Pub Quiz 9 - 20021023

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20021023

Film - who played whom?
1. Who played pilot Douglas Bader in Reach For The Sky?

(Arthur Askey and Dougie Wougie Bader went down to the Animal
Farm - the Genius of Half Man Half Biscuit)

2. Who played Atticus Finch in 1962's To Kill a Mockingbird
3. Which singer played Og the Leprechaun in Finian's Rainbow?
4. Who played Dick Turpin in Carry on Dick?
5. Who played Don Vito Corleone in The Godfather?
Literature
6. Which wicked witch was killed by Dorothy's house at the beginning of the
East
7. Who is the current Poet Laureate?
8. Of which novel is this the first line? "It is a truth universally
acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be
in want of a wife."
9. Of which novel is this the first line? "When Mary Lennox was sent to
Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle everybody said she was the
most disagreeable-looking child ever seen."
10. Of which novel is this the first line? "The great fish moved silently
through the night water, propelled by short sweeps of its crescent tail."
Religion
11. Which birthday does the bar mitzvah celebrate for Jewish boys?
12. Brahma, Shiva, and Vishnu are the trinity of which religion?
13. Which religion was founded by Charles Taze Russell in the 1870s?
14. Who was the first Christian Apostle to be martyred?
15. by what name is the ninth month of the Mohammedan calendar known?
Politics
16. It gave its name to a scandal, but what was the Watergate?
17. On putting his name to the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921, who said 'I have
signed my own death warrant'?
18. Which Welsh Secretary resigned after an outing on Clapham Common?
19. What was the name of the Downing Street cat from 1989 - 1997?
20. Who was British prime minister at the start of WWI?
Famous Welshmen
21. Which famous Welshman became MP for Ebbw Vale in 1931?
22. Richard Burton was nominated for 7 Oscars. How many did he win?
23. In 1996, Rugby World magazine voted which Welshman as greatest rugby
player of all time?
24. Which Welsh buccaneer, who died in 1688, became lieutenant-governer of
Jamaica?
25. Which famous Welshman was born at 5 Cwmdonkin Drive, Swansea?
Airplanes
26. What was the name of the plane that the Wright brothers made the first
powered flight in?
27. Which company designed the engines that powered the Spitfire and
Hurricane?
28. Who piloted the Bell X-1 that first broke the sound barrier?
29. what was the name of the plane in which Lindbergh first flew the Atlantic
solo?
30. In which plane did Brian Trubshaw make history in 1969?
BBC's Great Britons

(this is a list of 100 Great Britons compiled by the BBC)

31. Which one of the Great Britons was the leader of the New Model Army?
32. Which one of the Great Britons said "England expects that every man shall
do his duty?
33. Which one of the great britons wrote the landmark book Principia
Mathematica?
34. Which of the greatest britons composed the Enigma Variations?
35. Which of the greatest britons wrote the groundbreaking work "On
Computable Numbers"?
Colours
36. With which Neil Diamond song did UB40 have a hit in 1983?
37. Which novel by Anthony Burgess was made into a 1971 film?
38. What is the second longest river in China?
39. Which American city is the home of the Packers American Football team?
40. Who threatened to "sthcweam and sthcweam" until she was "thick"?
General Knowledge
41. What colour caps do the Australian cricket team traditionally wear?
42. Which country's international registration letters are IS?
43. Richard III died at which battle?
44. How many records is a castaway on Desert Island Discs allowed?
45. The dish 'eggs florentine' usually contains which vegetable?
46. Which UK paper size is 420mm x 594mm?
47. What is the main language of the Dominican Republic?
48. In which US state is North American's highest mountain, Mt. McKinley?
49. On which date is St. David's Day?
50. Which note does an orchestra normally tune to?

Only 50 questions. There must have been a picture quiz, but i can't find it.

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: 20021023
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: 2. Who played Atticus Finch in 1962's To Kill a Mockingbird

Gregory Peck

: 3. Which singer played Og the Leprechaun in Finian's Rainbow?

Tommy Steele

: 4. Who played Dick Turpin in Carry on Dick?

Sid James

: 5. Who played Don Vito Corleone in The Godfather?

Marlon Brando

: Literature

: 7. Who is the current Poet Laureate?

Louise Gluck. Oh wait a minute -- you probably meant the Poet Laureate
of that island off the coast of France. Isn't it Andrew Motion?

: 8. Of which novel is this the first line? "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_

: 9. Of which novel is this the first line? "When Mary Lennox was sent to
: Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle everybody said she was the
: most disagreeable-looking child ever seen."

