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LANCASTER Clry QUIZ LEAGUE: 14.1.19 Quiz set by Wagon and Horse. Full name required if given in bold Round 1 OSCAR WNNERS Given the year and the name of the film, name the winner of the Best Actor Oscar for 1a to 2b, and the Best Actress Oscar for 3b to 4a Foro Examplem 1969 "True Grit" Best Actor Ansns John W 1a 1951 "The African Queen" Humphray Bogaet 1b 1962 "To KillA Mockingbird" Gregory Peck 2a 1980 "Raging Bull" Robert De Niro 2b 1981 "On Golden Pond" Henry Fond 3a 1967 "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner" Katherine Hepburn 3b 1980 "The Coal Miner's Daughter" Sissy Spacek 4a 1999 "Boy's Don't Cry" Hilary Swank 4b 2005 "Walk The Line" Reese Witherspoon Spare Spare 1a - 2b 1989 "Nily Left Foot" Best Actor Daniel Day- Lewis Spare 3a - 4b 2000 "Erin Brockovich" Best Actress Ans Julia Roberts Round 2 Famous Mistakes/ Misjudgements/ Cock-up You may remember that our last attempt at quiz setting was rather marred by our publishing of the draught copy rather than the final copy. To help get this into perspective this round contains questions about some of the World's most infamous errors 1a Which publishing house was the lucky thirteenth for JK Bloomsbury Rowling (and them) when her Harry Potter manuscript was accepted by them after 12 rejections? 1b Ronald Wayne sold his shares for 10% of which Apple company for $800 in 1976? ln 2017 it is estimated they would be worth $80 billion. 2a Who went home to celebrate his wife's birthday in June Erwin Rommel 1944 as Normandy was so quiet 2b Who disastrously sent his troops up the wrong valley in Lord Cardigan Balaclava in 1854 3a A $125m l\ilars orbiter was lost in 1999. What error was Mixing up of thought to be behind the loss? metric and imperial units (or similar 3b Which piece of space hardwear had a malJunctioning Hubble Space mirror caused by a one millimetre error in a lest Telescope instrument 4a Which company failed to sign the Beatles declaring Decca "guitar groups are on their way out ? 4b Which food gained a reputation as a good source of iron Spinach due to a tenfold measurement erroT? Spare Who infamously said his companies products were Gerald Ratner "total crap", wiping f500 million of the value of the company? Round 3 "19" To commemorate the year 2019 the following eight questions are based on the number'19 1a Who had a hit number in 1985 with the "19", based on Paul Hardcastl the averaqe Vietnam Combat soldiers aqe? 1L) Which TV comedian had a hit with "N-nineteen Not Out" Rory Bremner based on the aforementioned "l9" 2a Which female author's debut book "19 minutes", about a Jodi Picoult school massacre, got to number one on the NY times bestsellers list? 2l:) Which male author wrote the Dark Tower saga in which Steven King 19 is a stronq theme? Which board game, originating in china and thought to Go be the oldest in the world, uses a 19x19 qrid? 3b ln which card game is it impossible to score 19 so a zero Cribbage point hand is known as a "19 hand"? 4a Which female artist released the album 19 in 2008? Adele 4b Which American rock band had an album called Steely Dan "gaucho" which was released in 1980 prior to their break-up? lt contained the track "HeV Nineteen" Spare Which religion has a calendar of 19 months of 19 days Bahai/ Babi with a 19 year cycle (acceDt either) Round 4 Extremesmes oro OoDositess 1a What is the highest capital city in the world La Paz 1b What is the lowest capital city in the world? Baku 2a What is the heaviest naturally occurring element Uranium 2l) Which of the elements that is a solid under standard Lithium conditions, is the lightest 3a What is the longest bone in the human body? Femur 3b What is the shortest bone in the human body? Staples (or stirrup) 4a Who was the oldest US president at the time of first Donald Trump being sworn in to office? 4b Who was the youngest ever US president? Theodore Roosevelt Spare What are ihe two geographically closest EU capital Vienna and cities? Bratislava Round 5 Art Given the name of a famous painting, name the painter 1a The Girl with the Pearl Earring Vermeer 1b The Nioht Watch Rembrandt 2a The Fighting Temeraire Turner 2b Mr and Mrs Andrews Gainsborough 3a The Birth of Venus Botticelli 3b The Lady with the Ermine da Vinci 4a Las lvleninas Velasquez 4b Guenica Picasso Spare Going to the Match Lowry Round 6 Picture round name the famous Mark's 'la Picture 3 Did appear in the reality show TOWIE Wright 1b Picture 7ln a boy band Owen 2a Picture 6 Ex England Rugby Union Player Cueto 26 Picture 8 Ex Arsenal and Holland lnternational Overmars Footballer 3a Picture 4 Glam Rocker Bolan 3b Picture 5 Actor who plays Marvel Hero Ruffalo 4a Picture 1 Hollfr'vood Actor Hamill 4b Picture I lnternet lnventor Zuckerburg Spare Picture '10 l\4anchester Band's Fronl Man (E) Smith Picture 2 Hollwood Actor Whalburg Round 7 Name the Premiership rugby team who play at the Stadium provided 1a Ricoh Arena Wasps 1b Ashton Gate Bristol or Bristol Bears 2a Welford Road stadium Leicester 2b Kingsholm Stadium Gloucester Franklin's Gardens Northampton 3b Twickenham Stoop Harlequins 4a Sandy Park Exeter 4h Sixways Worcester Spare AJ Bell Stadium Sale or Sale sharks Round 8 Music Name the Artist 1a Which band made ihe album "ok computer"? Radiohead 1b Which band wrote the album "different class"? Pulp 2a Which artist released the album in 2018 entitled "Egypt Paul McCartney station"? 2l) which artist realised the album "Tranquillity base hotel" Arctic Monkeys in 201A2 Who wrote the album "blood on the tracks" Bob Dylan 3b Who released the album "Transformei' Lou Reed 4a Which Band wrote "L.A woman" The Doo.s 4l) Who wrote the song "London calling" The Clash Spare Who wrote the song "Love will tear us apart"? Joy Division .

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