Voici les 6 "rounds" du quiz d'aujourd'hui avec les réponses, pour que ceux qui ont eu peur que les questions ne soient trop dures et qui ne sont du coup pas venus, se rendent compte qu'en fait c'était très très facile!!

Round #1 General Knowledge

Questions:

1.Who invented the lightning rod?

2.What is the state capital of Texas?

A.      Houston  B. Dallas  C.Austin

3.What is Scotland's national flower?

4.In what year did the Titanic sink?

5.A fatwa promising Salman Rushdie's execution was proclaimed in 1989. But because of which of his books?

6.What is England's oldest, and most famous, newspaper?

7.What is the smallest state in the world?

8.Which US presidents are featured on Mount Rushmore?

9.Which planet did Superman come from?

10.What are the 7 deadly sins?

 Réponses:

1.Benjamin Franklin

2.Austin

3.the thistle

4.1912

5.The Satanic Verses

6.The Times (founded around 1785)

7.Vatican City

8.Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson & Roosevelt

9.Krypton

10.Lust, Wrath, Greed, Sloth, Gluttony, Pride, Envy

 Round #2 Cinema

Questions:

1.In Sin City, who plays Hartigan?

2.Who directed The Pianist and Oliver Twist, among others?

3.What is Star Wars – Episode III’s full title?

4.Which character from the Harry Potter series is played by Alan Rickman?

5.Who plays Bruce Wayne in Batman Begins?

6.What is the name of the depressed robot in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy?

7.Who wrote the music for Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride?

8.Which of the following is not a remake of a French movie?

A.               True Lies        B. My Father the Hero      C. Moulin Rouge

9.How many Academy Awards did Lord of the Rings – Return of the King win?

10.From which movie does the following dialogue come from?

Jules: What do they call a Big Mac?

Vincent: Well, a Big Mac's a Big Mac, but they call it le Big-Mac.

 

Réponses:

1.Bruce Willis

2.Roman Polanski

3.Revenge of the Sith

4.Professor Snape

5.Christian Bale

6.Marvin

7.Danny Elfman

8.C. Moulin Rouge

9.11

10.Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction

 Round #3 Sports

Questions:

1.On Wednesday, October 2^nd, which football team humiliated Manchester United in a Champion's League game?

2.Where will the 2007 Rugby World Cup be held for the first time?

3.Who ranks first in the ATP Race (the tennis ranking – Association of Tennis Professionals)?

4.Apart from football, what is the official Irish game?

5.Who won the Formula 1 World Championship, with Renault, in 2005?

6.Whose ear did Mike Tyson get a taste of in1997, during what has become known as "the bite fight »?

7.How many times did Lance Armstrong win the «Tour de France»?

8.Which football player initiated the campaign against racism in stadiums, symbolized by black & white bracelets?

9.In which NBA basketball team does Tony Parker play?

10.What is the name of the thing you use to play golf with?

 Réponses :

1.Lille

2.France

3.Roger Federer

4.Gaelic Football, Hurling

5.Fernando Alonso

6.Evander Holyfield

7.7

8.Thierry Henry

9.San Antonio Spurs

10.a club

 

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Round # 4 Litterature

Questions :

1.       In Shakespeare's play Othello, what is the name of the villain?

2.       Who wrote The Da Vinci Code?

3.       In Harry Potter, where do you go if you want to purchase your school furniture or a brand new broom?

4.       Who lived at 221b Baker Street?

5.       Who was the captain of the Nautilus in Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea?

6.       What novel by Ray Bradbury was named for the temperature at which book paper catches fire and burns?

7.       Jane Eyre was written by which Bronte sister?

8.       What novel has boys stranded on an island?

9.       In Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, what is Bilbo and Frodo's surname?

10.Which book starts with the following line? « Call me Ishmael. »

Réponses :

1.       Iago

2.       Dan Brown

3.       Diagon Alley

4.       Sherlock Holmes

5.       Captain Nemo

6.       Fahrenheit 451

7.       Charlotte Bronte

8.       Lord of the Flies

9.       Baggins

10.   Moby Dick, by Herman Melville

Round#5 Television

Questions :

1.       Which character from Buffy the Vampire Slayer was a werewolf?

2.       In Friends, what is the name of Chandler’s ex-girlfriend with the annoying voice?

3.       Which British series sees most of its action taking place on Manchester’s gay Canal Street?

4.       Who played Magnum in Magnum P.I?

5.       What is the name of the famous English soap taking place in London and airing on BBC1?

A. Hollyoaks   B. Eastenders   C. Westwing

6.       Which American woman became the first black billionaire thanks to her famous talk show?

7.       In Lost, what is the name of Charlie’s rock band?

8.       Where does Sex & the City take place?

9.       In Charmed, the sisters’ family name is Halliwell. But can you give 2 of their first names?

10.   What is the name of the American television awards?

A. The Emmy Awards   B. The Grammy Awards   C. The Dobby Awards

Réponses:

1.       Oz

2.       Janice

3.       Queer as Folk

4.       Tom Selleck

5.       B. Eastenders

6.       Oprah Winfrey

7.       Driveshaft

8.       New York

9.       Prue, Piper, Phoebe, Paige

10.   A. The Emmy Awards

Round #6 Music

Questions:

1.       In 2004, which American band released an album featuring the songs Mr Brightside & Somebody told me?

2.       What song begins with these words: “I can't believe the news today. Oh, I can't close my eyes And make it go away .”

3.       Which ex-Destiny's Child is making it big (and we're not talking about her ass)?

4.       Which Belgian band released the song Do You Read Me? last summer?

5.       What was the name of Christina Aguilera’s first hit single?

6.       Which New-York based band, whose hits include songs like Last Nite or The End Has No End, are set to release a new album at the beginning of next year?

7.       Robbie Williams is a very successful solo singer. But which band put him on the map?

8.       What is the name of Coldplay's latest album?

9.       What is the English equivalent of “A la recherche de la nouvelle star”?

10.How long really is the video of Michael Jackson's Thriller?

Réponses:

1.       The Killers

2.       Sunday Bloody Sunday, by U2

3.       Beyonce Knowles

4.       Ghinzu

5.       Genie in a Bottle

6.       The Strokes

7.       Take That

8.       X & Y

9.       Pop Idol / American Idol

10.   13 minutes

 

Merci à l'Olympic Pub de nous avoir accuilli et de nous avoir fourni les prix.

Nous espérons vous voir plus nombreux la prochaine fois.