_The Secret Garden_ (?)

: 10. Of which novel is this the first line? "The great fish moved silently
: through the night water, propelled by short sweeps of its crescent tail."

_Jaws_

: Religion
: 11. Which birthday does the bar mitzvah celebrate for Jewish boys?

Actually, it doesn't celebrate a birthday. When a Jewish boy turns 13,
he becomes a bar mitzvah (i.e. obligated to perform the commandments).

: 12. Brahma, Shiva, and Vishnu are the trinity of which religion?

Hinduism

: 13. Which religion was founded by Charles Taze Russell in the 1870s?

He founded the forerunner of the Jehovah's Witnesses.

: 15. by what name is the ninth month of the Mohammedan calendar known?

Ramadan, but it's properly known as the Muslim calendar (AFAIK, Muslims
do not like to be called "Mohammedans").

: 16. It gave its name to a scandal, but what was the Watergate?

A hotel in Washington, D.C.

: 17. On putting his name to the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921, who said 'I have
: signed my own death warrant'?

Michael Collins

: 18. Which Welsh Secretary resigned after an outing on Clapham Common?

George Michael -- or was that in L.A.?

: 22. Richard Burton was nominated for 7 Oscars. How many did he win?

Zero.

: 27. Which company designed the engines that powered the Spitfire and
: Hurricane?

Rolls-Royce (?)

: 28. Who piloted the Bell X-1 that first broke the sound barrier?

Chuck Yeager

: 29. what was the name of the plane in which Lindbergh first flew the
: Atlantic solo?

The Spirit of St. Louis

: 33. Which one of the great britons wrote the landmark book Principia
: Mathematica?

Isaac Newton

: 34. Which of the greatest britons composed the Enigma Variations?

Edward Elgar

: 35. Which of the greatest britons wrote the groundbreaking work "On
: Computable Numbers"?

Alan Turing

: 37. Which novel by Anthony Burgess was made into a 1971 film?

A Clockwork Orange

: 38. What is the second longest river in China?

The Yellow River

: 39. Which American city is the home of the Packers American Football team?

Green Bay, Wisconsin

: 42. Which country's international registration letters are IS?

Iceland

: 43. Richard III died at which battle?

Bosworth Field

: 44. How many records is a castaway on Desert Island Discs allowed?

10 (?)

: 47. What is the main language of the Dominican Republic?

Spanish

: 48. In which US state is North American's highest mountain, Mt. McKinley?

Alaska, but I think that the name has officially been changed to Denali.

: 50. Which note does an orchestra normally tune to?

A (the oboe plays the A above middle C, and the rest of the instruments
tune to that in whatever octave is appropriate)

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Keith Willoughby wrote:
> 20021023
>
> Film - who played whom?
> 1. Who played pilot Douglas Bader in Reach For The Sky?
>
> (Arthur Askey and Dougie Wougie Bader went down to the Animal
> Farm - the Genius of Half Man Half Biscuit)
>
> 2. Who played Atticus Finch in 1962's To Kill a Mockingbird
> 3. Which singer played Og the Leprechaun in Finian's Rainbow?
> 4. Who played Dick Turpin in Carry on Dick?
> 5. Who played Don Vito Corleone in The Godfather?
> Literature
> 6. Which wicked witch was killed by Dorothy's house at the beginning of the
> East
> 7. Who is the current Poet Laureate?
> 8. Of which novel is this the first line? "It is a truth universally
> acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be
> in want of a wife."
> 9. Of which novel is this the first line? "When Mary Lennox was sent to
> Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle everybody said she was the
> most disagreeable-looking child ever seen."
> 10. Of which novel is this the first line? "The great fish moved silently
> through the night water, propelled by short sweeps of its crescent tail."
> Religion
> 11. Which birthday does the bar mitzvah celebrate for Jewish boys?
> 12. Brahma, Shiva, and Vishnu are the trinity of which religion?
> 13. Which religion was founded by Charles Taze Russell in the 1870s?
> 14. Who was the first Christian Apostle to be martyred?
> 15. by what name is the ninth month of the Mohammedan calendar known?
> Politics
> 16. It gave its name to a scandal, but what was the Watergate?
> 17. On putting his name to the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921, who said 'I have
> signed my own death warrant'?
> 18. Which Welsh Secretary resigned after an outing on Clapham Common?
> 19. What was the name of the Downing Street cat from 1989 - 1997?
> 20. Who was British prime minister at the start of WWI?
> Famous Welshmen
> 21. Which famous Welshman became MP for Ebbw Vale in 1931?
> 22. Richard Burton was nominated for 7 Oscars. How many did he win?
> 23. In 1996, Rugby World magazine voted which Welshman as greatest rugby
> player of all time?
> 24. Which Welsh buccaneer, who died in 1688, became lieutenant-governer of
> Jamaica?
> 25. Which famous Welshman was born at 5 Cwmdonkin Drive, Swansea?
> Airplanes
> 26. What was the name of the plane that the Wright brothers made the first
> powered flight in?
> 27. Which company designed the engines that powered the Spitfire and
> Hurricane?
> 28. Who piloted the Bell X-1 that first broke the sound barrier?
> 29. what was the name of the plane in which Lindbergh first flew the Atlantic
> solo?
> 30. In which plane did Brian Trubshaw make history in 1969?
> BBC's Great Britons
>
> (this is a list of 100 Great Britons compiled by the BBC)
>
> 31. Which one of the Great Britons was the leader of the New Model Army?
> 32. Which one of the Great Britons said "England expects that every man shall
> do his duty?
> 33. Which one of the great britons wrote the landmark book Principia
> Mathematica?
> 34. Which of the greatest britons composed the Enigma Variations?
> 35. Which of the greatest britons wrote the groundbreaking work "On
> Computable Numbers"?
> Colours
> 36. With which Neil Diamond song did UB40 have a hit in 1983?
> 37. Which novel by Anthony Burgess was made into a 1971 film?
> 38. What is the second longest river in China?
> 39. Which American city is the home of the Packers American Football team?
> 40. Who threatened to "sthcweam and sthcweam" until she was "thick"?
> General Knowledge
> 41. What colour caps do the Australian cricket team traditionally wear?
> 42. Which country's international registration letters are IS?
> 43. Richard III died at which battle?
> 44. How many records is a castaway on Desert Island Discs allowed?
> 45. The dish 'eggs florentine' usually contains which vegetable?

