Random Trivia Quiz No. 83

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  • 1. A tennis player, born in 1956, won a total of no less than 62 singles titles, including 11 grand slams before retiring at the age of 27. Who is he ?
  • 2. Which country had the Dauphin as a ruler ?
  • 3. Which country had the first lesbian prime minister ?
  • 4. Which prime minister took Britain into the European Community in 1973 ?
  • 5. Which production company produces Who Wants to be a Millionaire ?
  • 6. Shirley Bassey sang three James Bond themes, what were the three ?
  • 7. Which member of the original crew of the Starship Enterprise has a T Negative blood group ?
  • 8. In which country can one visit the ruins of the ancient city of Troy ?
  • 9. Which England international footballer holds the record for being the heaviest England goalkeeper ever weighing 26 stone ?
  • 10. In which country does football club Sturm Graz FC play their home matches ?
  • 11. Fill in the missing two words in the key sentence in Camus's The Stranger in which the main character Mersault finds peace in the realization that life has no meaning. "It was as if that great rush of anger had washed me clean, emptied me of hope, and, gazing up at the dark sky spangled with its signs and stars, for the first time, the first, I laid my heart open to the ___ ___ of the universe."
  • 12. What is the name of the dog in the television show "The Tweenies" ?
  • 13. What 'B' is the country with the world's highest recorded murder rate ?
  • 14. Who played the role of Jed Clampett in the 1993 film The Beverly Hillbillies, a role made famous by Buddy Ebsen on TV ?
  • 15. Who had a UK number one hit with "Rose Marie" in 1955 ?

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1 Bjorn Borg
2 France
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15. Slim Whitman
8. Turkey
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4 Ted Heath
6 Goldfinger, Diamonds are forever, Moonraker
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3 Iceland
13 Belize
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10 Austria
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7 Mr. Spock
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ANSWERS
  • 1. A tennis player, born in 1956, won a total of no less than 62 singles titles, including 11 grand slams before retiring at the age of 27. Who is he ? Bjorn Borg
  • 2. Which country had the Dauphin as a ruler ? France
  • 3. Which country had the first lesbian prime minister ? Iceland
  • 4. Which prime minister took Britain into the European Community in 1973 ? Edward Heath
  • 5. Which production company produces Who Wants to be a Millionaire ? Celador
  • 6. Shirley Bassey sang three James Bond themes, what were the three ? Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever and Moonraker
  • 7. Which member of the original crew of the Starship Enterprise has a T Negative blood group ? Mr Spock
  • 8. In which country can one visit the ruins of the ancient city of Troy ? Turkey
  • 9. Which England international footballer holds the record for being the heaviest England goalkeeper ever weighing 26 stone ? William Henry "Fatty" Foulkes
  • 10. In which country does football club Sturm Graz FC play their home matches ? Austria
  • 11. Fill in the missing two words in the key sentence in Camus's The Stranger in which the main character Mersault finds peace in the realization that life has no meaning. "It was as if that great rush of anger had washed me clean, emptied me of hope, and, gazing up at the dark sky spangled with its signs and stars, for the first time, the first, I laid my heart open to the ___ ___ of the universe." "benign indifference"
  • 12. What is the name of the dog in the television show "The Tweenies" ? Doodles
  • 13. What 'B' is the country with the world's highest recorded murder rate ? Brazil
  • 14. Who played the role of Jed Clampett in the 1993 film The Beverly Hillbillies, a role made famous by Buddy Ebsen on TV ? Jim Varney
  • 15. Who had a UK number one hit with "Rose Marie" in 1955 ? Slim Whitman

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