Pauls Quiz 496
1. Which female American singer-songwriter and poet accepted Bob Dylan's Nobel prize on his behalf?
2. Which titular character was smitten with Becky Thatcher?
3. Which country is host to the annual World Elephant Polo Championship?
a. India, b. Malaysia, c, South Africa, d. Nepal
4. Which mystery novel takes place on Indian Island?
5. Which kind of storm is also the name of a cocktail glass?
6. "On Earth everyone can hear you scream" was a movie poster tag line for which Part 2 film?
7. Due to vastly increased testosterone levels, which animal undergoes a periodic aggressive condition known as musth (or must)?
8. Plus or minus 10 minutes, at what time did each of the following events occur? (local time) One point for each correct answer.
a. RMS Titanic strikes an iceberg
b. Atom bomb detonates over Hiroshima
c. First plane hits the World Trade Center
d. Shots fired at JFK in Dallas
9. What would be your job if you used a tool known as a 'Muddler'?
10. The Annie Lennox song "Into The West" won an Oscar for Best Original Song. At the end of which film can you hear it?
11. Who is the oldest living artist to have a top 10 album in the UK music charts?
12. Which birthday does Bilbo Baggins celebrate at the beginning of The Lord Of The Rings?
13. Each of the following films are set in which city? One point for each correct answer.
a. District 9
b. Lost In Translation
c. City Of God
14. Which Nobel Prize winner once said "If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself."?
15. With 1,735 km, which river in the United States is the longest river in the world that is named after an animal?
16. Which singer with the initials M. W. was known as the 'Queen of Motown' in the early 1960s?
17. Which Cretan was the foremost painter in 16th century Spain?
18. What is the name of the imperial city at the end of the Yellow Brick Road?
19. What was the last ACDC studio album with Bon Scott?
20. What is the colloquial two word name for sodium amytal?
ANSWERS
1. Patti Smith
2. Tom Sawyer
3. Answer d. Nepal
4. And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie. originally published in 1939 as "Ten Little Niggers')
5. Hurricane
6. Aliens vs Predator 2
7. Bull elephants
8. Four answers.
a. 11.40.40 pm
b. 8.15.44 am
c. 8.46 am
d. 12.30 pm
9. Bartender
10. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
11. Dame Vera Lynn (Forces' Sweetheart)
12. Eleventy-first
13. Three answers.
a. Johannesburg
b. Tokyo
c. Rio de Janeiro
14. Albert Einstein
15. Snake
16. Mary Wells
17. El Greco
18. Emerald City
19. Highway To Hell
20. Truth serum