Quiz - Week 18 - Questions and Answers

 

For those of you who follow the blog and joined in with the Quiz on Tuesday I promised that on Fridays you would have the answers. 

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1. Something Geeky Films

1. Ben affleck has stared as 2 superheroes in film. Which ones? A point each.

Batman and Daredevil

2. In total, how many  films have been made from  J R R Tolkien books by Peter Jackson?

6

3. The Hunger Games films were made following the works of which authour?

Susan Collins

4. What is the title of the 3^rd Captain America film?

Civil War

5. The first Back to the future film was released in which year?

1985

2. Events in History – Exact 2 point 2 year either way 1 point

1. What year was the Hillsborough Disaster?

1989

2. What year did the Titanic sink?

1912

3. Martin Luther King Jr. made his “I have a dream” speech.

1963

4. What year did Charles and Diana marry?

1981

5. Which year was the Queens coronation?

1953

3. Science the Study of “ologies”

1. Arthrology

Joints

2. Graminology

Grass

3. Cynology

Dogs

4. Archeaozoology

Relationship between animals and people

5. Ologology

Study

4. Misconceptions

1. What does the word Sushi mean?

Vinegared rice.

2. What man made can be seen from space?

Not the great wall of china but lights.

3. What incites a bull to charge at a Matador?

Not a red coloured object but actually the matador itself. They would see the danger through prior treatment.

4. What happens when you wake someone sleepwalking?

Nothing

5.  How many people are needed for a Mexican Stand off?

2 or more. Not 3.

5. Technology

1. When was Google founded?

1998

2. Pressing Ctrl and V on a keyboard creates which action?

Paste

3. Which type of technology was named after Danish-Norwegian king Harald Blátönn?

Bluetooth

4. There are 6 brands that produce mobile phones, name 5 brands of Mobile phone?

Samsung, Iphone, Blackberry, Motorola, nokia or LG

5. What was the first brand of mobile phone?

Motorola DynaTAC

6. General Knowledge

1. Weiner Schnitzel is the national dish to which country?

Austria

2. Who was god of the sun in Ancient Egyptian mythology?

Ra

3. Who was the only United Stated president to have resigned from office?

Richard Nixon in 1974

4. Who was the first British person to travel into space?

Helen Sharman

5. Name the first feature film in which Elvis Presley appeared.

Love Me Tender

 

Bonus question:

Who won the 2016 Oscar for actor in a leading role and for which film?

Leonardo DiCaprio for ‘The Revenant’