Linda’s Friday Night Quiz The Answers

LINDA’S FRIDAY NIGHT QUIZ

AND NOW, THE ANSWERS...

ROUND 1FILM

NAME THE FILM OR FILM SERIES AND THE

CHARACTER

ROUND 1 / FILM / PICTURE ROUND 1/5 / QUESTION 1

TOP GUNMAVERICK


CHARACTER2001 – A SPACE ODYSSEY

HAL



CHARACTERBEVERLEY HILLS COP

AXEL FOLEY



CHARACTERDIE HARD

JOHN MCCLANE



CHARACTERTHE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE

UGLYTHE MAN WITH NO NAME


FILM

Who’s films include LA Confidential, The Usual Suspects and American Beauty?Kevin Spacey

ROUND 1 / FILM / QUICKFIRE 1/5 / QUESTION 6

FILM

The number one and number two highest grossing films of all time were directed and written by the same man – who?James Cameron


FILM

The news photographer, Paparazzo, who gave his name to the modern-day ‘paparazzi’, was a character from which 1960’s film?La Dolce Vita


FILM

How many Bond films did Roger Moore star in?7


FILM

In which decade was Ben Hur released?50s (1959)


ROUND 2HISTORY

NAME THE HISTORICAL CHARACTERCHE GUEVARA

ROUND 2 / HISTORY/ PICTURE ROUND 1/5 / QUESTION 11

NAME THE HISTORICAL CHARACTER

AL CAPONE



BEETHOVEN



MARK TWAIN



SIGMUND FREUD


HISTORY

To which political party did Abraham Lincoln belong?Republican

ROUND 2 / HISTORY / QUICKFIRE 1/5 / QUESTION 16

HISTORY

Which volcano erupted in the first century AD, burying the Italian city of Pompeii?Mount Vesuvius


HISTORY

Who was President when Apollo 11 put the first men on the moon?Richard Nixon


HISTORY

Who was head of the German Luftwaffe during World War II?Hermann Göring


HISTORY

In which country was Leon Trotsky assassinated in 1940?Mexico


ROUND 3ART & LITERATURE

NAME THE ART PERIOD IMPRESSIONISMROUND 3 / ART & LITERATURE / PICTURE ROUND 1/5 / QUESTION 21

NAME THE ART PERIOD ART NOUVEAU

ROUND 3 / ART & LITERATURE / PICTURE ROUND 2/5 / QUESTION 22

NAME THE ART PERIOD CUBISM


NAME THE ART PERIOD RENAISSANCE


NAME THE ART PERIOD SURREALISM


ART & LITERATURE

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Magician’s Nephew and The Silver Chair are three of the books from which seven-part children’s collection?The Chronicles of Narnia

ROUND 3 / ART & LITERATURE / QUICKFIRE 1/5 / QUESTION 26

ART & LITERATURE

Which French author declined the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1964?Jean-Paul Satre


ART & LITERATURE

Who wrote the Twilight series of novels?Stephanie Meyer


ART & LITERATUREWho wrote A Farewell to Arms (Farväl till vapnen), based on his experiences in World War I, and For Whom the Bell Tolls (Klockan klämtar för dig), based on his experiences in the Spanish Civil War?Ernest Hemingway


ART & LITERATURE

Which is the third book in the Harry Potter series?Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban


ROUND 4GEOGRAPHY

NAME THE COUNTRY

VIETNAMNAME THE COUNTRY

PANAMANAME THE COUNTRY

LEBANON

ROUND 4 / GEOGRAPHY / PICTURE ROUND 1-3/5 / QUESTIONS 31-3

NAME THE COUNTRY

GHANANAME THE COUNTRY

SLOVAKIA

ROUND 4 / GEOGRAPHY / PICTURE ROUND 4-5/5 / QUESTIONS 34-5

GEOGRAPHY

Which is South America’s northernmost capital city?Caracas (Venezuela)

ROUND 4 / GEOGRAPHY / QUICKFIRE 1/5 / QUESTION 36

GEOGRAPHY

Which capital city is the only in the world to border two other countries?Bratislava (Slovakia, with Austria and Hungary)


GEOGRAPHY

Monrovia, named after American President, James Munroe, is the capital of which African country?Liberia


GEOGRAPHY

The majority of the River Nile flows through which country?Sudan


GEOGRAPHY

Which is the most populous city in Brazil?Sao Paulo


ROUND 5POT LUCK

BRANDS

After splitting with his business partner and brother, Adi Dassler, in 1947, which sportswear brand did Rudolf Dassler go on to found one year later?PUMA

ROUND 5 / POT LUCK / QUICKFIRE 1/10 / QUESTION 41

OPERA

Papageno is the baritone in which 18th century opera?The Magic Flute


MAKE THE CONNECTION

BOTH BASED ON ROMEO AND JULIET


POP MUSIC

Who had hits in the 80s with Never Gonna Give You Up and Whenever You Need Somebody?Rick Astley


NAME THE FOOTBALL CLUB

BORUSSIA DORTMUND


TV

What are the first names of the four main characters in Sex and the City?Samantha, Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte


NAME THE BUILDINGBURJ KHALIFA

(IN DUBAI, THE WORLD’S TALLEST BUILDING)


SCIENCEWhich of the following towns does not have an element named after it: Ytterby, Darmstadt, Copenhagen, Poznan?Erbium, Terbium, Ytterbium and Yttrium – YtterbyDarmstadtium – Darmstadt, GermanyHafnium – Hafnia, Latin for Copenhagen


LANGUAGES

Which fruit is called a ‘pamplemousse’ in French?Grapefruit


EUROVISION SONG CONTEST

Who delivered Sweden’s worst finish of 26th place in the ESC?Anna Bergendahl (This Is My Life, 2010)


AND THE WINNERS ARE...!

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