Sunday 17 February 2008

THE 63rd QUIZ - MORE RANDOM STUFF

SPANISH AUTONOMOUS REGIONS

1. What is the capital of the Spanish autonomous community of Aragon?
2. What is the capital of the Spanish autonomous community of Navarre?
3. What is the capital of the Spanish autonomous community of Asturias?
4. What is the capital of the Spanish autonomous community of Cantabria?



1. ZARAGOZA
2. PAMPLONA
3. OVIEDO
4. SANTANDER



ACADEMY AWARDS

1. Who was nominated for successive Academy Awards for Best Actress for her roles in An Unmarried Woman (1978) and Starting Over (1979)?
2. Who was nominated for successive Academy Awards for Best Actress for her roles in Heaven Knows, Mr Allison (1957) and Separate Tables (1958)?
3. Who was nominated for successive Academy Awards for Best Actress for her roles in Caged (1950) and Detective Story (1951)?
4. Who was nominated for successive Academy Awards for Best Actress for her roles in Country (1984) and Sweet Dreams (1985)?



1. JILL CLAYBURG
2. DEBORAH KERR
3. ELEANOR PARKER
4. JESSICA LANGE



PAINTINGS

1. Which title, referring to episode in the legendary history of early Rome, is shared by paintings by Nicolas Poussin, Peter Paul Rubens and Pablo Picasso?
2. Which title, the name of a Biblical King, is shared by sculptures by Donatello, Andrea del Verrocchio and Gian Lorenzo Bernini?
3. Which title, referring to an important Roman Catholic scene, is shared by paintings by Antonio da Correggio and Anabale Carracci?
4. Which title, referring to a story from Greek mythology, is shared by paintings by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Alexandre Cabanel and Sandro Botticelli?



1. RAPE OF THE SABINE WOMEN
2. DAVID
3. ASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN MARY
4. THE BIRTH OF VENUS



ELEMENTS

1. Which scientist is credited as the discoverer of xenon, neon, krypton and (with Lord Raleigh) argon?
2. Which scientist is credited as the discoverer of rhodium and palladium?
3. Which scientist is credited as the discoverer of uranium, zirconium, strontium, titanium and (with others) cerium?
4. Which scientist is credited as the discoverer of americium, curium and (with others) plutonium, berkelium and californium?



1. WILLIAM RAMSAY
2. WILLIAM HYDE WOLLASTON
3. MARTIN HEINRICH KLAPROTH
4. GLENN T SEABORG



TENNIS PLAYERS

1. Losing in 1997, who was the last Frenchman to reach the Wimbledon Men’s Singles Final?
2. Losing in 1973, who was the last Soviet to reach the Wimbledon Men’s Singles Final?
3. Losing in 2002, who was the last Argentinian to reach the Wimbledon Men’s Singles Final?
4. Losing in 1985, who was the last South African to reach the Wimbledon Men’s Singles Final?



1. CÉDRIC PIOLINE
2. ALEX METREVELI
3. DAVID NALBANDIAN
4. KEVIN CURREN



NOVELS

1. Although never published and now lost, The Poor Man and the Lady (1867) was the first novel written by which author?
2. Although only published posthumously, The Professor (1840s) was the first novel written by which author?
3. Although he was frustrated by its misinterpretation, Almayer’s Folly (1895) was the first novel written by which author?
4. Although he virtually disowned the book in later life, Watch and Ward (1871) was the first novel written by which author?



1. THOMAS HARDY
2. CHARLOTTE BRONTE
3. JOSEPH CONRAD
4. HENRY JAMES



ASSASSINATIONS

1. Who was assassinated by Mohammed Bouyeri in November 2004?
2. Who was assassinated by François Ravaillac in May 1610?
3. Who was assassinated by Mijailo Mijailović in September 2003?
4. Who was assassinated by Dimitri Tsafendas in September 1966?



1. THEO VAN GOGH
2. KING HENRI IV OF FRANCE
3. ANNA LINDH
4. HENDRIK VERWOERD



FIRST TOP TENS

1. Released in 1965, ‘I Can’t Explain’ was which group’s first top 10 hit?
2. Released in 1970, ‘Black Night’ was which group’s first top 10 hit?
3. Released in 1985, ‘Johnny Come Home’ was which group’s first top 10 hit?
4. Released in 1996, ‘Sandstorm’ was which group’s first top 10 hit?



1. THE WHO
2. DEEP PURPLE
3. FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS
4. CAST



PILLARS OF ISLAM

1. Which of the Five Pillars of Islam requires a Muslim to pray five times a day at fixed time?
2. Which of the Five Pillars of Islam requires a Muslim to testify that there is no god but Allah?
3. Which of the Five Pillars of Islam requires a Muslim to fast?
4. Which of the Five Pillars of Islam requires a Muslim to give alms?



1. SALAT
2. SHAHADAH
3. SAWM
4. ZAKAT



PHOBIAS

1. Of what is paraskavedekatriaphobia the fear?
2. Of what is tokophobia the fear?
3. Of what is lalophobia the fear?
4. Of what is coulrophobia the fear?



1. FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH
2. CHILDBIRTH
3. SPEAKING
4. CLOWNS



EUROPEAN CITIES

1. Helsinki is the largest city in Finland. What is the second largest?
2. Bratislava is the largest city in Slovakia. What is the second largest?
3. Tirana is the largest city in Albania. What is the second largest?
4. Budapest is the largest city in Hungary. What is the second largest?



1. ESPOO
2. KOSICE
3. DURRES
4. DEBRECEN

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