As in this weeks SOAS quiz. The winning score was a pretty poor 17 out of a potential 32... (The ones with * no-one got right)
1: (3 points) Which British actress has been Oscar nominated for playing two different English Queens on film, and name the films.
2: Who is the current education secretary
3: The London Film Festival takes place in November. Which other film festival for Independent films also takes place in London during November
4: If you take the three parts of Yorkshire (North, South & West) as separate counties which is the largest county in England.
5: How many stars are on the European Union flag?
6: In the TV Series what is the name of Frasier – from Frasier and Cheers’ – son.
*7: The International Car Index mark ES is for which country
8: Which playwright wrote The Iceman Cometh and Long Days Journey Into Night?
9: How many Queen’s have ruled as head of state in France?
10: Which British Sunday Newspaper which is still being published is the oldest?
11: Who was the runner-up in this years Wimbledon Womens Singles
12: What is the name of the disused Tube Station between Holborn & Tottenham Court Road on the Central Line.
13: San Jose is the capital of which country?
14: And who wrote the song “Do You Know The Way To San Jose”
15: What kind of creature is “Common Spadefoot”
16: Which band have just released a greatest hits album called – unoriginally – Gold
17: In which book does the pub The Prancing Pony play an important part.
18: Which country has the worlds oldest flag?
19: Who is the current World Snooker Champion?
*20: Who wrote the book Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon that the film is based on.
21: What is the only major river that flows both north and south of the Equator.
22: Who is the current British Poet Laureate.
*(!)23: Who is the actor Ramon Estevez better known as.
*24: What is the sort code of the Bank Of England
25: What were the five founder members of the Commonwealth.
26: To the nearest minute (ten minutes either way) how long is Stanley Kubrick snorefest Eyes Wide Shut
― Pete, Thursday, 18 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
1.Judi Dench. Mrs Brown (or whatever is called, Queen Vic) and
Shakespeare in Love (Elizabeth I)
2.Estelle Morris
3.Gay and Lesbian?
4.West 5.15
6.???7.Estonia
8.Eugene O'Neill
9.1(Maria de Medici as Regent for her son, any others?)
10.The Sunday Times
11.
12.
13.Costa Rica
14.The one who wrote every song for Dionne Warwick,the Easy listening
King, c'mon
15.Insect
16.Spandau Ballet?
17.
18.Danmark
19.
20.No clue!!!
21.Amazon
22.Andrew Motion 23.Martin Sheen 24? 25UK,Canada, Australia, New
Zealand, India
16. 2hours 48 min
― Laetitia, Thursday, 18 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Oh shit, forgot about last weeks - here you go:
1: 30
2: White Town
3: Wilkie Collins
4: Bertrand Russell
5: Home
6: July 14th
7: Senegal
8: Blue
9: 1999
10: Audrey Tatou
11 Bauhaus
12. Montevideo (Its portugese before you complain)
13: Ice Hockey
14: An Antipope
15: The Pike
16: Ol’ Dirty Bastard
17: A Chicken
18: Vyvyan
19: Tavistock Square
20: Johnny Depp, Charlize Theron.
21: Memo Scandal
22: St Etienne
23: Russia, Rwanada, Romania
24: Ukraine
25: Bing, Tribiani and Gellar
26: 248
― Pete, Thursday, 18 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
I think 3 is the Raindance festival
4 is ambiguously-worded, but
Devon?
5 is 12 (not 15, common mistake)
6 is Justine
Henin
The BoE sortcode question is bugging me as I used to
regularly write letters to people asking them to pay money into it.
I'm sure there's a 00 or two in there.
Eyes Wide Shut is probably
not as long as it seems. I guess 2'12"
― Jeff, Thursday, 18 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)