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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.  

11 so not too bad for me thanks Zico

13 thanks 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.
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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


 

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.


 

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.

Very poor 9 today.

Thanks (for nothing) Zico.

15. Thanks Zico.

10 for me thanks 

13 thanks Zico.

Books with Numbers in the Title Quiz

1.  In which dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury were books banned?
Fahrenheit 451

2.  Which historical novel by Charles Dickens was set in London and Paris during the French Revolution?
A Tale of Two Cities

3.  In which book was Great Britain known as Airstrip One?
Nineteen Eighty-Four (by George Orwell)

4.  Which 1969 science fiction, anti-war novel, was written by Kurt Vonnegut?
Slaughterhouse-Five

5. Which French historical adventure novel was written in 1844 by author Alexandre Dumas? 
The Three Musketeers

6.  Which Ken Kesey novel was set in an Oregon psychiatric hospital?
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

7.  Which World War II novel follows the life of U.S. Army Captain John Yossarian?
Catch-22 (by American author Joseph Heller)

8.  Which novel tells the story of Phileas Fogg and his newly employed valet Passepartout?
Around the World in Eighty Days (by the French writer Jules Verne)

9.  Which Jerome K. Jerome book is about a boating holiday on the Thames?
Three Men in a Boat

10.  Which well-known 1956 children's novel was written by Dodie Smith?
The Hundred and One Dalmatians

11.  Which John Buchan novel is one of the earliest examples of the "man-on-the-run" thriller?
The Thirty-Nine Steps

12.  Which book tells the deepening relationship between Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey?
Fifty Shades of Grey

13.  What is the title of the second novel to feature Sherlock Holmes?
The Sign of the Four

14.  A collection of amazing stories about djinns, seven voyages, and forty thieves are woven together by Scheherazade?
A Thousand and One Arabian Nights

15.  Jules Verne classic where Captain Nemo leads his crew against the threats of a sea monster and asphyxiation under the arctic ice?
20000 Leagues Under the Sea

16.  Thriller novel by Alistair McLean. This novel combines the genres of spy novel and detective novel and involves the hijacking of some cargo ships in the Irish Sea. What is the name of this book?
When Eight Bells Toll

17.  Second book in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. This epic novel follows Frodo and Sam’s quest as they continue their way to mount doom to destroy the Ring of Power?
The Two Towers

18.  Came to the forefront when it aired as a Netflix TV series in 2017. The book is a heart-wrenching coming-of-age story about a boy learning the truth behind his friend’s suicide?
Thirteen Reasons Why

19.  Memoir by Solomon Northup, telling the true story of his life in 1853 and how he was born free and kidnapped into slavery for many years?
Twelve Years A Slave

20.  Which 1967 novel by Gabriel García Marquez tells the story of the Buendía family?
One Hundred Years of Solitude

 

Books with Numbers in the Title Quiz

1.  In which dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury were books banned?

2.  Which historical novel by Charles Dickens was set in London and Paris during the French Revolution?

3.  In which book was Great Britain known as Airstrip One?

4.  Which 1969 science fiction, anti-war novel, was written by Kurt Vonnegut?

5. Which French historical adventure novel was written in 1844 by author Alexandre Dumas? 

6.  Which Ken Kesey novel was set in an Oregon psychiatric hospital?

7.  Which World War II novel follows the life of U.S. Army Captain John Yossarian?

8.  Which novel tells the story of Phileas Fogg and his newly employed valet Passepartout?

9.  Which Jerome K. Jerome book is about a boating holiday on the Thames?

10.  Which well-known 1956 children's novel was written by Dodie Smith?

11.  Which John Buchan novel is one of the earliest examples of the "man-on-the-run" thriller?

12.  Which book tells the deepening relationship between Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey?

13.  What is the title of the second novel to feature Sherlock Holmes?

14.  A collection of amazing stories about djinns, seven voyages, and forty thieves are woven together by Scheherazade?

15.  Jules Verne classic where Captain Nemo leads his crew against the threats of a sea monster and asphyxiation under the arctic ice?

16.  Thriller novel by Alistair McLean. This novel combines the genres of spy novel and detective novel and involves the hijacking of some cargo ships in the Irish Sea. What is the name of this book?

