Dolphin Quiz Feb 2012

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February Quiz

1. What was used for the first time at the Nevada state prison, Carson City, on 8th February 1924?
Gas chamber
2. Born January 21st to February 19th, what star sign are you?
Aquarius
3. Which newsreader and Royal correspondent finished as runner-up in February 2004 in the reality show I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here?
Jennie Bond
4. February 1865 was the only month ever not to have had what?
A Full Moon
5. In February 1990, 160 million bottles of what were withdrawn from supermarket shelves?
Perrier – contaminated with benzine
6. When is Superman's birthday?
29th February
7. February 25th 1990, what was banned in the USA?
Smoking on all domestic flights
8. February 1999, what was the fastest growing religion in the USA?
Sikh
9. A British colony since 1843, in February 1965 Africa's smallest country became an independent monarchy within the Commonwealth. Which country?
Gambia
10. Against which author did the Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran proclaim a 'fatwa', or death sentence, in February 1989?
Salman Rushdie
11. Who beat Muhammed Ali in February 1978?
Leon Spinks
12. What is the birthstone for February?
Amethyst
13. Who had a UK number one hit in February 1953 with “She Wears Red Feathers”?
Guy Mitchell
14. In the Middle ages it was believed birds picked their mates on which Saints day?
St Valentine's Day - 14th February
15. What was the only number one hit for the Austrian pop star Falco, who died in February 1998?
Rock Me Amadeus
16. February 1972 saw Richard Nixon become the first serving American President to visit which country?
China
17. Name the chairman of communist China who died aged 92 in February 1997?
Deng Xiaping
18. Which bishop's death officially occurred in Rome on 14th February 270AD?
St Valentine
19. Who moved from Oldham Athletic for £1,700,000 in February 1992 to set a club record for a transfer fee received?
Earle Barrett
20. If every month was the length of February, how many days would be leftover in a year?
Twenty Nine

21. The greatest height on land above sea level that bagpipes have been played is 18,000ft up on the slopes of Mount Everest by Angus Campbell on 2nd February 1988. True or False?
True
22. What caused the British government to declare a state of emergency on February 9th 1972?
The miners strike
23. What has been required on British passports since 1st February 1915?
A photograph
24. What was banned from Friday 14th February 2003?
a) Cigarette Advertising b) Pounds & Ounces in Supermarkets or c) Irish Jokes on TV?
a) Cigarette Advertising
25. February 2003 – England beat Holland – but at which sport?
Cricket
26. On which date of the year do the Americans celebrate Groundhog Day?
February 2nd
27. Which German city was almost destroyed by allied bombers on 14th February 1945?
Dresden
28. Which Black Muslim leader was assassinated on 21st February 1965?
Malcolm X
29. In the TV soap "Emmerdale", which real life sporting celebrity opened the refurbished Woolpack public house in February 1995?
Ian Botham
30. Which cult British TV comedy, written by Doug Naylor and Rob Grant, was first screened on 15th February 1988
Red Dwarf
31. Why was 15th February 1971 called D-day?
Britain changed to decimal currency
32. Which famous twin of a famous mother married a texan heiress in February 1987?
Mark thatcher - although he got lost on the way to the wedding !!!
33. What football league first took place during the Portsmouth v Newcastle match on 22nd February 1956?
Use of floodlights
34. Which singer was born 'Elaine Bookbinder' on 25th february 1945?
Elkie Brooks
35. Who flew in Friendship 7 on February 20th, 1962?
John Glenn
36. Who only passed his UK motor bike test in February 1996?
Eddie Kidd
37. Which athlete was born in MacKay, Queensland, on February 16, 1973?
Cathy Freeman
38. In which bay did 21 Chinese cocklers get drowned in February 2004?
Morecambe
39. What festival is celebrated on February 3rd in Switzerland which exults the end of winter with the burning of straw people as symbols of the end of Old Man Winter?
Homstrom
40. Which member of the Royal Family died on the 6th of February 1952?
The Queens father, George VI

Tiebreaker - On what date did the Boeing 747 first fly?
9th February 1969

Extra - "February made me shiver - with every paper I delivered." are lyrics from which hit record?
"American Pie" by Don McLean