“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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Quiz Day again and another twenty random questions to start the week.
As usual the answers can be found waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below – but NO cheating please!
Go on, have a go.
And good luck!
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Q. 1: Of which American tribe was Sitting Bull a member?
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Q. 2: Valentina Tereshkova was the first what?
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Q. 3: What was the name of Sonny Crockett’s pet alligator in the cult TV series Miami Vice?
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Q. 4: When Clement Attlee became Prime Minister of Britain in 1945, who was the President of the United States?
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Q. 5: In The Stephen King novel and movie Christine, what was Christine?
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Q. 6: What country was most heavily-bombed in Vietnam war?
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Q. 7: What was the first US television show filmed before an audience and who was it’s star?
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Q. 8: This answer is the name of a Roman philosopher and the name of an eastern North American Indian tribe. One word.
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Q. 9: Whose name, apart from the astronauts’, appears on the Apollo 11 plaque on the Moon?
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Q. 10: The Andromeda Strain was a 1971 Hollywood movie and a 2008 mini-series. Which famous writer wrote the novel?
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Q. 11: Name the two actresses Frank Sinatra married.
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Q. 12: Who was the United States President from 1953 to 1961?
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Q. 13: Which fabric derived its name from a middle eastern capital city very much in the news lately? Six letters
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Q. 14: In which American town or city was the TV series ‘The Golden Girls’ set?
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Q. 15: John Alden will go down in history as the first what?
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Q. 16: Which Hollywood actress who has been married nine times was probably born in 1917?
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Q. 17: The fictional detective Auguste C Dupin was created by which 19th century American writer?
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Q. 18: Who commanded the British forces that captured Quebec from the French in 1759?
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Q. 19: Marion Crane is the tragic figure in which cult horror movie?
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Q. 20: In the movie ‘Airplane’, Leslie Nielson’s line “don’t call me Shirley” was a response to which question?
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ANSWERS
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Q. 1: Of which American tribe was Sitting Bull a member?
A. 1: Sioux.
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Q. 2: Valentina Tereshkova was the first what?
A. 2: Woman in space.
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Q. 3: What was the name of Sonny Crockett’s pet alligator in the cult TV series Miami Vice?
A. 3: Elvis.
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Q. 4: When Clement Attlee became Prime Minister of Britain in 1945, who was the President of the United States?
A. 4: Harry S Truman
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Q. 5: In The Stephen King novel and movie Christine, what was Christine?
A. 5: A car.
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Q. 6: What country was most heavily-bombed in Vietnam war?
A. 6: Cambodia.
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Q. 7: What was the first US television show filmed before an audience and who was it’s star?
A. 7: I Love Lucy starring Lucille Ball.
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Q. 8: This answer is the name of a Roman philosopher and the name of an eastern North American Indian tribe. One word.
A. 8: Seneca.
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Q. 9: Whose name, apart from the astronauts’, appears on the Apollo 11 plaque on the Moon?
A. 9: Richard Nixon.
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Q. 10: The Andromeda Strain was a 1971 Hollywood movie and a 2008 mini-series. Which famous writer wrote the novel?
A. 10: Michael Crichton.
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Q. 11: Name the two actresses Frank Sinatra married.
A. 11: Ava Gardner and Mia Farrow.
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Q. 12: Who was the United States President from 1953 to 1961?
A. 12: Dwight D Eisenhower.
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Q. 13: Which fabric derived its name from a middle eastern capital city very much in the news lately? Six letters
A. 13: Damask (from Damascus).
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Q. 14: In which American town or city was the TV series ‘The Golden Girls’ set?
A. 14: Miami.
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Q. 15: John Alden will go down in history as the first what?
A. 15: The first of the Pilgrim Fathers.
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Q. 16: Which Hollywood actress who has been married nine times was probably born in 1917?
A. 16: Zsa Zsa Gabor.
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Q. 17: The fictional detective Auguste C Dupin was created by which 19th century American writer?
A. 17: Edgar Allan Poe.
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Q. 18: Who commanded the British forces that captured Quebec from the French in 1759?
A. 18: General Wolfe.
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Q. 19: Marion Crane is the tragic figure in which cult horror movie?
A. 19: Psycho.
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Q. 20: In the movie ‘Airplane’, Leslie Nielson’s line “don’t call me Shirley” was a response to which question?
A. 20: “Surely you can’t be serious?”
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