Pauls Quiz 458
1. Which number between one and fifty was a number one hit single in 13 countries in 1985?
2. The Romans claimed they were descendants of refugees from of which city?
3. The following was the movie poster tag line to which 1979 film starring Michael Douglas?
"Sometimes it's too late to tell the truth"
4. Which sea strait is the most used natural passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans?
5. Plus or minus 10, in which year was the last public execution in the United States?
6. What are the two biggest wine exporting countries outside of Europe?
7. Which European country's flag depicts five shields, seven castles and the navigational instrument known as the armillary sphere?
8. Which girl's name has been given to the 3.2 million year old female bones found in Ethiopia in 1974?
9. The Countess of Abbingdon is ranked number 14 on Forbes list of the wealthiest fictional characters. What is she better known as?
10. The following lyrics are all from songs with a colour in the song title. Can you name the song? One point for each correct answer.
a. And on the jukebox Johnny sang about a thing called love
b. If I swallow anything evil put your finger down my throat
c. Looking for some happiness but there is only loneliness to find, jump to the left
d. Watch the jingle jangle start to chime, reflections of the music that is mine
11. Which city-state was founded as a trading post in 1819 by Sir Stamford Raffles?
12. Built in 1895, the Edward-Dean Adams power plant was the first large scale alternating current electrical generating plant in the world. In which US city is it found?
13. What is apiculture better known as?
14. Now found in the British Museum, what did the French soldier Pierre Bouchard find in the Nile Delta in 1799?
15. Lake Vostok is the largest lake on which continent?
16. Which posthumously published Ernest Hemingway novel was also the song title of a 1983 US number one hit single (number 7 in the UK)?
17. Created between 1810-1820, which artist was responsible for the 82 prints now known as "The Disasters of War"?
18. Name the films in which Clint Eastwood played the following characters. One point for each correct answer.
a. Blondie
b. Pat Kelly
c. Will Munny
d. Walt Kowalski
19. Which Swedish tennis player was the youngest Australian Open Men's Singles winner?
20. Who was known as 'the godfather of British blues'?
ANSWERS
1. 19 (Paul Hardcastle)
2. Troy
3. China Syndrome
4. Magellan Strait
5. 1937
6. Chile and Australia
7. Portugal
8. Lucy
9. Lara Croft
10. Four answers.
a. A Pair Of Brown Eyes (Pogues)
b. Behind Blue Eyes (The Who)
c. Little Green Bag (George Baker Selection)
d. Green Tambourine (The Lemon Pipers)
11. Singapore
12. Niagara Falls (New York State)
13. Bee keeping
14. Rosetta Stone
15. Antarctic
16. Islands In The Stream
17. Francisco Goya
18. Four answers.
a. The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
b. Kelly's Heroes
c. Unforgiven
d. Gran Torino
19. Mats Wilander
20. John Mayall