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Who wants to be an egghead?
Writersworld newsletter, May 16, 2002

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WHO WANTS TO BE AN EGGHEAD?


Pit your wits against �1 million winner Judith Keppel in our fortnightly quiz. No prizes - this one's just for fun! Good Luck!

(Re-printed by kind permission of the Weekend Telegraph. For the latest news visit www.telegraph.co.uk)

Questions (Answers at the bottom of the page, but no cheating!!)
1. "Some insects feed on rosebuds/And others feed on carrion/Between them they devour the earth/Bugs are totalitarian." In whose opinion?
A: Edward Lear
B: Lewis Carroll
C: Ogden Nash
D: Hilaire Belloc
2. Who was the only motorracing driver to hold the Formula One world championship and the Indy car championship titles simultaneously?
A: Graham Hill
B: Nigel Mansell
C: Stirling Moss
D: Juan Manuel Fangio
3. The entrance to which harbour is guarded by Pendennis and St. Mawes castles?
A: Milford Haven
B: Aberystwyth
C: Falmouth
D: Oban
4. Which actor starred in the title role of the 1990 film Cyrano de Bergerac?
A: Gerard Depardieu
B: John Malkovich
C: Jeremy Irons
D: Jean Paul Belmondo
5. Which car designer designed the original Volswagon beetle?
A: Gotlieb Wilhelm Daimler
B: Karl Frierich Benz
C: Albert Speer
D: Ferdinand Porche
6. Tarquin Superbus was the king of which race of people?
A: Etruscans
B: Huns
C: Visigoths
D: Samnites
7. Which of these 'isms' is not a twentieth century artistic movement?
A: Cubism
B: Fauvism
C: Dadaism
D: Animism
8. Chinchillas, two nearly extinct species of rodent, inhabit which part of the world.
A: China
B: Russia
C: South America
D: The Arctic
9. Who started life as Margaret Hookham.
A: Margo Fontaine
B: Margaret Becket
C: Margaret Thatcher
D: Meg Matthews
10. Dahomey was the former name of which African state?
A: Burkina Faso
B: Togo
C: Benin
D: Niger
11. Which of these is the correct spelling?
A: Parallellogram
B: Parallelogram
C: Parrallelogram
D: Parallelagram
12. Queen Anne was married to which of these men?
A: The Earl of Clarenden
B: Prince George of Denmark
C: Prince Albert of Saxe, Coburg and Gotha
D: Charles, Duke of Brunswick
13. Which singer so offended his mother that she brought a lawsuit against him?
A: Sid Vicious
B: Liam Gallagher
C: Eminem
D: Puff Daddy
14. The Ross Ice Shelf can be found attached to which land mass?
A: Greenland
B: Ellesmere Island
C: Tierra del Fuego
D: Antarctica
15. Helena Blavatsky founded which Organisation in 1875?
A: Theosophical Society
B: Christian Science Church
C: Womens Franchise League
D: League Against Cruel Sports
16. During the Renaissance, the Montefeltro family were rulers of which Italian city?
A: Mantua
B: Padua
C: Urbino
D: Pisa
17. Who lived at Kelmscott Manor in Oxfordshire?
A: William Morris
B: Desmond Morris
C: Herbert Morrison
D: Lord Nuffield
18. Henry Cotton was renouned for which activity?
A: Big bands
B: Painting
C: Golf
D: Teaching
19. A squirrel's nest is known by what name?
A: A sett
B: Form
C: Eyrie
D: Dray
20. What is the main symptom of a hiatus hernia?
A: Headache
B: Stomach ache
C: Back ache
D: Earache
21. Which of these Old Testament books comes from the Apocrypha
A: Leviticus
B: Ecclesiasticus
C: Ecclesiastes
D: Daniel
22. Iron is coated with which metal to galvanise it?
A: Nickel
B: Tin
C: Lead
D: Zinc
23. What is the name of the scent of the advertisement featuring the naked Sophie Dahl?
A: Allure
B: Opium
C: Obsession
D: Scandale
24. What was the name of the French Lieutenant's Woman?
A: Sue Bridehead
B: Marianne Dashwood
C: Sarah Woodruff
D: Rosamund Vincy
25. Which of these fabrics is a kind of wool?
A: Ticking
B: Calico
C: Challis
D: Georgette
Answers
1.C, 2.B, 3.C, 4.A, 5.D, 6.A, 7.D, 8.C, 9.A, 10.C, 11.B, 12.B, 13.C, 14.D, 15.A, 16.C, 17.A, 18.C, 19.D, 20.B, 21.B, 22.D, 23.B, 24.C, 25.C
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