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    1001 Quiz Questions 

     

    Compiled by quizologists Dan Mahony, Anne O'Loughlin, Jim McNeice, Ross Ahern, Tadhg O'Halloran, and Tadhg O'Shea from many o'round at McNiece's ("The Quiz Pub"), Tralee, Ireland.

    Round 1

    1. Which has the highest mountain: Earth or Mars?

    [Mars]

    2.  What are the small indentations on a golf ball called?

    [dimples]

    3Which city has the largest population?

    [Tokyo]

    4. Which country claims the world's tallest building?

    Malaysia, the twin Petronas Towers at 1,483 feet.

    5. With which device are earthquakes recorded?

    [seismograph]

    6. Who was once known as the King of Soul, and now as the Godfather of Soul?

    [James Brown]

    7.  Name the Yellow Telly Tubby.

    [La La]

    8. What is 'Tiger' Woods's first name?

    [Eldrick]

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    Round 2

    1. What are Alpha Centauri and Sirius?

    [stars]

    2. Which actress starred in High Society ?

    [Grace Kelly]

    3.  In which war was Operation Desert Storm?

    [Gulf War]

    4. Which 60s rock group recorded "Lighter Shade of Pale"?

    [Procol Harum]

    5. Clean, Jerk, and Snatch are terms used in which activity?

    [weight lifting]

    6. Which country is bordered by both the Atlantic and Indian Oceans?

    [Republic of South Africa]

    7. Which insect accurately indicates the air temperature: cricket, mosquito, or spider?

    [cricket]

    8. In which business is the richest man in the world?

    [computer software, programs, Windows, --but not computers]

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    Round 3

    1. How many men have walked on the moon: 4, 8, or 12?

    [12]

    2. In which country would one find 8 of the world's 10 highest moiuntains?

    [Nepal]

    3. Which is the world's second-largest country in land area?

    [Canada]

    4. What is the most common blood type in humans?

    [Type O]

    5. The first television set was sold in which year: 1928, 1938, 1948?

    [1928]

    6. The name of which area in the Pacific means "many islands"?

    [Polynesia]

    7. What is the only word in English ending in the letters 'mt'?

    [dreamt]

    8. There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous". Two are tremendous and stupendous. Name the other two.

    [horrendous or hazardous]

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    Round 4

    1. Which soup has calf's head as its main ingredient?

    [Mock Turtle Soup]

    2. When there are two full moons in the same month, what is

    the second called?

    [Blue Moon]

    3. Which word does the 'e' in 'e-mail' stand for?

    [electronic]

    4. Who wrote "Waiting for Godot"?

    [Samuel Beckett]

    5. What is the name given to the process of signaling with two flags?

    [Semaphore]

    6. What is the currency of Switzerland?

    [Swiss Franc]

    7. What is the business term for assets which can be immediately

    turned into cash?

    [liquid assets]

    8. Which country beginning with a 'T' has a shoreline on the Andaman Sea?

    [Thailand]

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    Round 5

    1. Which is the largest planet in the solar system?

    [Jupiter]

    2. In which country is the world's largest McDonalds Restaurant?

    [China]

    3. Which US state capital ends in 'x'?

    [Phoenix]

    4. Which US store chain is named after the first mate in Moby Dick?

    [Starbuck's]

    5. True or False? Only one word in English rhymes with 'silver'.

    [False--none do.]

    6. Which Beatle's first girlfriend was Thelma Pickles?

    [John Lennon]

    7. Which is largest: a megabyte, a kilobyte, or a gigabyte?

    [gigabyte]

    8. Which instrument did Louis Armstrong play?

    [trumpet]

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    Round 6

    1. Which Irish-American playwright wrote Moon for the Misbegotten, Long Day's Journey Into Night and The Iceman Cometh ?

    [Eugene O'Neil]

    2. What is Triskadekaphobia?

    [Fear of the number 13]

    3. On which street do Bert and Ernie live?

    [Sesame St.]

