General Knowledge Quiz No. 128

[Carl]

• 1. Who had a hit in 1990 with the song 'Killer' ?

• 2. Why don't the restaurants 'Palm Court', 'Café Parisien and 'Verandah' exist anymore ?

• 3. How many provinces are there in Ireland ?

• 4. Which was the earliest of the English classic horse races ?

• 5. What was the sequel to the 1982 film 'Conan The Barbarian' called ?

• 6. Which actor from the TV show 'Friends' also appeared in the film 'Lost In Space' ?

• 7. When does the Union Flag become the Union Jack ?

• 8. In which American state is Harvard University ?

• 9. What would a phillumenist collect ? Bottle tops, Envelopes or Matchbox labels ?

• 10. How many American states begin and end with the letter 'A' ?

• 11. Which female singer's 1988 concert in Rio broke the record for attendance with a crowd of almost 200,000 ?

• 12. Which director's first film was called 'THX 1138' ?

• 13. What city was the capital of Poland between 1320 and 1611 ?

• 14. In which book do you meet the characters Holly, Dandelion, Fiver and Hazel ?

• 15. Which author created the private detective Philip Marlowe ?

Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.

[elcarretero]

5 Conan the destroyer
9 Matchbox labels

[stowie39]

15. Raymond Chandler

[elcarretero]

7 When it is flown from the Jack staff on a ship

[LucindaC]

14 watership down

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. Who had a hit in 1990 with the song 'Killer' ? Adamski

• 2. Why don't the restaurants 'Palm Court', 'Café Parisien and 'Verandah' exist anymore ? They were on the Titanic

• 3. How many provinces are there in Ireland ? 4

• 4. Which was the earliest of the English classic horse races ? St Leger

• 5. What was the sequel to the 1982 film 'Conan The Barbarian' called ? 'Conan The Destroyer'

• 6. Which actor from the TV show 'Friends' also appeared in the film 'Lost In Space' ? Matt Le Blanc

• 7. When does the Union Flag become the Union Jack ? When it is flown on a ship

• 8. In which American state is Harvard University ? Massachusetts

• 9. What would a phillumenist collect ? Bottle tops, Envelopes or Matchbox labels ? Matchbox labels

• 10. How many American states begin and end with the letter 'A' ? 3 (Alabama, Alaska and Arizona)

• 11. Which female singer's 1988 concert in Rio broke the record for attendance with a crowd of almost 200,000 ? Tina Turner's

• 12. Which director's first film was called 'THX 1138' ? George Lucas

• 13. What city was the capital of Poland between 1320 and 1611 ? Krakow

• 14. In which book do you meet the characters Holly, Dandelion, Fiver and Hazel ? 'Watership Down'

• 15. Which author created the private detective Philip Marlowe ? Raymond Chandler