Friday Quiz 05122014

[Bob's Orange]

Friday Quiz December 5th 2014
1.   Which artiste’s music is the most-streamed of 2014? 
2.   Which former leader of a UK political party died this week? 
3.   What is the only sign of the zodiac represented by an inanimate object?             
4.   Name the film.   



5.   Which famous cellist in 2001 became the first official busker on the London Underground?                                                                       
6.   Who were Scooby Doo’s two male companions? 
7.   Who won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 35 years after her mother won it? 
8.   Which nautically inspired celebration takes place annually on a day in mid-September?     
9.   What links these two pictures?     


 
10.   Who is this?   



11.   What is the only country in the Pacific ruled by a monarchy? 
12.   The soundtrack to which film holds the record for the most weeks at the top of the UK album chart?     
13.   Name the artist.   



14.   What is the only bird that can fly backwards? 
15.   What treaty established the European Economic Community which later became the European Union?   
16.   How long do Oscar winners have to make a speech? 
17.   What is the largest country in the Balkans?

18.   Johnny has 40lbs of flour.  He has a basic set of scales and four weights of whole number denominations.  The four weights allow hom to measure any whole number of pounds of flour from 1 to 40.  He can use a combination of two or more weights on any side of the scales as required.  He can also use one weight on one side and two or more weights along with the wheat on the other to weigh the required amount if nexessary.  What four weights does Johnny have?     
 
19.   What connection links these pictures: 

         

20.   Unscramble the two 2 connected words  :  A A B B C D E H I L O R S U X

[Peter Venkman]

10. Marie Curie.

[Peter Venkman]

4. Dances with wolves.

[Peter Venkman]

14. Humming bird.

[Peter Venkman]

6. Shaggy and Freddie.

Time to go back to what I was doing now

[kerry red]

9. James Bond - Daniel Craig present, Jamie Dornan next one

2. Jeremy Thorpe

12. Robin Hood PRINCE OF THIEVES

[4D]

3. Libra - scales

18. 1,3,9 and 27.

[kerry red]

19. Irish counties

Dr. Kildare

Inspector Wexford

Clare Balding

Working on the other 2

The fluffy thing could be Down

Good God is that stuff on a plated supposed to be Mayo

[Sir Pissalot]

5. Julian Lloyd-Webber

7. Zara Phillips

11. Tonga

15. Mastricht

20. Bordeaux, Chablis

[Red Frog]

12.   Tommy?    
13.   Christo
15.   Treaty of Rome  
17.   Romania

Edit: 12.  South Pacific apparently.

[Bob's Orange]

1.   Which artiste’s music is the most-streamed of 2014?  Ed Sheeran 
2.   Which former leader of a UK political party died this week?  Jeremy Thorpe 
3.   What is the only sign of the zodiac represented by an inanimate object?  Libra             
4.   Name the film.     Dances With Wolves

5.   Which famous cellist in 2001 became the first official busker on the London Underground?  Julian  Lloyd Weber                                                                       
6.   Who were Scooby Doo’s two male companions?  Fred & Shaggy 
7.   Who won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 35 years after her mother won it?  Zara Phillips 
8.   Which nautically inspired celebration takes place annually on a day in mid-September?  International Speak Like A Pirate Day     
9.   What links these two pictures?        (Jamie Dornan as Paul SPECTOR in The Fall; the new James Bond film with Daniel Craig is to be called SPECTRE)
 
10.   Who is this?      Marie Curie
11.   What is the only country in the Pacific ruled by a monarchy?  Tonga 
12.   The soundtrack to which film holds the record for the most weeks at the top of the UK album chart?  South Pacific     
13.   Name the artist.     Christo
14.   What is the only bird that can fly backwards?  Hummingbird 
15.   What treaty established the European Economic Community which later became the European Union?  Treaty of Rome   
16.   How long do Oscar winners have to make a speech?  45 seconds
17.   What is the largest country in the Balkans?  Romania

18.   Johnny has 40lbs of flour.  He has a basic set of scales and four weights of whole number denominations.  The four weights allow hom to measure any whole number of pounds of flour from 1 to 40.  He can use a combination of two or more weights on any side of the scales as required.  He can also use one weight on one side and two or more weights along with the wheat on the other to weigh the required amount if nexessary.  What four weights does Johnny have?  1lb, 3lb, 9lb and 27lb     
 
19.   What connection links these pictures:  Irish counties (Kildare; Down; Wexford; Clare; Mayo)

         

20.   Unscramble the two 2 connected words  :  A A B B C D E H I L O R S U X  BORDEAUX & CHABLIS

[Reg Smeeton]

International speak like a pirate day.....surprised no-one got that 

[kerry red]

Yaaar!