Quiz Questions for w/e 3rd October

I seriously wonder where the year is going to - 83 days until Christmas apparently.

Q1. Which 1988, Oscar winning movie is described by IMDB as “Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt’s father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country.”?

Q2. Last week I said Thorium was poisonous (which is true) - I was actually thinking of Thallium (which is far more deadly) - what is Thallium’s chemical symbol?

Q3. Which 1980s song has the following lines in it?

I wanted to be with you alone And talk about the weather But traditions I can trace against the child in your face Won’t escape my attention You keep your distance with a system of touch And gentle persuasion I’m lost in admiration could I need you this much Oh, you’re wasting my time You’re just wasting time

Q4. What car brand do you associate with this logo?

Q5. Richard Kiel died recently, what role in the James Bond movies is he best known for?

Q6. What country has the capital Amman?

Q7. What game is played using a plastic grid of lettered dice, in which players attempt to find words in sequences of adjacent letters?

Q8. What is the name of the narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea?

Q9. What number comes next in this sequence of numbers 3, 9, 27, 81?

Q10. On 3rd October 1995 who was acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.?

Answers

Question 1

Rain Man

Question 2

Tl

Question 3

Head Over Heels - Tears for Fears

Question 4

Hyundai

Question 5

Jaws

Question 6

Jordan

Question 7

Boggle

Question 8

Straits of Gibraltar

Question 9

243 - geometric number sequence based on 3

Question 10

O.J Simpson