The Quiz Part 17

Greetings, the cold November nights are upon us once again and coming alongside the chill in the air is the Annual Quiz! As usual, there are 10 questions covering a range of topics from history, entertainment, Write Wise and a little bit of geography this time around too. The answers are hidden below and don’t forget to write your scores in the comments. Mark managed to squeak out a win last year with a score of 7 while Aaron and Joh settled on 6 but it could all change with this quiz. Best of luck!

1. Who is the American aerospace engineer, business tycoon and film producer that became increasingly reclusive and eccentric in his old age and is also the subject of the 2004 biopic ‘The Aviator?’

2. Who said this? – “Good grief.”

3. Following the defeat of the Third Reich in the Second World War, Berlin was divided into four sectors that were controlled by the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union and which other Allied power?

4. Put these British cities in order from northern most geographical location to southern most – A. Belfast B. Cardiff. C. Edinburgh. D. York. E. Ipswich

5. Peter Sellers plays the clumsy Inspector Clouseau in the ‘Pink Panther’ films but what actually is ‘the Pink Panther’ that the movies derive their name from?

6. Which Irish coastal town is subtly referenced in the opening scenes of ‘The Kepler Experiment’?

7. Name the characters.

8. Unscramble the letters to reveal an actor – ADOLDN ADUESRTHLN

9. Mark wrote a total of 7 books for Write Wise, 2 of which belong to a single series, but what is that series called?

10. Prior to becoming the 39th President of the United States and a centenarian in 2024, what legume did Jimmy Carter farm in Georgia?

Spoilers!

1. Howard Hughes

2. Charlie Brown

3. France

4. C. Edinburgh, A. Belfast, D. York, E. Ipswich, B. Cardiff.

5. A pink diamond

6. Dingle

7. Sabrina Spellman and Salem Saberhagen

8. Donald Sutherland

9. Hunted

10. Peanuts

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