Daily Quiz anyone?

[zico]

Thanks to the guys for getting this great new site up and running and here is a brand new quiz thread. You know the rules. Please don't post your answers before the quizzer does. Don't forget to post your scores.  

[zebthecat]

22 yesterday thanks zico.

[zico]

France Quiz

1.  Which French queen is associated with the phrase ‘Let them eat cake’?

2.  In which French city can you find the Louvre Museum?

3.  What animal is the national symbol of France?

4.  Which river is the longest in France?

5.  Which mountain range forms a natural border between France and Spain?

6.  Which French city is known for its annual film festival?

7.  Which island is a French territory located in the Mediterranean?

8.  Which famous French general led the Free French Forces during World War II?

9.  In which French palace did the Sun King reside?

10.  What is the French name for the English Channel?

11.  What is the French celebration on July 14th called? 

12.  In which century did Joan of Arc live?

13. Which French city is famous for its perfume industry? 

14. What is the French sport similar to bowling? 

15.  What was written in 1792 by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in Strasbourg?

16.  Which French President formally opened the Channel Tunnel with Queen Elizabeth II?

17.  What title was given to the heir apparent to the throne of France from 1350 to 1791?

18.  Which city advertises itself as the 'Capital of the Alps', due to its size and its proximity to the mountain range?

19.  Which artist founded the Impressionist movement?

20. Best known for his book Les Propheties, in which century did Nostradamus live? 


 

[only1billybonds]

13.5. Another one oblivious to Vivaldi's first name.


Cheers Zico.

[mallard]

12.5  due to not knowing Vivaldi’s first name!


Thanks Zico

[easthammer]

16 grazie Zico

[Westside]

13. Thanks Zico.

[zico]

Italy Quiz -  If you get only half a name, it’s half a point

1.  Which Italian artist painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci

2.  Which Italian city is famous for its canals?
Venice

3.  What is the longest river in Italy?
Po

4.  Who is the patron saint of Italy?
Saint Francis of Assisi

5.  Which Italian scientist formulated the law of falling bodies?
Galileo Galilei

6.  What is the famous Italian dessert made of ladyfingers, coffee, and mascarpone cheese?
Tiramisu

6.  What is the name of Italy’s most famous opera house?
La Scala

7.  Which island is the largest in the Mediterranean Sea?
Sicily

8.  Which Italian fashion designer was assassinated in 1997?  
Gianni Versace

9.  What is the famous Italian car brand with a prancing horse logo?
Ferrari

10.  Which Italian city is known for its Renaissance art? 
Florence

11.  What is the Italian term for ‘ice cream’?
Gelato

12.  What is the largest lake in Italy?
Lake Garda

13.  Which Italian composer is known for the ‘Four Seasons’? 
Antonio Vivaldi

14.  Which Italian director is famous for the film ‘La Dolce Vita’?
Federico Fellini

15.  Which Roman gladiator led a slave uprising?
Spartacus

16.  Which Italian city is famous for its Shroud?
Turin

17.  Which Italian car company produces the luxury car model ‘Quattroporte’?
Maserati

18.  Which famous race takes place annually in the Italian city of Siena?
The Palio di Siena

19.  What does the Italian phrase ‘La Dolce Vita’ mean?
The sweet life

20.  Which Roman emperor ordered the construction of the Colosseum?  5 points if you guess this
Vespasian







 

[zico]

Went bankrupt didn't he Zeb?  Always find that bizarre after all the money they make.  Benn went at least three too far as well.  Eubank was never the same after the Watson fight and Benn after McClellan.

