Pauls Quiz 487
1. Which portable hand held device was a number one hit song on both sides of the Atlantic in 2007? One word 8 letters
2. HAL 9000 is the name given to the computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey. H stands for Heuristically. What does AL stand for? One word.
3. What beverage does one make with a cezve or ibrik?
4. Which man with the initials S. M. was reputedly the highest paid author in the 1930s?
5. The character Capt. Robert Walton is the leader of an arctic expedition in which classic 1818 novel?
6. What were 19th century Waterloo teeth?
7. Which singer was, according to Forbes, the highest earning dead celebrity of 2025?
8. "Jack Torrence thought: officious little prick." is the opening line to which 1977 horror novel?
9. The movie poster tag line to which 2009 film, nominated for a Best Actress performance, was "Passion. Ambition. Butter. Do you have what it takes"?
10. The following lyrics are all from songs with the word "Midnight" somewhere in the song title. Can you name the song? One point for each correct answer.
a. We're gonna cause talk and suspicion
b. That's when my love comes tumbling down
c. He don't give a hoot of warning wrapped up in a black cat cloak
d. Ain't no food upon the table and no pork upon the pan
e. L. A. proved too much for the man
11. The painting "Nude, Green Leaves and Bust" sold for a record 106.5 million US dollars in 2010. Who painted it?
a. Picasso b. Jeff Koons c. Jackson Pollock d. Andy Warhol
12. What is the name given to the junctions that allow the circa 500 billion neurons in our brain to communicate with each other?
13. Collectively; Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Sint Maarten, Saba and Sint Eustatius are known as what?
14. The Toto song Rosanna deals with drummer Steve Porcaro's break up with who?
15. The SAVAK were the notorious secret police in which country?
16. Which three Brazilian pilots have won the Formula One World Driver's Championship?
17. Fulminology is the study of which natural phenomenen?
18. What are the 2 loudest animals on the planet?
19. As of 1983, what were the two most widely watched US tv mini series in history?
20. Which two songs with the word "Moon" in the title reached the number one in the UK music charts in 1961?
ANSWERS
1. Umbrella (Rihanna feat JayZ)
2. ALgorithmic
3. Coffee
4. Somerset Maugham
5. Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus
6. Dentures made predominantly from the teeth of fallen soldiers
7. Michael Jackson
8. The Shining (Stephan King)
9. Julie and Julia
10. Five answers.
a. After Midnight (J J Cale)
b. In The Midnight Hour (Wilson Pickett)
c. Midnight Rambler (Rolling Stones)
d. Midnight Special (CCR)
e. Midnight Train To Georgia (Gladys Knight and the Pips)
11. Answer a. Picasso
12. Synapse
13. Netherlands Antilles or Dutch West Indies
14. Rosanna Arquette
15. Iran
16. Nelson Piquet, Ayrton Senna, Emerson Fittipaldi.
17. Lightning
18. Sperm Whale and Pistol Shrimp
19. Roots and The Thorn Birds
20. Blue Moon and Moon River