spinach.

--Jeff

> 46. Which UK paper size is 420mm x 594mm?
> 47. What is the main language of the Dominican Republic?
> 48. In which US state is North American's highest mountain, Mt. McKinley?
> 49. On which date is St. David's Day?
> 50. Which note does an orchestra normally tune to?
>
> Only 50 questions. There must have been a picture quiz, but i can't find it.
>


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Keith Willoughby <keith@flat222.org> writes:

> 2. Who played Atticus Finch in 1962's To Kill a Mockingbird

Gregory Peck

> 4. Who played Dick Turpin in Carry on Dick?

Sidney James

> 5. Who played Don Vito Corleone in The Godfather?

Marlon Brando

> 6. Which wicked witch was killed by Dorothy's house at the beginning of the
> East

In what city was President Kennedy assassinated in Dallas?

> 7. Who is the current Poet Laureate?

Andrew Motion

> 8. Of which novel is this the first line? "It is a truth universally
> acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be
> in want of a wife."

One of those chick novels.. Pride and Predj?

> 10. Of which novel is this the first line? "The great fish moved silently
> through the night water, propelled by short sweeps of its crescent tail."

Jaws

> 11. Which birthday does the bar mitzvah celebrate for Jewish boys?

13

> 12. Brahma, Shiva, and Vishnu are the trinity of which religion?

Hindu

> 13. Which religion was founded by Charles Taze Russell in the 1870s?

Jehovah's Witness

> 14. Who was the first Christian Apostle to be martyred?

Stephen

> 15. by what name is the ninth month of the Mohammedan calendar known?

Ramadan

> 16. It gave its name to a scandal, but what was the Watergate?

A Washington DC hotel / office complex

> 17. On putting his name to the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921, who said 'I have
> signed my own death warrant'?

De Valera?

> 18. Which Welsh Secretary resigned after an outing on Clapham Common?

Ron Davies

> 19. What was the name of the Downing Street cat from 1989 - 1997?

Humphrey. ObTrivia : Who or what was he named after

> 21. Which famous Welshman became MP for Ebbw Vale in 1931?

Aneurin "Nye" Bevan remained MP for Ebbw Vale in 1931,
having been first elected in 1929

> 22. Richard Burton was nominated for 7 Oscars. How many did he win?

None?

> 23. In 1996, Rugby World magazine voted which Welshman as greatest rugby
> player of all time?

I can't look beyond the man after whom I am named.

> 25. Which famous Welshman was born at 5 Cwmdonkin Drive, Swansea?

Dylan Thomas?

> 26. What was the name of the plane that the Wright brothers made the first
> powered flight in?

