Hello and welcome to another start of the week quiz.
Another very random selection of questions, but don’t let that discourage you, have a go!
As usual the answers are given waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below – but please, NO cheating.
Enjoy, and good luck.
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Q. 1: How many Dalmatians starred in the 1961 Disney movie?
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Q. 2: Where do they make California license plates?
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Q. 3: What is the collective term for a group of eggs, such as those found in a bird’s nest?
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Q. 4: Which famous lady edited Michael Jackson’s 1988 autobiography “Moonwalk”?
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Q. 5: What do they call G.I. Joe in the U.K.?
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Q. 6: What was US President Woodrow Wilson’s first name?
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Q. 7: In which American town or city was the TV series “Ironside” set?
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Q. 8: What is your “niddick”? (Yes, ladies you have one too.)
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Q. 9: In which movie, also starring Dustin Hoffman, did Sir Laurence Olivier play a Nazi war criminal named Dr. Christian Szell?
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Q. 10: What is the name for the metal band that joins the eraser to a pencil, or the metal band at the end of a cane?
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Q. 11: Name the only U.S. state that borders three different Canadian provinces.
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Q. 12: Who succeeded Nasser as President of Egypt and was later assassinated?
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Q. 13: Where did camels originate?
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Q. 14: What famous musical was set in Austria?
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Q. 15: What is the Scoville Heat Index and what is it used for?
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Q. 16: Who conquered Greece in 336 at the head of a vast Macedonian Army?
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Q. 17: Name the three lead stars in the movie “Some Like It Hot”.
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Q. 18: What was the first country to seek diplomatic relations with the United States.
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Q. 19: In which movies did Charlton Heston play the following roles?
a. George Taylor,
b. Moses,
c. Michelangelo,
d. General ‘Chinese’ Gordon,
e. Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar,
f. John the Baptist
(One point for each correct answer so your chance to earn six points here!)
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Q. 20: What was the only father-daughter collaboration to hit number one on the Billboard pop chart? (One point each for the names of the two artists and for the name of the song.
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ANSWERS
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Q. 1: How many Dalmatians starred in the 1961 Disney movie?
A. 1: 101
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Q. 2: Where do they make California license plates?
A. 2: All California license plates are made in prisons.
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Q. 3: What is the collective term for a group of eggs, such as those found in a bird’s nest?
A. 3: A group of eggs, such as those found in a bird’s nest, is known as a “clutch.”
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Q. 4: Which famous lady edited Michael Jackson’s 1988 autobiography “Moonwalk”?
A. 4: Michael Jackson’s 1988 autobiography Moonwalk was edited by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
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Q. 5: What do they call G.I. Joe in the U.K.?
A. 5: G.I. Joe is called “Action Man” in the U.K.
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Q. 6: What was US President Woodrow Wilson’s first name?
A. 6: Woodrow Wilson’s first name was Thomas. Woodrow was actually his middle name.
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Q. 7: In which American town or city was the TV series “Ironside” set?
A. 7: San Francisco
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Q. 8: What is your “niddick”? (Yes, ladies you have one too.)
A. 8: “Niddick” is another name for the nape of your neck.
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Q. 9: In which movie, also starring Dustin Hoffman, did Sir Laurence Olivier play a Nazi war criminal named Dr. Christian Szell?
A. 9: Marathon Man.
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Q. 10: What is the name for the metal band that joins the eraser to a pencil, or the metal band at the end of a cane?
A. 10: The metal band that joins the eraser to a pencil and the metal band at the end of a cane is a called a “ferrule.”
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Q. 11: Name the only U.S. state that borders three different Canadian provinces.
A. 11: Montana is the only U.S. state that borders three different Canadian provinces (Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan).
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Q. 12: Who succeeded Nasser as President of Egypt and was later assassinated?
A. 12: Anwar Sadat.
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Q. 13: Where did camels originate?
A. 13: Camels actually originated in North America.
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Q. 14: What famous musical was set in Austria?
A. 14: The Sound Of Music.
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Q. 15: What is the Scoville Heat Index and what is it used for?
A. 15: The Scoville Heat Index is a scale for measuring the spiciness of food. The spiciest pepper has over 1,000,000 Scoville units.
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Q. 16: Who conquered Greece in 336 at the head of a vast Macedonian Army?
A. 16: Alexander The Great.
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Q. 17: Name the three lead stars in the movie “Some Like It Hot”.
A. 17: Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis and Marilyn Monroe.
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Q. 18: What was the first country to seek diplomatic relations with the United States.
