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Thais4Life Quiz
at Oscars: August 12, 2008
The monthly Thais4Life quiz is held every month at Oscars on
Boyz Town and is just for fun
Reproduced here are the latest questions, why not have a go and see
how you do. Good luck
For the answers scroll to the bottom of the page
Round 1: General Knowledge
1. What was the name of the cabin boy in "Captain Pugwash"?
2. What does the DC in Washington DC stand for?
3. `Woman Hitler` is an anagram of which female relative?
4. What is the name of the currency used in Poland?
5. Today is the birthday of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit. How old is Her
Majesty today?
6. What is the correct term for the people commonly known as `Eskimos`?
7. Superman (Clarke Kent) works for the Daily Planet, who works for the
Daily Bugle?
8. Which American state's name ends in three vowels?
9. What was the name of the cook in TV's Upstairs Downstairs? Mrs . . .
10. Vectis was the Roman name for which English island?
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Round 2: World Leaders
1. Who became the first female President of Ireland in 1990?
2. Who was President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979?
3. He was 39th Vice-President of the US from 1969 to 1973 (re-arrange
the letters in his name and you get Grow A Penis). Who was he?
4. Who was 11th President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999?
5. In 1992 which Australian prime minister was dubbed "The Lizard of Oz"
by the British press after he placed his arm around Queen Elizabeth II?
6. Who was the 22nd President of Cuba?
7. Who was President/Chairman of the Palestinian National Authority
1996-2004?
8. President of the Soviet Union In office March 15, 1990–December 25,
1991?
9. Who was elected Prime Minister of Israel on March 17, 1969?
10. Who was India's first woman Prime Minister?
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Round 3: Sport
1. Foil, épée, and sabre are all used in which sport?
2. How many kilometres in an official marathon (nearest whole number)?
3. In 2012 the Olympic games will be held in London. In what year did
London
first host the games?
4. In which sport would you score Spares and Strikes?
5. A toxophilite is a fan of what sport?
6. In Rugby union which player traditionally throws the ball at a line
out?
7. Who won Wimbledon every year from 1976 to 1980?
8. Whch of the English classic horse races was named after a house in
Epsom?
9. Cricket: The MCC is based at Lords Cricket Ground in North London.
What does the M stand for?
10. Which Scottish Football League team is actually based in England?
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Round 4: Human Body
1. The Scapula is more commonly known as?
2. If you injured your patella would you a) limp; b) have difficulty
eating; or
c) Use the other hand?
3. What do we call the tough band of fibrous connective tissue that
usually
connects muscle to bone?
4. Where in the human body do you find the Alveoli? Scrotum, Fingers or
Lungs?
5. If you suffered from carpal tunnel syndrome would you a) limp; b)
have difficulty eating; or
c) Use the other hand?
6. What would a phlebotomist like to take from you?
7. Which organ in your body produces insulin?
8. If you found it painful to masticate, would you a) limp; b) have
difficulty eating; or
c) Use the other hand?
9. If you are polyorchid, what do you have 3 of?
10. If your doctor sent you for a Wassermann test, what disease would
you be tested for?
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Round 5: Comedy
1. In the British sitcom Fawlty Towers in which seaside town is the
hotel located?
2. Who starred in the 1981 American comedy film Stir Crazy? Gene Wilder
and . . .
3. Which British comedian's fictional address was Railway Cuttings, East
Cheam?
4. Tony Curtis & Jack Lemmon starred in a 1959 film where they dressed
in
drag and joined an all girl band. Name the movie?
5. In "Only Fools and Horses", what part was played by Roger Lloyd-Pack?
6. Which Monty Python actor played the character with the catchphrase
"Nudge, nudge, say no more"?
7. The bar in the American sitcom Cheers is located in what city?
8. Who played Moses in the 1981 movie History of the World, Part1.
He also wrote, produced and directed the movie?
9. Who has been in "The Birdcage", said "Good Morning Vietnam" and been
"Back to Neverland"?
10. Name the very first "Carry on" film. Was it "Carry on Nurse, Teacher
or Sergeant?
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Round 6: Picture round: Inventions
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Round 1 Answers
1. Tom, 2. District of Columbia, 3. Mother-in-law, 4. Zloty, 5. 76
(1932), 6. Inuit,
7. Spiderman (Peter Parker), 8. Hawaii, 9. Mrs Bridges, 10. Isle of
Wight
Round 2 Answers
1. Mary Robinson, 2. Idi Amin
Dada, 3. Spiro Agnew, 4. Nelson Mandela, Paul Keating,
6. Fidel Castro (1996-2004), 7. Yasser Arafat, 8. Mikhail Gorbachev, 9.
Golda Meir,
10. Indira Gandhi
Round 3 Answers
1. Fencing, 2. 42, 3. 1908, 4. Ten Pin Bowling, 5. Archery, 6. Hooker,
7. Bjorn Borg,
8. The Oaks Stakes, 9. Marylebone, 10. Berwick Rangers FC
Round 4 Answers
1. Shoulder blade, 2. a) Limp, 3. Tendons (sinew), 4. Lungs, 5. c) Use
the other hand,
6. Blood, 7. Pancreas, 8. b) have difficulty eating (chewing), 9.
Testicles, 10. Syphilis
Round 5 Answers
1. Torquay, 2. Richard Pryor, 3. Tony Hancock, 4. Some Like It Hot, 5.
Trigger, 6. Eric Idle,
7. Boston, 8. Mel Brooks, 9. Robin Williams, 10. Sergeant (1958)
Round 6 Answers
1. Thomas Edison, 2. George Eastman, 3. Albert Einstein, 4. László Bíró,
5. Alexander Graham Bell
6. Clive Sinclair, 7. Clarence Birdseye, 8. Christopher Sholes, 9.
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