Garry Gillard > quizzes > Moerlina
Apparently I wrote these questions for a quiz night for Moerlina School, where my ex-wife was Principal, possibly in 1997.
The answers are all in one file.
1. On the 1994 compilation album The Cream of Clapton there are two pictures of Eric Clapton's guitar. What make of guitar is it?
2. While we're on the subject of Cream: who were the other two members? One point for either correct.
3. Who wrote these words?
Things are seldom what they seem,
Skim milk masquerades as cream.
(The words are sung in Act II by Buttercup in a duet with the Captain.)
4. And what are the French referring to when they talk of 'crème anglaise': what's it called in English? (It's not called 'English cream.')
5. When you put on 'English' in billiards or baseball, what do you put on?
6. What is the title of the film in which this line is spoken by Karin: 'And when the Lamb broke the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about the space of half an hour.'
7. One of Ingmar Bergman's films featured Ingrid Bergman. What was its name (in English)?
8. Some Emma Peels have been: Honor Blackman, Diana Rigg and Joanna Lumley. Ralph Fiennes was cast as John Steed in the film version of The Avengers (1998) - who was cast as Emma Peel?
9. Young, beautiful Diana Rigg once performed in a play in which it was asked of her character: 'Was this the face that launched a thousand ships?' Some of the audience laughed at each performance, because no-one was looking at Diana Rigg's face. What is the name of the character she was playing?
10. Who directed the films Universal Soldier (1992) and Stargate (1994)? If that's too hard: he also directed Independence Day (1996).
11. What WA Govt Dept is at GPO Box R1290 in Perth?
12. What is the English title of the novel of which this is the first sentence (in translation): 'Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendia was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.'
13. What object did Vincent van Gogh paint lying on the seat of the cane-bottomed chair?
14. Who wrote: 'Please do not shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.'
15. What reason does Coleridge give for the Ancient Mariner killing the albatross, in the poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner?
16. After it was formed in 1958 where did the CND repeatedly march to from London?
17. The four castes of tradtional Hindu society are Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaisya and Sudra. 'Vaisya' means merchant, or shopkeeper, or tradesman. What does 'Brahmin' mean?
18. The 1972 Allman Brothers Band album Eat a Peach was dedicated 'to a brother.' To whom was it dedicated?
19. What is the name of the movie that Sly Stallone and Dolly Parton starred in together?
20. What famous New York thoroughfare stretches from Broadway to the East River?
21. What is the name for 'the change in the perceived frequency of a wave which results when the source moves relatively to the observer ?'
22. According to the John Travolta character in the film Pulp Fiction—what do they call a 'quarter pounder with cheese' in France?
23. The label on a bottle of Angostura Bitters mentions one particular plant as the significant ingredient. What is it?
24. Who is silverchair's bass player?
25. What is the name of the drummer for the Red Hot Chilli Peppers?
26. Gustav Holst wrote the tune of what we know as 'Land of Hope and Glory' as part of a musical suite. What is the name of the suite?
27. Badminton used to have another name -- taken from the old names for the racquet and the shuttlecock, the thing you hit. What was the old word for a badminton racquet?
28. The world's longest-running play is The Mousetrap. Who wrote it?
29. After it was formed in 1958 where did the CND repeatedly march to from London?
30. Who is the patron saint of Scotland, Russia and Greece?
31. What are the only kind of leaves which the fussy little silkworm called 'bombyx mori' is prepared to eat?
32. Which 1971 movie was based on a play by David Williamson?
33. Who was the Scottish entertainer whose theme song was 'Roamin' in the Gloamin'?
34. For what form of painting is the Wynne Prize awarded each year?
35. What is the name of the Western Australian playwright whose plays John Boyle O'Reilly, Eugene and Carlotta, and Meekatharra have all been performed here: the first one in one of the sheds on the Fremantle wharf?
36. Napoleon met his Waterloo in 1815. What country was he in at the time?
37. There are at least two well-known Wedding Marches. Who wrote one of them in 1845?
38. Who is the first Peeping Tom supposed to have been watching?
39. A British film called Peeping Tom was released in 1960. Nigel Davenport, Miles Malleson, Anna Massey, Moira Shearer were in it. The director was also in charge of The Elusive Pimpernel in 1950, and The Red Shoes in 1948. Who directed Peeping Tom?
40. Who played Tom Jones in the 1963 film of that name directed by Tony Richardson?
41. Where did Tom Brown spend his Schooldays?
42. Who or what is Great Tom of Oxford.
43. What studio has been responsible for the Tom and Jerry cartoon series since 1937?
44. Who directed Casablanca?
45. My favourite Shakespearean stage direction is 'Exit pursued by a bear.' But it's hard to forget this direction: 'Enter ... Lavinia, ravished, her hands cut off and her tongue cut out.' What play is this from?
46. What is the popular name for nitrous oxide?
47. In what English shire is the village of Gotham? -- as in
Three wise men of Gotham
Went to sea in a bowl
If the bowl had been stronger
My story would have been longer.
48. Everyone knows that Gotham City is another name for New York (as in Superman). But who was the American author who gave this name to the city in his Salmagundi in 1807?
