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Thais4Life Quiz
at Oscars: October 14, 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. How many pairs of ribs would the normal
human have?
2. What was the name of Sherlock Holmes Housekeeper?
3. Which actress played the part of Sybil Fawlty in television’s Fawlty
Towers?
4 What was the title of Beethoven’s only opera?
5. Which river flows through the city of Dublin?
6 Who was dedicated to killing Moby Dick?
7. Who painted The last Supper?
8. Which Gilbert And Sullivan Opera is set in Japan?
9. How many old pence were there in a Guinea?
10. From which language does the word `mythology` come?
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Round 2:
How many . . .
1. How many holes are there in a ten-pin bowling ball?
2. How many legs are there on a shrimp?
3. How many hulls are there on a catamaran?
4. How many kilometres equal 6 miles (nearest whole number)?
5. If there are 88 keys on a modern piano, how many are white?
6. How many pieces are in play in a game of chess?
7. How many feet in a mile?
8. How many Labours of Hercules?
9. According the Population and Housing Census of 2000 what is the
population
of Thailand (to the nearest million)?
10. How many states in the USA are there beginning with the letter M?
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Round 3:
Music
1. Whose band was the Tijuana Brass?
2. Who sang the theme song to the film Born Free?
3. The Crickets backed which famous singer-songwriter?
4. Which Rolling Stones guitarist died in a swimming pool in 1969?
5. Larry Adler played what instrument?
6. Who wrote and sang the novelty hit Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh, about
Camp Granada?
7. Who had a hit in the UK in 1954 with the song Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer
Katzenellen Bogen by the Sea?
8. Who wrote the Patsy Cline hit Crazy?
9. Who were Cliff Richard's backing group through the 60s?
10. What song, released to promote the film The Millionairess, featured
its stars Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren?
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Round 4:
The Letter O
1. Which O is the name of a well known make of Italian typewriters?
2. It is said that you cannot make this O without breaking eggs?
3. Which O is best known for his long poem Metamorphoses?
4. Which O was a singer known as The Big O?
5. Which O is an English horse racing classic for fillies only?
6. Which O in 1995 became the site, at that time, of the worst ever
terrorist attack to take place on US Soil ?
7. Which O is a hormone that controls such things as Breast Development?
8. Which O in Bavaria is the scene of a famous passion play?
9. What chemical element has the symbol Os and atomic number 76?
10. Which O do you associate with Papaver Somniferum?
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Round 5:
Famous Michaels
1. Which famous Michael came 2nd, representing the UK, in the 1992
Eurovision Song Contest?l
2. Which famous Michael joined England's 1998 World Cup squad at age 18?
3. Which Michael had his own hit touring dance show, Lord of the Dance?
4. Which Michael holds 7 world records in swimming?
5. Which Michael created Paddington Bear?
6. This Michael was MP for Kensington & Chelsea 1999-2005 and is now a
commissioner at the International Commission on Missing Persons?
7. Little Joe in Bonanza, Charles Ingalls in Little House on the Prairie
and Jonathan Smith in Highway to Heaven. Which Michael played these
roles?
8. He was born in 1933 in Rotherhithe, South East London and has
appeared in more than 100 movies. Not a lot of people know that!
9. Which famous Michael is the author of Jurassic Park?
10. What is the name of the island off Cornwall you can walk to if the
tide is out?
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Round 6: Picture round: Asian Flags

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Round 1 Answers
1. 12, 2. Mrs Hudson, 3. Prunella Scales, 4 Fidelio, 5. Liffey, 6.
Captain Ahab, 7. Leonardo da Vinci
8. Mikado, 9. 252, 10. Greek (meaning story-telling)
Round 2 Answers
1. 3, 2. 10 (decapods), 3. 2. 4. 10, 5. 52, 6. 32, 7. 5,280, 8. 12,
9. 60,606,947 accept 60 or 61
10. 8, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana,
Missouri and Mississippi
Round 3 Answers
1.Herb Alpert, 2. Matt Monro, 3. Buddy Holly, 4. Brian Jones, 5.
Harmonica, 6. Allan Sherman
7. Max Bygraves, 8. Willie Nelson, 9. The Shadows, 10. Goodness Gracious
Me
Round 4 Answers
1. Olivetti, 2. Omlette, 3. Ovid, 4. Roy Orbison, 5. Oaks Stakes, 6.
Oklahoma City, 7. Oestrogen,
8. Oberammergau, 9. Osmium, 10. Opium poppy
Round 5 Answers
1. Ball, 2. Owen. 3. Flatley, 4. Phelps, 5. Bond, 6. Portillo, 7.
Landon, 8. Caine, 9. Crichton
10. St Michael's Mount
Round 6 Answers
1. Tibet, 2. Indonesia, 3. Brunei, 4. Kazakhstan, 5. Mongolia, 6. North
Korea, 7. South Korea
8. Sri Lanka, 9. Philippines, 10. Vietnam
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