Quiz Questions for w/e 6th September

Welcome to Spring\Autumn (southern hemisphere\northern hemisphere)

Q1. According to IMDB which multi-Oscar award winning 2007 movie is described as “Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more than two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.”?

Q2. What is the chemical symbol for the element Rubidium?

Q3. Which 1980’s very catchy song has the following opening lines?

You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar

When I met you. I picked you out

I shook you up

And turned you around

Turned you into someone new.

Q4. The following are Latin American cities, can you arrange them from largest population to smallest ?

a) Brasilia b) Buenos Aires c) Havana d) Mexico City

Q5. What is the full name of the organisation known as ASEAN?

Q6. Author Eric Arthur Blair wrote under which pseudonym?

Q7. Who was the writer of the following films and TV shows; The American President, The Social Network and The Newsroom?

Q8. What is the oldest trophy continuously awarded in sport?

Q9. How many pairs of ribs does an human have?

Q10. Which city, Russia’s second largest, restored it’s name on 6th September 1991, having been called Leningrad since 1924?

## Answers ##

Question 1

No Country for Old Men

Question 2

Question 3

Don't You Want Me - Human League

Question 4

Mexico City (22.6m), Buenos Aires (14.5m), Brasilia (3.5m), Havana (2.9m)

Question 5

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

Question 6

George Orwell

Question 7

Aaron Sorkin

Question 8

America's Cup

Question 9

Question 10

Saint Petersburg