Pauls Quiz 240 (Questions only)

1. Which artist(s) performed the following flower power hits?
1. Dandelion
2. Carnation
3. Roses are Red (My Love)
4. Spanish Rose
5. Dead Flowers
6. Blue Orchid
7. Orchid
8. Tip Toe Thru the Tulips
9. Only the Black Rose
10. Hyacinth House
11. Scarlet Begonias

2. The following are nicknames for which cities?
a. La La Land
b. The City of 100 Spires
c. Lost Wages
d. The Athens of the North
e. Shaky Town
f. The Mini Apple
g. The Pearl of the Orient

3. Which Lisbon-based football club was one of the founding members of the Portuguese Liga in 1933, and, together with Porto and Sporting, have never been relegated from the First Division (Portuguese: Primeira Divisão) of Portuguese football?

4. Which British government Advisor died back in July 2003? For an extra point, who was the BBC journalist with whom he held an ill-advised briefing?

5. What was the name of the young, disaffected German terrorist group whose activities peaked in the late 60s and 70s?

6. Which sometimes three-legged man performed the very first concert in the Concert Hall of the newly completed Sydney Opera House in 1973, to huge acclaim?

7. Dr Giorgio Fischer, a 'larger than life' Gynaecologist from Rome, invented what procedure in 1974?

8. The music for which heartbreaking hit song from 1975 about living alone was based on a Piano Concerto composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff?

9. Which one of the following was NEVER a modern olympic discipline?
a. tumbling
b. running deer shooting
c. horseshoes (throwing)
d. club swinging
e. tug of war
f. under water swimming
g. 200m obstacle swimming

10. What did the B & O railroad's initials stand for?

Tie Breaker: Name all eleven competitors in Wacky Races for a point each and eleven bonus points for their cars.