20 Free Quiz Questions And Answers For Week 1 of October 2009

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1.   The singer-songwriter Damon Gough performs under the name of ‘Badly Drawn ….’ What ?
     Boy

2.  In 2006, who succeeded Sven-Goran Eriksson as the England football manager ?
     Steve McClaren  

3.  Who directed the 1993 film blockbuster ‘Jurassic Park’ ?
     Steven Spielberg

4.  In the ‘Arabian Nights’ story, what was inside Aladdin’s lamp ?
     Genie

5.  Arundel Castle, in West Sussex, is the seat of which dukes ?
     Dukes of Norfolk  

6.  How is the West Highland White Terrier dog more popularly known ?
     Westie

7.  Fitzgerald’s Bar was a popular haunt in which TV drama series set in a small Irish village ?
     Ballykissangel

8.  Spectacles are used to aid which of the five senses ?
     Sight

9.  Which US president said ‘ich bin ein Berliner’ during a 1963 visit to Berlin?
     John F Kennedy

10.  The French word ‘Pantalon’ refers to which item of clothing ?
       Trousers

11.  Who played the title role in the 1969 film ‘The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie’?    Maggie Smith

12.  In which US city does the car race known popularly as the Indy 500 take place ?   Indianapolis

13.  As used in lonely hearts columns, what does the abbreviation GSOH stand for ?  Good Sense Of Humour

14.  What name is given to the classified telephone directory, often printed on yellow paper, listing services provided ?  Yellow Pages

15.  Which singer had UK number one hits in the 1980’s with ‘This Ole House’ and ‘Oh Julie’ ?  Shakin’ Stevens

16.  A sweet consisting of flavoured gelatine coated in icing sugar is known as ‘Turkish ….’ what ?  Delight

17.  Which famous English forest lies between the river Severn and Wye in Gloucestershire ?   Forest of Dean

18.  In which decade was the Mir space station launched ?
       1980’s

19.  The Greater Horseshoe and Serotine are varietiesof which flying mammal ?
       Bat

20.  Which Welsh former choirboy presents TV’s ‘Songs of Praise’ ?
       Aled Jones

Tie: In which year was American Pilot Francis Gary Powers shot down while on a U2 spy plane mission over the USSR ?
     1960

Happy Quizzing !