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