    5.  One tablespoon = how many teaspoons?

    [3]

    6. Name the stock-market trader who sent Barings Bank into bankruptcy.

    [Nick Leeson]

    7. What does a numismatist do?

    [collects coins]

    8. What does a philatelist do?

    [collects stamps]

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    Round 7

    1. After which actor was Mickey Mouse named?

    [Mickey Rooney]

    2. Which mythological figure flew so close to the sun that

    the wax on his wings began to melt?

    [Icarus]

    3. What is the capitol of the Netherlands?

    [The Hague]

    4. Name the ghost who appears at a banquet in Shakespeare's Macbeth?

    [Banquo]

    5. What is the green pigment in plants called?

    [chlorophyll]

    6. Where was the strongest Earthquake in 1999?

    [Taiwan]

    7. To the nearest mile, what is the length of the marathon?

    [26 miles]

    8.  In terms of the amount of alcohol you get, which is the most expensive: whiskey, beer, or wine?

    [beer]

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    Round 8

    1. What is the capitol of South Africa?

    [Pretoria]

    2. What is the capitol of New Zealand?

    [Wellington]

    3. Music: how many notes in the scale?

    [8]

    5. Which country has the largest Christian population?

    [USA]

    6. In which country is Basque spoken?

    [Spain]

    7. What does the 'Big Bang Theory' deal with?

    [universe, astronomy, or equivalent]

    8. What does a taxidermist do?

    [stuffs animals]

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    EXTRAS 

    In which country is the Rose of Tralee Festival?

    [Ireland]

    What claims to be the largest comedy festival in the world?

    [Edinburgh Fringe Festival]

    Which geographical area is part of both Chile and Argentina?

    [Tierra del Fuego]

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    Round 1

    1. Name the blue Telly Tubby.

    [Tinky Winky]

    2. What do you call a ring-shaped coral island surrounding a central lagoon?

    [atoll]

    3. With which activity is Osamma Bin Laden [pr. "lah-din"] associated?

    [terrorism]

    4. Which British singer has the same name as a famous author?

    [Tom Jones]

    5. Art Deco became popular in which decade?

    [1920s or 1930s]

    6. What is the largest living bird?

    [ostrich]

    7. What is Rambo's first name?

    [John]

    8. Name the two main ingredients of pasta.

    [flour and water]

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    Round 2

    1. Who invented the steam engine?

    [James Watt]

    2. In which year did Elvis die?

    [1977]

    3. In which country are Casablanca and Marakesh?

    [Morocco]

    4. Which team does Eddie Ervine drive for?

    [Ferrari]

    5.  Where does Homer Simpson work?

    [nuclear plant]

    6. Approximately how many weeks did it usually take the Famine ships to reach America from Ireland?

    [four or five]

    7. What is the capital of Iraq?

    [Baghdad]

    8. What is the capital of Iran?

    [Tehran]

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    Round 3

    1. Which is heavier: a proton or an electron?

    [proton]

    2. What is the world's largest island?

    [Greenland]

    3. What was Marilyn Monroe's real first name?

    [Norma]

    4. In which century was the steam engine invented?

    [18th, 1700s]

    5. Who was the first man in space?

    [Yuri Gagarin]

    6. Where on the body is the human skin least sensitive?

    [heel]

    7. Which volcano destroyed Pompeii?

    [Mt. Vesuvius]

    8. Who owns The Sun tabloid?

    [Rupert Murdock]

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    Round 4

    1. In which country did Snooker originate?

    [India (invented by British soldiers)]

    2. What was Sherlock Holmes address?

    [221B Baker St.]

