Winning score was a paltry 20. Admittedly you will know some of the answers, but how about the rest:
1: Who invented the ball-point pen?
2: Which people's republic stands between the Bay of Bengal and the foothills of the Himalayas, bordered by India and Burma?
3: In which year did the Ottoman Empire collapse, the Baltic nations, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia become independent, and women over 30 are given the vote in Britain? (Half for a year either way)
4: How many lines are there in a sonnet?
5: What is a rhinoceros' horn made of?
6: Which rock superstar had an early hit with The Laughing Gnome” (Twin Beeotch killer question)
7: Which came first: colour or sound films?
8: How much does a cubic meter of water weigh?
9: What was Orson Welles’ Final Film
10: (3 Points)Only three countries (members of the UN) have names that start with the letter 'H' in English. Which ones?
11: Q: On this day in 1887 (26 Sept), Emile Berliner patented a music-related invention. What was it?
12: How many time zones are there in China?
13: In which sport do winners move backwards and losers move forwards?
14: In which year dids the Gold Coast (renamed Ghana) achieve independence, an unsuccesful Tibetan uprising causes the Dalai Lama to flee to India, and the Soviet Union launch the first artificial satellite? (half for a year out)
15: Exodus: “Eye for eye, tooth for tooth”. What follows?
16: (2 Points) How many hurdles in a 110m and 400m race?
17: (2 Points) Which two Hollywood actors have played pregnant men?
18: (2 Points) Which actor has been nominated for an Oscar most without winning?
For a bonus point how many times has he been nominated
(Cheers Suzy)
19: What is digamy?
20: (Two Points) What are the only two countries in the world whose names begin with A but dont end in A?
(Cheers Ronan)
21: What is the tallest and thickest kind of grass?
22: Who sang the theme tune to the Bond Movie “Goldeneye”
23: What seven letter word, beginning with the letters 'RA' is the longest single-word palindrome in the English language?
24: (2 points) Which two throwing events in track and field require safety netting?
25: What was the first country in the world to allow women to vote?
26: How many times is the "F-word" used in the film "Goodfellas"? Tie-breaker
How good are you?
― Pete, Wednesday, 26 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Are we meant to post answers here? If so, here you go -- DON'T LOOK
AT THESE if I'm not supposed to have done this or it you're going to
answer them yourselves. Incidentally, it's
really hard to
resist the urge to google through these.
1. Biro. 2. Bangladesh. 3. 1924? 4. 14. 5. Hair. 6. (?) 7. Sound. 8.
100 kg. 9. (?) 10. Hungary, Haiti, Honduras. 11. Saxophone. 12. 5.
13. Is this a quiz or a riddle? 14. 1953. 15. A nail for a nail? 16.
9, 19 17. Arnold Schwartzenegger, Billy Crystal? 18. (?) 19. Having
precisely two wives but no more? 20. Azerbaijan, Afghanistan. 21.
Elephant grass? 22. Sheryl Crow? 23. Racecar. 24. Shotput and discus?
25. Sweden? 26. 129?
Gonna grade me? I'm curious.
― Nitsuh, Wednesday, 26 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Taking Nitsuh's answers into account:
6. is Bowie, isn't it?
7. has got to be color. There were hand-painted films dating back to the 1900s, and even before, I think.
11. Er, the saxophone was Adolphe Sax, I think. I'm going to guess the player piano, though I'm almost definitely wrong.
13. is tug-of-war.
14. is 1957, I think?
17. Schwarzenegger, yes, and Bill Cosby did on an episode of The Cosby Show.
18. All I can think of is Alec Guinness, but I think he won at some point.
25. France, maybe? But no, it's something left-field, I think. I want to say Switzerland, but I think it was actually one of the last ones -- though maybe it once did and then changed its mind...
― Phil, Wednesday, 26 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)