Gents, the other half fancies a few days in Sorrento at the end of the month, so my wallet will be in counselling for a while, so no quiz for a week beginning 28th April.  So probably a good time for an 

Italy Quiz -  If you get only half a name, it’s half a point

1.  Which Italian artist painted the Mona Lisa?

2.  Which Italian city is famous for its canals?

3.  What is the longest river in Italy?

4.  Who is the patron saint of Italy?

5.  Which Italian scientist formulated the law of falling bodies?

6.  What is the famous Italian dessert made of ladyfingers, coffee, and mascarpone cheese?

6.  What is the name of Italy’s most famous opera house?

7.  Which island is the largest in the Mediterranean Sea?

8.  Which Italian fashion designer was assassinated in 1997?  

9.  What is the famous Italian car brand with a prancing horse logo?

10.  Which Italian city is known for its Renaissance art? 

11.  What is the Italian term for ‘ice cream’?

12.  What is the largest lake in Italy?

13.  Which Italian composer is known for the ‘Four Seasons’? 

14.  Which Italian director is famous for the film ‘La Dolce Vita’?

15.  Which Roman gladiator led a slave uprising?

16.  Which Italian city is famous for its Shroud?

17.  Which Italian car company produces the luxury car model ‘Quattroporte’?

18.  Which famous race takes place annually in the Italian city of Siena?

19.  What does the Italian phrase ‘La Dolce Vita’ mean?

20.  Which Roman emperor ordered the construction of the Colosseum?  5 points if you guess this








 

[zebthecat]

15 today thanks zico.
Eubank went a couple of fights too far.
He must have made a bomb but still.

[only1billybonds]

12.

Cheers Zico.

[mallard]

16 - I just had to Google Cheetahs racing at Romford


’On the first night, three races were included on the race card and the stadium was packed to capacity. The first race, over 265 yards, was between Helen and two greyhounds. She bounded out of her cage leaving the dogs standing, reaching 50mph within two seconds and finishing the tack in 15.86 seconds, breaking the course record.’


FMOB!!

[Westside]

14. Thanks Zico.

[zico]

True or False in Sport Quiz – Simple, just answer True or False

1.  Paul Gascoigne has won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award.
TRUE - in 1990

2. Swimmer Michael Phelps has won more Summer Olympics gold medals than Belgium. 
FALSE - Michael Phelps has 23 gold medals, and Belgium has 49 gold medals

3.  In the 2022/23 season Arsenal Women boasted a higher average attendance than the Premier League's Bournemouth.
TRUE - Arsenal women boasted an average attendance of 17,501

4.  Sue Barker has won a tennis Grand Slam tournament.
TRUE - the 1976 French Open

5.  Cheetahs were raced at Romford Greyhound Stadium in 1937 in an effort to increase attendances.
TRUE - the idea failed, with just two races held

6.  The Indy 500 automobile race is actually raced over 300 miles.
FALSE - it's raced over 500 miles, hence the name

7.  Steve Cram has never won an Olympic gold medal.
TRUE - Cram only won an Olympic  silver medal behind Seb Coe in the 1,500 metres at the 1984 Olympic Games

8.  North Korea beat Italy in the finals of the 1966 FIFA World Cup.
TRUE - North Korea beat Italy 1-0 in group D, which knocked Italy out of the 1966 World Cup

9.  Basketball player Michael Jordan was 6 feet 1 inches tall.
FALSE - Jordan was 6 feet 5 inches tall

10.  Rugby coach Eddie Jones played in the position of scrum-half during his playing career.
FALSE - Jones played as a hooker for Sydney club Randwick and New South Wales

11.  Mike Tyson bit Evander Holyfield on both ears.
TRUE - the referee in charge, Mills Lane, disqualified Tyson for biting Holyfield in both ears

12.  Gary Lineker never got a yellow card in his entire senior career.
TRUE - never ever, over 567 competitive games

13.  During a recognised tournament, Ronnie O'Sullivan compiled a maximum 147 break at the age of 15.
TRUE - at the final of the 1991 English Amateur Championship

14.  Golf's Walker Cup is named after the great-grandfather of President George W. Bush.
TRUE - George Herbert Walker who was president of the USGA in 1920