    3. Which Presley song has the same melody as an old Irish song?

    [Love Me Tender]

    4. Re Question 3: Name that old Irish song.

    [Nora Lee (or Aura Lee]

    5. How many stars in the Big Dipper?

    [seven]

    6. Which alcoholic spirit is derived from juniper berries?

    [gin]

    7. Who was the supreme Greek god?

    [Zeus]

    8. What is xenophobia a fear of?

    [foreigners, strangers]

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    Round 5 - Cinema '99 Theme

    1. Who directed 2001: A Space Odyssey?

    [Kubrick]

    2. Re Q1: Name one of the two stars of his final film.

    [Tom Cruise or Nicole Kidman]

    3. Who got the Oscar this year for best performance by an actor in a leading role?

    [Roberto Benigni in Life Is Beautiful ]

    4. Who got the Oscar this year for best performance by an actress in a leading role?

    [Gwyneth Paltrow in Shakespeare in Love ]

    5. Who got the Oscar this year for best performance by an actor in a supporting role?

    [James Coburn in Affliction ]

    6. Who got the Oscar this year for best performance by an actress in a supporting role?

    [Judi Dench in Shakespeare In Love ]

    7. Which film got the Oscar this year for best picture?

    [Shakespeare In Love ]

    8. Who got the Oscar this year for best director?

    [Stephen Spielberg for Saving Private Ryan ]

     

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    Round 6

    1. What is the world's most popular spectator sport?

    [Auto Racing]

    2. Who plays the private investigator Hetty Wainthrop?

    [Patricia Rutledge]

    3. What was civil-rights leader Martin Luther King's profession?

    [minister]

    4. Who became leader of the Soviet Union immediately after Kruschev?

    [Brezhnev]

    5. Which former tennis star won the most Wimbledon women's' titles?

    [Billie Jean King]

    6. What is the smallest country in North or South America?

    [El Salvador]

    7. Who wrote the melody of the song "No Matter What"?

    [Andrew Lloyd Webber]

    8. What is the capital of India?

    [New Delhi (Delhi not acceptable)]

     

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    Round 7

    1. Who directed Jurassic Park

    [Stephen Spielberg]

    2. In which country was Mel Gibson born?

    [US (notAustralia)]

    3. Which King founded the Church of England?

    [Henry VIII]

    4. How many rings in the Olympics emblem?

    [five]

    5. Whose ghost appeared to Hamlet?

    [Banquo]

    6. In the fashion world what are mules?

    [shoes]

    7. In which Italian city is La Scala opera house?

    [Milan]

    8. Who wrote Sense and Sensibility ?

    [Jane Austen]

     

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    Round 8

    1. Which recently-retired tennis great is currently dating a top-seed player?

    [Steffie Graf]

    2. Re Question 1: Name the top seeder.

    [Andre Agasiz]

    3. Which came first: Art Deco or Art Nouveau?

    [Art Neuveau]

    4. How long is the tunnel between England and France?

    [31 miles (50K) or nearest answer]

    5. In which country are Daewoo cars made?

    [Korea]

    6. In which year did the Berlin Wall come down?

    [1989]

    7. Re Quest. 6: In which year was it erected?

    [1961]

    8. How old is O'Dwyers' bar manager? 

    [adapt to person in quiz or quizmaster]

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    Round 1

    1. How many Godfather films have been made?

    [three]

    2. What do the US presidential surnames Adams, Johnson, and Roosevelt have in common?

    [Two presidents for each]

    3. Name the red Telly Tubby.

    [Po]

    4. Which came first: the Neolithic Age or the Mesolithic Age?

    [Mesolithic]

    5. In which region in France are Chardonnay wines produced?

    [Burgundy]

    6. Is it true or false that red wines should be served at room temperature?

    [True]

    7. What does a sommelier do?

    [taste wine]

    8. What is the capitol of Yugoslavia?

    [Belgrade]

     

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    Round 2

    1. Who wrote The X Files ?

    [Chris Carter]

    2. What is the name of the galaxy of which our sun is a member?

    [Milky Way Galaxy]

    3. Which nut has the name of a S. American country?

    [Brazil]

    4. Who played Perry Mason and Ironsides?

    [Raymond Burr]

    5. What is the highest score in Darts?

    [180]

    6. In which city id Karl Marx buried?

    [London]

    7. The name of which Spanish wine means 'bleeding'?

    [Sangria]

    8. What is Michael Jackson's middle name?

    [Joseph]

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    Round 3

    1. Popgroups U2 and the Coors are from which country?

    [Ireland]

    2. Who is the lead singer of Dire Straits?

    [Mark Knoffler]

    3. Where is most of the gold of the US govt. stored?

    [Fort Knox]

    4. A rhinologist specializes in the treatment of which part of the human body?

    [nose]

    5. What is the Alsatian dog also known as?

    [German Shepherd]

    6. True or False?: The main styles of Medieval Art were the

    Byzantine, Romanesque, and Gothic.

