Quiz Questions for w/e 31st October

Here we go - halloween, trick or treat etc.

Q1. Which 1967 movie, starring Paul Newman, is described by IMDB as “A man refuses to conform to life in a rural prison.” - and also includes the famous line “What we have here is a failure to communicate” ?

Q2. Who wrote the novel David Copperfield?

Q3. Which 1980 song had the following opening lines?

It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday The regular crowd shuffles in There’s an old man sitting next to me Making love to his tonic and gin

He says, “Son can you play me a memory I’m not really sure how it goes But it’s sad and it’s sweet And I knew it complete When I wore a younger man’s clothes”

Q4. What country has this flag?

Q5. What name is given to the 3 dimensional figure for which all the points on its surface are the same distance from its centre?

Q6. Lusaka is the capital of which country?

Q7. In Star Trek, Mr Spock is half human and half what?

Q8. Since 1969, what is the highest denomination bill issued by the US Mint?

Q9. Antares was in the news this week - who or what is Antares?

Q10. 31st October 1999 Jesse Martin returned to Melbourne after 11 months doing what?

Answers

Question 1

Cool Hand Luke

Question 2

Charles Dickens

Question 3

Piano Man - Billy Joel

Question 4

Macedonia

Question 5

Sphere / globe

Question 6

Zambia

Question 7

Vulcan

Question 8

$100

Question 9

A rocket,operated by Orbital Sciences Corp, that exploded very shortly after lifting off

Question 10

Circumnavigating the globe as a sole yachtsman