Pauls Quiz 481
1. What was the name of Tommy's love in the hit song "Coward Of The County"?
2. What are montgolfieres?
3. Which 2002 film deals with an attempt at trying to contain the T-virus?
4. A popular kind of pasta and the name given to an 18th century English dandy. One word.
5. Which Harry Potter actor had a top 10 hit song in 1968?
6. Marinus is the patron saint of which country?
7. Which English actress is the only person to have won an Academy Award for both acting and screenwriting?
8. Since 1851, only four countries have had winning yacht teams at the America's Cup. Name the four countries. One point for each correct answer.
9. Who said "Now I am become death, destroyer of worlds" on the 16th of July, 1945?
10. Along the border between which two countries are there a record 198 enclaves ("a portion of a state that is entirely surrounded by the territory of one other state")?
a. India and Pakistan b. North Korea and South Korea c. Russia and China d. India and Bangladesh
11. The first census in Great Britain was held in 1801. Plus or minus 2.5 million, what was the population of England, Scotland and Wales?
12. Which world famous Hungarian American performer (1874-1926) gave the six month old Joseph Keaton the nickname "Buster" after witnessing him fall down a 20 foot flight of stairs without injury?
13. The following lyrics are all from songs with a US state somewhere in the song title. Can you name the song? One point for each correct answer.
a. Your Cadillac has got a wheel in the ditch and a wheel on the track
b. Hoverin' by my suitcase, tryin' to find a warm place
c. Spent my days with a woman unkind, smoked my stuff and drank all my wine
d. If she get to know you, she goin to own you
14. What is the largest enclaved country in the world?
15. Who are the 4 richest men in the world today?
16. "Out of the ashes, hope will rise" was a movie poster tag line for which 2004 film re-make?
17. What is the longest muscle in the human body?
a. deltoid b. trapezius c. pectoralis major d. sartorius
18. Due to its high accident rate, which tragic nickname was given to the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter?
19. What is the record for the largest margin of victory in an unrigged association football match?
a. 26-0, b. 36-0, c. 46-0, d. 56-0
20. Which music icon is the American heiress Nancy Shevall married to?
ANSWERS
1. Becky
2. Hot air balloons
3. Resident Evil
4. Macaroni
5. Richard Harris (MacArthur Park)
6. San Marino
7. Emma Thompson
8. Four answers. USA, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland.
9. Robert Oppenheimer
10. Answer d. India and Bangladesh
11. 10.5 million
12. Harry Houdini ("That was a real buster")
13. Four answers.
a. Alabama (Neil Young)
b. Rainy Night In Georgia (Ray Charles)
c. Going To California (Led Zeppelin)
d. Kentucky Woman (Neil Diamond)
14. Lesotho
15. Elon Musk, Larry Ellison, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos
16. Flight Of The Phoenix
17. Answer d. sartorius
18. Widowmaker
19. Answer b. 36-0 (Arbroath F.C. 36-0 Bon Accord F.C. 1885)
20. Paul McCartney