Quiz Compiled by Ronnie Close for Monday 05Th November 2012

QUIZ COMPILED BY RONNIE CLOSE FOR MONDAY 05TH NOVEMBER 2012

1. Which two infamous gangsters has Warren Beatty played on screen? Clyde Barrow (Bonnie and Clyde, 1967) and Bugsy Siegel (Bugsy, 1991) 2. Who was assassinated by her own bodyguards on 31st October 1984? Indira Gandhi 3. Duffel coats and bags are named after a town in which country? Belgium 4. What is the largest country in Scandinavia? Sweden 5. Marty McFly travels back to which year in ‘Back to the Future’? 1955 6. Which London-born comic actor hosted the Academy Awards a record eighteen times? Bob Hope 7. Who was elected President of France in May 2012? Francois Hollande 8. How many eighths are there in one and three quarters? Fourteen 9. True or false: muscle turns to fat if you stop exercising? False 10. Name the year: Sylvia Plath commits suicide; The Beatles release their first album; John F. Kennedy makes his ‘Ich bin ein Berliner’ speech. 1963 11. Who was the first player to transfer between English football clubs for over £10 million? Alan Shearer (Blackburn Rovers to Newcastle United July 1996 for £15 million 12. Name the three Scottish or English clubs that have two ‘U’s in their name excluding NOT United. AFC Bournemouth, Queen of the South, Stenhousemuir 13. Of the sixteen teams at Euro 2012, what was the only team that did not have any players from their national league in the squad? Republic of Ireland 14. Who was the only player to win European Footballer of the Year and play for a Scottish club? George Best (1968 and Hibernian) 15. Which city hosted the 2002 F. I. F. A. World Cup final? Yokohama 16. Which team are named after a Sir Walter Scott novel? Heart of Midlothian 17. Fill in the blank: 1979 Sunderland 1980 Blank 1981 Villa Answer: Brooking – surnames of winning scorer in that year’s F. A. Cup Final 18. Who is the only player to score in a Glasgow, Merseyside and Manchester derby? Andrei Kanchelskis 19. In which season did Willie Johnston make his debut for Glasgow Rangers, what age was he and against which team? Season 1964/5, 17 and St. Johnstone 20. Who is the only player to score in the final of the Champions League, U. E. F. A. Cup, English F. A. Cup and English League Cup? Steven Gerrard 21. Who was British Prime Minister when David Cameron was born? Harold Wilson (1966) 22. What was the name of the first ‘Bond’ movie and what was the make and model of the first Bond car? ‘Dr. No’ and Sunbeam Alpine series II 23. Which film musical features the songs ‘Windy City’ and ‘The Black Hills of Dakota’? Calamity Jane 24. The word ‘poltergeist’ is from which language? German 25. ‘I put on fat’ is an anagram of which make and model of car? Fiat Punto 26. Which 1970 movie was a joint American-Japanese venture that dramatised the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour? Tora! Tora! Tora! (‘tora’ means ‘tiger’) 27. Which U. S. President said of an assassination attempt ‘Honey, I forgot to duck’? Ronald Reagan 28. Spell ‘millennium’. 29. Which solo instrument did John Lennon play on ‘Love Me Do’? Harmonica 30. Name the year: Luna 9 becomes the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the Moon; John Lennon stated that The Beatles were more popular than Jesus; Star Trek appeared on TV for the first time. 1966 31. Which summer Olympic Games were the first to be televised live? Berlin in 1936 32. The 1956 film ‘Somebody Up There Like Me’ starred Paul Newman as which boxer? Rocky Graziano (Thomas Rocco Barbella) 33. Who said ‘For a while I did unite Rangers and Celtic fans. People in both camps hated me.’? Mo Johnston 34. What are the seven events of the women’s heptathlon? 100m hurdles, high jump, shot putt, 200m, long jump, javelin, 800m 35. Which country are the only hosts not to have won a gold medal at the summer Olympic Games? Canada 1976 36. As at the end of October 2012, who were the top three golfers in the world rankings? Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods and Luke Donald [email protected] www.jimmyquiz.com Page 1 37. Who is the only footballer to win the European Player of the Year three times in a row? Michel Platini 38. Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff played cricket for which county? Lancashire 39. Hell joint winos is an anagram of which former footballer? Willie Johnston 40. At which racecourse and in which year did Frankie Dettori win all seven races in one day? Ascot in1996

Additional questions

41. What was the name of Manuel’s pet rat in ‘Faulty Towers’? Basil 42. Which footballer’s wife has the same nickname as an English football team? Posh (Victoria Beckham and Peterborough United) 43. What creatures appear on the cover of the Beach Boys’ ‘Pet Sound’ album? Goats 44. What is an ice hockey puck made from? Vulcanised rubber 45. In Australia, what is a ‘kylie’? Boomerang (non-returning) 46. Which U. S. city is home to the Red Wings, the Lions and the Tigers? Detroit 47. Name the five boroughs of New York City. The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island 48. Which South American city’s name translates as ‘river of January’? Rio de Janeiro 49. What is an Eskimo’s preferred tribal name? Inuit 50. What is the capital city of New Zealand? Wellington 51. Who played Daphne and Josephine in the 1959 film ‘Some Like It Hot’? Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis 52. How many minutes are there in one week? 10, 080 53. What nationality is Newcastle United player Fabricio Coloccini? Argentinean 54. What type of food is ‘pumpernickel’? Bread 55. How many miles is Land’s End to John o’ Groats as the crow flies? 605 miles 56. What is the only English word to end with the letters ‘mt’? Dreamt 57. Which Beatle provided the finance for ‘Monty Python’s Life of Brian’? George Harrison 58. What three letters are used for Gatwick Airport? LGW 59. What name is given to the metal band used at the end of a snooker cue or to hold an eraser in place on a pencil? Ferrule 60. How many paintings did Van Gogh sell during his lifetime? One (The Red Vineyard) 61. The U. S. baseball team the Orioles are based in which city? Baltimore 62. Mariachi music originated in which country? Mexico 63. Which of these players has never scored a hat-trick for the English national team: Bobby Charlton, Paul Scholes or Teddy Sheringham? Teddy Sheringham. Paul Scholes scored a hat-trick against Poland in 1999, Charlton scored four hat-tricks 64. John Greig made how many official appearances for Glasgow Rangers? 755

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