Quiz Number 203 - Answers

Published: Wednesday 5th January 2022A free general knowledge quiz for those who enjoy a more challenging quiz.
  1. For which movie did John Wayne win his only Oscar? True Grit.
  2. In the Trojan War, who killed Hector? Achilles.
  3. What fruit juice is used to make both a "Cosmopolitan" and a "Sea Breeze" cocktail? Cranberry.
  4. How many syllables does the Japanese poetry form known as a Haiku traditionally contain? Seventeen.
  5. Which songs with "Street" in the title were UK top twenty hits for the following artists,[a] Radiohead (1996), [b] Rolling Stones (2005), [c] Curved Air (1971), [d] Shakatak (1984) and [e] The Kinks (1966)? [a] "Street Spirit (Fade Out)", reached no 5, [b] "Streets of Love", no15, [c] "Back Street Luv", no 4, [d] "Down on the Street", no 9 and [e] "Dead End Street", no 5.
  6. Which TV show features a family that lives at 43 Cherry Street, Langley Falls? American Dad.
  7. In which year was Dr Martin Luther King Jnr. assassinated? (4th April)1968.
  8. Which three Canadian provinces make up The Maritime Provinces? Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
  9. Who wrote the novel, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"? Victor Hugo.
  10. What are the names of the three segments that make up the body of an insect? Head,Thorax and Abdomen
  11. Which Bob Dylan track gave Cher her first solo success? "All I Really Want to Do".
  12. Who was the wife of the Celtic King, Prasutagus? Boudica.
  13. Played by Brenda Blethyn, who created the TV detective, Vera Stanhope? Ann Cleeves.
  14. In the play by J M Synge, who was "The Playboy of the Western World"? Christy Mahon.
  15. Who was defeated in three Wimbledon finals in 1977? Betty Stove (Ladies singles, Mixed Doubles and Ladies Doubles).
  16. In the Lerner and Loewe musical, which Scottish town appeared for only one day every hundred years? Brigadoon.
  17. On a computer, for what do the letters USB stand? Universal Serial Bus.
  18. What was the name of Dr Doolittle's pet parrot? Polynesia.
  19. The Turks and Caicos Islands are located in which ocean? Atlantic.
  20. Which comedian wrote the 2006 autobiography, "The Sound of Laughter"? Peter Kay.

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