15.  Leicester won the Premier League in the 2016-17 season.
FALSE - it was a year earlier, in the 2015–16 season

16.  Peter Shilton played in the same senior England international football team as Bobby Moore.
TRUE - Shilton made his debut in November 1970 and appeared 12 times alongside Bobby Moore

17.  Fatima Whitbread won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
FALSE - Tessa Sanderson won gold, with Whitbread gaining a bronze medal

18.  The 2008 Wimbledon final between Federer and Nadal was 5 hours 48 minutes
FALSE – It was 4 hours and 48 minutes

19.  USA, Canada and Mexico will be co-hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup Finals
TRUE

20.  Nigel Benn had more boxing losses than Chris Eubank
FALSE – They both retired with five losses apiece
 

[zico]

Nice easy one to finish the week!

True or False in Sport Quiz – Simple, just answer True or False

1.  Paul Gascoigne has won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award.

2. Swimmer Michael Phelps has won more Summer Olympics gold medals than Belgium. 

3.  In the 2022/23 season Arsenal Women boasted a higher average attendance than the Premier League's Bournemouth.

4.  Sue Barker has won a tennis Grand Slam tournament.

5.  Cheetahs were raced at Romford Greyhound Stadium in 1937 in an effort to increase attendances.

6.  The Indy 500 automobile race is actually raced over 300 miles.

7.  Steve Cram has never won an Olympic gold medal.

8.  North Korea beat Italy in the finals of the 1966 FIFA World Cup.

9.  Basketball player Michael Jordan was 6 feet 1 inches tall.

10.  Rugby coach Eddie Jones played in the position of scrum-half during his playing career.

11.  Mike Tyson bit Evander Holyfield on both ears.

12.  Gary Lineker never got a yellow card in his entire senior career.

13.  During a recognised tournament, Ronnie O'Sullivan compiled a maximum 147 break at the age of 15.

14.  Golf's Walker Cup is named after the great-grandfather of President George W. Bush.

15.  Leicester won the Premier League in the 2016-17 season.

16.  Peter Shilton played in the same senior England international football team as Bobby Moore.

17.  Fatima Whitbread won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

18.  The 2008 Wimbledon final between Federer and Nadal was 5 hours 48 minutes

19.  USA, Canada and Mexico will be co-hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup Finals

20.  Nigel Benn had more boxing losses than Chris Eubank



 

[Westside]

16. Thanks Zico.

10 Rillington Place. What a chiller.

[zebthecat]

14 today thanks zico.

[only1billybonds]

15.

Cheers Zico.

You have redeemed yourself.

[easthammer]

11 so not too bad for me thanks Zico

[mallard]

13 thanks Zico

[zico]

Must confess I can't believe I missed out the film Seven in the questions!

Films with Numbers in the Title Quiz

1.  Steve Carell film about a geeky guy who's never "done the deed".
The 40-Year-Old Virgin

2.  Edmund Gwenn plays Santa Claus at Macy's in this 1947 film.
Miracle on 34th Street

3.  2009 British film starring Ray Winstone in which a successful car salesman discovers his wife is having an affair.
44 Inch Chest

4.  Tom Hanks film in which a spacecraft undergoes internal damage putting the lives of the astronauts in jeopardy.
Apollo 13

5.  1957 courtroom drama starring Henry Fonda in the trial of a teenager charged with murder.
12 Angry Men

6.  2001 film starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, and Matt Damon.
Ocean's Eleven

7.  1953 American war film starring William Holden about a group of American airmen confined in a World War II German prisoner-of-war camp.
Stalag 17

8.  Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt film set in a post-apocalyptic future devastated by an unknown disease.
12 Monkeys

9.  Billy Wilder film starring Marilyn Monroe. A faithful husband is tempted by a beautiful neighbour.
The Seven Year Itch

10.  1979 Blake Edwards film starring Dudley Moore, Julie Andrews, Robert Webber, and Bo Derek.
10

11.  1986 Western comedy film starring Steve Martin, Chevy Chase and Martin Short in which a trio of American silent film stars accept an invitation to a Mexican village to perform their bandit fighter act.
Three Amigos!