Flyer

> 27. Which company designed the engines that powered the Spitfire and
> Hurricane?

Supermarine

> 28. Who piloted the Bell X-1 that first broke the sound barrier?

Chuck Yeager

> 29. what was the name of the plane in which Lindbergh first flew the Atlantic
> solo?

Spirit of St Louis

> 30. In which plane did Brian Trubshaw make history in 1969?
> BBC's Great Britons

Concorde

> 31. Which one of the Great Britons was the leader of the New Model Army?

Cromwell, or possibly "Slade The Leveler"

> 32. Which one of the Great Britons said "England expects that every man shall
> do his duty?

Admiral H. Nelson

> 33. Which one of the great britons wrote the
> landmark book Principia Mathematica?

Newton

> 34. Which of the greatest britons composed the Enigma Variations?

Elgar

> 35. Which of the greatest britons wrote the groundbreaking work "On
> Computable Numbers"?

Turing?

> 37. Which novel by Anthony Burgess was made into a 1971 film?

A Clockwork Orange

> 38. What is the second longest river in China?

Yellow?

> 39. Which American city is the home of the Packers American Football team?

Green Bay, WI

> 40. Who threatened to "sthcweam and sthcweam" until she was "thick"?

Violet Elizabeth Bott

> 41. What colour caps do the Australian cricket team traditionally wear?

Baggy Green

> 42. Which country's international registration letters are IS?

Iceland

> 43. Richard III died at which battle?

Bosworth

> 44. How many records is a castaway on Desert Island Discs allowed?

Eight

> 46. Which UK paper size is 420mm x 594mm?

A3

> 47. What is the main language of the Dominican Republic?

Spanish

> 49. On which date is St. David's Day?

March 1.

> 50. Which note does an orchestra normally tune to?

A
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Gareth Owen wrote:

> Keith Willoughby <keith@flat222.org> writes:
>> 6. Which wicked witch was killed by Dorothy's house at the beginning of the
>> East
>
> In what city was President Kennedy assassinated in Dallas?

Sorry. Bad trimming.

>> 14. Who was the first Christian Apostle to be martyred?
>
> Stephen

Not what I have.

>> 17. On putting his name to the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921, who said 'I have
>> signed my own death warrant'?
>
> De Valera?

Nope.

>> 19. What was the name of the Downing Street cat from 1989 - 1997?
>
> Humphrey. ObTrivia : Who or what was he named after

Humphrey Appleby?

>> 23. In 1996, Rugby World magazine voted which Welshman as greatest rugby
>> player of all time?
> I can't look beyond the man after whom I am named.

And you'd be correct.

I was almost named Barry John. My father admitted years later that he
always wanted to calle me Keith, but had brought up the Barry John thing
to make 'Keith' seem like a compromise.

>> 27. Which company designed the engines that powered the Spitfire and
>> Hurricane?
>
> Supermarine

Nope.

>> 46. Which UK paper size is 420mm x 594mm?
>
> A3

Nope.

Others correct.

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Keith Willoughby <keith@flat222.org> writes:

> > Humphrey. ObTrivia : Who or what was he named after
>
> Humphrey Appleby?

Correct.

> >> 27. Which company designed the engines that powered the Spitfire and
> >> Hurricane?
> >
> > Supermarine
>
> Nope.

Hawker Siddley?

I know the made the engines at Rolls Royce in Crewe.
(Popular local pub quiz question :
"After what is the Crewe pub `The Merlin' named?")

> Monmore, hare's running

Quick, the drawbridge!
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Gareth Owen wrote:

> Keith Willoughby <keith@flat222.org> writes:
>> >> 27. Which company designed the engines that powered the Spitfire and
>> >> Hurricane?
>> >
>> > Supermarine
>>
>> Nope.
>
> Hawker Siddley?
>
> I know the made the engines at Rolls Royce in Crewe.

AFAIK, Rolls-Royce designed the engines, too. I guess I should have
asked "which company made the engines" just to be on the safe side.

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In article <87acz5au6o.fsf@flat222.dyndns.org>, keith@flat222.org says...
> 20021023
>
> Film - who played whom?
> 1. Who played pilot Douglas Bader in Reach For The Sky?
>
> (Arthur Askey and Dougie Wougie Bader went down to the Animal
> Farm - the Genius of Half Man Half Biscuit)
>
> 2. Who played Atticus Finch in 1962's To Kill a Mockingbird

Gregory Peck

> 3. Which singer played Og the Leprechaun in Finian's Rainbow?
> 4. Who played Dick Turpin in Carry on Dick?
> 5. Who played Don Vito Corleone in The Godfather?

