THE TIME: 8.45p.m
You: Long time no see!
Me: Sorry, I've been rather busy the past few months.
You: I hear that Sue's heard from people all over the world commenting on the quiz and sending and 'borrowing' questions.
Me: That's right....from Paris to Melbourne....in fact many of these questions were donated by Roddy O'Lochlin in Paris.
You: Look there's only a minute left before we start let's get a drink.
1. What do the initials GAA stand for in Ireland?
2. How many gold medals did Ireland win in the 1996 Olympic Games?
3. In which country was John McEnroe born?
4. What was Mr Ferrari's first name?
5. In which country does one dance the Sirtaki?
6. What former Yugoslav city hosted the 1984 Winter Olympics?
7. From which country did 230 out of 311 athletes come from in the 1896 Olympics?
8. Who wrote "Old Man and the Sea"?
9. Where did Oscar Wilde die?
10. Who wrote "Candide"?
11. What is the Japanese word for 'divine wind'?
12. In which book by George Orwell would one find Eurasia, Oceania and Eastasia?
13. Who created the Maigret detective stories?
14. What country was the setting for "You Only Live Twice"?
15. What was Emily Brontė's first novel?
16. What was the Scarecrow missing in "The Wizard of Oz"?
17. What is the capital of Scotland?
18. Which is the oldest golf course in Europe?
19. Which two groups of islands belong to Spain?
20. What disease killed almost half the population of Europe in the 14th Century?
21. What group of people ruled Mexico in the 16th Century?
22. What is Johann Gutenberg famous for?
23. Where did the Vikings come from?
24. Which Florentine explorer gave his name to America?
25. What nationality was John Calvin?
TIME: 9.10ish
Me: A very international set of questions in that first half.
You: Thirsty work too....must be your round!
26. What colour is Art and Literature in "Trivial Pursuit"?
27. Who was Elvis Presley's manager?
28. Who played Tarzan in more films than anyone else?
29. Who wrote the lyrics to "Porgy and Bess"?
30. Which actress's real name was Frances Gumm?
31. What Bond film's theme song was a hit for Wings?
32. Which company is the world's largest user of silver?
33. Where are a snail's reproductive organs?
34. What is the only bird to give us leather?
35. What is a gynephobic man afraid of?
36. What is the term for a plant or an animal that is both male and female?
37. What is the fourth sign of the Zodiac?
38. How many eyes does a bat have?
39. Which was the first country to legalize abortion in 1935?
40. What is the speed of sound at sea level called?
41. What is the tallest Art Deco styled building in the world?
42. Which grape variety is the most used for red Bordeaux wine?
43. What type of wine was supposedly Napoleon's favourite?
44. In what year did Edward VIII abdicate?
45. Which is the largest ocean?
46. Who was known as 'the King of the Cowboys'?
47. What is 'spiced ham' better known as?
48. What are the small cakes made with ground almonds, sugar and egg whites known as?
49. Which English city was called Aquae Sulis in Roman times?
50. What did Jabaz Wolffe make twenty-two attempts at between 1906 and 1914?
TIME 9.45ish
Me: Phew! My brains aching after that, I'm a bit out of practice!
You: Easy peasy! I think we'll win tonight!
1. Gaelic Athletic Association
2. Three
3. Germany
4. Enzo
5. Greece
6. Sarajevo
7. Greece
8. Hemingway
9. Paris
10. Voltaire
11. Kamikase
12. 1984
13. Georges Simenon
14. Japan
15. Wuthering Heights
16. A brain
17. Edinburgh
18. St Andrew's
19. Balearic and Canary Islands
20. Bubonic plague
21. Aztecs
22. Printing Press
23. Scandinavia
24. Amerigo Vespucci
25. French
26. Brown
27. Colonel Tom Parker
28. Johnny Weissmuller
29. Ira Gershwin
30. Judy Garland
31. Live and Let Die
32. Kodak
33. Head
34. Ostrich
35. Women
36. Hermaphrodite
37. Cancer
38. Two
39. Iceland
40. Mach 1
41. The Empire State Building
42. Cabernet Sauvignon
43. Burgundy (Chambertin)
44. 1936
45. Pacific
46. Roy Rogers
47. Spam
48. Macaroons
49. Bath
50. Swimming the English Channel.
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