Pauls Quiz 465
1. Which soundtrack album was the best selling album of the year in the US charts in both 1962 and 1963?
2. Which currency is named after Christopher Columbus?
3. Which singer is sometimes called "The First Lady of the British Invasion"?
4. What was the maximum speed of the legendary German airship Hindenburg?
a. 35 km/hr, b. 95 km/hr, c. 135 km/hr, d. 205 km/hr
5. Which two countries that do not exist today topped the medals table at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul?
6. An old name for the Inca sun god and the name given to a world famous ocean going vessel. 2 words
7. What was the name of the stadium in which The Beatles played their last official live concert on the 29 August, 1966?
8. Cantharis is better known as the Spanish what?
9. Which oceanographer discovered the wrecks of the Titanic, the Bismarck, the USS Yorktown and JFK's PT-109?
10. Which two EU countries have blue and white national flags?
11. Which word beginning with the letter "F" is the industry term for the small particles of tea leaves used almost exclusively in tea bags?
12. Which English model was apparently the inspiration for The Beatles songs 'Something' and 'I Need You', as well as Eric Clapton's 'Layla' and 'Wonderful Tonight'?
13. Which two keepers hold the record for the most clean sheets in English Premier League history?
14. Name the film in which each of the following actors plays a Captain or Commander on board a submarine. One point for each correct answer.
a. Jurgen Prochnow
b. Scott Glen
b. Liam Neeson
15. An additional non religious emblem for use by the International Red Cross and Red Crescent is called what?
a. Red Crystal, b. Red Diamond, c. Red Emerald, d. Red Garnet
16. Which Olympic champion, later a Hollywood film star, was the first female figure skater to wear skirts above the knee?
17. Most of the US Mars Missions are conducted by NASA in conjuction with the JPL. What does the acronym J P L stand for?
18. The following was a movie poster tag line for which classic 1982 science fiction film?
"Man has made his match .... Now it's his problem"
19. What does the Enhanced Fujita Scale measure?
20. Who was the only astronaut to have flown to the moon twice without setting foot on it?
ANSWERS
1. West Side Story
2. Colon (Christopher Columbus is Cristobal Colon in Spanish)
3. Petula Clark
4. Answer c. 135 km/hr
5. The Soviet Union and East Germany
6. Kon-Tiki
7. Candlestick Park
8. Spanish fly
9. Robert Ballard
10. Finland and Greece
11. Fannings
12. Pattie Boyd
13. Two answers. Petr Cech (202), David James (169)
14. Three answers.
a. Das Boot
b. The Hunt For Red October
c. K-19 Widowmaker
15. Answer a. Red Crystal
16. Sonja Henie
17. Jet Propulsion Laboratory
18. Blade Runner
19. The strength of tornadoes
20. James "Jim" Lovell (Apollo 8 and 13)