Sunday, June 6, 2010

The Quiz - May 15, 2010 - Questions

1. Brendan Cowell stars as World War 1 mining engineer Captain Oliver Woodward in the movie....?

2. What is the first name of the Duchess of Cornwall?

3. Which metallic element has the symbol Pb?

4. What song's lyrics begin, "Well you can tell by the way I use my walk/ I'm a woman's man, no time to talk"?

5. Which Academy Award winner's first film role was in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1929)?

6. "To die will be an awfully big adventure" is a line from: (a) Little Women; (b) Peter Pan; (c) Treasure Island?

7. What is the shape of conchiglie pasta?

8. The fictional patrol boat in the TV series Sea Patrol is named HMAS...?

9. Which birthstone is associated with the month of May?

10. Is the Indianapolis 500 car race run over 500 kilometres, 500 laps of 500 miles.

11. The British colony of Hong Kong was returned to China on July 1 of what year?

12. In the game of Cluedo, players try to deduce which suspect murdered the non-playing character named.....?

13. Which Spanish city is further north: Barcelona or Madrid?

14. Who was the last Australian to win the booker prize?

15. Who was the president of the United States from 1977 to 1981?

16. Name five of the seven individual Australian gold medal winners at the 2000 Sydney Olympics?

17. Matt Smith now plays the role of which famous TV character?

18. Goodluck Jonathon is the acting president of which African nation?

19. The word "simian" is used to refer to what types of animal?

20. Which Scandinavian capital city is home to the Tivoli Gardens amusement park?

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The Good Weekend Quiz

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Weekly quiz compiled by John S. Croucher, Professor of Statistics, Macquarie University.

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