Quiz Questions for w/e 29th August

I wonder how many mistakes I can make trying to post the quiz this week. The last couple of weeks have been spectacular at highighting my ineptitude.

Q1. Which movie was the winner of the Academy Award for best picture in 2000 - beating, amongst others, “Erin Brockovich“?

Q2. Which element is the first in the periodic table?

Q3. Which 1980’s song has the following opening verses?

you could have a steam train
if you’d just lay down your tracks
you could have an aeroplane flying
if you bring your blue sky back
all you do is call me
I’ll be anything you need
you could have a big dipper
going up and down, all around the bends
you could have a bumper car, bumping
this amusement never ends

Q4. What company has this as part of their logo?

Q5. In heraldry, what is the opposite of dexter?

Q6. What is the currency of Russia?

Q7. Juneau is the state capital of which U.S state?

Q8. What was the famous first performed by The Spirit of St. Louis?

Q9. What is the most famous discovery made by Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen*?*

Q10. On 29th August 1898 which famous tyre company was founded?

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Gladiator

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H - Hydrogen

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Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel

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Guinness

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Sinister (dexter means right side, sinister is left side)

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Ruble

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Alaska

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First non-stop flight from New York to Paris

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X-rays

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Goodyear