SUNDERLAND ECHO QUIZ LEAGUE
WEDNESDAY, 7th OCTOBER
QUESTIONS A
1.
Which reptile is mentioned in the title of a
1983 UK number 1 hit single? CHAMELEON(Karma Chameleon by Culture Club)
2.
Which
German inventor had a patency dispute with Herbert Ackroyd
Stuart of Halifax in the 1890’s? RUDOLPH DIESEL
3.
Which
controversial American replaced Charles Kennedy as Rector of the University of
Glasgow in 2014? ED SNOWDON
4.
The
Queen’s Prize and Dewar Cup are competed for in which sport? RIFLE SHOOTING
5.
Pietro
Torregiano (1472 – 1528) famously broke which fellow
artist’s nose? MICHAELANGELO
6.
In
the TV series “Thunderbirds”, what was Lady Penelope’s family name?
CREIGHTON-WARD
7.
The
name of which group of five chemical elements means “salt producing”? HALOGEN
8.
When
Humphrey Bogart won his Oscar for “The African Queen”, the other three acting
Oscars were all won by which film? A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
9.
In
Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar who is described as the last Roman? CASSIUS
10.Matt Damon played Jason Bourne in the first three of the Bourne
films. Who played the lead role in the film, “The Bourne Legacy”? JEREMY RENNER
11.Which nation’s national Rugby Union team’s nickname is Los Teros after the Southern Lapwing, the country’s national
bird? URUGUAY
12.The journalist Anna Torv, born in
Glasgow in 1944, married which business man in 1967, the second of his three
wives to date? RUPERT MURDOCH
13.The JD Wetherspoon pub in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, is named
after which fictional character? LADY CHATTERLEY
14.Stoker Cavendish currently holds the title of which Dukedom?
DEVONSHIRE
15.Which of Henry 8th’s wives did he describe as, “A
rose without a thorn”? CATHERINE HOWARD
16.Which 19th century novel features the characters
Squire Alworthy, Mr. Thwackum(a schoolteacher)
and Squire Weston? The history of TOM JONES, a foundling.
17.Which is the home nation of football team FK Qarabag? AZERBAIJAN
18.Which non-religious song was revealed in 2014 by Co-operative
Funeral Care as the most popular choice of the deceased at their funeral?
ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE
19.Which Prime Minister was born in Chorlton-on-Medlock,
Manchester, on 17th January 1863? DAVID LLOYD GEORGE
20.Arthur Wint won Jamaica’s first
Olympic gold medal in 1948 in which athletics event? 400 M
21.In which play by Shakespeare is Poor Tom tormented by the “foul
fiend”, Flibbertigibbet? KING LEAR
22.Who is the International Development Secretary in the current
Shadow Cabinet? DIANNE ABBOTT
23.Who was the British Prime Minister at the outbreak of the
Crimean War? EARL OF ABERDEEN
24.In the 19th century pottery industry what name was
given to the worker who turned the large wheel that operated the potter’s
wheel? A ONE-LEGGED DANCER