Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2009 23:55:18 GMT
Pot Pourri XIV
Here is another themed quiz with two subsections. 1pt for each answer unless stated otherwise.
a)
1 In which movie is the lead character served by a valet called Riff-Raff and a maid called Magenta ?
2 What is the sign of the zodiac for April 21 to May 20 ?
3 Which club rugby union side are known as 'The Saints' ?
4 Which job did 34-year old Rebekah Wade land in 2002 ?
5 What name has been given to 30th January 1972 in Ireland's troubled history ?
6 Which African country was formerly known as French Sudan ?
7 Which former partisan leader became head of state in Yugoslavia after WWII ?
8 Bertie Bassett was a character made up of what type of confectionery ?
9 Who were admitted to football's 1992 European Championship finals only after Yugoslavia were ejected on political grounds, and went on to win the competition ?
10 Which revolutionary leader and his red-shirts were at the heart of the struggle to unify Italy ?
11 In 1980 the SAS stormed and occupied which country's London embassy ?
12 Which French painter is associated with a fruitful ten-year stay in Tahiti ?
13 Which former state of the Soviet Union has its capital in Tbilisi ?
14 Tallahassee is the administrative centre of which US state ?
15 What do William Shakespeare, Michael Faraday and Edward Elgar have in common ?
b) Match these pop stars to the movies in which they appeared:
16 Iggy Pop
17 Ice Cube
18 Damon Albarn
19 David Bowie
20 Mick Jagger
21 Kylie
22 Madonna
23 Snoop Doggy Dogg
24 Roger Daltrey
25 Bob Dylan
26 Cher
27 Ice-T
28 Whitney Houston
29 David Essex
30 Roland Gift
A Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence
B That'll Be the Day
C New Jack City
D The Delinquents
E Three Kings
F Scandal
G Desperately Seeking Susan
H Face
I Silkwood
J Cry-Baby
K Starsky and Hutch
L Performance
M Lisztomania
N The Bodyguard
P Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid
........bonus question.........
31 Which one from the list in Part b) has won an Oscar for their acting? And for which movie ?
No more than 8 answers per person in any one 4-hour period, please. Good luck !
Here is another themed quiz with two subsections. 1pt for each answer unless stated otherwise.
a)
1 In which movie is the lead character served by a valet called Riff-Raff and a maid called Magenta ?
2 What is the sign of the zodiac for April 21 to May 20 ?
3 Which club rugby union side are known as 'The Saints' ?
4 Which job did 34-year old Rebekah Wade land in 2002 ?
5 What name has been given to 30th January 1972 in Ireland's troubled history ?
6 Which African country was formerly known as French Sudan ?
7 Which former partisan leader became head of state in Yugoslavia after WWII ?
8 Bertie Bassett was a character made up of what type of confectionery ?
9 Who were admitted to football's 1992 European Championship finals only after Yugoslavia were ejected on political grounds, and went on to win the competition ?
10 Which revolutionary leader and his red-shirts were at the heart of the struggle to unify Italy ?
11 In 1980 the SAS stormed and occupied which country's London embassy ?
12 Which French painter is associated with a fruitful ten-year stay in Tahiti ?
13 Which former state of the Soviet Union has its capital in Tbilisi ?
14 Tallahassee is the administrative centre of which US state ?
15 What do William Shakespeare, Michael Faraday and Edward Elgar have in common ?
b) Match these pop stars to the movies in which they appeared:
16 Iggy Pop
17 Ice Cube
18 Damon Albarn
19 David Bowie
20 Mick Jagger
21 Kylie
22 Madonna
23 Snoop Doggy Dogg
24 Roger Daltrey
25 Bob Dylan
26 Cher
27 Ice-T
28 Whitney Houston
29 David Essex
30 Roland Gift
A Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence
B That'll Be the Day
C New Jack City
D The Delinquents
E Three Kings
F Scandal
G Desperately Seeking Susan
H Face
I Silkwood
J Cry-Baby
K Starsky and Hutch
L Performance
M Lisztomania
N The Bodyguard
P Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid
........bonus question.........
31 Which one from the list in Part b) has won an Oscar for their acting? And for which movie ?
No more than 8 answers per person in any one 4-hour period, please. Good luck !
