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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?
Oxford
> 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?
Greyhound racing
> 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?
Headingly. Whether Headingly's in Leeds is a matter of opinion,
though.
>
> 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?
> 14. Of which country was Badouin the King from 1951 - 1993?
Netherlands
> 15. What was the first name of Winston Churchill's wife?
"Clemmie". Probably short for Clementine, but I'm not sure.
>
> 16. What do the films The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, and
> Mean Machine have in common?
> 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
> 20. Which veteran Irish actor played Professor Dumbledore in the
> recent Harry Potter film?
Peter O'Toole
>
> 21. Right Said Fred was a top 10 single in 1962 for who?
Bernard Cribbins
> 22. Which comedian had a top ten hit in 1975 with Funky Moped?
No-one! The number that sold enough copies to get Jasper Carrot into
the charts was the supposed-B-side of "Funky Moped", a risque little
monologue entitled "The Magic Roundabout". "Funky Moped" was
appalling, and Carrott never pretended otherwise. That didn't stop
the BBC posing him with a moped on Top Of The Pops to sing the awful
thing, to his extreme embarrassment.
> 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?
>
> 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.
Four Children and It?
> 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 Duck
>
> 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
Yo-yo
> 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?
Buster Crabbe?
> 35. Which form of entertainment was invented by George W. Ferris for
> the 1893 World's Fair?
The "pay-as-you-go" catherine wheel.
> 36. In The Good Life, what was Margot and Jerry's surname?
Ledbetter (sp?)
> 37. In the first episode of Eastenders, Reg Cox was found dying. Who
> was later revealed to have murdered him?
> 38. The final episode of which series earned the highest ever rating
> on American TV?
It's got to be either Fasier or Fiends. Fiends.
> 39. Who is the presenter of the quiz show 15-1?
> 40. Which actor narrated Paddington Bear?
Sir Michael Horden
> 41. What was the name of the British ship sunk by an Excocet missile
> during the Falklands War?
> (IIRC, there might be two answers to this)
Sheffield and Atlantic Conveyor
>
> 42. Operation Overlord was the code name for which WWII operation?
The Allied invasion of Europe
> 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?
Winchester
> 47. In which city is the National Maritime Museum?
London
> 48. Which shipping area is the Bristol Channel in?
> 49. In which national park would you find the mountains Scafell Pike
> and Skiddaw?
Peak District
>
> 50. Which famous person was born at 5 Cwmdonkin Drive, Swansea?
Lloyd-George?
> 51. Who followed U Thant as UN secretary general?
> 52. Which flower is on the badge of the Boy Scouts?
Rose
> 53. Which politician once played in a band called Ugly Rumours?
Mr Insincere himself.
> 54. Along with Friedrich Engels, who wrote the Communist Manifesto?
Trotsky?
> 55. Germany's Red Army Faction was popularly called what, after its
> two founders?
Bader-Meinhoff group
> 56. What are auctioned at Tattersalls?
Racehorses
> 57. What was the name of A.A. Milne's son?
Christopher-Robin
> 58. In the rhyme, which bells said "You owe me five farthings?"
St Martins
> 59. Who had a hit in the 70s with "Mama Weer All Crazee Now"
Slade
> 60. Who has a dog called Gnasher?
Dennis the Menace. The British one in The Beano, not the feeble
American imitation, of course.
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