Latchmere quiz 13^th Sep 2012 round 1

Food

1.What is the basis for the Italian cooking sauce pasata?                                                      Tomato

2.In cookery, the traditional Austrian Wiener Schnitzel is made with which meat?           Veal

3.Sterlet, Ossetra, and Sevruga. Are three of the four varieties of which expensive food? Caviar

4. What would you add to a Welsh rabbit to make Buck Rabbit?                           A Poached Egg

5 What type of nut is used in the preparation of Satay Sauce?                                       Peanuts

  

Pop

6.60's no3 hit in UK song and band opening lyrics Over Bridges of Sighs To rest my eyes in shades of green Under Dreaming Spires.                              Itchycoo Park / The Small Faces

7.What Led Zepplin single was released in Australia and in Europe in 1970 reaching no1 in Australia Germany and Denmark not released in UK until 1997 the group only single to be released it got to  No 21 in the UK charts name the song.                       Whole Lotta Love

8 Name any number one by Bruno Mars.                    "Just the Way You Are" "Grenade" and

     "The Lazy Song” also has featured artist on "Nothin' on you" (B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars)

9. Heidi Range Amelle Berrabah and Jade Ewen are the current members of which group.    Sugababes

10. Studio albums so far are   Who Needs Actions When You Got Words (2006) The Defamation of Strickland Banks (2010)   Ill Manors (2012) name the artist real name or stage name.

                                    Benjamin Paul Ballance-Drew primarily known as Plan B or Ben Drew

Sport

11.What nationality was Grzegorz Lato Golden boot winner at the 1974 football World Cup?       Polish
12.What is the name given to the Main Stadium at the American Open Tennis championship Named after a former player who died in 1993.                                           Arthur Ashe
13.Name the Flat racing Champion for 2010 and 2011 he won in those two years.    Paul Hanagan
14.What was the surname of the GB team members who are brothers that won gold and silver
in the same race.                                                                                       Brownlee /Triathlon

15. How many times did Nigel Mansell win the British Grand Prix? 1,2,3, or 4.            4

Pot Luck.
16.Texas Hold ‘Em is a variation of which card game?                                                         Poker
17.What ceremony takes place every night at the Tower of London, and has done so in some form or another since the 14th century. At exactly 9.53pm.                                Ceremony of the Keys
18.How many spikes are on the crown of The Statue of Liberty in New York USA?               Seven
19. The Tale of Mr. Tod is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter, What type of animal is Beatrix Potter’s Mr Tod?                                                                     Fox 

20. In cockney  slang what amount of money is denoted by a cockle,?

                                                                                  It means £10.00 Cockle and Hen

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1What is the nickname of USA state Kentucky although it grows mainly green in England.          Bluegrass

2. Traditional American song Opening lines. My wife and I lived all alone, In a little log hut we called our own; She loved gin and I loved rum, I tell you what, we’d lots of fun. Chorus: Ha, ha, ha, you and me.                                                                                             Little Brown Jug

3. Noddy's best friend, a wise, bearded brownie.                                            Big Ears

4.What is produced from an alloy of copper and zinc?                                      Brass

5 Oh, when the saints next three words to American gospel hymn. Often heard at football grounds with a variant depending on the team playing i.e.. Blues or Spurs.                  Go marching in

Quiz link all types of Band Bluegrass Jug Big Brass Marching

Latchmere quiz 13^th Sep 2012 round 2

World history

1. Which International Treaty, adopted in August 1949, deals with the Treatment of Prisoners of War?                                                                                                              Geneva Convention

2.The telephone was developed in the mid-1870s by whom.                   Alexander Graham Bell

3.Which war involving the Americans, did the signing of an armistice on 27th July 1953 end.                                                                               

                                                                                                                          The Korean War

4. Which emperor of Rome famed last words were `Et tu, Brute`?                 Julius Caesar’s

5. Off which countries coast was Nelson’s last battle The Battle of Trafalgar fought?    Spain

Geography

6. Nairobi is the capital city of which African country?                                                Kenya

7.With which three countries does Luxembourg border?                   Belgium, France and Germany

8. Linz and Graz are fairly large cites with over a quarter of a million people in which country.

                                                                                                                                         Austria

9 What is the state capital of Tasmania?                                                                    Hobart

10. What is the name of the fault that causes the earthquakes in California?     San Andreas Fault

Film

11.Name the actress who has been in all these three films in 2012 Contraband as Kate Farraday.

 Underworld: Awakening as Selene and Total Recall as Lori Quaid.                Kate Beckinsale

12. In Disney’s 1967 film “The Jungle Book” what is the name of the Panther voiced by Sebastian Cabot?                                                                                                                             Bagheera

13.Who took over the Role of 007 after Roger Moore left and in which film was it?

                                                                                            Timothy Dalton / Licensed to kill.

14.Michael Fassbender played Erik Lehnsherr what was is mutant character in the X men First Class. Ian McKellen was in the other X Men films.                                                    Magneto

15.Plot to a recent release. Set in Depression-era Franklin County, Virginia, a bootlegging gang is threatened by a new deputy and other authorities who want a cut of their profits. : Stars Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf and Guy Pearce.                                                                 Lawless

Nature

16. What insects live in a Formicary?                                                                Ants

17. Which bird can fly straight up, down, and backward and Hoover?  Hummingbirds

18.What is the collective name for a group of Dolphins?                                  A Pod

19.In which country is the Dingo mostly associated                                      Australia

20.Which animal is the symbol of the organisation World Wild life Fund .  Panda

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1. What was Mummy doing with Santa Claus underneath the mistletoe according to that festive song.                                                                                                                               Kissing

2 What is represented by the Chemical symbol Fe.                                                     Iron

3.A Lynn Anderson hit Lyrics Along with the sunshine, There's gotta be a little rain sometimes.

                                                                                                     Rose Garden

Quiz link all types of Gate 

When you take, you gotta give, so live and let live name the song.                       Rose garden

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