    [True]

    7. The carpal bones are found in which part of the human body?

    [wrist]

    8. What does 'GM' stand for in GM food?

    ["Genetically Modified"]

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    Round 4

    1. Which singer married and divorced the head of SONY music?

    [Mariah Carey]

    2. Which actress starred in Breakfast At Tiffany's ?

    [Audrie Hepburn]

    4. True or False?: Darwin's university degree was in Theology.

    [True]

    5. What is the spirit base of Blue Curacao [pr. "coora-sow"]?

    [gin]

    6. Soccer: In which year was the first World Cup?

    [1930]

    7. Into which planet did a recent space probe crash because NASA mixed kilometers and miles in their calculations?

    [Mars]

    8. By what name is Paul Francis Gadd better known?

    [Gary Glitter]

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    Round 5

    1. Armani suits are from which city: Rome, New York, or Milan?

    [Milan]

    3. Which English soccer club was originally known as Newton Heath?

    [Manchester United]

    4. Which nationality was Christopher Columbus?

    [Italian]

    5. What is the largest city in the Sierra Madre mountains?

    [Mexico City]

    6. Which company is the world's largest producer of microchips?

    [Intel]

    7. What do communication satellites and a modern kitchen appliance have in common?

    [microwaves]

    8. Who is Nicole Kidman's husband?

    [Tom Cruise]

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    Round 6

    2. Name one of the two tiles with the highest score in Scrabble?

    [Q or Z]

    4. What are the Gibb brothers better known as?

    [BeeGees]

    5. Which racing team recently won a major appeal?

    [Ferrari]

    6. By what name was the explorer Cristobal Colon better known?

    [Christopher Columbus]

    7. True or False?: The Earth and the Moon are the same age.

    [True]

    8. From which star does the Moon get the most light?

    [The Sun]

     

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    Round 7

    1. "Elizabeth Arden' is the brand name for which type of product?

    [cosmetics, or equivalent]

    2. In which year was the ESB founded: 1922, 1927, or 1932?

    [1927]

    3. Liszt and Lewis played which musical instrument?

    [piano (that's Jerry Lee Lewis)]

    4. How is 120% expressed as a fraction?

    [6/5, six fifths]

    5. Which lanaguage is spoken by Walloons?

    [French]

    6. Which story begins " all children except one grow up"?

    [Peter Pan ]

    7. Which is the official Ferrari racing color?

    [red]

    8. How many digits in a Visa Card number?

    [16]

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    Round 8

    1. Which dictator said, "In war it is not right that matters, but victory."?

    [Hitler]

    2. From which US city can one travel south to Canada?

    [Detroit]

    3. In which month did the solar eclipse occur this year?

    [August]

    4. Which color is the number 10 on the door of 10 Downing Street?

    [white]

    6. Who wrote Angela's Ashes ?

    [Frank McCourt]

    7. Besides sleep, what is normally impossible to do with your eyes open?

    [sneeze]

    8. How old is tonight's quizologist and scorer?

    [adapt]

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    Round 1

    1. Should it be "shaken not stirred" or "stirred not shaken"?

    [shaken not stirred]

    2. Where did the ukulele originate?

    [Hawaii]

    3. How many balls on the pool table at the start of a game?

    [15]

    4. Which film actor is Shirley McLaine's brother?

    [Warren Beatty]

    5. In which year was the first atom bomb dropped?

    [1945]

    6. Where are Pikeur cigars made?

    [Holland]

    7. Where is a piste (pr. "peest") found?

    [ski slope]

    8. What is the plural of Mongoose ?

    [Mongooses]

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    Round 2

    1. What was found to be out of focus after it was launched?

    [Hubble Space Telescope]

    2. In what position do adult horses normally sleep?

    [standing]

