Sorry - a bit late posting Mondays questions - but here they are: answers on Sunday! GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1. Which Norwegian port is the most northerly town in Europe? 2. In Daniel Defoe’s book, for how many years was Robinson Crusoe marooned? 3. Montezuma was the emperor of which people? 4. What name is given to the winter coat of a stoat? Ermine 5. Which major bridge links the two English towns of Barton and Hessle? 6. What is the name of a type of cheese from Cornwall wrapped in nettle leaves? 7. On TV, whose mother has been played at various times by Julie Walters, Lulu and Alison Steadman? 8. What is the name of the garden village on the Wirral peninsula built by William Lever for his workers in the 1890s? 9. One in four US visitors to Scotland go there in the belief they could hunt and catch which prey? 10. What word connects Lorenzo di Medici, ruler of Florence, and the Ottoman Sultan Sulemaine? NEWS 1. How did Northumberland woman Emma Gray make history? 2. Which British court proceedings has been filmed for the first time since 1925? 3. Who won the Mercury Music Prize, beating David Bowie and the Arctic Monkeys? 4. How are the inhabitants of the town of Rjukan in Norway getting a winter tan? 5. Why was the statue of legendary cricket nuisance Dickie Bird in Barnsley moved to a higher position? 6. Dell are recalling their latest batch of laptops because of customers complaining of what? 7. Who wrote I love you, worry about you, care for you, Im frightened to be without you? 8. How will Bill de Blasio go from virtual obscurity to being one of the most recognised faces in America tomorrow? 9. The great comedienne Marcia Wallace has died – whom did she play in The Simpsons? 10. In which German city have 1,500 art works looted by the Nazis been discovered? ENTERTAINMENT 1. What is the Biblical name of the underground city in the Matrix films? 2. Jack Nicholson played a Nevada sheriff about to retire in The Pledge in 2001 – what is the pledge in the film? 3. In the 2005 Terry Gilliam film The Brothers Grimm, who played the two brothers? 4. Who currently helps hotels to turn their business round in The Hotel Inspector? 5. The 1985 film The Colour Purple was based on a novel by which author? 6. Which actress plays the driver and assistant to Superintendent Foyle in Foyles War on ITV? 7. Which entertainer played Mel, assistant to both Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy in Doctor Who? 8. Robert de Niro directed which film in 2006 with Matt Damon as an FBI agent and Angelina Jolie as his wife? 9. What is the cause of the global disaster in the film 2012? 10. Which British actor leads a gang of squaddies against a pack of werewolves in the 2002 film Dog Soldiers? SPECIALIST ROUND PIXAR 1. Which Cheers actor has appeared in all Pixar feature length films to date? 2. Which is Pixars second film, with Kevin Spacey playing the main villain? 3. In Monsters, Inc., with what does Sully replace the notion of collecting childrens screams to sustain the business? 4. In Toy Story 2, who does Woody save from the garage sale only to get thrown into the secondhand box himself? 5. After venturing into the open sea, Nemo finally ends up in a tank in what sort of business premises? 6. In Up, what is the name of the talking dog who is often distracted by squirrels? 7. How are the Parr family otherwise known? 8. Which veteran actor played Anton Ego the restaurant critic in Ratatouille? 9. What Pixar short film was recently shown on TV to celebrate Halloween? 10. Which upcoming film is set in the head of a young girl, Riley, where five emotions – Joy, Anger, Disgust, Fear and Sadness – try to lead her through her life?
Posted on: Thu, 07 Nov 2013 02:13:07 +0000
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