Pauls Quiz 467
1. A tapestry reproduction of which famous anti-war painting hangs outside the Security Council Chamber at the UN headquarters in New York City?
2. What were Severus Snape's last words in film?
3. Which famous 19th century dance style translated can mean "a duck" or "uproar"?
4. Which of the following is a river in central Siberia?
a. Tom, b. Dik, c. Hari
5. Seven actresses have won both the Academy award for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. Can you name them? One point for each correct answer.
6. The Canadian harpooner Ned Land is a central character in which novel?
a. Captains Courageous, b. The Sea Wolf, c. Moby Dick, d. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
7. The name of which luxury train is advertised as "A window to the soul of South Africa"?
8. What was the title of the James Bond film that was released in the same year as "Octopussy"?
9. What is the northernmost city in the world with a population of 1 million or more inhabitants?
10. The name for which herbivorous marine mammal stems from an old Caribbean word meaning "breast"?
11. What name was given to the first Franco-Mexican War of 1838-39?
a. Crepes War, b. Taco War, c. Pastry War, d. Chili War
12. What is Michelangelo's 'David' holding in his right hand?
13. In which year did Paul McCartney first meet John Lennon?
14. Which current Premier League club has won all 4 divisions in English football?
15. Which film starring Anthony Hopkins ends with the following words?
"The pain now is part of the happiness then. That's the deal."
16. Which tennis player spent the most weeks ranked No 1 in the ATP rankings during the 1970s?
17. Plus or minus 25, in which year did Dr Zefram Cochrane invent the warp drive engine?
18. Which "Taste" won the Grammy for Record of the Year in 1966?
19. Measured in both area and population, what is the second biggest Portuguese speaking country in the world?
20. The British-Canadian scientist Geoffrey Hinton is known as "The Godfather" of what?
ANSWERS
1. Picasso's "Guernica"
2. "You have your mother's eyes"
3. Cancan
4. Answer a. Tom
5. Six answers. Meryl Streep, Ingrid Bergman, Maggie Smith, Cate Blanchett, Jessica Lange, Helen Hayes and Rene Zellweger
6. Answer d. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea
7. The Blue Train
8. Never Say Never Again
9. Saint Petersburg
10. Manatee
11. Answer c. Pastry War
12. A stone
13. 1957 (6 July, 1957 at the Woolton Parsh Church fete)
14. Wolves
15. Shadowlands
16. Jimmy Connors
17. 2063
18. A Taste Of Honey (Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass)
19. Angola
20. AI