    3. Name four of the Seven Deadly Sins.

    [Anger, Covetousness, Envy, Gluttony, Lust, Pride, Sloth]

    4. Which was the largest hurricane in 1999?

    [Floyd]

    5. What is the Mexican food Gazpacho?

    [cold soup]

    6. In which year did the Nazis invade Russia?

    [1941]

    7. Name ALL of the Seven Dwarfs.

    [Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy & Sneezy]

    8. Re Question 7: How winy wore glasses?

    [one (Doc)]

     

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    Round 3

    2. Is the normal number of bones in the adult human body 206 or 260?

    [206]

    3. Where in Scotland is Dunkirk?

    [nowhere: it's in France]

    4. In which year did Michael O'Hehir make his first broadcast?

    [1938]

    5. What color is the cross on the flag of Finland?

    [Blue]

    6. Name the Primary Colors.

    [Red, Yellow, & Blue]

    7. In which year was the Battle of Hastings fought?

    [1066]

     

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    Round 4

    1.  What do England, France, Spain, and Algeria have in common?

    [Greenwich Meridian, or zero degrees longitude]

    4. The aubergine comes from which plant?

    [Eggplant]

    5. Name the leather pouch on a Scottish Highlander's traditional clothing.

    [Sporran]

    6. Which is the fastest land mammal?

    [Cheetah]

    7. What is meant by Tempis Fugit ?

    ["Time flies".]

    8. What was the name of M's secretary in the James Bond films?

    [Miss Moneypenny]

     

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    Round 5

    1. The Sousaphone is the parade version of which instrument?

    [Tuba]

    2. Which instrument did Stern, Heifetz, Pagannani and Grapelly play?

    [violin]

    3. Name a musical instrument is used in both gospel and rock?

    [Organ, Tambourine]

    6. Which could be a Stradivarius?

    [violin]

    8. True or False?: The New York Philharmonic is one of the two

    oldest orchestras in the world.

    [True]

     

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    Round 6

    1. What would a cartographer make?

    [maps]

    2. How many pairs of legs has the crab?

    [five]

    3. What is made by dipping bread in beaten egg and then fried?

    [French Toast]

    4. Are turtles mammals or reptiles?

    [mammals]

    5. Which alcohol spirit is made from cacti?

    [Tequila]

    7. How many in a Baker's Dozen?

    [13]

    8. Name the character in The Three Musketeers based on a real person.

    [d'Artagnan]

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    Round 7

    2. In which activity would one find the terms purl and plain ?

    [knitting]

    3. Which liquid is sometimes called Adam's Ale?

    [water]

    4. Which event in 1992 began with a flaming arrow igniting a torch?

    [Olympics]

    5. How many carats is pure gold?

    [twenty four]

    7. What name is given to a badger's dwelling?

    [set]

    8. In which cartoon are Lucy and Linus?

    [Snoopy]

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    Round 8

    1. From which country does Sherry originate?

    [Spain]

    2. What happens more than 86,000 times a day to everyone?

    [A second passes.]

    3. Name two of the three Tenors.

    [Pavarotti, Carraras, Domingo]

    4. How many chambers has the human heart?

    [four]

    5. Who played the doctor in The Incredible Hulk?

    [Bill Bixby]

    7. With what occupation is Guinness associated?

    [porter]

    8. What does the acronym UNESCO stand for?

    [United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Org.]

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    EXTRAS

    Who were the composer and lyricist for the Sound of Music?

    [Rodgers & Hammerstein]

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    Round 1

    1. Meringue (pr. "mer-rang] is a combination of whisked egg white and what?

    [sugar]

    2. Which country has 60% of its citizens overweight?

    {USA]

    3. Who said, "I have a dream."?

    [Martin Luther King]

    5. Was Immanuel Kant a musician or philosopher?

    [philosopher]

    6. Which country defeated the Persians in the 5th Century BC?

    [Greece]

    7. Who was Aristotle's most famous student?

    [Alexander the Great]

    8. Who was Socrates's most famous student?

    [Plato]

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    Round 2

    1. What would you need a modem for?

    [computer, or Internet connection, or telephone connection]

