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Quiz 1
Quiz 1
Quiz 1
2. The song titles of which two UK number one hits from the year 1983 are the names of
women with the initials 'BJ'? One point for each correct answer.
3. Until the mid 16th century "sea dogs" was the English word for which type of predator?
4. What are the two missing words in this famous quote from the film Casablanca?
"Of all the ... ..... in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine"
5. The name of which famous band is also the Aramaic word for 'the father, my father'?
6. Which fruit plays a role in the downfall of Captain Queeg in the film 'The Caine
Mutiny'?
7. Nurse, Cookie Cutter, Blue, Zebra, Carpet, School, Bull and Wobbegong are all
examples of what?
8. What are the three main herbs used to make absinthe? One point for each correct
answer.
9. Which strategically important neutral island country did the UK invade on the 10th of
May 1940?
10. The name of which criminal syndicate translated means 'our thing'?
ANSWERS
1. Cosmonaut (Astronaut is 'sailor of the stars')
2. Two answers: Billie Jean (Michael Jackson) and Baby Jane (Rod Stewart)
3. Sharks
4. "gin joints
5. Abba
6. Strawberries
7. Sharks
8. Three answers: wormwood, fennel and anise.
9. Iceland
10. Cosa Nostra