SH Pub Quiz Round 1

Quote by jameswestlondon
Question 3 - do all the protagonists die during the play?
Apologies for answering one at once but I reckon it might take a week to answer them all!
PS Is 7 Bowie?

Quote by PoloLady
Answers will be posted later in the week...........
FFS - there is always someone at the back shouting one answer

Quote by PoloLady
SH Pub Quiz - Round 1
Answers will be posted later in the week.
1. Hedy Lamarr achieved what notable cinematic 'first' in 1933? (If you can state any of her other interseting claims to fame, then award yourself a bonus point for each...)
2. With what papers do you associate Sam Weller? Pickwick Papers
3. What do these Shakespeare plays have in common?... Julius Caesar, Richard III, Hamlet, Macbeth. ghosts
4. Where was Britain's first escalator installed? Harrods
5. 'Dieu Et Mon Droit' appears on which daily header? The Times
6. What do these items have in common?... Arrow, Lader, Spanner, Hockey-Stick, T-Square, Crutch.
7. The drummer with little known 1960's high school rock group the Iguanas became which music and style icon? Iggy pop
8. Christopher Leyland's discovery on his brother-in-law's estate near Powys, Wales in 1888, was what?
9. Scientist Dr Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, had what well known unit of measurement was named after him?
10. What is the connection between Ben Corson and Roger Stoughton and riot control? I'm reliably informed CS Gas
11. What was Pall Mall before it was a famous London street and brand of cigarettes?
12. The bacillus-based invention of French bacteriologists Albert Calmette and Camille Guérin, and the reason for their invention gave rise to two well-known abbreviations, what are they?
13. A maritime poser: Homo-Sapien ÷ Rent = ?
14. What do these words have in common, and what does each mean in that common context? - string, ostentation, smack, pitying, crash, unkindness, murmuration, drove, pod, murder, knot, colony, grist, brood, shrewdness, school, siege.
15. What 15-letter word contains the letter 'E' five times and no other vowels?
16. To circus people, what is a 'First of May Joey'?
17. What is deoxyribonucleic acid? DNA
18. What is the only US state which borders with just one other US state? maine
19. JCB is the name of the famous earth-moving machines; what does JCB stand for? Joseph Cyril Bamford
20. What word ends with an S in its plural masculine form, but changes to singular feminine when another S is added to the end? (Ack D Robinson)
21. What countries of Europe have flags with vertical stripes of these colours? - black/yellow/red; blue/white/red; red/white/green?
22. What is the capacity of a 'barrel' as commonly referenced for crude oil production? Also, what does OPEC stand for, and what are the eleven member countries (as at October 2004)? 35 Litres
23. Whose dogs? -
Albie
Argos
Bagel
Bimbo
Blondi
Boatswain
Checkers, Vicky and King Timahoe
Gnasher Dennis the Menace
Gromit Wallace
Kasbec
Krypto
Mafia
Muttley Dastardley
Nana Wendy in Pete Pan
Nipper
Peritas
Precious Pup
Rambler
Snert
Snoopy Charlie Brown
Snowy Tintin
Susan, Emma, Linnet, Holly and Willow
Turk
24. What cities are most commonly known by these nicknames? (There is more than one answer for some):-
City of Dreaming Spires
City of Magnificent Distances
City of the Angels
City of Churches
City of Love
City of Peace and Justice
City of the Tribes/the Eternal City
City of the Violated Treaty/Stab City
City of the Violet Crown
Crescent City
Empire City
The Fair City
Forbidden City
Granite City
The Harbour City/Emerald City
Monumental City/Charm City
Mormon City
Orchid City
Quaker City
Soul City
The Stampede City
Windy City
Motor City
Music City
The River City
The Steel City
The White City of the North
25. Where would you find stags and kites (along with a couple of other creatures that would surely give the game away)?Stock Exchange

