Sunday, 26 August 2012

Quiz Questions

Its been a while since I posted up any questions but I do have a stack waiting to go on the blog. Hope you enjoy these ones and over the next few weeks expect some regular question sets over the next few weeks. Answers in the comment box as usual!

 1.  Let Us Know Praise Famous Men, for which James Agge wrote the text, was a collection of     pictures of sharecroppers by which famous Photographer?

2.       The Adironack Mountains lie mainly within which US State?

3.       Which famous artist entered a sculpture of a urinal, known as Fountain into an exhibition?

4.       What was the name of the breakthrough steam-powered, bat-wing aeroplane which made the first powered take off in history but could not be steered and flew only around 50m?

5.       What is the second largest river in Italy, after the Po?

6.       Lorengau is the chief town on which island?

7.       What role links Richard E Grant, Marius Goring and Anton Rogers?

8.       The Strait of Otranto separates the Adriatic Sea from which other sea?

9.       Torquay United, Rotherham United and which other English Football league team are the only three in the league to have all five vowels in their name?

10.   Which Roman Emperor was killed at the Battle of Adrianpole by the Visigoths under Fritigern in 378AD?

11.   Who was the first actor to play Superman on Television?

12.   And also who is the only person to play both Lois Lane and Superman’s mother?

13.   Who was the creator of Captain Pugwash?

14.   Who was married to Lady Hysteria, fleed his debt ridden Crumblecreek Castle and had children called Sue and Sim?

1 comment:

  1. 1. Walker Evans
    2. New York
    3. Marcel Duchamp
    4. Eole
    5. River Adige
    6. Manus
    7. The Scarlet Pimpernel
    8. Ionian Sea
    9. Hartlepool United
    10. Valen
    11. George Reeves
    12. Noel Neill
    13. John Ryan
    14. Sir Prancelot

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