The George Quiz - Week Twenty-Three Of 2008

Sunday 15th June 2008

Round One – General Knowledge

1. Who directed the film “Natural Born Killers”?

2. Which two word French expression describes a friendship between the UK and France?

3. Spanish for “I see the mountain”, what is the capital of Uruguay?

4. Longleat is the stately home of which Marquess?

5. What are the names of the two boys in the Chronicles Of Narnia series of books and films?

6. What is the most northerly capital city on mainland Europe?
7. Which TV toys were the Christmas craze in the year that Tony Blair was first elected prime minister?

8. Which British car manufacturer introduced the Esprit, Elan, and Elite models?

9. Published in 1900, which is the most widely read book by L Frank Baum?

10. Which country won the football World Cup in the year that Geri Halliwell left the Spice Girls?

11. Which musical has the characters Scaramouche, Gallileo and Kashoggi?

12. Which British royal residence stands by the River Dee?

13. What was discovered at Lascaux in the Dordogne area of France in 1940?

14. In which 1971 film is Dennis Weaver terrorised and chased in his car by a large truck?

15. Which London street market can be found on Middlesex Street, EC1?

16. Which deadly animals can be Egyptian, Indian or Forest?

17. What do Americans celebrate with a public holiday on October 12th?

18. The longest muscle in the human body is the “sartorious”; where does it run?


Round Two - Picture Round
A requested picture round this week - some of the more famous gay and lesbian faces...

Round Three

On This Day…
1. On June 16, 1938 which actor was born, a thespian who went on to play the serial killer Dr Harold Shipman in the TV drama Prescription For Murder?

2. On June 17, 1972 Barker, Gonzales, Martinez, McCord and Sturgis were all arrested in which building?

3. On June 18, 1928 who as a passenger became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean?

4. On June 19, 1978 which lasagne loving feline made his comic strip debut?

5. On June 20, 1967 which actress was born in Honolulu, Hawaii?

Human Body
6. What name is given to the small tube projecting from the large intestine into the lower right abdominal cavity?

7. Which two sets of muscles are used for breathing?

8. What is the name given to the white of the eye?

9. What is joined together by the nervous tissue known as the corpus callosum?

10. What medical name is given to the pit of the stomach?

Mountains…
11. Which is the highest mountain in the USA?

12. Mount Everest is situated on the border of which two countries?
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13. Where in the UK are the Cambrian Mountains situated?

14. The Matterhorn is located on the border between which two European countries?

15. Between which two seas are the Caucasus Mountains situated?

In The News…
16. Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole has joined the panel of judges on which hit TV show?

17. Who was voted father of the year in a survey by Daddy's Sauce?

18. Of whom did Gordon Brown this week say: “Generally my advice is not to lie when applying for a job”?

19. Which Radio One Dj gave birth to her first child, Rudy, on Tuesday?

20. Which Radio Dj also this week admitted giving an original signed piece of artwork by Damien Hirst to a charity shop in Godalming?

Round Four: Number Quiz

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