The quiz questions From Rosatos

Posted Sunday, August 10, 2008

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Quiz

These were the questions asked in he quiz at Rosatos last Thursday which was in aid of Moville Rowing Club and which raised €305.

There are six normal rounds of 10 questions with two points per question.

Teams were told that if they thought that they had done well in a particular round they could play their joker and put a large J at the top of their answers sheet when they handed it in.

The Joker could only be played once and when a team played its joker they got double points for that round, i.e. if they scored 16 in a round they got that doubled to 32.

See how you would have done.

At the end of each round I give the answers.

News

Which Serbian war criminal was recently arrested?
Who are the two main candidates in this year's US election?
Who is the President of France who recently said Ireland needed to vote again?
Who was the Prime Minister of Britain before Tony Blair?
Who was the US President when man landed on the moon?
Where is this year's Olympic Games going to be held?
What do Americans call the 1914-1918 war (what years)?
Who is the President of Russia?
Which country's ex-leader spent 27 years in prison on Robben Island?
Whose ex-driver was recently found guilty of supporting terrorism?

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1. Radovan Karovic
2. Obama & McCain
3. Sarkhozy
4. John Major
5. Nixon
6. Beijing
7. 17-18
8. Dmitry Medvedev
9. Sough Africa (Mandela)
10. Bin Laden

Geography / History

What is the capital of Holland?
Who brought his elephants across the Alps to attack Rome?
How many countries are there in Great Britain?
In what year did William The Conqueror invade and capture England?
Of what US state is Providence the capital?
Who starred as William Wallace in Braveheart?
What is the capital of the Ukraine?
In what year did Columbus discover America?
What is the 2nd highest mountain in the world?
In what year did Hitler become Chancellor of Germany?

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1. The Hague
2. Hannibal
3. 3
4. 1066
5. Rhode Island
6. Mel Gibson
7. Kiev
8. 1492
9. K2
10. 1933

Sport

Who won 5 gold medals in 5 consecutive Olympics for Britain at rowing?
Which football team has most European Cups / Champions Leagues?
Who man holds the world record for 100 metres in athletics?
Who won the men's and women's titles at Wimbledon this year?
Who won this year's British Open golf?
Who were Scottish football champions this year?
Which horse has won the Aintree Grand National 3 times?
At which stadium do England's rugby team play when at home?
Who is the F1 motor racing world champion?
How many players are there in a Ryder Cup team at golf?

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1. Steve Redgrave
2. Real Madrid (9)
3. Usain Bolt
4. Nadal / Venus Williams
5. Padraig Harrington
6. Celtic
7. Red Rum
8. Twickenham
9. Kimi Raikkonen
10. 12

Fashion

Which fashion house did Stella McCartney work for between 1997 and 2001
Who won the British Fashion Awards Best New Designer of 2007
From what country do the following come from?:- Tommy Hilfiger
Alexander McQueen
Coco Chanel
Hugo Boss
Dolce & Gabbana
Paco Rabanne
Jimmy Choo
Kenzo Takada

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1. Chloe
2. Bronagh Holmes
3. USA
4. Britain
5. France
6. Germany
7. Italy
8. Spain
9. Malaysia
10. Japan

Pot Luck

Which fashion designer lived with Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren?
In which TV series does the character Bree van de Kamp appear?
Where is the Sea of Tranquility?
Who quit a long running show recently when they wanted to cut her wages from a million a year to 100K? Carol Voderman (Countdown)
Who hosts the TV show The Weakest Link? Anne Robinson
In which country is the port of Jaffa? Israel
In what TV series was there a character Yosser Hughes? Boys from the Blackstuff
Whose mother's maiden name is Kathy Avanzino? Paris Hilton
Who sung Diamonds are Forever in the James Bond Film? Shirley Bassey
In which country would you find The Sphinx? Egypt

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1. Vivienne Westwood
2. Desperate Housewives
3. The moon

Toys and Games

What toy is called after Ruth Handler's daughter?
Which bear came from Peru?
Which TV toy has a catchphrase 'Boom Boom'?
Which big pink character appeared in Noel's House Party?
In which TV series is The Fat Controller?
In which TV series did Orinoco and Great Uncle Bulgaria appear?
The name Ludo comes from the Latin word Ludus. What does that mean?
In which game would you castle?
Which glove puppets did Harry Corbett manipulate?
Michaelangelo and Donatello are two characters from which children's series?

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1. Barbie
2. Paddington
3. Basil Brush
4. Mr Blobby
5. Thomas the Tank Engine
6. The Wombles
7. Game
8. Chess
9. Sooty and Sweep
10. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Guess Who?

In his round you get a series of clues as to who a famous person is.

You start at 30 points and if you know who it is you write down on a piece of paper who it is and get the answer up to the quizmaster who would give you 30 points if you got it after the first clue, 28 points after the second clue, 26 after the third clue etc.

This is a tiebreaker round. It enables teams who are behind to gamble and take an educated guess.

30 – He was born in Germany in 1879

28 – Attended a Catholic Elementary where he was a top student despite speech difficulties

26 – Took violin lessons at six and was a big fan of Mozart's violin sonatas

24 – Renounced his German citizenship in 1996

22 – Won a Nobel Prize in 1921

20 – In 1999 Time Magazine named him as Person of the century

18 – Was Jewish by birth

16 – It was the Nobel Prize for Physics that he won

14 – He is most famous for his general theory of relativity

12 – His first name was Albert

10 – His surname was Einstein