A. 18: In 1777, Morocco became the first country to seek diplomatic relations with the United States.
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Q. 19: In which movies did Charlton Heston play the following roles?
a. George Taylor,
b. Moses,
c. Michelangelo,
d. General ‘Chinese’ Gordon,
e. Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar,
f. John the Baptist
(One point for each correct answer so your chance to earn six points here!)
A. 19: Charlton Heston played
a. George Taylor in “Planet of the Apes (Beneath the Planet of the Apes)”
b. Moses in “The Ten Commandments”
c. Michelangelo in “The Agony and the Ecstasy”
d. General ‘Chinese’ Gordon in “Khartoum”
e. Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar in “El Cid”
f. John the Baptist in “The Greatest Story Ever Told”
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Q. 20: What was the only father-daughter collaboration to hit number one on the Billboard pop chart? (One point each for the names of the two artists and for the name of the song.)
A. 20: The only father-daughter collaboration to hit number one on the Billboard pop chart was “Something Stupid” by Frank & Nancy Sinatra in 1967.
Month nine of 2013 and quiz number – I don’t know how many – but here’s another one anyway.
Usual random mixture and answers to be found waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please, NO cheating!
Enjoy.
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Q. 1: The name of which famous band is also the Aramaic word for ‘the father, my father’?
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Q. 2: Which popular beverage’s name is the German word for ‘to store’?
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Q. 3: Cruciverbalists get down sometimes when they get their meaning across. What are cruciverbalists?
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Q. 4: How many zeros are in one trillion when written out in numerical form?
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Q. 5: In which US City was the TV police show ‘Cagney and Lacy’ set?
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Q. 6: In which movies do each of the following play a missionary? (A point for each correct answer)
a. Katherine Hepburn
b. Jeremy Irons
c. Jack Hawkins
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Q. 7: In which fictional town did the ‘Flintstones’ live?
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Q. 8: Which modern means of transport now usually replaces the richly adorned but antiquated and impractical ‘Sedia Gestatoria’?
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Q. 9: Which two contributions to western tea culture were introduced by US tea merchants, one at the St. Louis world fair in 1904, the other in New York restaurants in 1908? (A point for each)
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Q. 10: Which sport legend was given the nickname ‘Le Crocodil’?
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Q. 11: A plot element in a movie is often called which one of the following?
a. Macbeth
b. Macduff
c. MacGuffin
d. Macleod
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Q. 12: Who began her show with the words ‘I was born in the Bronx in New York, in December 1941’?
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Q. 13: In Japan, what is a ‘Gaijin’?
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Q. 14: On a standard dart board, what is the lowest number that cannot be scored with a single dart?
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Q. 15: Which millionaire first introduced a free school milk program in Chicago to combat rickets?
a. Al Capone
b. Richard W. Sears
c. Hugh Hefner
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Q. 16: Which vegetable has the most calories?
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Q. 17: What was the name of Jacques Cousteau’s boat?
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Q. 18: Which chivalrous expression is closely associated with the sinking of the HMS Birkenhead in Febuary 1852?
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Q. 19: Who played ‘Blake Carrington’ in the TV series Dynasty and was also the voice of the ‘boss’ in Charlie’s Angels?
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Q. 20: Still used today, what is the very popular, though sometimes frightening Anglo Saxon word meaning ‘pledge’? Three letters
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ANSWERS
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Q. 1: The name of which famous band is also the Aramaic word for ‘the father, my father’?
A. 1: Abba
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Q. 2: Which popular beverage’s name is the German word for ‘to store’?
A. 2: Lager.
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Q. 3: Cruciverbalists get down sometimes when they get their meaning across. What are cruciverbalists?
A. 3: Creators or lovers of crossword puzzles
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Q. 4: How many zeros are in one trillion when written out in numerical form?
A. 4: 12 (1,000,000,000,000)
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Q. 5: In which US City was the TV police show ‘Cagney and Lacy’ set?
A. 5: New York.
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Q. 6: In which movies do each of the following play a missionary? (A point for each correct answer)
a. Katherine Hepburn
b. Jeremy Irons
c. Jack Hawkins
A. 6: a. Katherine Hepburn in ‘The African Queen’
b. Jeremy Irons in ‘The Mission’
c. Jack Hawkins in ‘Zulu’
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Q. 7: In which fictional town did the ‘Flintstones’ live?
A. 7: Bedrock.
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Q. 8: Which modern means of transport now usually replaces the richly adorned but antiquated and impractical ‘Sedia Gestatoria’?
