Quiz Number 95 - Answers

Published: Monday 19th October 2015
  1. By what name is Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 1 known by? Winter Daydreams.
  2. What is the name of the Awards presented annually by the Canadian Academy of Arts & Science for outstanding performance in the record industry? The Juno Awards.
  3. Which book of the Bible tells the story of Samson and Delilah? Judges.
  4. Which computer is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the highest-selling single computer model of all time ? Commodore 64.
  5. What UK top ten hits from the following artists contain the word "Under" in their title, [a] The Herd (1967), [b] All Saints (1998), [c] Dean Martin (1955), [d] Men at Work (1983) and [e] Evanescence (2003)? [a] "From the Underworld" reached no.6, [b] "Under the Bridge", no.1, [c] "Under the Bridges of Paris", no.6, [d] "Down Under", no.1 and [e] "Going Under", no.8.
  6. Which Hollywood actress was born with the real name of Audrey Kathleen Ruston? Audrey Hepburn.
  7. The name of which disease is derived from the Medieval Italian for "Bad Air"? Malaria.
  8. On which Jane Austen novel was the 1995 movie "Clueless" loosely based? Emma.
  9. The names of which Six English cities starts with the letter "W"? Wakefield, Wells, Westminster, Winchester, Wolverhampton and Worcester.
  10. How many moons does the planet Mercury have? None.
  11. From which club did Trevor Francis join Nottingham Forest in England's first £1 million transfer? Birmingham City.
  12. What was the name of the South American country Belize prior to 1973? British Honduras.
  13. What type of foodstuff is a Norfolk Giant? Raspberry.
  14. Can you complete the titles of these book from the Horrible Histories series, [a] Angry, [b] Slimy, [c] Groovy, [d] Awful and [e] Vicious? [a] Aztecs, [b] Stuarts, [c] Greeks, [d] Egyptians and [e] Vikings.
  15. The SI unit of electrical charge is named after which French scientist? Charles-Augustin de Coulomb.
  16. Which English football teams have the following nicknames, [a] The Baggies, [b] Tangerines, [c] The Cottagers, [d] The Toffees and [e] The Cobblers? [a] West Bromwich Albion, [b] Blackpool, [c] Fulham, [d] Everton and [e] Northampton Town.
  17. What is the common name for birds of the Alaudidae family? Larks.
  18. Which author of novels such as "The Forsythe Saga" was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932? John Galsworthy.
  19. For which baseball team did both Joe DiMaggio and Babe Ruth play? New York Yankees.
  20. Robert de Niro won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1974 for his portrayal of Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part 2, but which TWO actors from the same movie were also nominated in this category? Michael V Gazzo & Lee Srasberg.

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