entertainment 2

7. 2. NOT REAL/entertainment
1. Which film featured the song "Summer Nights"?
(Grease)
2. With which horror film would you associate the character of 39. Which 1999
horror film was promoted with the following tagline "In October of 1994, three
student film makers disappeared in the woods near Burkittesville, Maryland.
One year later, their footage was found"?
(The Blair Witch Project)
3. What is the name of the school in Home and Away?

(Summer Bay High)
4. In which film does Mia Farrow give birth to the Devil's son?
(Rosemary's Baby)
5. In which 1990 film does Tom Cruise play a stock car driver?

(Days Of Thunder)

6.Which band took Cotton Eye Joe to number one in 1994?
(Rednex)

7. What is the name of the sailor who appears in many of the Arabian Nights
stories?

(Sinbad) 

8. Who was the marooned sailor of Treasure Island?
(Benn Gunn)

9. Which of Shakespeare’s plays feature Shylock and Portia?

(The MERCHANT Of Venice)
10. Who was lead singer with "The Clash"? 

(Joe Strummer)

Food 3

6. FOOD
1. Which town in Italy shares its name with a type of cheese, which
is pierced with copper needles to produce a greenish blue mould?

(Gorgonzola)
2.What type of cheese do we get from the milk of the Buffalo?

(Mozzarella)

3. Which animals are the principal prey of the sperm whale?

(Squids)
4. Real Italian salami is made from the flesh of which animal? 

(Donkey)
5. Which Italian food consists of small pieces of meat or veg  put in small
packets of pasta?

(Ravioli)

6. What type of beef is first pickled in brine then boiled? 

(Corned Beef)
7. What herb is used to flavour ouzo?
(Aniseed)
8. What provides the base of the desserts Pavlova and Baked Alaska?

(Meringue)
9. We call it jam. What do the Americans call it?
(Jelly)
10. What's the main ingredient of Sauerkraut?
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People

5. PEOPLE
1. Which Earl was killed by the IRA on 27th August 1979? 
(Mountbatten) 

2. Name the actor who played Hawkeye Pierce in "MASH"?

(Alan Alda)
3. What was the name of the family which featured in ‘The Darling Buds Of
May’?

(The Larkins)

4. What was the name of the last Russian Royal family?
(Romanov)
5. The Grimaldi family rules which European country?

(Monaco)
6. Which scientist was born in Germany in 1879, became a Swiss citizen in
1901 and later became a US citizen in 1940?
(Albert Einstein)
7. Which Golfer was nicknamed ‘The Great White Shark’?

(Greg Norman)

8. What country does the golfer Vijay Singh come from?

(Fiji)

9.Who is the only person to have won 18 major golf tournaments?

(Jack Nicklaus)
10. Who player Luke Skywalker in " Star Wars"? 

(Mark Hamill)

General Knowledge 17

4. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE:
1. Which French word describes a time when certain activities are prohibited
and literally translates as 'cover the fire'? 

(Curfew) 

2. Which Japanese car company's name translates as 'Three Diamonds'? 

(Mitsibushi) 

3. Which machine tool shapes material by rapidly turning it against a
stationary cutting device?

(Lathe)

4. Diabetes is caused by the failure of which insulin- secreting gland in the
human body? 

(Pancreas) 

5. True or False - A person will die from total lack of sleep sooner, than you
would from starvation?
(True)
6. What does a polyorchid man have at least three of?
(Testicles)

7. What name is given to the longest day of the year?

(Summer Solstice)

8
. What is the main herb ingredient in Pesto Sauce?
(Basil) 

9. Who became Brazil’s Minister of Sport in 1994?
(Pele)
10. What is the maximum possible score in a game of ten pin bowling?

(300)

General Knowledge 16

1. True or False - Between 1937 and 1945 Heinz produced a version of
Alphabetic Spaghetti especially for the German market that consisted solely of
little pasta swastikas?
(True!)
2. What is the national Airline of Germany called?
(Lufthansa)
3. What was the capital of West Germany before Berlin was reinstated?
(Bonn)
4. What title did German emperors use?
(Kaiser)
5. What was the codename for the German Invasion of Russia during World
War 2?
(Barbarossa)
6. What was the name of the German airship that crashed in flames in 1937?
(Hindenburg)
7. What is the upper speed limit on motorways in Germany?
(There isn't one!)
8. Which International Treaty, adopted in August 1949, deals with the
Treatment of Prisoners of War?

(Geneva Convention
)
9. What name is given to a golf course next to the sea?
(Links)

90s

7 - 90s
Who offended Americans with an awful version of star spangled banner at a padres
game?
Roseanne barr
2 – what brand of shoes did Nicole brown simpson’s killer wear?
Bruno magli
3 hugh grant picked up a prosti named?
Divine brown
4 – what was pee wee herman arrested for?
Masty in a porno theatre
5 – what dance hit in 1995 and took the world over
The Macarena – bonus for anyone who will come up and do it at the end
6 – what was the name of the cult who committed suicide so they could catch a comet?
Heavens gate
7 – which rich businessman ran for president in 1996 on the reform ticket?
Ross perot
8 – Washington mayor marion barry was forced out of office for smoking what?
Crack
9 – on Frasier – who is nils in love with?
Daphne
10 – how did Michael hutchense of inxs die in 1997?
Auto erotic asphyxiation

General Knowledge 15

1. Which film opens with George Clooney reassuring a prison board of
his detemination to go straight?
Ocean's Eleven
2
Which book and film character lives at Little Whinging, Surrey?
Harry Potter
3. In which TV series was there 'a local shop for local people'?
The
League Of gentlemen
4. Luxury versions of which items are made by Jimmy Choo?
Shoes
5 which European country is the world`s highest road bridge?
France
6
. The Pulmonary Artery carries blood from the heart to which organ?
Lung
7. Under what name is Gregor Efimovich better known ?
Rasputin
8. Who in 1939, who announced that Britain was at war with Germany?
Neville Chamberlain
9 Which ruler referred the English to a nation of shopkeepers ?
Napolean Bonaparte
10 What are the 5 countries in the world that end in the letter L?
Nepal, Israel, Portugal, Brazil and Senegal