Pauls Quiz 485
1. Which man with the initials A.P. was the sound engineer on Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon and The Beatles Abbey Road?
2. "Rule number one: Stay alive." was a movie poster tag line for which Oscar winning war film?
3. Which famous nuclear submarine was named after the largest tank battle of WWII?
4. From which E. U. country does Hulloumi cheese originate?
5. Which famous 20th century English writer is usually credited with coining the word "tween"?
6. Measured in area, what was the largest empire in the world in 1600 AD?
a. British b. Russian c. Ottoman d. Mongol
7. The Good Samaritans, The Baby Boomers, American Scientists, The Computer, The Protester and You are all examples of what?
8. Which man's revealing 2009 autobiography was titled "Open"?
9. Which country has a patron saint of nuclear weapons?
10. The following lyrics are all from songs with the word "White" somewhere in the song title. Can you name the song? One point for each correct answer.
a. Some try to tell me thoughts they cannot defend
b. Wear a tall hat like a druid in the old days
c. And you've just had some kind of mushroom and your mind is moving low
d. Hey little sister what have you done hey little who's the only one
11. Which man has won the Academy Award for Best Director a record four times?
a. David Lean b. John Huston c. Francis Ford Coppola d. John Ford
12. What are the two most populated cities in Colombia?
13. Which Beatle was born in Madras India?
14. Name the films in which Gregory Peck played each of the following characters. One point for each correct answer.
a. Josef Mengele
b. Robert Thorn
c. Atticus Finch
d. US Navy Cmdr. Dwight Towers
15. In which country is the highest capital city in Europe located?
16. Art historians claim that the 12th century Italian painter Giotto could draw what perfectly?
17. In which major river did the RMS Empress of Ireland sink on May 29th, 1914 with the loss of 1,477 lives?
18. Which 5 letter first name for a girl was the title of a number one hit song on both sides of the Atlantic in 1972?
19. The House of Bernadotte is the name of which country's royal family?
20. The following are the last lines to which Bond film?
"It's alright. It's quite alright really. She's having a rest. We'll be going soon. There's no hurry you see. We have all the time in the world."
ANSWERS
1. Alan Parsons
2. The Hurt Locker
3. Kursk
4. Cyprus
5. J R R Tolkien
6. Answer c. Ottoman
7. Time magazine's 'Person of the Year'
8. Andre Agassi
9. Russia (Saint Seraphin of Sarov)
10. Four answers.
a. Nights In White Satin (Moody Blues)
b. Ride A White Swan (T-Rex)
c. White Rabbit (Jefferson Airplane)
d. White Wedding (Billy Idol)
11. Answer d. John Ford
12. Bogata and Medellin
13. Pete Best
14. Four answers.
a. The Boys From Brazil
b. The Omen
c. To Kill A Mockingbird
d. On The Beach
15. Andorra
16. A circle
17. Saint Lawrence River
18. Clair (Gilbert O'Sullivan)
19. Sweden
20. On Her Majesty's Secret Service