Who wants to be an egghead?
Writersworld newsletter, May 16, 2002
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!!)
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"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
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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
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The entrance to which harbour is guarded by Pendennis and St. Mawes castles?
A: Milford Haven
B: Aberystwyth
C: Falmouth
D: Oban
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| 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
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| 5. |
Which car designer designed the original Volswagon beetle?
A: Gotlieb Wilhelm Daimler
B: Karl Frierich Benz
C: Albert Speer
D: Ferdinand Porche
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| 6. |
Tarquin Superbus was the king of which race of people?
A: Etruscans
B: Huns
C: Visigoths
D: Samnites
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| 7. |
Which of these 'isms' is not a twentieth century artistic movement?
A: Cubism
B: Fauvism
C: Dadaism
D: Animism
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| 8. |
Chinchillas, two nearly extinct species of rodent, inhabit which part of the world.
A: China
B: Russia
C: South America
D: The Arctic
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| 9. |
Who started life as Margaret Hookham.
A: Margo Fontaine
B: Margaret Becket
C: Margaret Thatcher
D: Meg Matthews
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| 10. |
Dahomey was the former name of which African state?
A: Burkina Faso
B: Togo
C: Benin
D: Niger
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| 11. |
Which of these is the correct spelling?
A: Parallellogram
B: Parallelogram
C: Parrallelogram
D: Parallelagram
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| 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
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| 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
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| 14. |
The Ross Ice Shelf can be found attached to which land mass?
A: Greenland
B: Ellesmere Island
C: Tierra del Fuego
D: Antarctica
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| 15. |
Helena Blavatsky founded which Organisation in 1875?
A: Theosophical Society
B: Christian Science Church
C: Womens Franchise League
D: League Against Cruel Sports
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| 16. |
During the Renaissance, the Montefeltro family were rulers of which Italian city?
A: Mantua
B: Padua
C: Urbino
D: Pisa
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| 17. |
Who lived at Kelmscott Manor in Oxfordshire?
A: William Morris
B: Desmond Morris
C: Herbert Morrison
D: Lord Nuffield
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| 18. |
Henry Cotton was renouned for which activity?
A: Big bands
B: Painting
C: Golf
D: Teaching
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| 19. |
A squirrel's nest is known by what name?
A: A sett
B: Form
C: Eyrie
D: Dray
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| 20. |
What is the main symptom of a hiatus hernia?
A: Headache
B: Stomach ache
C: Back ache
D: Earache
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| 21. |
Which of these Old Testament books comes from the Apocrypha
A: Leviticus
B: Ecclesiasticus
C: Ecclesiastes
D: Daniel
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| 22. |
Iron is coated with which metal to galvanise it?
A: Nickel
B: Tin
C: Lead
D: Zinc
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| 23. |
What is the name of the scent of the advertisement featuring the naked Sophie Dahl?
A: Allure
B: Opium
C: Obsession
D: Scandale
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| 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 |
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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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