49. Cam is the river on which Cambridge is situated; what is Oxford's equivalent river?
50. Who is the former Federal political party leader who played for Fitzroy?
51. What part does Desmond Llewellyn play in James Bond movies?
52. To celebrate their 125 years in business in 1993, Arnott's had their Rosella biscuit tin redesigned: who did they get to do it?
53. Who was the first sitting member of Federal Parliament to become a mother in 1983?
54. What do Sportsters, Knuckleheads, Flatheads, Panheads and Fat Boys have in common?
55. You probably associate 'Budweiser' with Americans. But the name actually comes from the name of a city which is not in the USA. What country is it in? If you're desperate for a clue: it's the same country that the Pilsener style of beer comes from.
56. A cryptic crossword clue: two words (9, 4): the clue is S G E G. What is the solution?
57. Speaking of cryptic crosswords: I only found out this year that there's a special term for the answer to a cryptic crossword clue: what is the word?
58. Mescal is drunk by Mexicans and made from the agave plant; you might be more familiar with another drink made partly from the same plant. What is its name?
59. What is Bombay duck?
60. You probably know that the taste of a particular cake was one of the inspirations for what is undoubtedly one of the most significant novels of the twentieth century, Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time (À la recherche du temps perdu). It's at least an important moment in the early part of the novel. What is the name of the cake?
61. I'd be prepared to bet that most of you have eaten nori -- though you may not have known it by this name. As you might guess, it's used in Japanese cuisine. What is nori?
62. Geodesic domes are lightweight enclosures which are parts of spheres subdivided along lines following Great Circle routes across their surface. Who is the inventor of the geodesic dome?
63. The Tonton Macoute (Uncle bagmen) are associated with which country?
64. Which member of the original Rolling Stones was the first to die?
65. How big is a petabyte?
66. What is this country? According to the latest information available, a certain country has only subsistence agriculture, its only industries are small factories processing passion fruit, lime oil, honey and coconut cream; and the sale of postage stamps is an important source of revenue. It does not have a harbour, but it does have an airport. The whole country is only 100 square miles, or 260 square kilometres in area, and its capital is Alofi. What is this country's name?
67. The 1958 Ford Edsel was not perhaps the greatest ever success of the Ford Motor Company. Where did the Edsel get its name?
68. Where was former South Australian premier Don Dunstan born?
69. In one word, what did Australian Maria Ann Smith and American John Chapman have in common in the 1800s?
70. In a thirty year career, Australian Jack O'Toole won a total of 24 world championships in which sport?
71. What is the name of the Australian author who wrote The Harp in the South and also the children's series based on the Muddle-Headed Wombat?
72. In what year was Mt Everest first climbed to the summit?
73. In which Asian country is there an area and a people known as Naga?
74. Evonne Goolagong won the Wimbledon women's singles tennis final in the same year as another Australian won the men's singles tennis final? Who was he?
75. The Semites are said to be named for the Biblical character Shem. Who was his father?
76. What is the highest number on the Beaufort scale for wind speed?
77. What is the name of the river on which Moses is said to have been found among the bulrushes?
78. Which Australian author's first book featured a nude female torso on the dust jacket or cover?
79. Who played Harry Palmer in a series of British movies beginning with The Ipcress File?
80. Which Melbourne Cup winner had the same name as the First Fleet's flagship?
81. What was the name of the comedy team whose last film was The Story of Mankind in 1957?
82. To which African country did an Australian expeditionary force embark in 1885?
83. Which Italian city in Lombardy is famous for the violins made there by the Amati, Guarnieri a4d Stradivari families?
84. Jeannine Deckers, who had a 1963 hit song 'Dominique,' was better known as whom?
85. Before which naval battle did Nelson issue this signal to the Fleet: 'England expects that every 7an will do his duty.'
86. Harry Secombe, Peter Sellars were two of the original four Goons. For one point, what was the name of either one of the others?
87. For what item of his clothing was Australian Prime Minister Stanley Bruce made fun of in the 1920s?
88. What was the name of the French author whose novel inspired the 1957 war movie The Bridge on the River Kwai?
89. How many colours of the rainbow are matched by the colours of a set of snooker balls?
90. Which Australian company logo evolved from the legend that the wheel was suggested to primitive man by a lion rolling a stone?
91. What is the name of the island in Spencer Gulf where the CSIRO conducted its experiment with the calicivirus disease which was supposed to eliminate rabbits?
92. Which Australian comic strip, first drawn by Alex Guerney, was in turn handed over to Lionel Lindsay, Alex McCrae and Peter Russell-Clarke?
93. In the expression 'a pig in a poke,' what does the word 'poke' mean?
94. Which sign of the Zodiac is for people with birthdays roughly between 24 October and 21 November?
95. Who was to write the songs for the Disney musical Aida - which has been 'in development' for many years?
96. What is the name of the Irish swimmer who won four medals at the Atlanta Olympics?
97. What is the name of the pianist who is the subject of the Australian film Shine?
98. Tommy Lee who is married to Pamela Anderson is the drummer with what band?
99. What historical character did Mel Gibson play in his film Braveheart?
100. Which of Shakespeare's plays was the first to be staged at the reconstructed Globe Theatre, in London, in August 1996?
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