Friday 26 June 2009

Friday Quiz Issue 37

Three rounds this week, music, geography and general knowledge. Good luck!

Answering now available. Click 'comments' at bottom of quiz.

Round 1: Music

1. Which 1992 single by REM shares its name with a 1999 Jim Carey film?

2. Which 1986 Bananarama song is currently used to advertise women’s shaving products on TV?

3. What is the name of the song performed as a duet by Elton John & George Michael which reachedNo. 1 in both the UK and US charts in 1991?

4. Which music award has been won by UK artists including Pulp (1996), Badly Drawn Boy (2000),Dizzee Rascal (2003) and Arctic Monkeys (2006)?

5. What is the connection between these four answers?

Round 2: Geography

6. Texas shares a border with four other US States – New Mexico, Arkansas and which other two?

7. Morpeth is the administrative headquarters if which English county?

8. What is the capital city of Nepal?

9. In which country would you find the Aswan Dam?

10. Which landlocked African country is bordered by Tanzania, Mozambique and Zambia?

Round 3: General Knowledge

11. What type of fish was Nemo in the 2003 movie ‘Finding Nemo’ ?

12. With which sporting event would you associate Chuck Lidell, Tito Ortiz and Ken Shamrock?

13. Anita Roddick is famous for being the founder of which high street cosmetics chain?

14. Adrian Moorhouse represented Great Britain in which sport, winning Olympic Gold in 1988?

15. What is the name for the surgical speciality which deals with the care of women during theirpregnancy?

2 comments:

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Quizarvo said...

1. Man on the moon
2. Venus
3. Don't Let thh Sun Go Down on Me
4. Mercury Music Prize?
5. Astronomy )Moon, Venus, Sun, Mercury)
6. Arkansas and Louisiana
7. Northumberland
8. Kathmandu
9. Egypt
10. Malawi
11. Clown Fish
12. UFC - Ulimate Fighting/Mixed Martial Arts
13. The Body Shop
14. Swimming
15. Obstetrics

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