Pauls Quiz 471
1. Which composer with the initials M.H. is one of only two people to have won an Oscar, a Grammy, an Emmy, a Tony and a Pulitzer Prize?
2. Which European capital located along the Rhine river has less than 6,000 residents?
3. Which World Chess Champion, a grandmaster at the age of 13, is known as the 'Mozart of Chess'?
4. Which English rock musician and former member of Humble Pie had the best selling album of 1976 and played lead guitar on the hit song "Grease"?
5. Which 1994 movie is the highest grossing hand drawn animated feature film of all time?
6. What symbol is depicted on the national flag of North Macedonia?
7. Based on worshipper capacity, in which two cities are the largest mosques in the world located?
8. Name the films in which each of the following actors play characters trying to survive on the planet Mars.
a. Gary Sinise
b. Arnold Schwarzenegger
c. Jason Statham
9. A magic charm or spell and a sauce. One word, four letters.
10. On 18 March 1965, Alexey Leonov became the first human to do what?
11. What is the most populated country in the world with French as the official language?
a. Algeria, b. France, c. Chad, d. Democratic Republic of the Congo
12. Which French footballer is a joint all time record holder for the most red cards in English Premier League history?
13. Who did Kenney Jones replace in November 1978?
14. The uranium concentrate powder Urania is better known under which edible sounding name?
15. What is the oldest religious order in the Latin Church?
a. Franciscans, b. Dominicans, c. Jesuits, d. Benedictines
16. According to the historian Stuart Laycock, how many countries in the world has Britain never invaded?
a. 2, b. 22, c. 44, d. 88
17. What name did Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler give to their only daughter?
18. What is the oldest existing capital city in the world?
a. Damascus, b. Cairo, c. Valletta, d. Khartoum
19. On which 1969 album would one find the song with the unusual title "Several species of small furry animals gathered together in a cave and grooving with a Pict"?
20. What does the Greek root "porn" mean?
ANSWERS
1. Marvin Hamlisch
2. Vaduz
3. Magnus Carlsen
4. Peter Frampton
5. The Lion King
6. Sun
7. Mecca and Medina
8. Three answers.
a. Mission to Mars
b. Total Recall
c. Ghosts of Mars
9. Mojo
10. Walk in space
11. Answer d. Democratic Republic of Congo
12. Patrick Viera
13. Keith Moon
14. Yellowcake
15. Answer d. Benedictines
16. Answer b. 22
17. Bonnie Blue
18. Answer a. Damascus
19. Ummagumma (Pink Floyd)
20. Prostitute