Quiz #89 - 26th July 2011Venue: Chilled Bar
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Round 1
1. General Knowledge LOT is the national airline of which country?
Poland (LOT Polish Airlines)
2. On This Day Born on this day, 26th July, 1950, name the English actress whose films include Straw Dogs , Fright and Tomorrow Never Comes .
Susan George
3. Science & Nature Which acid is used in a lead-acid car battery?
Sulphuric acid (H2 SO4 )
4. Music Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Rolling Stones - The Last Time (1965)
5. Sport & Leisure Who is the current WBA, IBF, IBO and WBO world heavyweight boxing champion?
Wladimir Klitschko
6. Anagram I'M STAR EVENT is an anagram of which American actor born in Waco, Texas in 1945?
Steve Martin
7. Art & Literature Name the Dutch artist most famous for this 1624 painting, the Laughing Cavalier .
Frans Hals
8. Flags What letters are missing from the top of this flag?
POW MIA (Prisoners of War / Missing in Action)
9. Music Known for its double reed, what instrument do all the other instruments in an orchestra frequently tune to?
Oboe
10. History What 'M' was the line of fortifications built by France along its borders with Germany and Italy in the run-up to World War II?
Maginot Line
11. Entertainment Who played James Bond in the 1969 film On Her Majesty's Secret Service ?
George Lazenby
12. Geography Lake Toba, a 100km long lake and super volcano, is located on which island?
Sumatra (Indonesia)
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Round 2
1. General Knowledge Founded in 1902 as the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, by what name is it better known today?
3M
2. Current Affairs In the news this week, name the small island in Norway; tragic scene of the shooting massacre on Friday.
Utøya
3. Science & Nature What 'M' has the chemical formula CH4 ?
Methane / Methyl hydride / Marsh gas
4. Music Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Boston - More Than a Feeling (1976)
5. Sport & Leisure In football, who won the Copa América final on Sunday?
Uruguay (Uruguay 3-0 Paraguay)
6. Geography Which river runs through the cities of Dresden, Magdeburg and Hamburg in Germany?
Elbe
7. Art & Literature In literature, what name did Caractacus Potts give to his 12-cylinder, eight-litre, supercharged Paragon Panther?
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car - Ian Fleming - 1964)
8. Flags The only one to feature the Union Jack, to which US state does this flag belong?
Hawaii
9. Music The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy features in which ballet with music by Tchaikovsky?
The Nutcracker
10. History Between 1730 and 1914, what was the capital of the Russian Empire?
Saint Petersburg
11. Entertainment What is the name of the fictional town in which the long running Australian soap opera Home and Away is set?
Summer Bay
12. Geography How many US State names begin with the letter M?
8 (Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri and Montana)
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Round 3
1. General Knowledge First appointed in 1506, of what nationality are the soldiers on guard at the gates of Vatican City?
Swiss (Corps of the Pontifical Swiss Guard)
2. In This Year In this year: Pan Am began the first commercial 747 service, flying from New York to London; Black Sabbath released their self-named début album; and the Aswan High Dam in Egypt was completed. What year was it?
1970
3. Science & Nature What part of the body does a rhinologist study?
Nose
4. Music Cover of a 1972 Bill Withers hit;(½ point each for Artist and Title)
Club Nouveau - Lean On Me (1987)
5. Sport & Leisure Quite different to skiing or snowboarding, what indoor sport is played on a piste?
Fencing
6. Anagram SCRATCH IS AMORAL is an anagram of which world famous Victorian novel?
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
7. Art & Literature Who wrote the 1831 novel, The Hunchback of Notre Dame ?
Victor Hugo
8. Geography The Galápagos Islands are located 605 miles off the coast of which continent?
South America (Ecuador)
9. Food & Drink What is the key ingredient of a traditional satay sauce?
Peanuts
10. History Who was Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe throughout the Second World War?
Hermann Wilhelm Göring
11. Entertainment Name this TV series from the 1980s.
VIDEO
Falcon Crest
12. Geography In which South American country is the port of Fray Bentos?
Uruguay
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Round 4
1. Food & Drink Called Noi Na (น้อยหน่า) in Thai, what 'S' is a common English name for this fruit?
Sugar-apple / Sweetsop (Annona squamosa)
2. Current Affairs In the news this week, name the caddie sacked by Tiger Woods, ending the 12 year old relationship between them.
Steve Williams
3. Science & Nature What 'P' is an astronomical term describing a distance of about 3.26 light years?
Parsec
4. Music Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
All Saints - Never Ever (1998)
5. Sport & Leisure In Formula One, what does the acronym DRS stand for?
Drag Reduction System
6. Entertainment Name the actor speaking in this 1972 film.
John Wayne (The Cowboys)
7. Art & Literature Which 1898 science fiction novel begins with an unusual incident at Horsell Common near Woking in Surrey?
The War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells)
8. Landmarks In which country would you find this landmark?
Tibet (Potala Palace, Lhasa)
9. Music What connects Sandie Shaw, Lulu, Dana, Celine Dion and Katrina and the Waves?
Eurovision Song Contest winners
10. History In which country did Sirimavo Bandaranaike become the world's first female Prime Minister in 1960?
Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
11. Entertainment Fox and Dana are the first names of the lead characters in a popular TV series running between 1993 and 2002. What are their surnames?
Mulder and Scully (The X-Files)
12. General Knowledge How many living former Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom are there?
4 (Baroness Thatcher, 85; Sir John Major, 68; Tony Blair, 58; Gordon Brown, 60
)
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Picture Round
1. D arren Clarke
2. Pete Postlethwaite
3. B arry Manilow
4. John B arry
5. Ricki Lake
6. E ric Clapton
7. Michael Gough
8. Gemma A rterton
9. Mark Webber
10. R obert Redford
11. Amy Winehouse
12. Debbie Harry
Snowball Question
(Answer is between
8,674
Scoreboard
Team Name
R1
R2
R3
R4
P
Total
Drunken Layabouts
7
8
8
9
7
39 Khon Kaen Klan
6
7
6½
9
9
37½
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