12.  Denzel Washington and John Travolta in a 2009 film in which armed men hijack a New York City subway train.  Remake of the 1974 classic with Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw.
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

13.  A spacecraft is sent to Jupiter manned by two men and the supercomputer H.A.L. 9000.
2001: A Space Odyssey

14.  2001 film in which a gang of ex-cons rob a casino during Elvis convention week. Starring Kurt Russell and Kevin Costner.
3000 Miles to Graceland

15. John Sturges 1960 remake – in an Old West-style – of Akira Kurosawa's 1954 Japanese film Seven Samurai.
The Magnificent Seven

16.  A child psychologist treats a young boy who encounters dead people in a 1999 film.
The Sixth Sense

17.  Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin find a way to turn the tables on their sexist boss?
9 to 5

18. 1984 John Hughes movie, Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, and a birthday? 
Sixteen Candles

19.  What 1954 Howard Keel and Jane Powell vehicle was later made into a television series and Broadway musical?
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

20.  1971 British film of the famous John Christie, Timothy Evans murder case that rocked Great Britain in the late 1940's.
Ten Rillington Place


 

[zico]

Maybe you will have better luck today Billy.  Only fair gents to give the film buffs a chance as well.

Films with Numbers in the Title Quiz

1.  Steve Carell film about a geeky guy who's never "done the deed".

2.  Edmund Gwenn plays Santa Claus at Macy's in this 1947 film.

3.  2009 British film starring Ray Winstone in which a successful car salesman discovers his wife is having an affair.

4.  Tom Hanks film in which a spacecraft undergoes internal damage putting the lives of the astronauts in jeopardy.

5.  1957 courtroom drama starring Henry Fonda in the trial of a teenager charged with murder.

6.  2001 film starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, and Matt Damon.

7.  1953 American war film starring William Holden about a group of American airmen confined in a World War II German prisoner-of-war camp.

8.  Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt film set in a post-apocalyptic future devastated by an unknown disease.

9.  Billy Wilder film starring Marilyn Monroe. A faithful husband is tempted by a beautiful neighbour.

10.  1979 Blake Edwards film starring Dudley Moore, Julie Andrews, Robert Webber, and Bo Derek.

11.  1986 Western comedy film starring Steve Martin, Chevy Chase and Martin Short in which a trio of American silent film stars accept an invitation to a Mexican village to perform their bandit fighter act.

12.  Denzel Washington and John Travolta in a 2009 film in which armed men hijack a New York City subway train.  Remake of the 1974 classic with Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw.

13.  A spacecraft is sent to Jupiter manned by two men and the supercomputer H.A.L. 9000.

14.  2001 film in which a gang of ex-cons rob a casino during Elvis convention week. Starring Kurt Russell and Kevin Costner.

15. John Sturges 1960 remake – in an Old West-style – of Akira Kurosawa's 1954 Japanese film Seven Samurai.

16.  A child psychologist treats a young boy who encounters dead people in a 1999 film.

17.  Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin find a way to turn the tables on their sexist boss?

18. 1984 John Hughes movie, Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, and a birthday? 

19.  What 1954 Howard Keel and Jane Powell vehicle was later made into a television series and Broadway musical?

20.  1971 British film of the famous John Christie, Timothy Evans murder case that rocked Great Britain in the late 1940's.


 

[zebthecat]

18 today thanks zico. It helped that we did Dystopian fiction for the English Literature O-Level. Thomas More's Utopia was anything but.
One hundred years of solitude is one of my favourites as well.

[only1billybonds]

Very poor 9 today.

Thanks (for nothing) Zico.

[Westside]

15. Thanks Zico.

[mallard]

10 for me thanks