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Quiz Number #103

True or false

Mr Kipling of Mr Kipling cakes, is a made up name. There was no real Mr Kipling.
TRUE

After this year Brazil will host the next World Cup and Olympic Games?
TRUE

Robert Burns wrote the song “Happy Birthday to you”?
FALSE

The Mountain Pine is the only tree that grows in Greenland.
FALSE

There were only 10 episodes of the TV comedy Porridge ever made.
FALSE

Blockbusters

Traditionally in the UK a China wedding anniversary is celebrated after how many years of marraige?
20

“China in Your Hand” was a number 1 hit in 1987 for which band?
T’Pau

What does Char siu mean on a Chinese menu?
Special Rice
Barbecued Meat
Seafood

Which Chinese city is the largest city (proper) in the world?
Shanghai

True or false, the Chinese phrase for “There is a problem” is “Sum Ting Wong”?
FALSE

Movies

Harlem Nights

St. Elmo’s Fire

Layer Cake
“Ordinary World”

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

Face/Off

Four Weddings and a Funeral

Sport – Football
Before their current appointment, who did they coach?

Heat Magazine

Jack Black

Daniel Radcliffe

Etta James

Rachel Stevens

David Sneddon

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire

EASY

On children’s TV, what is Brum?
A Car <
A Ragdoll
A Bear
A Ghost

Which of these Olympic sports has the most events?
Swimming <
Diving
Water Polo
Synchronised Swimming

In the TV series Benidorm, who played the part of Geoff Maltby (aka The Oracle)?
Johnny Vegas <
Tim Healy
Nicholas Lyndhurst
Robert Lindsay

Which of these lies furthest north?
Estonia <
Italy
Bulgaria
Greece

In inches, what size is a CD or DVD?
2.2″
4.7″ <
7″
9.5″

MEDIUM

Which of these was born first?
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Robert Burns
Mary, Queen of Scots
Robert the Bruce <

Who directed the 2011 film “Hugo”?
Martin Scorsese <
Tim Burton
James Cameron
Roman Polanski

In which year was the social network site Facebook launched?
1998
2004 <
2008
2010

Which city is the largest and capital of Massachusetts?
Boston <
Dallas
Pittsburgh
Milwaukee

The Antonine Wall, built by the Romans was located where?
Scotland <
England
Wales
Ireland

HARD

Annie Leibovitz is a well known what?
Photographer <
Journalist
Fashion Designer
Architect

St Helens is located with which Metropolitan county?
Greater Manchester
Merseyside <
South Yorkshire
North Yorkshire

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge was born in which year?
1982 <
1984
1986
1988

Sven-Göran Eriksson followed on from who as full time England football manager (not including caretaker managers)?
Glenn Hoddle
Steve McClaren
Kevin Keegan <
Bobby Robson

The Spar is a chain of shops originally founded in which country?
Sweden
Netherlands <
Spain
Yugoslavia

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