INQUIZITION QUIZ NO. 104 WINTER AND SNOW
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 1:19 pm1. What colour snow fell over an area of 1,500 sq. km. in Siberia on Feb 2 2007?
ORANGE
2. The following words are from which song? "Don't be a naughty Eskimo"
DON'T EAT THE YELLOW SNOW
3. Who had a hit song on both sides of the Atlantic in 1969 with Winter World Of Love?
ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK
4. Who had a hit song in the late 60s with Hazy Shade Of Winter?
SIMON AND GARFUNKEL
5. What is an Alberta Clipper?
AN EXTREMELY COLD FAST MOVING SNOW STORM
6. Which director said "Blondes make the best victims. They are like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints"?
ALFRED HITCHCOCK
7. What are Mukluks?
A TYPE OF ESKIMO BOOTS
8. What is the more common name for the legume called Mangetout?
SNOW PEA
9. After she eats the poison apple the seven dwarfs, believing her to be dead, place Snow White in what?
A GLASS COFFIN
10. In which country were the first Winter Olympic Games held in 1924?
FRANCE
11. What is an Ushanka?
RUSSIAN FUR CAP WITH EAR FLAPS
12. Which name is given to the battle that took place in severe winter conditions in the Ardennes between 16 December 1944 and 25 January 1945?
BATTLE OF THE BULGE
13. Which 'winter' film opens with the following text? "This is a true story. The events depicted in this film took place in Minnesota in 1987"
FARGO
14. Which Canadian female singer had a hit in the USA, Canada and the UK in 1970 with Snow Bird?
"The snow bird sings the song he always sings, and speaks to me of flowers that will bloom again in spring"
ANNE MURRAY
15. Which Sir played Richard Lionheart in the prize winning 1968 film The Lion In Winter?
SIR ANTHONY HOPKINS
ORANGE
2. The following words are from which song? "Don't be a naughty Eskimo"
DON'T EAT THE YELLOW SNOW
3. Who had a hit song on both sides of the Atlantic in 1969 with Winter World Of Love?
ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK
4. Who had a hit song in the late 60s with Hazy Shade Of Winter?
SIMON AND GARFUNKEL
5. What is an Alberta Clipper?
AN EXTREMELY COLD FAST MOVING SNOW STORM
6. Which director said "Blondes make the best victims. They are like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints"?
ALFRED HITCHCOCK
7. What are Mukluks?
A TYPE OF ESKIMO BOOTS
8. What is the more common name for the legume called Mangetout?
SNOW PEA
9. After she eats the poison apple the seven dwarfs, believing her to be dead, place Snow White in what?
A GLASS COFFIN
10. In which country were the first Winter Olympic Games held in 1924?
FRANCE
11. What is an Ushanka?
RUSSIAN FUR CAP WITH EAR FLAPS
12. Which name is given to the battle that took place in severe winter conditions in the Ardennes between 16 December 1944 and 25 January 1945?
BATTLE OF THE BULGE
13. Which 'winter' film opens with the following text? "This is a true story. The events depicted in this film took place in Minnesota in 1987"
FARGO
14. Which Canadian female singer had a hit in the USA, Canada and the UK in 1970 with Snow Bird?
"The snow bird sings the song he always sings, and speaks to me of flowers that will bloom again in spring"
ANNE MURRAY
15. Which Sir played Richard Lionheart in the prize winning 1968 film The Lion In Winter?
SIR ANTHONY HOPKINS
