marshland to the west and south of the Wash? The Fens
8.Which book of the Bible gets its English name because it starts with a census of the 'children of Israel'? Numbers
9.What links the following? Rabbit (Welsh rabbit / Chas 'n' Dave song title)
10.Name the TV show Game On
11.In anatomy, what name for the soft lower part of the outer ear can also be applied to divisions of the lungs and brain? Lobe
12.Which British bird spends more time in flight than any other species and on the ground is often helpless and easily caught? Swift
13.One of the largest art galleries in the world - where is this? The Hermitage - St Petersburg
14.Which African country came into existence in 2011? South Sudan
15.Also in 2011, the Royal Opera House hosted an opera about which glamour model? Anna Nicole Smith
16.Which newspaper name translates into English as Evening Courier even though it is published in the morning? Corriere della Serra
17.What family has won the most Nobel prizes? The Curies
18.Fifty minutes ago, it was four times as many minutes past 9pm as the number of minutes it currently is until midnight. What is the current time? 11:34pm
19.What links these pictures: Members of the horse family - change the first letter (Sony/pony; morse/horse; Yule/mule; monkey/donkey; ess/ass)
20.Unscramble the two words A A A C G H N P P P P R S S GRAPPA & SCHNAPPS
5. Fahrenheit 451
8. Numbers
3.Devon Loch
Quote: Tursiops @ 21st June 2014, 10:20 AM BST5. Fahrenheit 451
The film version of which was directed by...
Quote: Gordon Bennett @ 20th June 2014, 11:16 PM BST4. Francois Truffaut
3. Narcissus
17. Bowling For Columbine.
7. Manneken Pis
5. Woodstock?
9. Christian Bale?
10. Melchester Rovers
12. The Gold Rush