Linda’s Friday Night Quiz

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LINDA’S FRIDAY NIGHT QUIZ

ROUND 1FILM

NAME THE FILM OR FILM SERIES AND THE

CHARACTER

ROUND 1 / FILM / PICTURE ROUND 1/5 / QUESTION 1

CHARACTER

Who’s films include LA Confidential, The Usual Suspects and American Beauty?

ROUND 1 / FILM / QUICKFIRE 1/5 / QUESTION 6

The number one and number two highest grossing films of all time were directed and written by the same man – who?

The news photographer, Paparazzo, who gave his name to the modern-day ‘paparazzi’, was a character from which 1960’s film?

How many Bond films did Roger Moore star in?

In which decade was Ben Hur released?

ROUND 2HISTORY

NAME THE HISTORICAL CHARACTER

ROUND 2 / HISTORY/ PICTURE ROUND 1/5 / QUESTION 11

HISTORY

To which political party did Abraham Lincoln belong?

ROUND 2 / HISTORY / QUICKFIRE 1/5 / QUESTION 16

HISTORY

Which volcano erupted in the first century AD, burying the Italian city of Pompeii?

HISTORY

Who was President when Apollo 11 put the first men on the moon?

HISTORY

Who was head of the German Luftwaffe during World War II?

HISTORY

In which country was Leon Trotsky assassinated in 1940?

ROUND 3ART & LITERATURE

NAME THE ART PERIODROUND 3 / ART & LITERATURE / PICTURE ROUND 1/5 / QUESTION 21

ART & LITERATURE

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Magician’s Nephew and The Silver Chair are three of the books from which seven-part children’s collection?

ROUND 3 / ART & LITERATURE / QUICKFIRE 1/5 / QUESTION 26

ART & LITERATURE

Which French author declined the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1964?

ART & LITERATURE

Who wrote the Twilight series of novels?

ART & LITERATURE

Who wrote A Farewell to Arms (Farväl till vapnen), based on his experiences in World War I, and For Whom the Bell Tolls (Klockan klämtar för dig), based on his experiences in the Spanish Civil War?

ART & LITERATURE

Which is the third book in the Harry Potter series?

ROUND 4GEOGRAPHY

NAME THE COUNTRY NAME THE COUNTRY NAME THE COUNTRY

ROUND 4 / GEOGRAPHY / PICTURE ROUND 1-3/5 / QUESTIONS 31-3

NAME THE COUNTRY NAME THE COUNTRY

ROUND 4 / GEOGRAPHY / PICTURE ROUND 4-5/5 / QUESTIONS 34-5

GEOGRAPHY

Which is South America’s northernmost capital city?

ROUND 4 / GEOGRAPHY / QUICKFIRE 1/5 / QUESTION 36

GEOGRAPHY

Which capital city is the only in the world to border two other countries?

GEOGRAPHY

Monrovia, named after American President, James Munroe, is the capital of which African country?

GEOGRAPHY

The majority of the River Nile flows through which country?

GEOGRAPHY

Which is the most populous city in Brazil?

ROUND 5POT LUCK

BRANDS

After splitting with his business partner and brother, Adi Dassler, in 1947, which sportswear brand did Rudolf Dassler go on to found one year later?

ROUND 5 / POT LUCK / QUICKFIRE 1/10 / QUESTION 41

Papageno is the baritone in which 18th century opera?

MAKE THE CONNECTIONROUND 5 / POT LUCK / QUICKFIRE 3/10 / QUESTION 43

POP MUSIC

Who had hits in the 80s with Never Gonna Give You Up and Whenever You Need Somebody?

NAME THE FOOTBALL CLUB

What are the first names of the four main characters in Sex and the City?

NAME THE BUILDING

SCIENCE

Which of the following towns does not have an element named after it: Ytterby, Darmstadt, Copenhagen, Poznan?

LANGUAGES

Which fruit is called a ‘pamplemousse’ in French?

EUROVISION SONG CONTEST

Who delivered Sweden’s worst finish of 26th place in the ESC?

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