“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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Quiz day again folks.
Another random set of questions, some quite easy, others rather difficult and a couple of tricky ones thrown in for good measure.
But there’s no pass mark and no pressure so why not give them a go?
And, as usual, if you get stuck you can find the answers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please, NO cheating!
Enjoy and good luck.
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Q. 1: The name of which capital city is also contained in the title of a movie starring Frank Sinatra?
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Q. 2: What was the surname (last name) and the nicknames of the father and son who controlled Haiti from 1957 to 1986? (A point for each correct answer, so three points up for grabs.)
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Q. 3: On which mountain did Noah’s Ark come to rest as the Great Flood subsided?
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Q. 4: Who was the biggest selling female singer in America in the 1990s?
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Q. 5: There are many examples of countries in the world that are land-locked, that is surrounded by several other countries, but there are three countries that are completely surrounded by one other country only, a point for each that you can name and a bonus point if you can name all three.
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Q. 6: Why was Louise Brown famous in 1978?
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Q. 7: What is the longest river in Australia?
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Q. 8: In which well known movie would you find the robot or android known as ‘Ash’?
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Q. 9: In which country did the soup known as ‘Waterzooi’ originate?
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Q. 10: Two South American countries have no coastline, name them. (A point for each.)
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Q. 11: Who or what was ‘The African Queen’ in the movie of the same name?
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Q. 12: What does the yummy breakfast treat ‘Eggs Benedict’ consist of?
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Q. 13: Which Canadian newspaper magnate held important Government Offices in England during World War I and World War II?
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Q. 14: Who played ‘Herman Munster’ in the long running CBS Sitcom?
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Q. 15: Which former American President left behind an immortal souvenir – the teddy -which was named after him?
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Q. 16: Orson Welles stated of him that his movie ‘The General’ was “the greatest comedy ever made, the greatest Civil War film ever made, and perhaps the greatest film ever made.” Of whom was he speaking?
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Q. 17: According to Greek mythology whose box contained all the evils of the world?
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Q. 18: He was born in Poland and emigrated to Palestine in 1906. He became the first Prime Minister of the State of Israel. Who was he?
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Q. 19: Who wrote 2001 ‘A Space Odyssey’?
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Q. 20: What is the name of the largest river in Saudi Arabia?
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ANSWERS
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Q. 1: The name of which capital city is also contained in the title of a movie starring Frank Sinatra?
A. 1: Rome, Italy and the movie ‘Tony Rome’.
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Q. 2: What was the surname (last name) and the nicknames of the father and son who controlled Haiti from 1957 to 1986? (A point for each correct answer, so three points up for grabs.)
A. 2: Dr Francois Duvalier known as ‘Papa Doc’ (1957-1971) and his son Jean-Claude known as ‘Bébé Doc’ (1971-1986).
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Q. 3: On which mountain did Noah’s Ark come to rest as the Great Flood subsided?
A. 3: Mt. Ararat.
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Q. 4: Who was the biggest selling female singer in America in the 1990s?
A. 4: Mariah Carey.
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Q. 5: There are many examples of countries in the world that are land-locked, that is surrounded by several other countries, but there are three countries that are completely surrounded by one other country only, a point for each that you can name and a bonus point if you can name all three.
A. 5: Vatican City, and San Marino, both surrounded by Italy and Lesotho surrounded by South Africa.
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Q. 6: Why was Louise Brown famous in 1978?
A. 6: She was the world’s first test-tube baby.
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Q. 7: What is the longest river in Australia?
A. 7: The Murray River
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Q. 8: In which well known movie would you find the robot or android known as ‘Ash’?
A. 8: ‘Ash’ was the robot/android in the movie ‘Alien’.
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Q. 9: In which country did the soup known as ‘Waterzooi’ originate?
A. 9: Belgium.
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Q. 10: Two South American countries have no coastline, name them. (A point for each.)
A. 10: Bolivia and Paraguay.
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Q. 11: Who or what was ‘The African Queen’ in the movie of the same name?
A. 11: ‘The African Queen’ was a boat.
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Q. 12: What does the yummy breakfast treat ‘Eggs Benedict’ consist of?
A. 12: ‘Eggs Benedict’ consists of two halves of an English muffin, topped with ham or bacon, poached eggs, and Hollandaise sauce.
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Q. 13: Which Canadian newspaper magnate held important Government Offices in England during World War I and World War II?
A. 13: Lord Beaverbrook.
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Q. 14: Who played ‘Herman Munster’ in the long running CBS Sitcom?
A. 14: Fred Gwynne.
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Q. 15: Which former American President left behind an immortal souvenir – the teddy -which was named after him?
A. 15: Theodore Roosevelt
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Q. 16: Orson Welles stated of him that his movie ‘The General’ was “the greatest comedy ever made, the greatest Civil War film ever made, and perhaps the greatest film ever made.” Of whom was he speaking?
A. 16: Joseph Frank “Buster” Keaton.
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Q. 17: According to Greek mythology whose box contained all the evils of the world?
A. 17: Pandora’s.
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Q. 18: He was born in Poland and emigrated to Palestine in 1906. He became the first Prime Minister of the State of Israel. Who was he?
A. 18: David Ben Gurion.
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Q. 19: Who wrote 2001 ‘A Space Odyssey’?
A. 19: Arthur C Clarke.
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Q. 20: What is the name of the largest river in Saudi Arabia?
A. 20: A bit of a tricky one to end with, there are no rivers in Saudi Arabia. Score a point if you said zero or none.
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