Quote by award_38
Cool! A quiz. And a really, really hard quiz too:
Here are my efforts:
1 She appeared nude (first time in a major film I think)
2 Pickwick Papers
3 Think I've heard this before...do they all have ghosts in them?
4 Harrods
5 The Times
7 Iggy Pop
9 Bel
10 CS Gas
11 It was a ball game
12 TB and BCG
13 Man over board
14 All collective nouns for animals...and I can't be arsed naming the ones I know
17 DNA
18 Maine
19 Joseph Cyril Bamford
The rest I don't know

Quote by Calista
SH Pub Quiz - Round 1
Answers will be posted later in the week.
1. Hedy Lamarr achieved what notable cinematic 'first' in 1933? (If you can state any of her other interseting claims to fame, then award yourself a bonus point for each...)
2. With what papers do you associate Sam Weller? Pickwick Papers
3. What do these Shakespeare plays have in common?... Julius Caesar, Richard III, Hamlet, Macbeth. ghosts
4. Where was Britain's first escalator installed? Harrods
5. 'Dieu Et Mon Droit' appears on which daily header? The Times
6. What do these items have in common?... Arrow, Lader, Spanner, Hockey-Stick, T-Square, Crutch.
7. The drummer with little known 1960's high school rock group the Iguanas became which music and style icon? Iggy pop
8. Christopher Leyland's discovery on his brother-in-law's estate near Powys, Wales in 1888, was what?
9. Scientist Dr Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, had what well known unit of measurement was named after him?
10. What is the connection between Ben Corson and Roger Stoughton and riot control? I'm reliably informed CS Gas
11. What was Pall Mall before it was a famous London street and brand of cigarettes?
12. The bacillus-based invention of French bacteriologists Albert Calmette and Camille Guérin, and the reason for their invention gave rise to two well-known abbreviations, what are they?
13. A maritime poser: Homo-Sapien ÷ Rent = ?
14. What do these words have in common, and what does each mean in that common context? - string, ostentation, smack, pitying, crash, unkindness, murmuration, drove, pod, murder, knot, colony, grist, brood, shrewdness, school, siege.
15. What 15-letter word contains the letter 'E' five times and no other vowels?
16. To circus people, what is a 'First of May Joey'?
17. What is deoxyribonucleic acid? DNA
18. What is the only US state which borders with just one other US state? maine
19. JCB is the name of the famous earth-moving machines; what does JCB stand for? Joseph Cyril Bamford
20. What word ends with an S in its plural masculine form, but changes to singular feminine when another S is added to the end? (Ack D Robinson)
21. What countries of Europe have flags with vertical stripes of these colours? - black/yellow/red; blue/white/red; red/white/green?
22. What is the capacity of a 'barrel' as commonly referenced for crude oil production? Also, what does OPEC stand for, and what are the eleven member countries (as at October 2004)? 35 Litres
23. Whose dogs? -
Albie
Argos
Bagel
Bimbo
Blondi
Boatswain
Checkers, Vicky and King Timahoe
Gnasher Dennis the Menace
Gromit Wallace
Kasbec
Krypto
Mafia
Muttley Dastardley
Nana Wendy in Pete Pan
Nipper
Peritas
Precious Pup
Rambler
Snert
Snoopy Charlie Brown
Snowy Tintin
Susan, Emma, Linnet, Holly and Willow
Turk
24. What cities are most commonly known by these nicknames? (There is more than one answer for some):-
City of Dreaming Spires
City of Magnificent Distances
City of the Angels
City of Churches
City of Love
City of Peace and Justice
City of the Tribes/the Eternal City
City of the Violated Treaty/Stab City
City of the Violet Crown
Crescent City
Empire City
The Fair City
Forbidden City
Granite City
The Harbour City/Emerald City
Monumental City/Charm City
Mormon City
Orchid City
Quaker City
Soul City
The Stampede City
Windy City
Motor City
Music City
The River City
The Steel City
The White City of the North
25. Where would you find stags and kites (along with a couple of other creatures that would surely give the game away)?Stock Exchange

Quote by marmalaid
I've sent PL my answers directly, and I believe I have all of the answers correctly answered