Marlon Brando

> Literature
> 6. Which wicked witch was killed by Dorothy's house at the beginning of the
> East

Thanks.

> 7. Who is the current Poet Laureate?
> 8. Of which novel is this the first line? "It is a truth universally
> acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be
> in want of a wife."
> 9. Of which novel is this the first line? "When Mary Lennox was sent to
> Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle everybody said she was the
> most disagreeable-looking child ever seen."
> 10. Of which novel is this the first line? "The great fish moved silently
> through the night water, propelled by short sweeps of its crescent tail."

Old Man And The Sea?

> Religion
> 11. Which birthday does the bar mitzvah celebrate for Jewish boys?

thirteen

> 12. Brahma, Shiva, and Vishnu are the trinity of which religion?

Hinduism

> 13. Which religion was founded by Charles Taze Russell in the 1870s?

Salvation Army?

> 14. Who was the first Christian Apostle to be martyred?
> 15. by what name is the ninth month of the Mohammedan calendar known?

Ramadan?

> Politics
> 16. It gave its name to a scandal, but what was the Watergate?

hotel

> 17. On putting his name to the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921, who said 'I have
> signed my own death warrant'?
> 18. Which Welsh Secretary resigned after an outing on Clapham Common?
> 19. What was the name of the Downing Street cat from 1989 - 1997?
> 20. Who was British prime minister at the start of WWI?
> Famous Welshmen
> 21. Which famous Welshman became MP for Ebbw Vale in 1931?
> 22. Richard Burton was nominated for 7 Oscars. How many did he win?

one?

> 23. In 1996, Rugby World magazine voted which Welshman as greatest rugby
> player of all time?
> 24. Which Welsh buccaneer, who died in 1688, became lieutenant-governer of
> Jamaica?
> 25. Which famous Welshman was born at 5 Cwmdonkin Drive, Swansea?
> Airplanes
> 26. What was the name of the plane that the Wright brothers made the first
> powered flight in?
> 27. Which company designed the engines that powered the Spitfire and
> Hurricane?
> 28. Who piloted the Bell X-1 that first broke the sound barrier?

Chuck Yeager?

> 29. what was the name of the plane in which Lindbergh first flew the Atlantic
> solo?

Spirit of St. Louis

> 30. In which plane did Brian Trubshaw make history in 1969?
> BBC's Great Britons
>
> (this is a list of 100 Great Britons compiled by the BBC)
>
> 31. Which one of the Great Britons was the leader of the New Model Army?
> 32. Which one of the Great Britons said "England expects that every man shall
> do his duty?
> 33. Which one of the great britons wrote the landmark book Principia
> Mathematica?

Both Isaac Newton and Bertrand Russell published books with this title.
Both should be considered among the great Britons.

> 34. Which of the greatest britons composed the Enigma Variations?
> 35. Which of the greatest britons wrote the groundbreaking work "On
> Computable Numbers"?

Aargh. I know this.

> Colours
> 36. With which Neil Diamond song did UB40 have a hit in 1983?
> 37. Which novel by Anthony Burgess was made into a 1971 film?

Clockwork Orange

> 38. What is the second longest river in China?

Yellow river

> 39. Which American city is the home of the Packers American Football team?

Green Bay, Wisconsin

> 40. Who threatened to "sthcweam and sthcweam" until she was "thick"?
> General Knowledge
> 41. What colour caps do the Australian cricket team traditionally wear?
> 42. Which country's international registration letters are IS?

Iceland?

> 43. Richard III died at which battle?
> 44. How many records is a castaway on Desert Island Discs allowed?
> 45. The dish 'eggs florentine' usually contains which vegetable?

asparagus?

> 46. Which UK paper size is 420mm x 594mm?
> 47. What is the main language of the Dominican Republic?

Spanish

> 48. In which US state is North American's highest mountain, Mt. McKinley?

Alaska

> 49. On which date is St. David's Day?
> 50. Which note does an orchestra normally tune to?

A below middle C?

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Again, answering without reference to answers already posted:

Keith Willoughby writes:
> Film - who played whom?
> 1. Who played pilot Douglas Bader in Reach For The Sky?

John Mills.

> (Arthur Askey and Dougie Wougie Bader went down to the Animal
> Farm - the Genius of Half Man Half Biscuit)
>
> 2. Who played Atticus Finch in 1962's To Kill a Mockingbird

Gregory Peck.

> 3. Which singer played Og the Leprechaun in Finian's Rainbow?
> 4. Who played Dick Turpin in Carry on Dick?
> 5. Who played Don Vito Corleone in The Godfather?