17.  Second book in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. This epic novel follows Frodo and Sam’s quest as they continue their way to mount doom to destroy the Ring of Power?

18.  Came to the forefront when it aired as a Netflix TV series in 2017. The book is a heart-wrenching coming-of-age story about a boy learning the truth behind his friend’s suicide?

19.  Memoir by Solomon Northup, telling the true story of his life in 1853 and how he was born free and kidnapped into slavery for many years?

20.  Which 1967 novel by Gabriel García Marquez tells the story of the Buendía family?





 

15. Thanks Zico.

15 today thanks zico

13 today.

Cheers Zico 

Ok I'll give you a point for that East.  I based the question on the fact that Henrietta Maria was "queen consort" of Charles I of England and daughter of King Henry IV of France rather than "ruling" Queen so to speak but indeed some sites just put her down as a Queen!

10 today thanks Zico

That includes one for Maryland, which was also named after an English Queen, "Mary", the wife of Charles I

Midnight = 14
Women = 10

Many Thanks Zico

Famous Women Quiz

1.  Which suffragette stepped in front of King George V's horse Anmer at the Epsom Derby on 4 June 1913 and suffered fatal injuries?
Emily Davison

2.  In 1975: Junko Tabei, first woman to climb what?
Mount Everest

3. Marie Curie discovered two elements; can you name both? Point for each
Polonium and radium

4.  In 1955, which 'First Lady of Civil Rights' became famous for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama?
Rosa Parks

5.  Who is generally regarded as the richest self-made woman in America?
Oprah Winfrey

6.  Sometimes regarded as the Queen of Rock n' Roll, who is best known for her work as the front-woman of Fleetwood Mac?
Stevie Nicks

7.  Which American state is named after a British queen?
State of Virginia

8. The controversial 1957 film “And God Created Woman” starred which actress?
Brigitte Bardot

9.  Mother Teresa is known in the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of where?
Calcutta (she was born Anjeze Gonxhe Bojaxhiu in Skopje which 'was then' part of Albania)

10.  Who was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
Amelia Earhart

11.  Which country music singer-songwriter is sometimes known as The Coal Miner's Daughter?
Loretta Lynn

12. Nicole Kidman won a Best Actress Oscar for portraying which English writer in the 2002 film The Hours?
Virginia Woolf

13.  Who was known for her catchphrases 'walkies' and 'sit' in the early 1980s?
Barbara Woodhouse

14.  Who was the youngest of the famous Bronte sisters, was it Charlotte, Emily or Anne?
Anne

15.  Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to go where?
Space

16.  Which Prussian-born Queen said, “Power without a nation’s confidence is nothing”?
Catherine the Great

17.  Can you remember the name of the American primatologist and conservationist known for undertaking an extensive study of mountain gorilla groups?  She was played by Sigourney Weaver in the 1988 film “Gorillas in the Mist”.
Dian Fossey

18. How many years did Elizabeth II reign as Queen of The United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms?
70 years and 214 days

19. Which female tennis player has won the most Grand Slam titles?  Hint – She has a rather apt surname.
Margaret Court (24 titles) - Serena Williams has 23 and Steffi Graff 22

20.  Who was the first woman ever to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
Aretha Franklin


 

Famous Women Quiz

1.  Which suffragette stepped in front of King George V's horse Anmer at the Epsom Derby on 4 June 1913 and suffered fatal injuries?

2.  In 1975: Junko Tabei, first woman to climb what?

3. Marie Curie discovered two elements; can you name both? Point for each

4.  In 1955, which 'First Lady of Civil Rights' became famous for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama?

5.  Who is generally regarded as the richest self-made woman in America?

6.  Sometimes regarded as the Queen of Rock n' Roll, who is best known for her work as the front-woman of Fleetwood Mac?

7.  Which American state is named after a British queen?

8. The controversial 1957 film “And God Created Woman” starred which actress?

9.  Mother Teresa is known in the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of where?

10.  Who was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?

11.  Which country music singer-songwriter is sometimes known as The Coal Miner's Daughter?

12. Nicole Kidman won a Best Actress Oscar for portraying which English writer in the 2002 film The Hours?

13.  Who was known for her catchphrases 'walkies' and 'sit' in the early 1980s?

14.  Who was the youngest of the famous Bronte sisters, was it Charlotte, Emily or Anne?

15.  Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to go where?

