“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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Hi, and welcome to another quiz for Monday.
A random mixture of general knowledge, history, geography, politics, sport, movies, etc., all designed to get you thinking.
As usual, if you get stuck, the answers can be found waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating!
Enjoy and good luck.
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Q. 1: Name the only boxer to knock out Mohammed Ali?
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Q. 2: In what Clint Eastwood movie did Gene Hackman appear as the President of the United States?
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Q. 3: When Steve Jobs set up the Apple computer company in 1976 who was his partner?
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Q. 4: What phrase was used to describe the German empire under Hitler?
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Q. 5: Which Shakespearean character, haunted by the ghost of his murdered father, shares his name with a small settlement of people?
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Q. 6: Which group was made up of a cowboy, an Indian, a policeman, a biker, a GI and a builder?
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Q. 7: Which war drama, first seen on British Television in October 1972, depicted life in a German castle used for prisoners of war?
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Q. 8: Who murdered the well known singer Marvin Gay?
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Q. 9: What is the Spanish word for ‘Conqueror’?
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Q. 10: The term “Expletive Deleted” came into fashion as a result of the publication of the transcript of what?
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Q. 11: Which notorious gang were involved in the famous gunfight against the Earp brothers and Doc Holliday at the O.K Corral?
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Q. 12: How did David kill Goliath?
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Q. 13: Which island volcano is west of Java, unless in the movie where it is east of Java, and erupted in 1883 causing 36,000 deaths?
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Q. 14: Who published ‘Centuries’ in 1555, a book of rhyming prophesies going up to the year 3797?
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Q. 15: The Clayton Bulwer Treaty signed in 1850 concerned the construction of what?
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Q. 16: In which year was the first Afro-American elected to the US Congress?
a) 1870, b) 1906, c) 1928 d) 1960
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Q. 17: Who is the only US president to have never been elected?
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Q. 18: Which company owned most of what is now called Canada in the early colonial days?
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Q. 19: Which country has the world’s oldest flag?
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Q. 20: Which famous actor sang ‘We Are Ready’ at the end of the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games?
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ANSWERS
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Q. 1: Name the only boxer to knock out Mohammed Ali?
A. 1: Larry Holmes, in 1980.
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Q. 2: In what Clint Eastwood movie did Gene Hackman appear as the President of the United States?
A. 2: Absolute Power.
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Q. 3: When Steve Jobs set up the Apple computer company in 1976 who was his partner?
A. 3: Stephen Wozniak.
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Q. 4: What phrase was used to describe the German empire under Hitler?
A. 4: It was known as the ‘Third Reich’.
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Q. 5: Which Shakespearean character, haunted by the ghost of his murdered father, shares his name with a small settlement of people?
A. 5: Hamlet.
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Q. 6: Which group was made up of a cowboy, an Indian, a policeman, a biker, a GI and a builder?
A. 6: Village People.
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Q. 7: Which war drama, first seen on British Television in October 1972, depicted life in a German castle used for prisoners of war?
A. 7: Colditz.
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Q. 8: Who murdered the well known singer Marvin Gay?
A. 8: His father.
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Q. 9: What is the Spanish word for ‘Conqueror’?
A. 9: Conquistador.
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Q. 10: The term “Expletive Deleted” came into fashion as a result of the publication of the transcript of what?
A. 10: The Watergate Tapes.
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Q. 11: Which notorious gang were involved in the famous gunfight against the Earp brothers and Doc Holliday at the O.K Corral?
A. 11: The Clantons.
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Q. 12: How did David kill Goliath?
A. 12: With a stone from a sling.
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Q. 13: Which island volcano is west of Java, unless in the movie where it is east of Java, and erupted in 1883 causing 36,000 deaths?
A. 13: Krakatoa.
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Q. 14: Who published ‘Centuries’ in 1555, a book of rhyming prophesies going up to the year 3797?
A. 14: Nostradamus.
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Q. 15: The Clayton Bulwer Treaty signed in 1850 concerned the construction of what?
A. 15: Panama Canal.
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Q. 16: In which year was the first Afro-American elected to the US Congress?
a) 1870, b) 1906, c) 1928 d) 1960
A. 16: a) 1870.
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Q. 17: Who is the only US president to have never been elected?
A. 17: Gerald Ford.
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Q. 18: Which company owned most of what is now called Canada in the early colonial days?
A. 18: The Hudson Bay Company.
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Q. 19: Which country has the world’s oldest flag?
A. 19: Denmark. (Maybe we should have a whip round and buy them a new one?)
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Q. 20: Which famous actor sang ‘We Are Ready’ at the end of the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games?
A. 20: Jackie Chan.
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