“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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First of the Monday quizzes for December.
As usual the answers can be found waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below – but NO cheating please.
Enjoy, and good luck!
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Q. 1: In which American state did the English first settle in 1607?
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Q. 2: What name was given to a pilot who flew suicide missions in World War II?
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Q. 3: Whish of these is the name of a town or city in Turkey?
a) Batman b) Robin c) Joker
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Q. 4: Who was the first person to cross the English channel with an airplane?
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Q. 5: Fifty years ago, on November 22nd 1963, President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas but what was the name of the airport where Air Force One landed on that fateful journey?
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Q. 6: Why did the Roman Catholic church ban Mozart’s music?
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Q. 7: Australia built fences across outback areas to contain what agricultural pest?
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Q. 8: Which country’s troops invaded Cambodia in 1979?
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Q. 9: Who played an aging Jewish Nazi hunter named ‘Ezra Lieberman’ and in what movie? (A point for each answer.)
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Q. 10: In which country is the site of the famous battle of Waterloo?
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Q. 11: Which American diva got married after a whirlwind romance, in 2008?
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Q. 12: What were the first names the four members of the ‘Cartwright family’ and what long running television show they were in? (Character’s names, not their real names and you can have a point for each.)
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Q. 13: What do the actors Rex Harrison, Yul Brynner and Yun Fat Chow all have in common?
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Q. 14: Who noted the day before he was killed in 1968: “I’m not worried about anything. I’m not fearing any man”?
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Q. 15: What famous television series starred Marilu Henner, Judd Hirsch and Danny DeVito?
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Q. 16: In which 1964 musical movie was Audrey Hepburn’s singing dubbed by Marni Nixon?
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Q. 17: In which country, until 1922, was the Ruler referred to as ‘Sultan of the Ottoman Empire’?
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Q. 18: Which nanny did Julie Andrews win an Oscar for playing?
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Q. 19: Which Scottish engineer gave the first public demonstration of television in 1925?
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Q. 20: Which song by Survivor is the best selling UK heavy metal release of all time?
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ANSWERS
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Q. 1: In which American state did the English first settle in 1607?
A. 1: Virginia.
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Q. 2: What name was given to a pilot who flew suicide missions in World War II?
A. 2: Kamikaze.
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Q. 3: Whish of these is the name of a town or city in Turkey?
a) Batman b) Robin c) Joker
A. 3: a) Batman (Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo….)
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Q. 4: Who was the first person to cross the English channel with an airplane?
A. 4: Louis Blèriot.
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Q. 5: Fifty years ago, on November 22nd 1963, President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas but what was the name of the airport where Air Force One landed on that fateful journey?
A. 5: Love Field.
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Q. 6: Why did the Roman Catholic church ban Mozart’s music?
A. 6: He joined the Freemasons.
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Q. 7: Australia built fences across outback areas to contain what agricultural pest?
A. 7: Rabbits.
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Q. 8: Which country’s troops invaded Cambodia in 1979?
A. 8: Vietnam.
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Q. 9: Who played an aging Jewish Nazi hunter named ‘Ezra Lieberman’ and in what movie? (A point for each answer.)
A. 9: Laurence Olivier in ‘The Boys From Brazil’.
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Q. 10: In which country is the site of the famous battle of Waterloo?
A. 10: Belgium.
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Q. 11: Which American diva got married after a whirlwind romance, in 2008?
A. 11: Mariah Carey.
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Q. 12: What were the first names the four members of the ‘Cartwright family’ and what long running television show they were in? (Character’s names, not their real names and you can have a point for each.)
A. 12: Ben, Adam, Eric (Hoss), and Joesph (Little Joe) in Bonanza.
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Q. 13: What do the actors Rex Harrison, Yul Brynner and Yun Fat Chow all have in common?
A. 13: They have all played the King (King Mongkut) in film. Harrison (‘Anna and the King of Siam’, 1946) Brynner (‘The King and I’, 1956), Chow (‘Anna and the King’, 1999).
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Q. 14: Who noted the day before he was killed in 1968: “I’m not worried about anything. I’m not fearing any man”?
A. 14: Martin Luther King.
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Q. 15: What famous television series starred Marilu Henner, Judd Hirsch and Danny DeVito?
A. 15: Taxi.
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Q. 16: In which 1964 musical movie was Audrey Hepburn’s singing dubbed by Marni Nixon?
A. 16: My Fair Lady.
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Q. 17: In which country, until 1922, was the Ruler referred to as ‘Sultan of the Ottoman Empire’?
A. 17: Turkey.
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Q. 18: Which nanny did Julie Andrews win an Oscar for playing?
A. 18: Mary Poppins.
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Q. 19: Which Scottish engineer gave the first public demonstration of television in 1925?
A. 19: John Logie Baird.
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Q. 20: Which song by Survivor is the best selling UK heavy metal release of all time?
A. 20: Eye of the Tiger.
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fasab 
A little better today – 8!
Pretty good. Another tough bunch I think.