T273 ANSWER LINKS QUIZ
Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 2:33 pmAROUND THE USA
The answers to the following ten questions all contain the name of a city in the USA.
1 Who provides lead vocals for the pop group Dawn?
TONY ORLANDO
2 Which famous name in America’s Wild West was born in Iowa in 1846 and was buried on Lookout Mountain in June 1917?
BUFFALO BILL
3 Who was the only Scottish referee at football’s 2002 World Cup finals?
HUGH DALLAS
4 In which film did Antonio Banderas play the lover of Tom Hanks?
PHILIDELPHIA
5 Which song contains the line, “You leave the Pennsylvania Station ‘bout a quarter to four”?
CHATANOOGA CHOO CHOO
6 Which film won the 2003 Golden Globe for best musical?
CHICAGO
7 Who signed a record breaking $100 million contract with Arista Records in 2001?
WHITNEY HOUSTON
8 Who won a Best Actor Oscar for his role in the film Training Day?
DENZEL WASHINGTON
9 What name was given to the tax protest of 1773 carried out by The Sons Of Liberty while disguised as Mohawk Indians?
THE BOSTON TEA PARTY
10 With which group was Gloria Estefan when hitting the charts with the song, Dr Beat?
THE MIAMI SOUND MACHINE
FOR THE BIRD BRAINS
The answers to the following ten questions all contain the name of a bird.
11 Mount Ararat is the highest point in which country?
TURKEY
12 Which vessel sank on Coniston Water on January 4, 1967?
BLUEBIRD
13 Who wrote an essay entitled Notes on Hospitals in 1859?
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
14 By what name is the fictional villain Oswald Cobblepot better known?
THE PENGUIN
15 What was the name of the character played by Ben Vereen in the Emmy Award winning mini TV series Roots?
CHICKEN GEORGE
16 What was the name of the famous flying boat of Howard Hughes that saw its only flight in 1947?
SPRUCE GOOSE
17 What name is given to the dish of dried bummalo fish?
BOMBAY DUCK
18 In which American soap of the 1980s did Jane Wyman play Angela Channing?
FALCON CREST
19 Which singer born in Missouri in 1962 won three Grammy Awards for her 1993 debut album Tuesday Night Music Club?
SHERYL CROW
20 Which ballet by Tchaikovsky was first performed on May 4, 1877 in the city of Moscow?
SWAN LAKE
The answers to the following ten questions all contain the name of a city in the USA.
1 Who provides lead vocals for the pop group Dawn?
TONY ORLANDO
2 Which famous name in America’s Wild West was born in Iowa in 1846 and was buried on Lookout Mountain in June 1917?
BUFFALO BILL
3 Who was the only Scottish referee at football’s 2002 World Cup finals?
HUGH DALLAS
4 In which film did Antonio Banderas play the lover of Tom Hanks?
PHILIDELPHIA
5 Which song contains the line, “You leave the Pennsylvania Station ‘bout a quarter to four”?
CHATANOOGA CHOO CHOO
6 Which film won the 2003 Golden Globe for best musical?
CHICAGO
7 Who signed a record breaking $100 million contract with Arista Records in 2001?
WHITNEY HOUSTON
8 Who won a Best Actor Oscar for his role in the film Training Day?
DENZEL WASHINGTON
9 What name was given to the tax protest of 1773 carried out by The Sons Of Liberty while disguised as Mohawk Indians?
THE BOSTON TEA PARTY
10 With which group was Gloria Estefan when hitting the charts with the song, Dr Beat?
THE MIAMI SOUND MACHINE
FOR THE BIRD BRAINS
The answers to the following ten questions all contain the name of a bird.
11 Mount Ararat is the highest point in which country?
TURKEY
12 Which vessel sank on Coniston Water on January 4, 1967?
BLUEBIRD
13 Who wrote an essay entitled Notes on Hospitals in 1859?
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
14 By what name is the fictional villain Oswald Cobblepot better known?
THE PENGUIN
15 What was the name of the character played by Ben Vereen in the Emmy Award winning mini TV series Roots?
CHICKEN GEORGE
16 What was the name of the famous flying boat of Howard Hughes that saw its only flight in 1947?
SPRUCE GOOSE
17 What name is given to the dish of dried bummalo fish?
BOMBAY DUCK
18 In which American soap of the 1980s did Jane Wyman play Angela Channing?
FALCON CREST
19 Which singer born in Missouri in 1962 won three Grammy Awards for her 1993 debut album Tuesday Night Music Club?
SHERYL CROW
20 Which ballet by Tchaikovsky was first performed on May 4, 1877 in the city of Moscow?
SWAN LAKE
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