SA Footy

Q1. Name the famous 'ghost' ship: Marie ________ ? CELESTE
Q2. What is the capital of the Netherlands (Holland)? AMSTERDAM
Q3. What is another name for a sunken fence bordering a garden or park allowing uninterrupted views from within? HA HA
Q4. Name the large, juicy, yellow-skinned citrus fruit of the West Indies? UGLI
Q5. Who was the 1924 and 1928 Olympic 100m freestyle swimming champion? JOHNNY WEISSMULLER
Q6. Who when asked what it was like to kiss Marilyn Monroe said, 'It's like kissing Hitler'? TONY CURTIS
Q7. Apia is the capital of which pacific nation? SAMOA
Q8. Name the highest peak in Wales? SNOWDON
Q9. What is Norwegian artist Edvard Munch's most famous painting? THE SCREAM
Q10. Who was the first Roman Emperor? AUGUSTUS
Q11. Name the American insect akin to the grasshopper? KATYDID
Q12. Which band took their name from the villain in the spoof sci-fi movie 'Barbarella'? DURAN DURAN
Q13. Who said, 'It's better to be looked over than overlooked'? MAE WEST
Q14. What is myasthenia? MUSCLE WEAKNESS
Q15. Which book and TV heroine lived at St Mary Mead? MISS MARPLE
Q16. Former 'James Bond', Timothy Dalton was born in __________ ? WALES
Q17. 'Manfred the Mammoth', 'Sid the Sloth' and 'Diego the Sabre-toothed Tiger' all appear in which film? ICE AGE
Q18. In which country would you find ancient stave churches made of horizontal logs built with vertical curved strips of wood called 'staves' without a single nail used in construction? NORWAY
Q19. Name the 1988 Olympic men's 200m butterfly swimming champion: MICHAEL GROSS
Q20. What was James Fixx, the man whose best-seller turned the USA on to the jogging craze, doing at the time of his death? JOGGING
Q21. Who is the 18th century English printer after whom a style of type is named: John _________ ? BASKERVILLE
Q22. Where would you find the world's second largest barrier reef after Australia's? BELIZE
Q23. Who said, 'A woman is like a teabag - only in hot water do you realize how strong she is'? NANCY REAGAN
Q24. Who said, 'How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is clearly Ocean? ARTHUR C. CLARKE
Q25. Which guitar legend was a former paratrooper who made 26 jumps with the 'Screaming Eagles' the elite 101 airborne division? JIMMI HENDRIX

Happy Friday

Q1 Celeste
Q2 Amsterdam
Q3 Hopefully watching Time Team can actually be useful...think it's a Ha-ha
Q5 Is it Tarzan...Johnny Weismuller (spelling ?)
Q10 Augustus
Q12 Duran Duran
Q15 Miss Marple
Q17 Ice Age
Q20 I think he was jogging whilst suffering from a cold


Regards
JAS

JAS wrote::D Happy Friday

Q1 Celeste
Q2 Amsterdam
Q3 Hopefully watching Time Team can actually be useful...think it's a Ha-ha
Q5 Is it Tarzan...Johnny Weismuller (spelling ?)
Q10 Augustus
Q12 Duran Duran
Q15 Miss Marple
Q17 Ice Age
Q20 I think he was jogging whilst suffering from a cold


Regards
JAS

as KG CUNNINGHAM WOULD SAY "STRIKE ME PINK" JAS ALL CORRECT

Mt Snowdon

I've been found out in your last few quizzes and this weeks hasn't done me any favours either.!

Kahuna wrote:8) Mt Snowdon

I've been found out in your last few quizzes and this weeks hasn't done me any favours either.!

CORRECT ON Q8. AND I THOUGHT THIS WEEK WOULD BE EASIER

Q16. Former 'James Bond', Timothy Dalton was born in __________ ?


A 16 Colwyn Bay, Wales, UK


Q4 Name the large, juicy, yellow-skinned citrus fruit of the West Indies?


A4 Ugli

locky801 wrote:Q16. Former 'James Bond', Timothy Dalton was born in __________ ?


A 16 Colwyn Bay, Wales, UK

CORRECT
AND ALSO Q4

9. The Scream
21. Baskerville


(both art/design, s'all I know of these!)

Dissident wrote:9. The Scream
21. Baskerville


(both art/design, s'all I know of these!)

WOW even the admin are answering questions

both correct DISS

Q19. Name the 1988 Olympic men's 200m butterfly swimming champion:



A19 Michael Gross

Q18. In which country would you find ancient stave churches made of horizontal logs built with vertical curved strips of wood called 'staves' without a single nail used in construction?



A 18 Norway

locky801 wrote:Q19. Name the 1988 Olympic men's 200m butterfly swimming champion:



A19 Michael Gross

CORRECT

Q4 Name the large, juicy, yellow-skinned citrus fruit of the West Indies?


A4 Ugli



to quick for us tonight Mags

ACTUALLY THOUGHT I MISSED IT UNTIL I SAW YOUR EDIT

magpie in the 80's wrote:

Dissident wrote:9. The Scream
21. Baskerville


(both art/design, s'all I know of these!)

WOW even the admin are answering questions

both correct DISS

Haha is that why I'm right ?

Could be a record tonight is it possible this could be done and dusted

Q25. Which guitar legend was a former paratrooper who made 26 jumps with the 'Screaming Eagles' the elite 101 airborne division?


A 25 One of the best Hendrix


Q24. Who said, 'How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is clearly Ocean?

A 24 Art Clarke

locky801 wrote:Could be a record tonight is it possible this could be done and dusted

normally i do them after work on saturday. but will be away.
if we can knock this over i'll put up another tonight

locky801 wrote:Q25. Which guitar legend was a former paratrooper who made 26 jumps with the 'Screaming Eagles' the elite 101 airborne division?


A 25 One of the best Hendrix


Q24. Who said, 'How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is clearly Ocean?

A 24 Art Clarke

both correct

Q6: Tony Curtis