Friday, 24 December 2010

Bell & Bear quiz

Latest file attached. Thanks to all contributors, especially Chris for the 'It's Cold' round and Keith Duffell for Music Round.

Nollaig Shona agus Athbhliain faoi Mhaise Daoibh.

Pat McGrath

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Wednesday, 30 May 2007

Cold Quiz

1. Which is colder the North Pole or the South pole?  
South
2. What is the name of the Spanish tomato-based soup served cold?
Gazpacho
3. Jenny, Karen, Rachel, Pete, Adam and David are the central characters in which award-winning TV series?
COLD Feet
4. Which river flows under the bridge linking Scotland and England at Cold stream   
River Tweed
5. What letter is on the cold water taps in French hotels?
F
6. In which novel by Stella Gibbons does Ada Doom see "something nasty in the woodshed"?
Cold Comfort Farm
7. In which 19th century conflict were the battles of Cold Harbour, Pea Ridge, and Cross Keys fought?
American Civil War
8. Coldplay’s Chris Martin is married to which famous actress?
Gwyneth Paltrow
9. 'Its Cold Outside There's No Kind Of Atmosphere' Is The Opening Line To Which TV Show's Theme Tune?
Red Dwarf
10. The coldest capital city in the world is Ulan Bator which is in which country?
Mongolia
11. Who won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film “Cold Mountain”?
Renee Zellweger
12. What term is given to the fear of the cold?
Frigophobia
13. INTO COLD SWEAT is an anagram of which famous actor & director?
Clint Eastwood
14. What name is traditionally given to the process of being weaned off hard drugs?
Cold Turkey
15. "It is cold at six-forty in the morning of a March day in Paris, and seems even colder when a man is about to be executed by firing squad" are the opening lines of which famous novel, by Frederick Forsyth?
The Day of the Jackal
16. Which is the coldest planet in our solar system?
Pluto
17. What is the study of matter at temperatures much colder than than those which occur naturally on earth called?
Cryogenics
18. What word connects COLD, CIVIL, LOCK, and LORD?
War
19. According to the proverb, what R is a dish best served cold?
Revenge
20. Which is colder -40C or -40F?
At this point they are both the same
21. Who Wrote The Novel 'The Spy Who Came In From The Cold?
John Le Carre
22. herpes labalias is another name for what?
A Cold Sore (Acute Nasopharyngitis is a cold)
23. From which song doe these lyrics come - You here a door slam and realise there’s nowhere left to run, you feel the cold hand and wonder if you’ll ever see the sun, you close your eyes and hope that this is just imagination”?
Thriller – Michael Jackson – 1983
24. What term describes an animal which cannot control its body temperature and has to rely on its environment? Cold blooded
25. If you only have one match and it is freezing cold in a room with an oil lamp, a wood burning stove and a candle, which should you light first?
The match!

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