INQUIZITION QUIZ NO.8 ROCK

[magpie in the 80's]

1 Which cartoon TV series features a pair of brothers called Rock and Gravel?
WACKY RACES
2 “Rock with You” by Michael Jackson featured on which 1979 album?
OFF THE WALL
3 What song did James Brown perform in the film RockyIII?
LIVING IN ANERICA
4 Uluru is the aboriginal name for which Australian landmark?
AYERS ROCK
5 What P word is the name given to the study of rocks?
PETROLOGY
6 Which movie star was born Roy Harold Scherer?
ROCK HUDSON
7 What species of ape are native to the Rock of Gibraltar?
BARBARY APES
8 What type of animal is Rocky in the cartoon series Rocky and Bullwinkle?
SQUIRREL
9 What is the highest peak in the Rocky Mountains?
MOUNT ELBERT
10 Which singer nicknamed “The King of Skiffle” enjoyed a 1956 hit with “Rock Island Line”?
LONNIE DONEGAN
11 Who played the role of Dr Stanley Goodspeed in the 1996 action movie The Rock?
NICHOLAS CAGE
12 Which artist painted Boy on the Rocks?
HENRI ROUSSEAU
13 Who wrote the musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show?
RICHARD O'BRIEN
14 Which group opened the 1985 Live Aid concert with the song “Rockin’ All over the World”?
STATUS QUO
15 Which African country is famed for its rock-engraving site of Twyfelfontein?
NAMIBIA

[Leaping Lindner]

2 Off the Wall
3 Living in America
4 Ayers Rock
6 Rock Hudson
7 Barbary
8 Squirell
10 Lonnie Donnegan
13 Jim Sharman
14 Status Quo

[Pseudo]

13 Jim Sharman

I coulda sworn it was Richard O'Brien, who also played Riffraff in it.

... and 5 - Paleontology

[magpie in the 80's]

2 Off the Wall
3 Living in America
4 Ayers Rock
6 Rock Hudson
7 Barbary
8 Squirell
10 Lonnie Donnegan
13 Jim Sharman.....INCORRECT
14 Status Quo

ALL OTHERS CORRECT LL

[magpie in the 80's]

13 Jim Sharman

I coulda sworn it was Richard O'Brien, who also played Riffraff in it.......CORRECT

... and 5 - Paleontology.....INCORRECT

Paleontology, palaeontology or palæontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of fossils

[godoubleblues]

Q11 - Nicholas Cage

[JAS]

Q1 Wackey Races

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

Q11 - Nicholas Cage

CORRECT GDB

[magpie in the 80's]

Q1 Wackey Races

Regards
JAS

CORRECT JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

1 Which cartoon TV series features a pair of brothers called Rock and Gravel?
WACKY RACES
2 “Rock with You” by Michael Jackson featured on which 1979 album?
OFF THE WALL
3 What song did James Brown perform in the film RockyIII?
LIVING IN ANERICA
4 Uluru is the aboriginal name for which Australian landmark?
AYERS ROCK
5 What P word is the name given to the study of rocks?
PETROLOGY
6 Which movie star was born Roy Harold Scherer?
ROCK HUDSON
7 What species of ape are native to the Rock of Gibraltar?
BARBARY APES
8 What type of animal is Rocky in the cartoon series Rocky and Bullwinkle?
SQUIRREL
9 What is the highest peak in the Rocky Mountains?
MOUNT ELBERT
10 Which singer nicknamed “The King of Skiffle” enjoyed a 1956 hit with “Rock Island Line”?
LONNIE DONEGAN
11 Who played the role of Dr Stanley Goodspeed in the 1996 action movie The Rock?
NICHOLAS CAGE
12 Which artist painted Boy on the Rocks?
HENRI ROUSSEAU
13 Who wrote the musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show?
RICHARD O'BRIEN
14 Which group opened the 1985 Live Aid concert with the song “Rockin’ All over the World”?
STATUS QUO
15 Which African country is famed for its rock-engraving site of Twyfelfontein?
NAMIBIA

QUESTIONS ANSWERED ARE IN RED.
QUESTIONS UNANSWERED ARE IN BLUE.

END OF QUIZ