16.  Which Prussian-born Queen said, “Power without a nation’s confidence is nothing”?

17.  Can you remember the name of the American primatologist and conservationist known for undertaking an extensive study of mountain gorilla groups?  She was played by Sigourney Weaver in the 1988 film “Gorillas in the Mist”.

18. How many years did Elizabeth II reign as Queen of The United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms?

19. Which female tennis player has won the most Grand Slam titles?  Hint – She has a rather apt surname.

20.  Who was the first woman ever to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?







 

16 today thanks zico.

East, see your film knowledge is decent. Both films are outstanding. Apparently the scene in the street where Hoffman shouts at cab drivers was all ad libbed. Only 18 certificate to win an Oscar for Best Picture I believe. You don't see films like that anymore. Watched The French Connection again last week and it's brilliantly gritty. Must confess I love Midnight Run as well. Charles Grodin was exceptional.

15.

Cheers Zico.

Agree with East,Midnight Express is a great film  (and book).

13 today thanks Zico.  You will be pleased to know that Midnight Express and Midnight Cowboy are two of my all-time favourite films - "Don't call me Ratso - My name is Rizzo"

15. Thanks Zico.

Midnight Quiz

1. "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" is a song by which group?
ABBA 

2.  What was the first number one hit in the UK Singles Chart for the 80's band Dexys Midnight Runners?
Geno ("Come On Eileen" was their second number one hit)

3.  Which American State is sometimes known as the "Land of the Midnight Sun"?
Alaska

4.  Cinderella had to be back at home before the clock strikes midnight before here coach would turn back into what?
A pumpkin

5.  Back in January the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS) moved which Clock forward by one second to 89 seconds before midnight, signalling a heightened risk of global catastrophe?
Doomsday Clock

6.  In 1957, "Walkin' After Midnight" became which singer's first major hit single?
Patsy Cline

7.  Where was the midnight train going in the 1973 number one hit single by Gladys Knight & the Pips?
Georgia

8.  In the 1978 American prison drama film Midnight Express, a young American student was sent to a prison in which country?
Turkey

9.  In the saying, what do you do with the 'midnight oil' when working late into the night?
Burn/Burning

10.  Does the midnight sun, a natural phenomenon when the sun remains visible at the local midnight, occur at places north of the Arctic Circle, south of the Antarctic Circle, or both?
Both

11.  In which action-comedy film is bounty hunter Jack Walsh (played by Robert De Niro) enlisted to bring accountant Jonathan "The Duke" Mardukas (Charles Grodin) back to Los Angeles?
Midnight Run

12.  'The Midnight Gang' is a children's story of friendship, theatre and magic by which British author and comedian?
David Walliams

13.  "In the Midnight Hour" is a song originally performed in 1965 by which American singer and songwriter and released on his album of the same name?
Wilson Pickett

14.  From what Shakespeare play is this quote from: "The iron tongue of Midnight hath/ told twelve lovers, to bed; 'tis/ almost fairy time."
A Midsummer Night's Dream

15.  Which two actors starred as Rico "Ratso".Rizzo and Joe Buck in the 1969 Academy Award Winner “Midnight Cowboy”?  Point for each.
Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight

16.  Name the American drama television series created by Richard DiLello, which aired on TV from 1988 – 1991, which was one of the first television series to address the dramatic possibilities of the then-growing phenomenon of talk radio. It starred Gary Cole as Radio host Jack Killian?
Midnight Caller

17. Released on October 21, 2022, “Midnights” is the tenth studio album by which globally famous female American singer-songwriter?
Taylor Swift

18. Name the American singer and actor who is also known as “Mr. Las Vegas”, "The Midnight Idol" and "Mr. Entertainment".
Wayne Newton

19.  Where would you find the Bathypelagic Zone otherwise known as the Midnight Zone?
The Ocean/Sea - The depths from 1,000-4,000 meters (3,300 - 13,100 feet) comprise the bathypelagic zone. Due to its constant darkness, this zone is also called the midnight zone.

20.  In Bram Stoker’s Dracula Jonathan Harker is warned: ‘It is the eve of St. George’s Day. Do you not know that tonight, when the clock strikes midnight, all the evil things in the world will have full sway?’  What year was the book Dracula written, was it 1887, 1897, 1907?
1897