by Blacky » Wed Nov 14, 2007 8:33 pm
by magpie in the 80's » Wed Nov 14, 2007 8:35 pm
Blacky wrote:Q14 Patrick McGoohan
by locky801 » Thu Nov 15, 2007 8:01 am
by magpie in the 80's » Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:29 pm
locky801 wrote:Q24. What type of animal is a Garron?
A24 Horse
Q28. In which country was fashion designer Rifat Ozbek born?
A28 Turkey
Q35. W Somerset Maugham's novel The Moon and Sixpence is based on the life of which painter?
A35 Gaugin
Q38. What element is mixed with Iron to make cast iron?
A38 Carbon
by magpie in the 80's » Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:33 pm
by Blacky » Thu Nov 15, 2007 4:30 pm
by magpie in the 80's » Thu Nov 15, 2007 5:48 pm
Blacky wrote:Q36 54caps
by magpie in the 80's » Thu Nov 15, 2007 5:48 pm
by JAS » Thu Nov 15, 2007 5:59 pm
by magpie in the 80's » Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:03 pm
JAS wrote:Q46 Would Churchill be too obvious
Regards
JAS
by JAS » Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:26 pm
by magpie in the 80's » Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:37 pm
JAS wrote:A very good morning to you too
Q40 I know that Chris Lee played Lord Summerisle...they couldn't have given it the least Scottish sounding name possible...could they ????
Regards
JAS
P.S. Any chance of doing a deal???...I'll send you guys all the feckn rain you want if you send me some of your heatwave 5C and I'm freezing my **** off and it's only November.
by JAS » Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:53 pm
by magpie in the 80's » Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:56 pm
JAS wrote:Haha...sorry no chance of getting the last one without hitting Wiki or something. I know bugger all about Jamaica...unless the answer is Bob Marley
Regards
JAS
by JAS » Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:43 pm
by magpie in the 80's » Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:46 pm
JAS wrote:Yeh I know...just makes it too easy so I try to only do that as a last resort if I can and wouldn't want to finish the quiz too early in the week
Q37 Some bloke called Michael Manley
Regards
JAS
by magpie in the 80's » Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:48 pm
magpie in the 80's wrote:Q1. What Latin phrase means operational method, or the way a job is done? MODUS OPERANDI
Q2. In the human body which gland secretes the hormone insulin? PANCREAS
Q3. The state of Nebraska was sold to the USA in 1803 by which country? FRANCE
Q4. Tala is the basic monetary unit of which country? SAMOA
Q5. Carrageen is an edible variety of what? SEAWEED
Q6. Who composed the opera Turandot? PUCCINI
Q7. Which English cathedral has 'The Clock with no Face'? SALISBURY
Q8. Who was the first woman to walk in space? SVETLANA SAVITSKAYA
Q9. Spiro Agnew was US vice-president to which president? RICHARD NIXON
Q10. In which European town is the Menin Gate Memorial to missing British and Commonwealth soldiers? YPRES
Q11. The Lowell Observatory is in which US state? ARIZONA
Q12. Who was the president of Chile from 1974-90? PINOCHET
Q13. What is the world's smallest republic? NAURU
Q14. Who played the prison warden in the 1979 film Escape from Alkatraz? PATRICK MCGOOHAN
Q15. Sounding like a placename, what is the traditional pronged spear used for catching Salmon called? LEISTER
Q16. Who succeeded Michael Foot as leader of the Labour Party in the UK? NEIL KINNOCK
Q17. Jazz musician Jelly Roll Morton played which instrument? PIANO
Q18. Coopers Hill in Gloucestershire, England, is famous for which annual event? CHEESE ROLLING
Q19. Which country had the Roman name Mauritania (also spelled Mauretania)? MOROCCO
Q20. The Laughing Cavalier is a work by which painter? FRANS HALS
Q21. What type of rock is carbonado? DIAMOND
Q22. What is limnophobia a fear of? LARGE BODIES OF WATER E.G. LAKES
Q23. Ribus Nigum is the latin name for which fruit? BLACKCURRANT
Q24. What type of animal is a Garron? A HORSE
Q25. In which US city was the 2006 Super Bowl held? DETROIT
Q26. Which country (at July 2007) boasts the world's longest suspension bridge span between towers? JAPAN
Q27. What does OAPEC (not OPEC) stand for? ORGANIZATION OF ARAB PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES
Q28. In which country was fashion designer Rifat Ozbek born? TURKEY
Q29. What is the main ingredient of guacamole? AVOCADO
Q30. Which country has the international car registration DZ? ALGERIA
Q31. In which city is the United Nations headquarters? NEW YORK
Q32. In 1987 a French court found which Gestapo chief guilty of war crimes and sentenced him to life imprisonment? KLAUS BARBIE
Q33. Which famous US architect designed the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo in 1916? FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
Q34. Ichthyology is a branch of zoology concerning which creatures? FISH
Q35. W Somerset Maugham's novel The Moon and Sixpence is based on the life of which painter? PAUL GAUGIN
Q36. How many international caps did English footballer Stanley Matthews (later Sir Stanley Matthews) win? 54 CAPS
Q37. Who became leader of the People's National Party in Jamaica in 1969? MICHAEL MANLEY
Q38. What element is mixed with Iron to make cast iron? CARBON
Q39. Which type business traditionally has three balls hanging outside? PAWNBROKER
Q40. What is the fictional Scottish island setting of the 1973 film The Wicker Man? SUMMERISLE
Q41. Which famous Mormon church leader and educational pioneer died in Salt Lake City in 1877? BRIGHAM
Q42. Which US actress's real name is Mary Cathleen Collins? BO DEREK
Q43. In which body of water are the Balearic Islands? MEDITERRANEAN SEA
Q44. Who was hanged in Edinburgh in 1829 for multiple murder in supplying doctors with corpses for dissection? WILLIAM BURKE
Q45. Mariolatry is the idolatrous worship of whom? THE VIRGIN MARY
Q46. Who said in a radio broadcast in 1939, "I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia" ? WINSTON CHURCHILL
Q47. What is Zurich's main river? LIMMAT
Q48. What is the collective term for a group of woodpeckers? DESCANT
Q49. What is the name of the Cambridge University College that was originally for women only? GIRTON
Q50. Who was King of Egypt from 1936-52 FAROUK
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