Pauls Quiz 497
1. Which French dish is also a collective noun for clouds?
2. What is the nickname of the part of District 12 in which Katniss and her family lived?
3. Which two men have won both an Oscar and a Nobel Prize?
4. Which three jumps in figure skating were named after former competitors?
5. In which film did actor Matthew McConaughey lose 22 kilograms (nearly 50 pounds) in order to play a character?
6. Name the band or artist associated with each of the following successful concert tours. One point for each correct answer.
a. 360° Tour
b. Where We Are
c. A Bigger Bang
d. Sticky and Sweet
e. Long Road Out Of Eden
7. Which nickname was given to Elizabeth Short after her brutal murder in LA in 1947?
8. In the Louisiana Creole cuisine the so-called 'Holy Trinity' is a flavour base in many dishes. Which three ingredients make up the 'Holy Trinity'?
9. The following are all terms used in which sport?
button, die, guard, anti-freeze, hard, back of the house
10. Which title did the father of Daniel Day-Lewis hold between 1968 and 1972?
11. Name the two rivers in North America with the highest discharge.
12. Each of the following films are set in which city? One point for each correct answer.
a. Hugo
b. The 6th Sense
c. The Pianist
d. Gran Torino
13. Which man's 2006 autobiography was titled "Just One More Thing: Stories From My Life"?
14. Since the start of the English Premier League in 1992, which fixture has seen the most red cards?
15. A structure and a collective noun for admirals. Six letters.
16. "Power can be held in the smallest of things" was a movie poster tag line for which very popular 2001 film?
17. Which American singer song-writer with the initials C. B. S. wrote or co-wrote all of the following songs?
A Groovy Kind Of Love, Nobody Does It Better, When I Need You, Heartbreaker, That's What Friends Are For, Arthur's Theme
18. Which English writer coined the word "Chortle"?
19. On which archipelago would you be if you landed at Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport?
20. What was the tallest building in the world between May 27, 1930 and April 30, 1931?
ANSWERS
1. Souffle
2. The Seam
3. Two answers. George B Shaw and Bob Dylan
4. Three answers. Salchow, Lutz, Axel.
5. Dallas Buyers Club
6. Five answers.
a. U2
b. One Direction
c. The Rolling Stones
d. Madonna
e. The Eagles
7. The Black Dahlia
8. Onion, celery and bell pepper
9. Curling
10. Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom
11. Mississippi and St Lawrence
12. Four answers.
a. Paris
b. Philadelphia
c. Warsaw
d. Detroit
13. Peter Falk
14. Liverpool - Everton
15. Bridge
16. The Lord Of The Rings:The Fellowship Of The Ring
17. Carole Bayer Sager
18. Lewis Carroll
19. Madeira
20. Chrysler Building