 April 2004 (Questions 41 to 60 of 115) |
What type of music originated in Seattle in the early 1990s and brought commercial success for Nirvana?
Grunge |
How many red balls are there in a game of snooker?
15 |
Shakespeare`s `A Midsummer Night`s Dream` is set on the outskirts of which city?
Athens |
In 1999, what film became Tom Hanks first sequel?
`Toy Story 2` |
What did Jacob Schick invent which is used daily by millions of people throughout the world?
The electric razor |
In which year did the BBC first broadcast opera on the radio?
1923 |
In 1968, which English footballer became the first to be sent off in an international match?
Alan Mullery |
What is anthrophobia the fear of? Farm Animals, Flowers or Death?
Flowers |
True or False: Approximately 80,000 photographs are taken around the world every second?
False (approximately 2,700 are) |
Who starred as Jim Hacker in `Yes, Minister`?
Paul Eddington |
Which fictional character lives at Apartment 3D, 344, ClintonStreet?
Clark Kent |
In what year was the first issue of the comic `The Beano` published?
1938 |
From which football club did Manchester buy Roy Keane?
Nottingham Forest |
Robert Zimmerman is the real name of which famous person?
Bob Dylan |
Which Italian won the golden boot in the 1982 World Cup scoring 6 goals?
Paolo Rossi |
Whose only UK top ten single is `Oxygene (part IV)`?
Jean Michel Jarre |
What is the chemical symbol for the element Iodine?
I |
What was the name of George Gershwin`s brother, who also wrote music?
Ira |
What country began the tradition of exchanging gifts over Christmas?
Italy |
What nationality was Edvard Munch, the expressionist painter?
Norwegian |
