Quiz Questions for w/e 25th October

Another week over already?

Q1. Which actor starred in the following movies; Fight Club (1999), The Italian Job (2003) and The Illusionist (2006)?

Q2. What chemical element has the symbol Co?

Q3. Which hit of the 1980s has the following opening verse?

I heard you on the wireless back in Fifty Two

Lying awake intent at tuning in on you.

If I was young it didn’t stop you coming through.

Oh-a oh

They took the credit for your second symphony.

Rewritten by machine and new technology,

and now I understand the problems you can see.

Q4. Yuri Gagarin was the first person in space, who was the first American in space?

Q5. This week the Sydney Opera House celebrated a birthday - how old is it?

Q6. Which artist had paintings named “Starry Night”, “Irises”, “Haystacks in Provence” and “Still Life: Vase with Twelve Sunflowers”?

Q7. In the TV show “The X-Files” what are the surnames of the two main characters?

Q8. What is the longest [distance] athletic event currently part of the Olympics?

Q9. What is the collective noun for a group of crows and magpies?

Q10. On 25th October 1962 in South Africa, who was sentenced to 5 years in prison?

## Answers ##

Question 1

Ed Norton

Question 2

Cobalt

Question 3

Video Killed The Radio Star - The Buggles

Question 4

Alan B Shepard Jr.

Question 5

Question 6

Vincent Van Gogh

Question 7

Mulder and Scully

Question 8

50 Km Walk

Question 9

Murder

Question 10

Nelson Mandela