The Quiz Part 8 - Falcon's Blog

The Quiz Part 8

Greetings, with 2016 coming quickly to a close it is time for Falcon’s annual quiz. Below is the eighth version of the annual quiz that has taken place in the month of November for the previous few years. The quiz revolves mostly around entertainment media but also includes some general knowledge questions for you to answer. The answers can be found at the bottom of the page in order for you to check your score. Last year Mark and Joh were tied at the lead with seven points while Aaron scored four. Let me know what you score in the comments to see if you can beat your previous best. My next blog update will be released towards the end of the month and will be a review of Call of Juarez: The Cartel.

1. Which actor portrays Gollum in the Lord of the Rings trilogy and in the Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey?

2. Who said this?-“Really? Well, on my planet, we have a legend about people like you. It's called Footloose. And in it, a great hero, named Kevin Bacon, teaches an entire city full of people with sticks up their butts that, dancing, well, is the greatest thing there is.”

3. What place did Great Britain rank in the 2016 Olympic medals table?

4. Which one of these films scores was not composed by Ennio Morricone- The Godfather trilogy, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly or the Thing?

5. Which Write Wise author wrote ‘The Host’?

6. Youtube was founded in which year?

7. Name this character.

Name this character

8. The Thin White Duke and Ziggy Stardust are alter goes of which iconic British singer?

9. What is the title of the next Star Wars spin off film to be released at the end of this year?

10. Which American President governed the United States from 20th January 1960 to 22nd November 1963?

Spoilers!

1. Andy Serkis

2. Star-Lord/Peter Quill

3. Second

4. The Godfather trilogy

5. Joh

6. 2005

7. Nancy Wheeler

8. David Bowie

9. Star Wars: Rogue One

10. John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Quote of the Day

You told me I couldn't kill you... but I'd like to try and prove you wrong. So let's see... How many times is it gonna take?!

Roy Mustang

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

Written by Falcon, Wednesday 16 November 2016

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Falcon  8 year(s) ago (97 months)

Thanks for the comments. The Quiz will return for the 9th time in November 2017.

 
Brisingr  8 year(s) ago (97 months)

7 out 10 - not bad I guess. Seems history was my weakest point. Nice Quiz :)

 
Aaron  8 year(s) ago (97 months)

Nice quiz, Falcon, and I _did_ at least do better than last time: I managed a 6! This has also got to be one of the first times ever that I managed to get a popular music question right (no. 8).

 
Joh  8 year(s) ago (98 months)

Nice quiz! There were a nice variety of different topics and no unreasonable questions requiring a very niche knowledge base, which is always a plus. I think this is the first time that I was the answer to a question in a quiz, so that was a highlight! (It would be embarrassing if I got that question wrong!)

My score was 8/10. I imagined YouTube being slightly earlier than 2005 (I optimistically pictured 2001 for some reason), and I don't remember that particular Star-Lord quote (even though I have seen Guardians of the Galaxy). The emphasis on dancing and planets would have been the clue to that question, and I can picture those words coming from his mouth.