Pauls Quiz 488
1. In which country has the Wife Carrying World Championship been held every year since 1992?
2. According to the Lee Hazelwood Nancy Sinatra song, other than "an angel's kiss in spring", which two fruits are used to make 'Summer Wine'?
3. What are the most lumuinous objects in the known universe?
4. The following are the last words to which popular science fiction film?
"You finally really did it. You maniacs! You blew it up! God damn you! Gad damn you all to hell!"
5. Which fictional little orphan girl plays "The Glad Game"?
6. Which country reached the final of the Davis Cup every year between 1946 and 1968?
7. Which 20th century icon and superstar coined the phrase "Be like water"?
8. Which country in the world is host to the most immigrants?
9. Which prison is guarded by Dementors?
10. The following lyrics are all from songs with the word "Sun" somewhere in the song title. Can you name the song? One point for each correct answer.
a. I don't want to spend the rest of my life looking at the barrel of an Armalite
b. Learned of love and ABC's
c. Quando paramucho mi amore de felice carathon
d. The tears are always clouding your eyes, when you're without love
11. Plus or minus 10, in which year was the first official telegram sent using the underwater transatlantic telegraph cable?
12. Which 1991 movie takes place in Paris, Los Angeles, Rome, Helsinki and New York?
13. 'Air Sex' is a competition in which one imitates sex with an invisible partner. In which country did it originate?
a. Canada b. Finland c. Australia d. Japan
14. Which cocktail; made with gin, vodka and Lillet Blanc (originally with Kina Lillet), is named after a Bond girl?
15. "Two households, both alike in dignity" is the opening line to what?
16. Which actor with the initials I.E. was People Magazine's 'Sexiest Man Alive' in the year 2018?
17. The movie poster tag line for which 2004 satirical action comedy was "Freedom hangs by a thread."?
18. Which nickname was given to the fictional serial killer Francis Dolarhyde?
19. The national flag of which country depicts the thunder dragon known as Druk?
20. Which popular US tourist attraction was the title of a best selling album on both sides of the Atlantic in 1986?
ANSWERS
1. Finland
2. Strawberries and cherries
3. Quasars
4. Planet Of The Apes
5. Pollyanna
6. Australia
7. Bruce Lee
8. USA
9. Azkaban
10. Four answers.
a. Invisible Sun (Police)
b. Seasons In The Sun (Terry Jacks)
c. Sun King (The Beatles)
d. The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore (Walker Brothers)
11. 1858
12. Night On Earth
13. Answer d. Japan
14. Vesper
15. Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
16. Idris Elba
17. Team America: World Police
18. "The Tooth Fairy"
19. Bhutan
20. Graceland (Paul Simon)