Random Trivia No. 1

[Carl]

• 1. Which 90s medical comedy was written by the author of The Golden Girls and Soap ?

• 2. In 2000, actor Ed Harris played the character called Jackson Pollock, what was the film ?

• 3. Whose last words were "It’s unbelievable" ?

• 4. What sport was originally played at the All England Club, Wimbledon ?

• 5. Can you identify the song and artist from the initial 1976 WACIB by JM ?

• 6. At Waterloo who commanded the Prussian troops ?

• 7. What 'N' is a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length ?

• 8. Which dancing duo's first film together was called Flying Down to Rio ?

• 9. What 'N' means of the latter stone age ?

• 10. How many people were killed in the Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand in February 2011 ? A) 1 B) 185 C) 518

• 11. Name the author of The Cantebury Tales ?

• 12. What is a very hard, naturally-occurring mineral, of which ruby and sapphire are gem-quality varieties ?

• 13. In which year did the World adopt Greenwich Meantime ?

• 14. Name the song with the line:- Set me free feel the need in me set me free stay forever

• 15. Who had a UK number one with "(If Paradise Is) Half as Nice" in 1969 ?

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

[elcarretero]

4 Lawn Tennis
8 Fred Astaire and Ginger Rodgers

[LucindaC]

3 Mata Hari

[elcarretero]

9 Neolithic ?
11 Geoffrey Chaucer

[stowie39]

1. Nurses
5. Amen Corner

[freddo]

11 Geoffery Chaucer

12 Carundum

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. Which 90s medical comedy was written by the author of The Golden Girls and Soap ? Nurses

• 2. In 2000, actor Ed Harris played the character called Jackson Pollock, what was the film ? Pollock

• 3. Whose last words were "It’s unbelievable" ? Mata Hari

• 4. What sport was originally played at the All England Club, Wimbledon ? Croquet

• 5. Can you identify the song and artist from the initial 1976 WACIB by JM ? 'When A Child Is Born' by Johnny Mathis

• 6. At Waterloo who commanded the Prussian troops ? Marshal Blucher

• 7. What 'N' is a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length ? Novel

• 8. Which dancing duo's first film together was called Flying Down to Rio ? Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers

• 9. What 'N' means of the latter stone age ? Neolithic

• 10. How many people were killed in the Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand in February 2011 ? A) 1 B) 185 C) 518 ? B)185

• 11. Name the author of The Cantebury Tales ? Geoffrey Chaucer

• 12. What is a very hard, naturally-occurring mineral, of which ruby and sapphire are gem-quality varieties ? Corundum

• 13. In which year did the World adopt Greenwich Meantime ? 1884

• 14. Name the song with the line:- Set me free feel the need in me set me free stay forever. 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head'

• 15. Who had a UK number one with "(If Paradise Is) Half as Nice" in 1969 ? Amen Corner