Marlon Brando.

> Literature
> 6. Which wicked witch was killed by Dorothy's house at the beginning of the
> East

East. "Wizard of Oz".

> 7. Who is the current Poet Laureate?
> 8. Of which novel is this the first line? "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.

> 9. Of which novel is this the first line? "When Mary Lennox was sent to
> Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle everybody said she was the
> most disagreeable-looking child ever seen."
> 10. Of which novel is this the first line? "The great fish moved silently
> through the night water, propelled by short sweeps of its crescent tail."

Jaws.

> Religion
> 11. Which birthday does the bar mitzvah celebrate for Jewish boys?
> 12. Brahma, Shiva, and Vishnu are the trinity of which religion?

Hinduism.

> 13. Which religion was founded by Charles Taze Russell in the 1870s?

Christian Science.

> 14. Who was the first Christian Apostle to be martyred?
> 15. by what name is the ninth month of the Mohammedan calendar known?
> Politics
> 16. It gave its name to a scandal, but what was the Watergate?

A hotel and office complex, which contained the Democratic Party
national HQ.

> 17. On putting his name to the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921, who said 'I have
> signed my own death warrant'?
> 18. Which Welsh Secretary resigned after an outing on Clapham Common?
> 19. What was the name of the Downing Street cat from 1989 - 1997?
> 20. Who was British prime minister at the start of WWI?

Asquith.

> Famous Welshmen
> 21. Which famous Welshman became MP for Ebbw Vale in 1931?
> 22. Richard Burton was nominated for 7 Oscars. How many did he win?

None.

> 23. In 1996, Rugby World magazine voted which Welshman as greatest rugby
> player of all time?
> 24. Which Welsh buccaneer, who died in 1688, became lieutenant-governer of
> Jamaica?
> 25. Which famous Welshman was born at 5 Cwmdonkin Drive, Swansea?
> Airplanes
> 26. What was the name of the plane that the Wright brothers made the first
> powered flight in?

First, it only held one person -- Orville Wright made the first flight.
(He lost the coin toss, but there was a problem on the first try.)

Second, it didn't have a name -- they just called it "the machine".
After they started marketing their airplanes as Flyers, they applied
that name retrospectively to the original one as well.

> 27. Which company designed the engines that powered the Spitfire and
> Hurricane?

Rolls-Royce.

> 28. Who piloted the Bell X-1 that first broke the sound barrier?

Yeager.

> 29. what was the name of the plane in which Lindbergh first flew the Atlantic
> solo?

Spirit of St. Louis.

> 30. In which plane did Brian Trubshaw make history in 1969?

Gossamer Condor?

> BBC's Great Britons
>
> (this is a list of 100 Great Britons compiled by the BBC)
>
> 31. Which one of the Great Britons was the leader of the New Model Army?

Oliver Cromwell.

> 32. Which one of the Great Britons said "England expects that every man shall
> do his duty?

Lord Nelson. Subsidiary trivia: why did he use the word "expects"?

> 33. Which one of the great britons wrote the landmark book Principia
> Mathematica?

Sir Isaac Newton.

> 34. Which of the greatest britons composed the Enigma Variations?
> 35. Which of the greatest britons wrote the groundbreaking work "On
> Computable Numbers"?

Alan Turing.

> Colours
> 36. With which Neil Diamond song did UB40 have a hit in 1983?
> 37. Which novel by Anthony Burgess was made into a 1971 film?

A Clockwork Orange.

> 38. What is the second longest river in China?

Yellow.

> 39. Which American city is the home of the Packers American Football team?

Green Bay.

> 40. Who threatened to "sthcweam and sthcweam" until she was "thick"?

> General Knowledge
> 41. What colour caps do the Australian cricket team traditionally wear?
> 42. Which country's international registration letters are IS?

Iceland.

> 43. Richard III died at which battle?

Bosworth Fields.

> 44. How many records is a castaway on Desert Island Discs allowed?

5.

> 45. The dish 'eggs florentine' usually contains which vegetable?
> 46. Which UK paper size is 420mm x 594mm?

B2.

> 47. What is the main language of the Dominican Republic?

Spanish.

> 48. In which US state is North American's highest mountain, Mt. McKinley?

Alaska.

> 49. On which date is St. David's Day?
> 50. Which note does an orchestra normally tune to?

A.

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Marc Dashevsky wrote:

> In article <87acz5au6o.fsf@flat222.dyndns.org>, keith@flat222.org says...
>> 20021023
>> 13. Which religion was founded by Charles Taze Russell in the 1870s?
>
> Salvation Army?