A. 8: The ‘Popemobile(s)’
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Q. 9: Which two contributions to western tea culture were introduced by US tea merchants, one at the St. Louis world fair in 1904, the other in New York restaurants in 1908? (A point for each)
A. 9: Ice tea (1904) and tea bags (1908)
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Q. 10: Which sport legend was given the nickname ‘Le Crocodil’?
A. 10: Rene Lacoste
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Q. 11: A plot element in a movie is often called which one of the following?
a. Macbeth
b. Macduff
c. MacGuffin
d. Macleod
A. 11: Answer c. it is called a MacGuffin
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Q. 12: Who began her show with the words ‘I was born in the Bronx in New York, in December 1941’?
A. 12: Rhoda.
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Q. 13: In Japan, what is a ‘Gaijin’?
A. 13: A foreigner. Gaijin means ‘outside person’.
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Q. 14: On a standard dart board, what is the lowest number that cannot be scored with a single dart?
A. 14: 23
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Q. 15: Which millionaire first introduced a free school milk program in Chicago to combat rickets?
a. Al Capone
b. Richard W. Sears
c. Hugh Hefner
A. 15: Answer a. Al Capone
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Q. 16: Which vegetable has the most calories?
A. 16: Avocado.
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Q. 17: What was the name of Jacques Cousteau’s boat?
A. 17: The Calypso.
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Q. 18: Which chivalrous expression is closely associated with the sinking of the HMS Birkenhead in Febuary 1852?
A. 18: ‘Women and children first’
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Q. 19: Who played ‘Blake Carrington’ in the TV series Dynasty and was also the voice of the ‘boss’ in Charlie’s Angels?
A. 19: John Forsythe
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Q. 20: Still used today, what is the very popular, though sometimes frightening Anglo Saxon word meaning ‘pledge’? Three letters
The title means, of course, that it is quiz day again.
So if you are ready to give your head a bit of a work out to start the week you’ve come to the right place.
Easy, tricky and difficult, you should find something in this lot to make you think a bit. And if you get stuck you know the answers are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below – but NO cheating.
Enjoy.
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Q. 1: We all know about Martha Stewart, but what did the American Martha Graham become famous for?
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Q. 2: What is the capital of Finland?
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Q. 3: What in the human body is the epidermis?
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Q. 4: Sitting Bull, a victorious chief at the Battle of Little Big Horn later went on tour in which travelling show?
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Q. 5: In which famous short animation movie from 1969 does a beloved Disney character meet an untimely end?
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Q. 6: Which very popular writer with a degree invented the word ‘nerd’?
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Q. 7: Which three animals (a point for each) are directly responsible for the most deaths each year in the USA? (The mosquito is excluded, as are fatalities resulting from a car crash with animals)
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Q. 8: James Madison was the first US President to sport which clothing fashion?
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Q. 9: In which two movies does Henry Fonda play the US President; and in which monumental movie does he play the ‘Medal of Honor’ winning son of US President Teddy Roosevelt? (Again a point for each correct answer)
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Q. 10: Which Frenchman, famous for abhorring bad drink, said “A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world”?
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Q. 11: David Hedison, Jack Lord, Rik van Nutter, Jeffrey Wright, John Terry, Cec Linder, Michael Pate, Norman Burton and Bernard Casey have all played which role in movies?
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Q. 12: What kind of burst is the most powerful radiation known to science?
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Q. 13: Leningrad, Fort Sumter, Sarajevo and Massada are all examples of what?
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Q. 14: Which famous Russian female made around the world headlines after the 3rd of November 1957?
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Q. 15: Like other coastal regions in the area, what was the coast of Florida called in the 16th century?
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Q. 16: What was depicted on the seal of the Knights Templar?
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Q. 17: Which worry prone movie character is fluent in more than 6,000,000 forms of communication?
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Q. 18: The name for which delightful and lofty empyrean goal stems from the Persian word for ‘walled enclosure’?
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Q. 19: In which five US states has the USA tested atom bombs? (Another chance to get a point for each correct answer)
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Q. 20: Philadelphia is the old name for the largest city in which country?
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ANSWERS
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Q. 1: We all know about Martha Stewart, but what did the American Martha Graham become famous for?
A. 1: As a Modern Dancer / Choreographer
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Q. 2: What is the capital of Finland?
A. 2: Helsinki
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Q. 3: What in the human body is the epidermis?
A. 3: Skin
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Q. 4: Sitting Bull, a victorious chief at the Battle of Little Big Horn later went on tour in which travelling show?
A. 4: Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show
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Q. 5: In which famous short animation movie from 1969 does a beloved Disney character meet an untimely end?
