Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2008 23:47:32 GMT
Ok, try this one for size....
1 Which was the first full-length Walt Disney film ?
2 Which comic strip detective was created by Chester Gould in 1931 ?
3 What was the adopted name of Canadian-born beauty expert Florence Nightingale Graham ?
4 Which is the lightest metal ?
5 Who wrote the opera Elektra ?
6 What nationality is the author Margaret Atwood ?
7 What name for the devil means 'light bearer' in Latin ?
8 Which poet is best remembered for his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard ?
9 Who succeeded Richard Nixon as US president ?
10 Of which US state is Denver the capital ?
11 Who wrote Sons and Lovers and Lady Chatterley's Lover ?
12 What name is given to plants which complete their life-cycle within one year ?
13 Which cotton fabric takes its name from the French city of Nimes ?
14 On what day is the Annunciation celebrated ?
15 Which domesticated member of the horse family is also known as an ass ?
16 What is the capital of the US state Colorado ?
17 What was the title of Robert Flaherty's pioneering 1922 documentary film of Inuit life ?
18 Who composed The Song Of The Earth ?
19 What name was given to the union of Austria with Germany in 1938 ?
20 What type of creature was Ham, who survived a sub-orbital flight on 31 January 1961 ?
21 The watercolours of which painter and poet include Job Confessing his Presumption God, Who Answers from the Whirlwind ?
22 Which European country administers the Canary Islands ?
23 Which member of the Beach Boys recorded the 1977 solo album Going Public ?
24 What are you in New Zealand if you are 'boohai' ?
25 Which pioneering singer-songwriter was backed by The Crickets ?
26 What is the name of Dick Dastardly's canine companion in the cartoon deries Wacky Races ?
27 With which instrument was the jazz musician Buddy Rich associated ?
28 Of what is 'otorhinolaryngology' the scientific study ?
29 Which is further east: Cannes or Nice ?
30 Why might you avoid a 'euripus' if you were a sailor ?
1pt for each except where stated. No more than 10 answers per person per 4 hour session please.
Good Luck !
1 Which was the first full-length Walt Disney film ?
2 Which comic strip detective was created by Chester Gould in 1931 ?
3 What was the adopted name of Canadian-born beauty expert Florence Nightingale Graham ?
4 Which is the lightest metal ?
5 Who wrote the opera Elektra ?
6 What nationality is the author Margaret Atwood ?
7 What name for the devil means 'light bearer' in Latin ?
8 Which poet is best remembered for his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard ?
9 Who succeeded Richard Nixon as US president ?
10 Of which US state is Denver the capital ?
11 Who wrote Sons and Lovers and Lady Chatterley's Lover ?
12 What name is given to plants which complete their life-cycle within one year ?
13 Which cotton fabric takes its name from the French city of Nimes ?
14 On what day is the Annunciation celebrated ?
15 Which domesticated member of the horse family is also known as an ass ?
16 What is the capital of the US state Colorado ?
17 What was the title of Robert Flaherty's pioneering 1922 documentary film of Inuit life ?
18 Who composed The Song Of The Earth ?
19 What name was given to the union of Austria with Germany in 1938 ?
20 What type of creature was Ham, who survived a sub-orbital flight on 31 January 1961 ?
21 The watercolours of which painter and poet include Job Confessing his Presumption God, Who Answers from the Whirlwind ?
22 Which European country administers the Canary Islands ?
23 Which member of the Beach Boys recorded the 1977 solo album Going Public ?
24 What are you in New Zealand if you are 'boohai' ?
25 Which pioneering singer-songwriter was backed by The Crickets ?
26 What is the name of Dick Dastardly's canine companion in the cartoon deries Wacky Races ?
27 With which instrument was the jazz musician Buddy Rich associated ?
28 Of what is 'otorhinolaryngology' the scientific study ?
29 Which is further east: Cannes or Nice ?
30 Why might you avoid a 'euripus' if you were a sailor ?
1pt for each except where stated. No more than 10 answers per person per 4 hour session please.
Good Luck !