Watchtower Bible Tract Society.

>> 22. Richard Burton was nominated for 7 Oscars. How many did he win?
>
> one?

Zero. About what he deserved, too. 100% pig product.

>> 30. In which plane did Brian Trubshaw make history in 1969?
>> BBC's Great Britons
>>
>> (this is a list of 100 Great Britons compiled by the BBC)
>>
>> 31. Which one of the Great Britons was the leader of the New Model Army?
>> 32. Which one of the Great Britons said "England expects that every man shall
>> do his duty?
>> 33. Which one of the great britons wrote the landmark book Principia
>> Mathematica?
>
> Both Isaac Newton and Bertrand Russell published books with this title.
> Both should be considered among the great Britons.

Maybe, but Russell wasn't among the BBC Great Britons.

>> 34. Which of the greatest britons composed the Enigma Variations?
>> 35. Which of the greatest britons wrote the groundbreaking work "On
>> Computable Numbers"?
>
> Aargh. I know this.

ObTrivia: How did this fellow die, specifically?

>> 45. The dish 'eggs florentine' usually contains which vegetable?
>
> asparagus?

Nope.

Others correct.

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In article <87d640amdl.fsf@flat222.dyndns.org>, Keith Willoughby <keith@flat222.org> wrote:

:>> 22. Richard Burton was nominated for 7 Oscars. How many did he win?

:> one?
:
: Zero. About what he deserved, too. 100% pig product.

Actually, his performance in "1984" (for which he wasn't even nominated)
was a tour de force.

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In article <can73c$3vi$5@news.iucc.ac.il>, schultr@mail.biu.ack.il says...
> In article <87d640amdl.fsf@flat222.dyndns.org>, Keith Willoughby <keith@flat222.org> wrote:
>
> :>> 22. Richard Burton was nominated for 7 Oscars. How many did he win?
>
> :> one?
> :
> : Zero. About what he deserved, too. 100% pig product.
>
> Actually, his performance in "1984" (for which he wasn't even nominated)
> was a tour de force.

I thought he was perfect in THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD.

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Mark Brader wrote:

> Again, answering without reference to answers already posted:
>
> Keith Willoughby writes:
>> Film - who played whom?
>> 1. Who played pilot Douglas Bader in Reach For The Sky?
>
> John Mills.

Nope.

>> 13. Which religion was founded by Charles Taze Russell in the 1870s?
>
> Christian Science.

Nope. Jehova's Witnesses.

>> 30. In which plane did Brian Trubshaw make history in 1969?
>
> Gossamer Condor?

Nope. Concorde's first pilot.

>> 32. Which one of the Great Britons said "England expects that every man shall
>> do his duty?
>
> Lord Nelson. Subsidiary trivia: why did he use the word "expects"?

There was a code for it?

>> 44. How many records is a castaway on Desert Island Discs allowed?
>
> 5.

8, here at least.

>> 46. Which UK paper size is 420mm x 594mm?
>
> B2.

A2.

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In article <10cub0bfqt7ec49@corp.supernews.com>, Jeffrey Turner <jturner@localnet.com> wrote:

:> 45. The dish 'eggs florentine' usually contains which vegetable?
:
: spinach.

Obtrivia: what do you call someone who quotes 80+ lines of text
in order to add one line of new text?

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Richard Schultz wrote:
> In article <10cub0bfqt7ec49@corp.supernews.com>, Jeffrey Turner <jturner@localnet.com> wrote:
>
> :> 45. The dish 'eggs florentine' usually contains which vegetable?
> :
> : spinach.
>
> Obtrivia: what do you call someone who quotes 80+ lines of text
> in order to add one line of new text?

lazy? in a hurry to do something else but wanting the glory?

--Jeff

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to the government when it deserves it.
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Richard Schultz wrote:

> In article <878yeoalqw.fsf@flat222.dyndns.org>, Keith Willoughby <keith@flat222.org> wrote:
> : Richard Schultz wrote:
>
> :> :> : 11. Which birthday does the bar mitzvah celebrate for Jewish boys?
>
> :> While it is traditional to mark the occasion with some kind of celebration,
> :> the "bar mitzvah" itself is not the celebration. A boy *becomes* "Bar
> :> Mitzvah" (i.e. obligated to perform the mitzvot = commandments) at the
> :> age of 13.
> :
> : But you understood the question, right?
>
> I understood the question because you made mistake that is common enough
> for me to have been familiar with it.
>
> : There was no other possible answer?
>
> There was another possible answer, "the bar mitzvah is not a celebration
> of a birthday." That is the correct one, btw.

