Quiz No. 2

Current Affairs-

1)      What are the names of the two mortgage lenders in the USA recently nationalized by the FED?

2)      The French acronym is CERN, what is the official English translation?

3)      Who are the two parties sharing power in Zimbabwe?

4)      What are the two breakaway regions of Georgia?

5)      Which branch of the Services has Prince Harry just joined?

6)      Who are the two Vice Presidential candidates in the USA?

7)      Which actress will play Barbara Cartland in the upcoming BBC series?

8)      Who is this year’s Chair of the Booker Prize Committee?

9)      Which artist recently made over 70 pounds million at Sotheby’s?

10)   Who bought the core assets of Lehman Brothers?

Math-

1)      Simplify 7-6x4+3/2-7

2)      What is 1/3 of ½?

3)      A woman has 5 potatoes for 3 children. How can she give them equal shares without fractions?

4)      What is the cube root of 64?

5)      What is the typical stopping distance for a car travelling at 50 mph?

6)      What is ½ of ¼ expressed as a decimal?

7)      What is the square of 13?

8)      How many equal angles are in an Isosceles Triangle?

9)      How many feet in ½ mile?

10)   John and Alan play cards for $1 a game. John wins 7 games and Alan wins $12. How many games did they play?

Geography-

1)      Name the seven wonders of the world

2)      Name the longest river in England

3)      The USA flag flies for 24 hrs every day and is never raised or lowered, where?

4)      What is the name of the notorious tidal current in the Lofoten Islands?

5)      Which country uses the Teng as its unit of currency?

6)      Where is the Atacama Desert?

7)      If a car has LAR on it, where is it registered?

8)      Which country has the internet domain .me?

9)      What did Harry Beck do in 1931?

10)   Where is the largest malt whiskey distillery?

1)      Which bridge does the Boat Race start from?

2)      Which year were the Olympic Games first televised?

3)      What do the Olympic Rings represent?

4)      Who was stabbed in Hamburg in 1993?

5)      What nickname did Walker Smith use?

6)      Which number did Barry Sheene always have on his motorcycle?

7)      What type of game is Faro?

8)      Which sport takes place at Churchill Downs?

9)      Which country scored the first Golden Goal in a World Cup Football event?

10)   Who carried the flag at the closing ceremony of the Beijing games for Great Britain?

TV-

1)      What were the 4 zones in the original Crystal Maze?

2)      In which game show were contestants invited to go ‘wild in the aisles’?

3)      Which TV show does the horse in Toy Story 2 share its name?

4)      Name the Lone Ranger’s Native American sidekick

5)      How many actors have played Simon Templar?

6)      Who was represented by a tub of lard on a TV quiz show?

7)      In which TV show did Neil Morrissey make his debut?

8)      What is Ali G’s full name?

9)      Who plays Lynette Scavo in Desperate Housewives?

10)   How many children has Ken Barlow had in Coronation Street?

France-

1)      The Foreign Ministry of France is usually referred to as?

2)      Who wrote Les Miserables?

3)      Name the countries that border France

4)      What is the height of the Eiffel Tower?

5)      What is the colour sequence of the French Flag?

6)      What is the national bird of France?

7)      What is the minimum percentage of French language songs that must be played on the radio?

8)      The 95 Departments of France are in how many administrative regions?

9)      Who died at Amboise Castle in 1519?

10)   Only one word was spoken in the film Silent Movie; what was it and by whom?

1)      How many James Bond theme tunes did Shirley Bassey sing?

2)      Opening in 1989, the musical Miss Saigon was performed how many times at Drury lane?

3)      Which group did Graham Nash leave top join CSNY?

4)      How many finger holes are there on a Tin Whistle?

5)      Who now is the lead singer with Queen?

6)      Who was Elvis Presley’s manager?

7)      What was the name of Bruce Springsteen’s backing band?

8)      Who has had a top ten hit in every decade up to the present since the 50’s?

9)      Which band had an album called Zooropa?

10)   Which singer was born Julia Elizabeth Wells in 1935?

Acronyms and Abbreviations-

1)      What does the letter R stand for in DEFRA?

2)      What does D stand for in CAD?

3)      What does the B stand for in SCUBA?

4)      What does the letter C stand for in CNN?

5)      What does the letter H stand for in ECHR?

6)      What does the C stand for in UNESCO?

7)      In old UK money, what did the D stand for in LSD?

8)      What does the A stand for in QUANGO

9)      What does NATO stand for?

10)   What is GTA in video games?

Film-

1)      Who played Bruce Wayne in the 2005 film, Batman begins?

2)      Who played the pianos in the1989 film the Fabulous Baker Boys?

3)      Which Football team is the subject of the film Fever Pitch?

4)      Which was the first Beatles film?

5)      Who is the voice of Z in the film Antz?

6)      What is the occupation of The Fugitive?

7)      Which TV soap actress played Cleopatra in Carry on Cleo?

8)      What is the name of Inspector Clouseau’s manservant?

9)      How many husbands did Scarlett O’Hara have in the film Gone with the Wind?

10)   Who played the title role in Nanny McPhee?

1)      Who hosts Desert Island Discs?

2)      What the name of Lucille Ball’s first husband?

3)      Who wrote Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?

4)      In the film, what did M*A*S*H stand for?

5)      Which was the first UK TV Game Show to be adapted for US Television?

6)      Whose autobiography is entitled With Nails?

7)      By which nickname was Edward Teach better known?

8)      In what year was the Bank of England founded?

9)      What did Alfred Nobel invent?

10)   What is the perfect score in a game of ten-pin bowling?

The rules for this quiz are the same as last time-which are already published on the site.

The closing date for the quiz will be 31^st October, 2008.