10 free entertainment quiz questions 2

: Entertainment

1. Gerry Mento, Wi Wharekura, and Noel Kingi were members of which

famous NZ musical quartet? [The Howard Morrison Quartet]

2. What rock star Jimi Hendrix’s home city?

[Seattle]

3. Australian Baz Lurhmann is a prominent what?

[Film Director]

4. Hadyn Jones is Journalist on which TV2 NZ Current Affairs show?

[20/

20]

5. Which Hip Hop has recently announced plans to move to Sydney from

America?

[Andre 3000 / Andre Benjamin]

6. Name any two of the three judges on TV 3s shockingly bad “Sing like a

superstar”?

[Gandalf, Renee Brenan, and Pauline Gillespie]

7. What 1995 film about a music store starred Anthony Lapaglia, Renee

Zellwegger, and Liv Tyler?

[Empire Records]

8. Who is the creator of TV3 and C4’s “The Family Guy”?

[Seth McFarlane]

9. What grifter/con comedy drama screens on TV 1 at 9:30 on Tuesdays?

[Hustle]

10. In 2002 an actress was nominated for an academy award for both best

actress and best supporting actress, neither of which she won. Who was

it?

a. Nicole Kidman

b. Renee Zellwegger

c. Julianne Moore

[c. Julianne Moore]

true or false 1

: True or False

1. In Texas it’s illegal to put graffiti on another man’s cow? [True]

2. India has the most universities? [True]

3. Olive trees can live up to 1500 years? [True]

4. The mythical creatures “Trolls” originate from the folklore of Asia? [False]

5. The British longbow was last used in battle in the first gulf war? [False]

6. Desperate Housewives’ is finishing for good after its second season?

[False]

7. Jessica Alba has just announced she is having Paul Walker’s

baby, conceived on the set of their latest film Into the blue? [False]

8. Aquarius is an Air sign?

[True]

9. Trevor is the name of the dog that Aunt Sarah tells to “get away” on the

AMI wedding advert? [False]

10. Mike Hosking is gay?

[False but who knows, so accept True as well]

10 free Geography questions 3

Round 7. Geography

1. Where in NZ is the Imlay meat processing plant?

a. Rotorua

b. Reefton

c. Whanganui

[c) Whangnui]

2. In which Religion would hear reference to Kaddish?

[Judaism]

3. What is the longest man-made structure in the world?

[Australia’s 4850 kilometre long dingo proof fence]

4. Where in NZ is the hillside railway workshop?

a. Kaikoura

b. Dunedin

c. Westport?

[b)Dunedin]

5. The resort of Cancun is in which country?

[Mexico]

6. What is the second largest city after Melbourne in the Australian state of Victoria?

a. Kalgoorlie

b. Geelong

c. Penrith

[b) Geelong]

7. When the Nelson Bays and Marlborough rugby unions combine, what will they be known as?

[Tasman]

8. Windhoek is the capital of which African country?

[Namibia]

9 .Where does state highway 1 reach an altitude of 1074 metres?

[On the desert road]

10. For the faithful, seven trips to the holy Muslim city of Kairouan in Tunisia are equivalent to one trip

to which other holy city?

[Mecca]

10 free entertainment quiz questions 1

. Entertainment

1. Which TV theme song contains the line “on the playground is where I spent most of my days”?

[Fresh Prince of Belair]

2. In the movie Viva Las Vegas! What was Elvis Presley’s occupation?

a. Mechanic

b. Racing Driver

c. Casino card dealer

[b. Racing Driver]

3. What does the T stand for in Star Treks Enterprise captain James T Kirk?

[Tiberius]

4German composer Richard Strauss’s tone poem Also Zprach Zarathustra provided the opening

.

music for which famous film?

a .2001: A Space Odyssey

b .Halloween

c .Mission impossible

4. NZ pop band Betchadupa includes the son of which famous musician?

[Neil Finn]

5. What was the twist in 2003 shocking Sky 1 reality show "There's something about Miriam"?

[Miriam is a trans-sexual]

6. In which 1989 TV movie and subsequent TV series was scientist Sam Beckett trapped in time?

[Quantum Leap]

7. Former Always Greener star Michala Banas plays Kate Manfredi in the cast of which Aussie drama

series?

[McLeod’s Daughters]

8. Who plays the part of Denny Crane in TV 3’s excellent law comedy drama Boston Legal?

[William Shatner]

1 0 The title of the Johan Strauss opera Die Fliedermaus refers to which sort of creature?

.

[the bat]

10 star wars quiz questions 1

. Star Wars (only geeks need apply)

1. Who adopts the daughter of Anakin Skywalker and Padme at the end of Episode III?

[Senator Organa (Jimmy Smits – Yeah!)]

2. Who plays Jango Fett?

[Temuera Morrison]

3. The rebel base on Hoth also has which code name?

a. Echo

b. Fire

c. Storm

[a. Echo]

4. What is Boba ( and Jango) Fett’s ship called?

[Slave 1]

5. Who is promoted from Captain to Admiral after Admiral Ozzel is killed by Vader for coming out of

hyperspace to early?

a. Captain Needa

b. Captain Piett

c. Captain Tarkin

[b. Captain Piett]

6. Which kiwi actress played the new queen of Naboo in Ep3 “The Revenge of the Sith”?

[Keisha Castle-Hughes]

7. What does the bounty hunter Boussh hold to threaten Jabba into paying the 50,000 bounty for

Chewbacca in Return of the Jedi?

[A thermal detonator (my kind of scum)]

8. On which planet would you find the Jundland Wastes and the Dune Sea?

[Tatooine]

9. Which hand does Anakin Skywalker lose in his fight with Count Dooku?

[Right hand]

10. Who kills Jango Fett?

[Mace Windu]

General Knowledge 3

. General Knowledge

1. The bronze whaler is what kind of fish??

[A shark]

2 .What do Americans celebrate on the last Thursday of November?

[Thanksgiving]

3. Bathymetry measures the depth of what?

[Water/oceans]

4 .Sturmer, Irish Peach and Jonathan are all varieties of which fruit?

[Apples]

5. Theodore Geisel is the real name of which famous children’s author?

[Dr Seuss]

6. Where did NZer Cyril Bassett win his Victoria Cross in 1915?

[Gallipoli, (Chunuk Bair)]

7. Which country beginning with T is NZ’s last dependant territory?

[Tokelau]

8. What colour is the cross on Sweden’s flag?

[Yellow]

9. Is CAPITULATE a synonym or an antonym of REPULSE?

[Antonym]

10. Lyric (Name of the Artist and song):

She's got a smile that it seems to me reminds me of childhood memories?

[GNR – Sweet child o’ mine]

Science and Nature 1

: SCIENCE & NATURE

1) How many feet in a metre? To 1 decimal place, +/- 0.1

[3.3]

1) Over which organs of the body do the adrenal glands lie?

[Kidney]

2) What is the chemical element found in all Proteins?

[Nitrogen]

3) What is the worlds largest quadreped?

[Elephant]

4) In which season do Emperor Penguin chicks hatch?

[Winter]

5) What event occurs when the moon passes between the sun and the earth?

[Solar Eclipse]

6) How many litres in a cubic metre?

[1000]

7) True or False? Unununium is an Element?

[True: number 111]

8) Who is the French mathematician and physicist that lent his name to units

of pressure?

[Pascal]

9) How many stars can normally be seen during the day time by the naked

eye?

[1 – The sun]