    2. Which is the largest planet in our solar system?

    [Jupiter]

    3. Which food type includes starches and sugars?

    [carbohydrates]

    4. Where would one find the Continental Shelf?

    [ocean, Atlantic Ocean, or equivalent]

    5. Who is considered the most famous athlete of the 1990s worldwide?

    [Michael Jordan]

    7. The Olympic Torch is carried from which mountain to the host stadium?

    [Mount Olympus]

    8. The OAS is located in which hemisphere?

    [Western]

     

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    Round 3

    1. At which degree longitude is the International Date Line?

    [180]

    2. At which degree longitude is the Greenwich Meridian?

    [Zero, or equivalent]

    3. At which degree latitude is the Equator?

    [zero, or equivalent]

    4. The world's largest iceberg, just recently created by Global Warming,

    broke off from which continent?

    [The Antarctic]

    5. Which US presidential candidate wrote a book about the present environmental crisis?

    [Albert Gore]

    7. True or False?: Guinea pigs are rodents.

    [True]

     

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    Round 4

    1. Which is the oldest commercial whiskey distiller?

    [Bushmills]

    2. What is a Rhode Island Red?

    [hen]

    3. Who played the character 'Red' in Shawshank Redemption ?

    [Morgan Freedman]

    4. Who played the serial killer in Seven Deadly Sins?

    {Kevin Spacey]

    5. Name four of the Seven Deadly Sins.

    [Anger, Covetousness, Envy, Gluttony, Lust, Pride, Sloth]

    6. In the sitcom Friends, who plays Ross?

    [David Schwimmer]

    7. Name one of the two characters in Friends now doing TV ads for beauty products?

    [Rachel--Jennifer Anniston, or Monica--Courtney Cox]

    8. If a dish is served 'Florentine', what vegetable will it contain?

    [spinach]

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    Round 5

    1. Which breed of animal is the chinchilla?

    [cat]

    2. If you had myopia, what would you suffer from?

    [short-sightedness]

    3. In which range of mountains id the Matterhorn?

    [Alps]

    4. Internet: What do the letters 'www' stand for?

    [world wide web]

    5. Approximately how may hairs on the human head: 100,000,

    1/2 million, or 1 million?

    [100,000]

    6. How many pillars in the House of Wisdom?

    [seven]

    7. Which very famous song did the Hill sisters write?

    ["Happy Birthday"]

    8. Name the capitol of Pakistan.

    [Islamabad]

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    Round 6

    1. What is the central ingredient in Mulligatawny Soup?

    [curry]

    2. What is gazpacho?

    [cold soup, or equivalent]

    3. Which type of pastry is used to make vol au vents?

    [puff pastry]

    4. What are Petite Pois? [pr. "petty-pwahs"]

    [peas]

    5. What would a soporific drug make one do?

    [sleep]

    6. In which musical does the character Fagan appear?

    [Oliver ]

    7. How many dots on two dice?

    [42]

    8. Who was Cleopatra's lover before she married Marc Anthony?

    [Caesar]

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    Round 7

    1. In which Paris shop did Charlie Haughey like to buy shirts?

    [Charvet]

    2. A group of geese is called what?

    [gaggle]

    3. Spell the word pneumonia .

    [pneumonia]

    4. What is the title of Frank McCord's new novel?

    [Tis ]

    5. How many Catherines did Henry VIII marry?

    [Three: Catherine of Aragon, Catherine Parr, and Catherine Howard]

    6. Who played Michael Collins's sweetheart in the movie?

    [Julia Roberts]

    8. How many keys on a standard piano?

    [88]

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    Round 8

    1. Which famous Irish tenor died this year?

    [Joseph Locke]

    2. In which TV family was Lurch the butler?

    [Addams Family]

    3. Which is the southernmost US state?

    [Hawaii]

    4. What does the Dell company make?

    [computers]

    5. In which country would you find the Algonquin language?

    [US]

    6. What is the name of the new popgroup in which the oldest member

    is 11 years old?