I've said several times that these questions are asked in the context of
a Welsh pub quiz. In that context, if you banged on at length about the
minutiae of what exactly bar mitzvah was, rather than just answer '13',
I'd have told exactly you where to go. A pub quiz is not the same as an
exam.

Now, of course, this isn't a pub quiz. It's Usenet. Bang on however much
you like, but it doesn't mean I have to like it, or indeed listen to it.

[...]

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In article <87k6y893o3.fsf@flat222.dyndns.org>, Keith Willoughby <keith@flat222.org> wrote:

: Now, of course, this isn't a pub quiz. It's Usenet. Bang on however much
: you like, but it doesn't mean I have to like it, or indeed listen to it.

That goes without saying. Or at least it did until you said it.

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Jeffrey Turner wrote:

>> 45. The dish 'eggs florentine' usually contains which vegetable?
>
> spinach.

Correct.

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matt wrote:

> "Keith Willoughby" <keith@flat222.org> wrote in message
> news:87d640amdl.fsf@flat222.dyndns.org...
>> Marc Dashevsky wrote:
>> >> 35. Which of the greatest britons wrote the groundbreaking work "On
>> >> Computable Numbers"?
>> >
>> > Aargh. I know this.
>>
>> ObTrivia: How did this fellow die, specifically?
>
>
> if it is who I think - he injected poison into an apple - sat on his bed
> with a good book and ate the apple.

Correct!

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> "Keith Willoughby" <keith@flat222.org> wrote in message
> news:87oenk958j.fsf@flat222.dyndns.org...
>> Mark Brader wrote:
>>
>> > Again, answering without reference to answers already posted:
>> >
>> > Keith Willoughby writes:
>> >> Film - who played whom?
>> >> 1. Who played pilot Douglas Bader in Reach For The Sky?
>> >
>> > John Mills.
>>
>> Nope.
> kenneth more (moore?)

Correct.

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Keith Willoughby <keith@flat222.org> writes:

> >> 22. Richard Burton was nominated for 7 Oscars. How many did he win?
> >
> > one?
>
> Zero. About what he deserved, too. 100% pig product.

Maybe in movies, but I'll still to hear him saying:
"slow, black, sloe black, fishing boat bobbing sea"
still makes me quiver.

> ObTrivia: How did this fellow die, specifically?

Suicide. By overdose.

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Gareth Owen wrote:

> Keith Willoughby <keith@flat222.org> writes:
>
>> >> 22. Richard Burton was nominated for 7 Oscars. How many did he win?
>> >
>> > one?
>>
>> Zero. About what he deserved, too. 100% pig product.
>
> Maybe in movies, but I'll still to hear him saying:
> "slow, black, sloe black, fishing boat bobbing sea"
> still makes me quiver.

OK, I'll give you that. Quite right.

>> ObTrivia: How did this fellow die, specifically?
>
> Suicide. By overdose.

I thought the apple was a nice touch.

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>>> John Mills.
>> Nope.
> kenneth more (moore?)

Well, I had the M right!

>>>> 32. Which one of the Great Britons said "England expects that every
>>>> man shall do his duty?
>>>
>>> Lord Nelson.
>
>> Subsidiary trivia: why did he use the word "expects"?
>>
>> There was a code for it?

Right. He originally drafted the signal using "confides" (in the now-
obsolete sense of "is confident"), but that would have had to be spelled
out, whereas there was a code for "expects", so it required only 3 flags
instead of 16, or something like that.
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"Keith Willoughby" <keith@flat222.org> wrote in message
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> 20021023
>
> 13. Which religion was founded by Charles Taze Russell in the 1870s?

Russell never founded any religion. He was elected as pastor of many Bible
Study groups (these groups were called, in a general way, "Bible Students",
or "Associated Bible Students". Russell was also the main founder of the
Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, as is often spoken of as the founder of
the "Bible Students Association", although I doubt that he would have
claimed to have been such. Russell claimed to be of the church founded by
Jesus, to which a new foundation can not be provided. (1 Corinthians 3:11)
After Russell died, Joseph Rutherford used the Watch Tower Society to found
a religion, which he called "Jehovah's Witnesses". Charles Taze Russell
taught against the formation of a religious organization such the "Jehovah's
Witnesses" all the days of his life. BTW, the "Bible Students" are still in
existence, totally separate from the "Jehovah's Witnesses" religious
organization.

http://reslight.addr.com/l-russell.html

Ronald