A. 5: Bambi meets Godzilla
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Q. 6: Which very popular writer with a degree invented the word ‘nerd’?
A. 6: Dr. Seuss. From the book ‘If I ran the zoo’.
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Q. 7: Which three animals (a point for each) are directly responsible for the most deaths each year in the USA? (The mosquito is excluded, as are fatalities resulting from a car crash with animals)
A. 7: Bees, dogs and horses.
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Q. 8: James Madison was the first US President to sport which clothing fashion?
A. 8: Long trousers (pants)
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Q. 9: In which two movies does Henry Fonda play the US President; and in which monumental movie does he play the ‘Medal of Honor’ winning son of US President Teddy Roosevelt? (Again a point for each correct answer)
A. 9: Fonda plays the US President in ‘Fail Safe’ and ‘Meteor’. In ‘The longest day’ he plays Teddy Roosevelt Jr.
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Q. 10: Which Frenchman, famous for abhorring bad drink, said “A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world”?
A. 10: Louis Pasteur
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Q. 11: David Hedison, Jack Lord, Rik van Nutter, Jeffrey Wright, John Terry, Cec Linder, Michael Pate, Norman Burton and Bernard Casey have all played which role in movies?
A. 11: CIA agent Felix Leiter in Bond films.
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Q. 12: What kind of burst is the most powerful radiation known to science?
A. 12: A gamma ray burst. (A burst recorded in December 1997 was for a few seconds brighter than all the other objects in the entire universe put together.)
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Q. 13: Leningrad, Fort Sumter, Sarajevo and Massada are all examples of what?
A. 13: Famous or infamous sieges.
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Q. 14: Which famous Russian female made around the world headlines after the 3rd of November 1957?
A. 14: Laika. The Russian cosmonaut dog. (or muttnik )
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Q. 15: Like other coastal regions in the area, what was the coast of Florida called in the 16th century?
A. 15: The Spanish Main
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Q. 16: What was depicted on the seal of the Knights Templar?
A. 16: Two knights riding on one horse.
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Q. 17: Which worry prone movie character is fluent in more than 6,000,000 forms of communication?
A. 17: C3PO
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Q. 18: The name for which delightful and lofty empyrean goal stems from the Persian word for ‘walled enclosure’?
A. 18: Paradise
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Q. 19: In which five US states has the USA tested atom bombs? (Another chance to get a point for each correct answer)
A. 19: New Mexico, Nevada, Colorado, Alaska and Mississippi.
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Q. 20: Philadelphia is the old name for the largest city in which country?
I remember on this day last year starting out with great intentions of doing a Star Wars based post in tribute the day that has become known to many as ‘Star Wars Day’ because of the pun on the memorable phrase coined in the movie series “May the force be with you”.
Unfortunately I failed miserably last year because the post ended up as one about a guy who had built himself a really cool looking laser gun based on the phasers from Star Trek, not Star Wars. (Here’s the link if you missed it – click here)
So time to make amends.
Taken together the Star Wars series of movies has to be one of the most watched and highest grossing ever in the history of the cinema, if not THE greatest. The original 1977 movie itself has been estimated to have taken $2,710,800,000 in today’s inflation adjusted terms.
On top of that it has spawned a plethora of merchandising material from t-shirts to robots to gadgets to almost everything that could be seen in the movies themselves, and then some!
Top of everyone’s list has to be a lightsabre – I have never met anyone who has seen Star Wars who didn’t want to be the proud owner of a light sabre, including me.
From the first time you saw the flash of light and heard that ‘hummm’, way back in 1977, in Obi-Wan Kenobi’s bungalow, even though you didn’t really know what it was, you still knew you wanted one – needed one!
Well for a bit north of $100 now you can own one, the Star Wars Force FX Lightsaber! It has the light, it has the sound, and it looks the part – well almost.
From the sublime, however, we also have the ridiculous.
Somewhere out there is that great Universe you just know that at least one moron has subjected their poor dog to the indignity of a Star Wars suit. Poor mutt, even the look on its face says it all.
And there are lots of other stuff in between, including these
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Finally, an interesting little piece of trivia that would just as easily have taken its place in one of my ‘Did you know factoids’.
Star Wars fans were not the first to introduce the line “May the fourth be with you”. When the recently deceased Margaret Thatcher was elected Britain’s first female Prime Minister on May 4, 1979, her party placed an advertisement in The London Evening News that said “May the Fourth Be with You, Maggie. Congratulations.” This reading of the line has also been recorded in the UK Parliament’s Hansard.
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