    [Breeze]

    7. True or False?: The Euro notes are all the same size regardless of denomination.

    [False]

    8. True or False? The highest denomination Euro note is 100Euros.

    [False: it's 500]

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    Round 1

    1. If you were born on the 24th of September, which star sign would you be?

    [Libra]

    2. About which town is the song "The Town I Loved So Well"?

    {Derry]

    3. Re Quest 2: Who wrote it?

    [Phil Coulter]

    5. Which cat has no tail?

    [Manx]

    6. Who was Art Garfunkle's singing partner?

    [Paul Simon]

    7. Who was violent: Jekyll or Hyde?

    {Mr. Hyde]

    8. With which activity is Carlos the Jackal associated?

    [terrorism (or equivalent)]

     

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    Round 2

    1. Elton John's song "Candle in the Wind" is a tribute to which star?

    [Marilyn Monroe]

    2. Name the bear in the Muppets show.

    [Fozzie]

    3. Who plays Dr. Mark Green in ER?

    [Anthony Edwards]

    6. What does MGM stand for?

    [Metro Goldwyn & Mayer]

    7. In which TV series did Christopher Timothy star as a veterinary surgeon?

    [All Creatures Great and Small]

    8. What was Lovejoy's profession?

    [antique dealer]

     

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    Round 3

    1. What's the other name for German Measles?

    [Rubella]

    2. Who killed Dr. Martin Luther King?

    {James Earl Ray]

    3. Maire Brennan is lead singer of which group?

    [Clannad]

    4. Which is the world's warmest sea?

    [The Red Sea]

    5. True or False? Halley's comet orbits the sun.

    [True]

    6. According to some psychologists, what do men think about every nine minutes?

    [sex]

    7. Where on the Rattlesnake is its rattler?

    [tail]

    8. Who was Liza Minelli's mother?

    [Judy Garland]

     

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    Round 4

    1. Who was Ronald Reagan's first wife?

    [Jane Wyman]

    2. Who was RTE's first newscaster?

    [Charles Mitchell]

    3. Who plays the incompetent proprietor of Fawlty Towers?

    [John Cleese]

    4. What would inhabit an apiary?

    [the bee]

    5. In which US city was the House of the Rising Sun?

    [New Orleans]

    6. What would never make silk purse?

    [a sow's ear]

    7. The Sikh [pr."seek] religion is native to which country?

    [India]

    8. What is the collective name for a group of domestic cats?

    [clowder]

     

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    Round 5

    1. Name either of the two Star Wars robots.

    [R2D2 or C-3PO]

    2. Which is Dublin's oldest surviving church?

    [Christ Church Cathedral]

    3. On which date is Bastille Day celebrated each year?

    [July 14]

    4. Which is the only mammal that can fly?

    [the bat]

    5. Name the Greenpeace ship that was blown up in New Zealand.

    [Rainbow Warrior]

    6. In which county is Fairyhouse Race Course?

    [Meath]

    7. Which country gives a Christmas tree to Britain every year?

    [Norway]

    8. Name Shirley McLaine's actor brother.

    {waren Beatty]

     

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    Round 6

    1. How many pieces in a Rubik's Cube: 25, 26, or 27?

    [26]

    2. Who was the first ruler of the Holy Roman Empire?

    [Charlemagne (pr. "char-le-main")]

    3. Which Irish city is known as City of the Tribes?

    [Galway]

    4. Who asked "What's Up Doc?"

    [Bugs Bunny]

    5. What name is given to the male swan?

    [cob]

    6. In which city or country is the statue of the Little Mermaid?

    {Copenhagen or Denmark]

    7. Which is the deepest and longest lake in the UK?

    {Loch Ness]

    8. In the Bible, who wore a coat of many colors?

    [Joseph]

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    Round 7

    1. Who wrote the Bond novels?

    [Ian Fleming]

    2. Which country gave the Statue of Liberty to America?

    [France]

    3. Which president appears on the five-dollar bill?

    [Lincoln]

    4. In which year was Jack Charlton appointed Irish soccer manager?

    [1986]

    5. Which spirit is used in a Bloody Mary?

    [vodka]