Quiz Questions for w/e 8th May

Another week over - another 10 questions to try.

Q1. Which 1957 Oscar winning movie is described by IMDB as “After settling his differences with a Japanese PoW camp commander, a British colonel co-operates to oversee his men’s construction of a railway bridge for their captors - while oblivious to a plan by the Allies to destroy it.”?

Q2. Thursday 7th May 2015 is general election day in the UK, how many constituencies make up the House of Commons?
a) 150 b) 500 c) 650 d) 700

Q3. Which 1988 song has the following chorus ?

<title included>, it’s got to be worth it, yeah
Too many people take second best
Well I won’t take anything less
It’s got to be, yeah, perfect

Q4. Which is the higher rank in the Australian Army; Major or Captain?

Q5. Punta de Tarifa is the southernmost point of mainland Europe - in which country?

Q6. What South American country has this flag?

Q7. The Greek sun god was Helios and the Roman sun god was Sol - what was the Egyptian sun god called?

Q8. The French declaration of the rights of man (in English) are Liberty, Equality and what ?

Q9. What is the bone most often broken in the human body?

Q10. On 8th May 1980 the World Health Organisation confirmed the eradication of which disease?

Answers

Question 1

The Bridge on The River Kwai

Question 2

650

Question 3

Perfect, Fairground Attraction

Question 4

Major

Question 5

Spain

Question 6

Peru

Question 7

Question 8

Fraternity

Question 9

Clavicle (collar bone)

Question 10

Smallpox