T 157 THE COLD FACTS QUIZ
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 1:47 pm1 Who wrote the novel Cold Comfort Farm?
STELLA GIBBONS
2 Which 1993 film recounts the true story of a Jamaican Winter Olympic bobsleigh team?
COOL RUNNINGS
3 Which play opens with the line, “Now is the winter of our discontent”?
RICHARD III
4 Which song contains the lyric, “Little darling, its been a long cold lonely winter”?
HERE COMES THE SUN
5 Who played Mr Freeze in the 1997 film Batman and Robin?
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER
6 Which Oscar winning song was originally performed by Betty Garrett and Red Skelton in the 1949 film Neptune’s Daughter?
IT'S COLD OUTSIDE
7 What F word is the name given to the morbid fear of the cold?
FRIGOPHOBIA
8 What is the alternative name for an ounce in the animal kingdom?
SNOW LEOPARD
9 Which cartoon character’s chief adversary is a dog called Smedley?
CHILLY WILLY
10 Be Cool was a belated sequel to which film?
GET SHORTY
11 Who played the role of Adam Williams in the TV drama Cold Feet?
JAMES NESBITT
12 What does the computer acronym COLD signify?
COMPUTER OUTPUT FOR LASER DISC
13 Which novel by Nancy Mitford features the characters of Lord and Lady Montdore?
LOVE IN A COLD CLIMATE
14 Which group recorded the album, A Rush of Blood to the Head?
COLDPLAY
15 In which US TV crime drama does Kathryn Morris play Detective Lilly Rush?
COLD CASE
16 Who wrote the novel The Spy Who Came in from the Cold?
JOHN LE CARRE
17 Established in 1650, what is the oldest regiment in the British Army that has been in continuous active service?
COLDSTREAM GUARDS
18 What is the more common term for herpes simplex?
COLD SORE
19 Which Charles Frazier novel was adapted into a film starring Nicole Kidman?
COLD MOUNTAIN
20 Which song penned by John Lennon in 1969 dealt with his battle against heroin addiction?
COLD TURKEY
STELLA GIBBONS
2 Which 1993 film recounts the true story of a Jamaican Winter Olympic bobsleigh team?
COOL RUNNINGS
3 Which play opens with the line, “Now is the winter of our discontent”?
RICHARD III
4 Which song contains the lyric, “Little darling, its been a long cold lonely winter”?
HERE COMES THE SUN
5 Who played Mr Freeze in the 1997 film Batman and Robin?
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER
6 Which Oscar winning song was originally performed by Betty Garrett and Red Skelton in the 1949 film Neptune’s Daughter?
IT'S COLD OUTSIDE
7 What F word is the name given to the morbid fear of the cold?
FRIGOPHOBIA
8 What is the alternative name for an ounce in the animal kingdom?
SNOW LEOPARD
9 Which cartoon character’s chief adversary is a dog called Smedley?
CHILLY WILLY
10 Be Cool was a belated sequel to which film?
GET SHORTY
11 Who played the role of Adam Williams in the TV drama Cold Feet?
JAMES NESBITT
12 What does the computer acronym COLD signify?
COMPUTER OUTPUT FOR LASER DISC
13 Which novel by Nancy Mitford features the characters of Lord and Lady Montdore?
LOVE IN A COLD CLIMATE
14 Which group recorded the album, A Rush of Blood to the Head?
COLDPLAY
15 In which US TV crime drama does Kathryn Morris play Detective Lilly Rush?
COLD CASE
16 Who wrote the novel The Spy Who Came in from the Cold?
JOHN LE CARRE
17 Established in 1650, what is the oldest regiment in the British Army that has been in continuous active service?
COLDSTREAM GUARDS
18 What is the more common term for herpes simplex?
COLD SORE
19 Which Charles Frazier novel was adapted into a film starring Nicole Kidman?
COLD MOUNTAIN
20 Which song penned by John Lennon in 1969 dealt with his battle against heroin addiction?
COLD TURKEY
