The Friday Question Set

Blast, it is Friday, isn’t it?

I forgot the important bit!

The 60-Question-set!

Here it is, folks …

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ROUND ONE. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE.

Q1) Which Michael won an Oscar for Wall Street?

A1) Michael Douglas.

Q2) Which team did Michael Owen leave, when he went to play in Spain?

A2) Liverpool.

Q3) In which decade of the 20th Century was Jõse Carreras born?

A3) 1940’s.

Q4) What word can go after ‘monk’ & before ‘cake’

A4) Fish.

Q5) During the 1990s, which Canadian singer had a hit with Think Twice?

A5) Celine Dion.

Q6) Who wrote the novel War and Peace?

A6) Count Leo Tolstoy.

Q7) Who plays rugby union at the Recreation Ground, London Road?

A7) Bath.

Q8) Who did Margaret Thatcher follow as Conservative Party Leader?

A8) Edward Heath.

Q9) What’s the only English anagram of the word, MADDENING?

A9) DEMANDING.

Q10) The International car registration ET stands for which country?

A10) Egypt.

ROUND TWO. AT THE MOVIES.

Q11) Frank Borzage was the first winner of which Oscar?

A11) Best Director.

Q12) True or False; - Broadway Melody was the first talkie to win an Oscar.

A12) True.

Q13) Who was the first actor to win a Best Actor Oscar in successive years?

A13) Spencer Tracey.

Q14) Morgan Freeman won his first Oscar for which boxing film?

A14) Million Dollar Baby.

Q15) More to the point, who directed Morgan Freeman, in that film?

A15) Clint Eastwood.

Q16) According to movie buff mythology, there’s a ‘missing’ Jerry Lewis film set in what kind of camp?

A16) A concentration camp.

Q17) Children of the Revolution, by T. Rex, features in which Ewan McGregor film?

A17) Moulin Rouge.

Q18) Which film character said “Life is like a box of chocolates; -you never know what you’re gonna get”?

A18) Forest Gump.

Q19) After 1961, what was the first black & white film to win an Oscar?

A19) Schindler’s List.

Q20) Kathy Bates got a Best Actress Oscar for her work in which Stephen King derived film?

A20) Misery.

ROUND THREE. FOOD & DRINK.

Q21) On average, what do we eat 2 teaspoons of, each day?

A21) Salt.

Q22) What mammal is the logo of Bacardi?

A22) A bat.

Q23) The prune is the dried version of which fruit?

A23) The plum.

Q24) Which brand of sugar has Mr Cube on its bags?

A24) Tate & Lyle.

Q25) What is the literal translation of the German dish, ‘Sauerkraut’?

A25) Sour Cabbage.

Q26) If an egg floats, is it fresh or stale?

A26) Stale.

Q27) Which biscuit is named after an Italian revolutionary?

A27) The Garibali.

Q28) Which Australian opera singer has at least two dishes named after her? (Extra point for one of them).

A28) Dame Nellie Melba. (Melba Toast, and the Peach Melba.)

Q29) What kind of fruit are Green Williams?

A29) Pears.

Q30) The Americans call it broiling: what do we call it?

A30) Grilling.

ROUND FOUR. THE WRITTEN WORD.

Q31) William the Conqueror ordered a Survey of England, after 1066; - what name is it known by?

A31) The Domesday Book.

Q32) Dante’s Inferno forms part of the Divine…what, Comedy or Tragedy?

A32) Comedy

Q33) Who wrote the novel, A Clockwork Orange?

A33) Anthony Burgess.

Q34) Trainspotting is based on the book of the same name: who wrote it?

A34) Irving Walsh.

Q35) 25th January sees the birthday of which Scottish writer?

A35) Robert Burns.

Q36) Sindbad, Aladdin and Ali Baba appear in which famous Arabic book?

A36) The 1001 Arabian Nights.

Q37) Mrs Hudson was the landlady, and house of which famous detective?

A37) Sherlock Holmes.

Q38) H. G. Welles wrote War of the Worlds and The Invisible Man. What did the H stand for? (Extra point for the G.)

A38) Herbert. (George.)

Q39) What was the second James Bond novel?

A39) Dr No.

Q40) In which George Orwell novel would you find the phrase, “War is Peace”?

A40) 1984.

ROUND FIVE. THE LIVING WORLD.

Q41) The RSPB was founded to prevent feathers being used in what?

A41) Hats.

Q42) Demosponges are the world’s largest group of which marine life-forms?

A42) Sponges.

Q43) What’s the world’s largest eagle?

A43) The Harpy Eagle.

Q44) Sea Whips & Sea Fans are types of what?

A44) Corals.

Q45) The New World vulture has it, the Old World vulture doesn’t; - what sense are we talking about?

A45) The sense of Smell.

Q46) Where does the blenny live, on the seabed, underground, or on the moon?

A46) On the seabed.

Q47) What fish is known as Rock salmon, when sold as food?

A47) Dogfish.

Q48) The cassowary, and the Emu are both native to which country?

A48) Australia.

Q49) Which Central American country does the Axoltl come from?

A49) Mexico.

Q50) The Red Mullet is also known as which kind of fish?

A50) The goat Fish.

ROUND SIX. GENERAL IGNORANCE.

Q51) Which performer did the ‘Serious Moonlight’ tour?

A51) David Bowie.

Q52) From which language does the word ‘STEPPE’ originate.

A52) Russian.

Q53) Which country was the first to retain football’s World Cup?

A53) Italy.

Q54) Which of Shakespeare’s plays begins with a storm at sea?

A54) The Tempest.

Q55) How many sides does a tetrahedron have?

A55) Four.

Q56) In Scrabble, how many points is the letter E worth?

A56) One.

Q57) Which chemical element has the atomic number, 1?

A57) Hydrogen.

Q58) What was first sold in post offices in 1904: books of stamps, postal orders, or dog licenses?

A58) Books of stamps.

Q59) What kind of game is Chemin de Fer?

A59) A card game.

Q60) How many square yards in an acre?

A60) 4, 840.

Enjoy!