GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 18

[magpie in the 80's]

Q1. Who directed the 1995 film Casino? MARTIN SCORSESE
Q2. The Thinker is the work of which sculptor? RODIN
Q3. On which river are the Victoria Falls? ZAMBESI
Q4. In the UK military what does SAS stand for? SPECIAL AIR SERVICE
Q5. From which type of wood are cricket bats traditionally made? WILLOW
Q6. On which part of the body would you wear a sabot? FOOT
Q7. What date of the year is St Swithin's Day? 15TH OF JULY
Q8. What is an archer's arrow case called? QUIVER
Q9. What is the largest planet in our solar system? JUPITER
Q10. What type of creature is an avadavat? BIRD
Q11. What is the name of the prison in the British TV comedy series Porridge? SLADE
Q12. Who became the First Minister of Northern Ireland in 1998? DAVID TRIMBLE
Q13. Who was the child star of Steven Spielberg's Empire Of The Sun CHRISTIAN BALE
Q14. The Cenotaph is situated in which London street? WHITEHALL
Q15. Which team won the 2006 Superbowl? PITTSBURG STEELERS
Q16. What is the title of the lowest order of the British nobility? BARON / BARONESS
Q17. What is the plant hamamelis commonly known as? WITCH HAZEL
Q18. What is the name of the substance used for clarifying beer or wine? FININGS
Q19. If a dish is 'en papillote' it is cooked or served in what? PAPER
Q20. Who shot and killed John Lennon in New York, 1980? MARK CHAPMAN
Q21. What was the title of the first talking film? THE JAZZ SINGER
Q22. Which British disc jockey's nickname was 'Fluff'? ALAN FREEMAN
Q23. The Blue Boy is a work by which artist? THONAS GAINSBOROUGH
Q24. In which year was the MOT test introduced in UK? 1960
Q25. Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin? HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
Q26. Who discovered the rabies vaccination?LOUIS PASTEUR
Q27. How many hearts does an octopus have? THREE
Q28. What is the medical term for the shoulder blade? SCAPULA
Q29. Who plays Gabrielle Solis in Desperate Housewives? EVA LONGORIA
Q30. Whose autobiography is entitled Zero to Hero? FRANK BRUNO
Q31. Who is the Greek god of music? APOLLO
Q32. Who would be put into a panoptican? PRISONERS
Q33. John Glenn became which US state's first four-term senator? OHIO
Q34. What is the birth stone for November? TOPAZ
Q35. Who wrote the opera Madama Butterfly? PUCCINI
Q36.Which town is the administrative centre of Shetland? LERWICK
Q37. In the TV comedy Dad's Army what is Captain Mainwaring's first name? GEORGE
Q38. Pershore, Victoria and Washington are types of which fruit? PLUM
Q39. Mrs Malaprop is a character in which of Sheridan's plays? THE RIVALS
Q40. What did Tim Berners Lee invent? THE INTERNET
Q41. Which US city hosted the 1985 Live Aid concert? PHILADELPHIA
Q42. What is the fatty substance found naturally on sheep's wool called? LANOLIN
Q43. Haptic relates to which of the five senses? TOUCH
Q44. Mal de Mer is the French term for which ailment? SEA SICKNESS
Q45. Who played the original Daisy Duke in TV's Dukes Of Hazard? CATHERINE BACH
Q46. The song The Rhythm Of Life comes from which musical? SWEET CHARITY
Q47. How many times in succession did Bjorn Borg win the Men's Tennis Singles at Wimbledon? FIVE
Q48. What was the title of the 1999 album released by Madness? WONDERFUL
Q49. What religious movement was founded by Mary Baker Eddy? CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Q50. What type of animal is a Saki? MONKEY

[godoubleblues]

Q2 - Rodin
Q4 - Special Air Service
Q8 - quiver
Q9 - Jupiter
20 - Mark Chapman
Q45 - Catherine Bach
Q47 - 5

[RustyCage]

5 - English Willow
15 - Pittsburgh Steelers
23 - Pablo Piccasso

[magpie in the 80's]

Q2 - Rodin
Q4 - Special Air Service
Q8 - quiver
Q9 - Jupiter
20 - Mark Chapman
Q45 - Catherine Bach
Q47 - 5

ALL CORRECT GDB

[magpie in the 80's]

5 - English Willow.........CORRECT
15 - Pittsburgh Steelers........CORRECT
23 - Pablo Piccasso.....INCORRECT

[Leaping Lindner]

46 is "Sweet Charity" I think.

[magpie in the 80's]

46 is "Sweet Charity" I think.

CORRECT LL

[Dogwatcher]

Q1 - Scorcese
q3 - Zambezi
q13 - Christian Bale
q14 - I know it's in whitehall
q21 - The Great dictator
q29 - eva longoria
q 35 - puccini

[magpie in the 80's]

Q1 - Scorcese
q3 - Zambezi
q13 - Christian Bale
q14 - I know it's in whitehall
q21 - The Great dictator INCORRECT
q29 - eva longoria
q 35 - puccini

ALL CORRECT EXCEPT FOR Q21 DW

[Dogwatcher]

You sure about 21....I answered that recently at a quiz night and got it right...

Hmmmm....what about The Jazz Singer?

[Mr66]

Q/ 1 - Martin Scorsese
Q/ 2 - Zambezi
Q/25 - Harriet Beecher Stowe
Q/27 - Two
Q/41 - Philadelphia

[magpie in the 80's]

You sure about 21....I answered that recently at a quiz night and got it right...

Hmmmm....what about The Jazz Singer?

this is the correct answer

[magpie in the 80's]

Q/ 1 - Martin Scorsese........correct
Q/ 2 - Zambezi........correct
Q/25 - Harriet Beecher Stowe.........corretc
Q/27 - Two........incorrect
Q/41 - Philadelphia...........correct

[Mr66]

Q/ 7 - 15 July

[magpie in the 80's]

Q/ 7 - 15 July

CORRECT

[smac]

6. Your foot. Unless you had deformed hands, that looked like feet. Then I suppose you could wear them on your hands too.

[Interceptor]

40. World Wide Web

[JAS]

Good morning sunshine
Haha I think I know a few of these

Q11 Slade Prison
Q16 Baron
Q18 Isinglass
Q19 It's cooked in a bag...traditionally a paper one
Q22 The late, great Alan 'fluff' Freeman pop pickers
Q23 Thomas Gainsborough
Q28 Scapula
Q36 Lerwick
Q38 I know Victoria are plums so hopefully the rest are too
Q40 I think he created http://WWW...the good old world wide web
Q42 Lanolin
Q44 Sea sickness

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

6. Your foot. Unless you had deformed hands, that looked like feet. Then I suppose you could wear them on your hands too.

CORRECT

[magpie in the 80's]

40. World Wide Web

CORRECT