Pauls Quiz 489
1. Which very well known and often used foreign language exclamation was the title of a number one UK hit single in 1976? (32 in the US charts) Two words
2. From which three countries did the most visitors to the USA come from in 2025? One point for each correct answer.
3. The following was the movie poster tag line for which Hollywood blockbuster?
"The man with the hat is back. And this time he's bringing his dad."
4. Which European Union country has been officially neutral in every war since 1814?
5. Native to South America, what is the world's largest rodent? (first letter C)
6. Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper" is found in a convent in which Italian city?
7. Which four men have won both the PDC and BDO World Darts Championship title? One point for each correct answer.
8. With 6,039 inhabitants, Schaan is the largest municipality in which European country?
9. Who shot Jesse James?
10. The following lyrics are all from songs with the word "Stand" somewhere in the song title. Can you name the song? One point for each correct answer.
a. I see you've sent my letters back and my LP records and they're all scratched
b. And the mountain should crumble to the sea
c. You'll have bad times and he'll have good times
11. Name the two films in which the FBI profiler Will Graham plays a central role.
12. Kaiser Wilhelm II left Germany and fled to which country in November 1918?
a. Switzerland b. Netherlands c. Sweden d. Spain
13. Opened on 14 December 1896, in which city is the third oldest underground metro system in the world after London and Budapest?
a. Glasgow b. New York c. Montreal d. Berlin
14. Which three movies starring Dustin Hoffman have the word "Man" in the film title?
15. Who created the fictional character Dirk Pitt?
16. Korhonen and Virtanen are the two most common surnames in which European country?
17. The symbolic "Doomsday Clock" represents a countdown to a possible global nuclear (or climatic) catastrophe. Plus or minus 3 , in which year was it put back to 11.43 (23.43), the furthest away from midnight since its introduction in 1947?
18. A popular type of sandwich and the name of the first hominid in in space.
19. Vera Lynn's song "We'll Meet Again" excluded, what are the last five words in Stanley Kubick's film Dr. Strangelove?
20. Which iconic No1 hit rock n roll song contains the line "The whole rhythm section was the Purple Gang"?
ANSWERS
1. Mamma Mia
2. Three answers. Canada, Mexico, UK
3. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
4. Sweden
5. Capybara
6. Milan
7. Four answers. Phil Taylor, Dennis Priestley, John Part, Raymond van Barneveld.
8. Liechtenstein
9. Robert Ford
10. Three answers.
a. Can't Stand Losing You (Police)
b. Stand By Me (Ben E King)
c. Stand By Your Man (Tammy Wynette)
11. Red Dragon (Edward Norton) and Manhunter (William Petersen)
12. Answer b. Netherlands
13. Answer a. Glasgow
14. Three answers. Little Big Man (1970), Marathon Man (1976), Rain Man (1988)
15. Clive Cussler
16. Finland
17. 1991
18. Ham
19. "Mein Führer .... I can walk !!"
20. Jailhouse Rock