Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2008 13:13:50 GMT
Another 30 to test your skills. A few difficult ones thrown in this time.
1 What was the food of the gods, according to classical mythology ?
2 Who wrote the operetta The Gondoliers ?
3 In which Charles Dickens novel does the character Uriah Heep appear ?
4 Who wrote the 1933 book Down and Out in Paris and London ?
5 What was the name of the Turkish city Ankara until 1930 ? (Feedthegoat bonus)
6 Who was the lover of Leander in Greek mythology ? (Mariahcarey bonus)
7 Carthaginian general Hasdrubal was the brother of which famous historical character ?
8 Who wrote the book Cakes and Ale ? (Thrapston bonus)
9 What does VHS stand for ?
10 Who recorded the 1995 hit single No More I Love Yous ? (CUJimmy bonus)
11 Which member of the Spice Girls released the 2001 single Lullaby ?
12 What nationality is rugby league player Yacine Dekkiche ?
13 In which year did the Police release their single Walking on the Moon ?
14 Which country is larger in area : Albania or Belgium ?
15 Which is the second largest country in South America ?
16 How many months are there in the Hindu calendar ?
17 Which occurred first in geological time: the Permian Period or the Cambrian Period ?
18 In which city is the Islamic shrine the Kaaba ?
19 With which sport are Brigitte Becue and Agnes Kovacs associated ?
20 What was the name of the character played by actress Mena Suvari in the 1999 film American Beauty ?
21 What name is given to flying animals of the order Chiroptera ?
22 Which Portuguese saint is often invoked as a finder of lost property ? (margo bonus)
23 What does the symbol of a circle within an X across it mean when found on a clothing label ?
24 Which two South American countries fought the Chaco War between 1932 and 1935 ?
25 Bauxite is the principal ore of which metal ?
26 Which mountain system of South America extends from Tierra del Fuego to Panama ?
27 What name is given to suffocation due to fluid in the air passages ?
28 Which Czech tennis player failed a drugs test at Wimbledon in 1998 ? (tommo bonus)
29 What is the name of Don Quixote’s squire ?
30 Which Paris fortress was stormed on 14 July 1789, at the beginning of the French Revolution ?
No more than 10 answers per person in any one 4-hour period, please. Good luck !
1 What was the food of the gods, according to classical mythology ?
2 Who wrote the operetta The Gondoliers ?
3 In which Charles Dickens novel does the character Uriah Heep appear ?
4 Who wrote the 1933 book Down and Out in Paris and London ?
5 What was the name of the Turkish city Ankara until 1930 ? (Feedthegoat bonus)
6 Who was the lover of Leander in Greek mythology ? (Mariahcarey bonus)
7 Carthaginian general Hasdrubal was the brother of which famous historical character ?
8 Who wrote the book Cakes and Ale ? (Thrapston bonus)
9 What does VHS stand for ?
10 Who recorded the 1995 hit single No More I Love Yous ? (CUJimmy bonus)
11 Which member of the Spice Girls released the 2001 single Lullaby ?
12 What nationality is rugby league player Yacine Dekkiche ?
13 In which year did the Police release their single Walking on the Moon ?
14 Which country is larger in area : Albania or Belgium ?
15 Which is the second largest country in South America ?
16 How many months are there in the Hindu calendar ?
17 Which occurred first in geological time: the Permian Period or the Cambrian Period ?
18 In which city is the Islamic shrine the Kaaba ?
19 With which sport are Brigitte Becue and Agnes Kovacs associated ?
20 What was the name of the character played by actress Mena Suvari in the 1999 film American Beauty ?
21 What name is given to flying animals of the order Chiroptera ?
22 Which Portuguese saint is often invoked as a finder of lost property ? (margo bonus)
23 What does the symbol of a circle within an X across it mean when found on a clothing label ?
24 Which two South American countries fought the Chaco War between 1932 and 1935 ?
25 Bauxite is the principal ore of which metal ?
26 Which mountain system of South America extends from Tierra del Fuego to Panama ?
27 What name is given to suffocation due to fluid in the air passages ?
28 Which Czech tennis player failed a drugs test at Wimbledon in 1998 ? (tommo bonus)
29 What is the name of Don Quixote’s squire ?
30 Which Paris fortress was stormed on 14 July 1789, at the beginning of the French Revolution ?
No more than 10 answers per person in any one 4-hour period, please. Good luck !
