Pauls Quiz 478
1. The name for which kind of friend stems from the Latin words for "together" and "bread"?
2. What kind of "Girl" was a UK number one hit single (number 2 in the US) in 1968?
3. In which city do each of the following fashion houses have their headquarters?
a. Prada
b. Hermes
4. Stu Unger, Johnny Chan, Phil Ivey, Doyle Brunson and Chip Reese all excel at which game?
5. The following line is from which 1994 film?
"And then I said farewell to sunlight and set out to become what I became."
6. Plus or minus 2, in which year were yellow tennis balls first introduced?
7. Which former world champion's autobiography is titled "The Soul of a Butterfly"?
8. Radiohead named themselves after a song from which band?
9. Which Red Sea port city is also the name of something you can drink?
10. What are the names of the two flightless birds beginning with the letter "K" found in New Zealand? One point for each correct answer.
11. Janice, Lips, Floyd, Animal and Zoot are all members of which rock band?
12. Which diminutive singer made a cameo appearance as the 'Green Fairy' in the film Moulin Rouge?
13. Covered by various artists including Jeff Buckley, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, Bono and John Cale; who wrote the song "Hallelujah"?
14. Which London street and neighbourhood takes its name from a type of lace collar?
15. The movie poster tag line to which 2002 film was "The True Story Of A Real Fake"?
16. Which of the ten highest mountains in the world begins with the letter "L"?
17. Which European alphabet is named after a 9th century missionary and saint?
18. Who, other than the four Beatles, is pictured on the Beatles album cover Revolver?
19. What was the estimated population of the world in 1900?
a. 700 million b. 1,700,000,000 c. 2,700,000,000 d. 3,700,000,000
20. Which country has won a record 7 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cups?
a. USA, b. Brazil, c. Australia, d. France
ANSWERS
1. Companion
2. Young Girl (Gary Puckett and the Union Gap)
3. Two answers.
a. Milan
b. Paris
4. Poker
5. Interview With A Vampire
6. 1972
7. Muhammed Ali
8. Talking Heads
9. Mocha
10. Two answers. Kiwi and Kapapo
11. Dr Teeth and the Electric Mayhem (Muppet Show)
12. Kylie Minogue
13. Leonard Cohen
14. Piccadilly
15. Catch Me If You Can
16. Lhotse
17. Cyrillic
18. Klaus Voormann
19. Answer b. 1,700,000,000
20. Answer b. Brazil