QUINCY’S QUIZ NIGHT The Quiz 1. Which SA city is known as the windy city? (P.E.) 2. Of the leatherback, loggerhead or hawksbill which is the largest turtle? (Leatherback) 3. By what other name is the North American groundhog known? (Woodchuck) 4. What is the alternative name for the Mona Lisa? (La Giaconda) 5. In which country did Idi Amin live in exile until his death in 2003? (Saudi Arabia) 6. How many years ago was Dolly the sheep cloned? (30) 7. Which 1950’s F1 driver, like Jenson Button, drove a debut car, got pole and won? (Fangio) 8. Which villain coveted Gummi-berry juice, made by the Gummi-bears? (Duke Ighthorn) 9. Who was the first choice, before Humphrey Bogart, to play the lead in Casablanca? (Reagan) 10. In which year did American John D Rockefeller become the world’s first billionaire? (1916) 11. In the famous proverb, who calls the tune? (He who pays the piper) 12. Recently a population of rare orang-utans has been discovered on which island? (Borneo) 13. Which of limestone, brimstone, soapstone and sandstone does not belong? (Brimstone) 14. What does the charity FreeMe KZN care for and rehabilitate? (Wildlife) 15. Which landlocked country in Southern Africa has only one neighbour? (Lesotho) 16. How many times has Greg Minnaar won the ICU World MTB championship? (4) 17. What does one have if one suffers from anosmia? (No sense of smell) 18. How many matches comprise the IPL tournament being played in SA? (59) 19. Gwen Stefani is the lead singer with which band? (No doubt) 20. In which Bond film does Q appear for the first time? (From Russia with Love) 21. (Germany) 22. (Vietnam) 23. (Spain) 24. (Peru) 25. (Angola) 26. (England) 27. (Italy) 28. (Argentina) 29. (Canada) 30. (Iraq)
The Quiz
(Part 2)
1. Which USA city is known as the windy city? (Chicago) 2. Which shore living predator is the baby turtle’s worst enemy on its way seaward? (Ghost crab) 3. Where is Napoleon’s tomb, give the building and city for two points? (Les Invalides, Paris) 4. Which recent award winning film is based on a novel by Vikas Swarup? (Slumdog Millionaire) 5. Which small animals are being successfully used to sniff out landmines left over from the
Mozambique civil war? (Rats) 6. After whom is the Soweto Open Tennis venue named? (Arthur Ashe) 7. How many masters’ Green Jackets did Gary Player win during his career? (3) 8. Where does the Dalai-Lama live in exile? (Dharamsala) 9. What type of animal born in Dubai on 14/04/09 the first successful clone of its breed? (Camel) 10. On which TV show might you have seen Statler and Waldorf? (The Muppet Show) 11. According to the proverb, what should you never bite off? (More than you can chew) 12. Who are the arch-enemies of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? (Shredder and Foot Clan) 13. Who won yesterdays F1 GP at Shanghai? (Sebastian Vettel) 14. Name the only place penguins are found naturally in the Northern Hemisphere? (Galapagos) 15. Which captain of the 1906 tour to England originally named the Springboks? (Paul Roos) 16. Which IPL team does Shane Warne captain and coach? (Rajasthan Royals) 17. The cryptic clue: An arts graduate from Bloemfontein meets a sailor at a tree. (6) (Baobab) 18. Which country has the southernmost city in the world? (Argentina, Ushuaia) 19. How would you write the word Quincy’s using the NATO phonetic alphabet? (Quebec, uniform,
India, November, charlie, Yankee, sierra) 20. In the music world, how is Damon Gough better known? (Badly Drawn Boy) 21. (2 – actually two sequences, 2, 3, 4 and 5 and 9, 18, 36, 72) 22. (Sandra was born in 2008 BC) 23. (BAG) 24. (MCCCXCIX, 967 + 432 = 1399) 25. (Too funny for words, you are under arrest, turn the other cheek)