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Old Quiz (21/06/2010)
The last letter of a correct answer is the first letter of the next answer. (Includes Q10.-Q1.)
1. What is the fourth book of the Old Testament? 2. In Absolutely Fabulous, What is the surname of the character Patsy played by Joanna Lumley? 3. What was the Christian name of the queen consort of England (1154 – 1189) and also Duchess of Aquitaine? 4.What creatures was the pied piper of Hamlyn asked to remove from the town? 5.Which son of David built the First Temple in Jerusalem and was credited with having great wisdom? 6. How many tailors did Dorothy L. Sayers write about in her novel featuring Lord Peter Wimsey? 7. MDMA (3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine) is commonly known as what? 8. Which river runs through Melbourne? 9.What type of word is used to modify a verb? 10.If you took a flight with Virgin starting at Henley on Thames, in what type of aircraft would you fly?
2. FAMOUS ANIMALS
1. What is the name of the dog that appears on His Masters Voice lables? 2. Who owned the black labrador that was killed on the evening of the Dam Busters raid? 3. "Blondi" was a German Shepherd that belonged to whom? 4. What is the name of the cat in the Homeward Bound movies? 5. What is the name of the only book written by Anna Sewell? 6. What is the name of Susan Boyle's cat? 7. What is the name of Tintin's wire haired terrier? 8. What is the name of the lion in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer logo? 9. What is the name of the baboon/witch doctor from The Lion King? 10. Who lives in the Hundred Acre Wood?
3. BACKING GROUPS
Name the singer who performed with the backing group:
1. The Dakotas 2. The Medicine Show 3. The Paramount Jazz Band 4. The Destroyers 5. The Silver Bullet Band 6. The Revolution 7. The Union Gap 8. The Sex-O-Lettes 9. The Miracles 10. The Crypt Kickers
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5. Geography
1. Which is the largest country in the world with only one time zone? 2. Situated in Equador, what is the name of the highest active volcano in the world? 3. In which country is Timbuktu? 4. On which river does Balmoral Castle stand? 5. In which country would you find both the rivers Oder and Vistula, which flow into the Baltic Sea? 6. If you were to head due west from Land’s End, in what country would you make landfall? 7. In what country’s territorial waters is Cape Horn? 8. The Isle of Sheppey is part of which English county? 9. What is the modern-day name for Mesopotamia? 10. In which city are the Spanish Steps located?
6. CONNECTIONS
There are 9 general knowledge questions Q10 will be what is the connection is between the answers?
1. What is the second book of the New Testament? 2. In Blake’s “Jerusalem”, what are described as “Dark” and “Satanic”? 3. What part of a town’s name sounds as if it is on top of a hill, but actually means it had a market? 4. What was the government of France from July 1940 to August 1944 led by Marshal Pétain called? 5. From what type of tree do we get conkers? 6. Amnesty International was awarded the 1977 Nobel Peace Prize for its "campaign against what? 7. What confection was advertised on the basis that part of it was missing? 8. What sort of Centurion saw service in the British Army after world war II? 9 Michael Edwards was the first competitor to represent Great Britain in which Olympic discipline in 1988? 10. What is the connection?
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