QUIZ ANSWERS 18 Malachi 19 Donna Karan New York 20 T2 Trainspotting 21 Hermaphrodite 1 Tales 2 Canberra 3 Ayrton Senna 4 David Byrne
22 Kuwait 23 Hungarian 24 Alpha Centauri 25 Hercule Poirot
35 Owen Wilson 36 Predictions/Prophecies 37 Mount Vesuvius
5 War Machine
38 12
6 Nile
39 Pakistan and Afghanistan
7 Mercedes
40 Thor
8 ‘Rolling in the Deep’
41 Wolf
9 The Jimi Hendrix Experience 10 Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson 11 Japan
26 Camels 27 New Zealand 28 Wembley 29 Nashville
42 Circadian rhythm 43 Leicester Square, Coventry Street and Piccadilly 44 Three (Ivana, Marla and Melania) 45 Tom Hanks 46 A bicycle 47 Nicotine 48 Argon
12 Muhammad Ali 13 ‘Somebody That I Used to Know’ 14 540 15 Dan Stevens 16 10 17 Jackie Robinson, played for Brooklyn Dodgers
30 Logan 31 Jerusalem 32 Vercingetorix 33 Pacific Ocean
49 Amadeus
34 Britney Spears
50 Robin Williams
HAPPY NEW YEAR
2018
NEW YEAR’S GIANT QUIZ Well, here we are, 2017 is almost finished and we are all little wiser and a little bit older. So whether you’re nursing that hangover or just spending a relaxing day by the beach, here are some fun questions to wile away the New Year long weekend hours with – or to challenge your friends, if they think they’re smart enough. Happy Quiz and Happy New Year! 1 Complete the title of the fifth film in the Pirates of the Caribbean series: ‘Dead Men Tell No...’?
10 Once portrayed by David Hasselhoff, which star plays Mitch Buchannon in the Baywatch movie released in 2017?
2 What is the capital of Australia?
11 Which country is known as the Land of the Rising Sun?
3 Who, in 1991, became the first driver to win the first four races of a Formula One grand prix season?
12 Who was declared the Sportsman of the Century in 1999 by both the prestigious US magazine ‘Sports Illustrated’ and the BBC?
4 Who was the lead singer of the band the Talking Heads? 5 Brad Pitt plays General Glen McMahon in which film directed by David Michod?
13 The singer Gotye released which hit song in 2011?
6 What is the longest river in the world called? 7 In 2012 Lewis Hamilton announced he was leaving McLaren to drive for which other Formula 1 team?
16 How many arms/tentacles/ limbs does a squid have? 17 Who was the first black player to play in baseball’s major leagues in 1947 and for which side?
8 What was Adele’s first song to hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100? 9 Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell were the two lessfamous members of which rock trio?
19 What do the fashionable initials DKNY stand for?
26 The llama belongs to the family of animals commonly called what?
20 Mark Renton returned to Scotland in which Danny Boyledirected film released in January 2017?
28 At which stadium was the famous 1966 football World Cup final match played?
18 Which is the last book of the Old Testament?
27 Which country became the first to give women the vote in 1893?
21 What is the word used to describe an animal/plant that is both male and female?
14 How many degrees are there in one and a half full turns? 15 Who played “Beast” in the film adaptation of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast?
which Belgian detective in the soon to be released Murder on the Orient Express?
23 What nationality is Ernő Rubik, inventor of the Rubik’s Cube? 24 What is the name of the nearest star system to our sun? 25 Kenneth Branagh stars as
34 Which American singer has recorded albums entitled ‘Glory’, ‘Femme Fatale’ and ‘Blackout’? 35 Which US actor voices Lightning McQueen in the Cars film franchise? 36 Nostradamus was famous for making what?
30 What is the name of the character played by Hugh Jackman in nine of the 10 films in the X-Men movie franchise? 31 Which Middle Eastern city is also the name of a type of artichoke? 32 Who led the Gallic tribes in their resistance to Julius Caesar’s Roman legions? 33 The Mariana Trench, the
erties in the original UK version of Monopoly. 44 How many times has Donald Trump been married?
38 A cube has how many edges?
45 Which actor known for his collaboration with director Steven Spielberg starred in Saving Private Ryan, Catch Me If You Can, The Terminal and Bridge of Spies?
39 The ‘Durand Line’ is a border between which two countries?
46 The Velocipede was a 19thcentury prototype of what?
40 A star-studded cast including Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett, Idris Elba and Jeff Goldblum team up in a film based on which Norse Marvel Comics character?
47 What typically makes up between 0.5% and 3% of the dry weight of tobacco?
37 Which volcano erupted in 1906, causing huge damage and over 100 deaths in the city of Naples? 29 What is the capital of the US state of Tennessee?
22 August 1990 saw 100,000 Iraqi troops invade which neigbouring state, sparking off the first Gulf War?
deepest location on Earth, lies within which ocean?
41 In mythology, Romulus and Remus were brought up by which animal? 42 What name is given to a biological process that sets itself naturally to a 24-hour cycle? 43 Name all three yellow prop-
48 What is the third most common gas in the earth’s atmosphere after Nitrogen and Oxygen? 49 What was the middle name of Wolfgang Mozart? 50 Which actor who died in August 2014 said ‘You’re only given a little spark of madness. You mustn’t lose it.’