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On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 21:15:46 +0100, Keith Willoughby
<keith@flat222.org> wrote:
>
> European Cities
> 1. In which EC is the statue of the Little Mermaid, and the Tivoli
> Gardens?
Copenhagen
> 2. In which EC is the Brandenberg Gate and Unter Den Linden?
Berlin
> 3. In which EC are the Ha'Penny Bridge and Trinity College?
Dublin
> 4. In which EC are Montmartre and the Pompidou Centre?
Paris
> 5. In which EC are the San Siro stadium and La Scala?
Milan
>
> 6. Which team has won the most FA Cups?
> 7. Ballyregan Bob rewrote the record books in 1985, but in which
> sport?
> 8. In which Olympic games did Mark Spitz win his 7 gold medals?
Swimming
> 9. Pope John Paul II represented Poland at which sport?
> 10. . What is the name of the Test cricket ground in Leeds?
Headingley
>
> 11. Of which country was Sir Edward Barton the first prime minister?
Ireland?
> 12. Olaf Palme was assassinated in 1986. Of which country was he the
> prime minister?
Sweden
> 13. Which baseball team did George W. Bush formerly own?
Texas Rangers?
> 14. Of which country was Badouin the King from 1951 - 1993?
Jordan?
> 15. What was the first name of Winston Churchill's wife?
>
> 16. What do the films The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, and
> Mean Machine have in common?
Stephen King?
> 17. Which film, set in Wales and directed by John Ford, won the best
> picture Oscar in 1942?
How Green Was My Valley
> 18. Which actor became Mayor of Carmel, California?
Clint Eastwood
> 19. Which horror actor's real name is William Henry Pratt
Boris Karloff?
> 20. Which veteran Irish actor played Professor Dumbledore in the
> recent Harry Potter film?
Richard Harris
>
> 21. Right Said Fred was a top 10 single in 1962 for who?
Bernard Cribbens
> 22. Which comedian had a top ten hit in 1975 with Funky Moped?
Jasper Carrott (was "Magic Roundabout" on the B-side?)
> 23. Also in 1975, with which song did Don Estelle and Windsor Davies
> have a top 5 hit?
Whispering Grass
> 24. "Snot Rap" was a 1983 top 10 hit single for which tv star and DJ?
Kenny Everett
> 25. The Chicken Song was a top 5 song in 1986. From which TV series
> did it come?
Spitting Image
>
> 26. First lines -
> All children, except one, grow up.
Peter Pan
> 27. Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan,
> Edmond, and Lucy.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
> 28. It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking
> thirteen.
1984
> 29. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in
> possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
Pride and Prejudice
> 30. Call me Ishmael.
Moby Dick
>
> 31. Which mode of transport was invented by Christopher Cockerill?
Hovercraft
> 32. What centuries-old toy became a craze in the 1950s after being
> marketed by Richard Knerr and Arthur "Spud" Melin
Hula Hoop
> 33. Who discovered penicillin?
Alexander Fleming
> 34. Which film star, born Hedwig Kiesler Markey, received a patent in
> 1941 for a device for controlling torpedos by radio?
> 35. Which form of entertainment was invented by George W. Ferris for
> the 1893 World's Fair?
The Ferris Wheel?
> 36. In The Good Life, what was Margot and Jerry's surname?
Leadbetter
> 37. In the first episode of Eastenders, Reg Cox was found dying. Who
> was later revealed to have murdered him?
(my first reaction was Den Watts, but he helped break the door down,
so it seems unlikely. OTOH since that's the only episode of
EastEnders I have every watched...
> 38. The final episode of which series earned the highest ever rating
> on American TV?
MASH?
> 39. Who is the presenter of the quiz show 15-1?
William G Stewart
> 40. Which actor narrated Paddington Bear?
Michael Hordern
> 41. What was the name of the British ship sunk by an Excocet missile
> during the Falklands War?
HMS
> (IIRC, there might be two answers to this)
>
> 42. Operation Overlord was the code name for which WWII operation?
D-Day
> 43. How was 617 Squadron better known?
The Dambusters?
> 44. Which famous battle took place on 21st October 1805?
Trafalgar
> 45. What was the name of the treaty of 1919 that brought peace after
> World War I and redrew the map of Europe?
Versailles
>
> 46. In which British cathedral is the Mappa Mundi held?
Lincoln
> 47. In which city is the National Maritime Museum?
London
> 48. Which shipping area is the Bristol Channel in?
Lundy?
> 49. In which national park would you find the mountains Scafell Pike
> and Skiddaw?
Lake District
>
> 50. Which famous person was born at 5 Cwmdonkin Drive, Swansea?
Catherine Zeta Jones?
> 51. Who followed U Thant as UN secretary general?
> 52. Which flower is on the badge of the Boy Scouts?
> 53. Which politician once played in a band called Ugly Rumours?
Tony Blair
> 54. Along with Friedrich Engels, who wrote the Communist Manifesto?
Karl Marx
> 55. Germany's Red Army Faction was popularly called what, after its
> two founders?
Bader-Meinhof
> 56. What are auctioned at Tattersalls?
Horses?
> 57. What was the name of A.A. Milne's son?
Christopher
> 58. In the rhyme, which bells said "You owe me five farthings?"
St Martin's
> 59. Who had a hit in the 70s with "Mama Weer All Crazee Now"
> 60. Who has a dog called Gnasher?
Dennis the Menace
--
David Brain
London, UK
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