BH123: A Day Late, But Better Late Than Never Never
Dear Lord, I had a bit of a sleep there. Also, it looks as if I have broken a promise to post a quiz every day for the next week. Please forgive me because I feel really really bad about it. Anyhoo, here is a quiz for you (woah, have my eyes suddenly gone bad overnite? Everything looks really mushy) ...
Q's
1 Chad Fisher sings the theme song to which US medical sitcom?
2 Who won the 1996 Prix Goncourt for Le Chasseur Zero?
3 Whose 1560 painting, Kinderspiele/Children's Games, is regarded by historians as a prime source for information about the games children then played?
4 The Swedes Gosta Lilliehook (1912), Gustaf Dyrssen (1920), Bo Lindman (1924), Sven Thofelt (1928) and Johan Oxenstierna (1932) were the first five men's individual champions in which sport at the Summer Olympics?
5 Which football team did Roberto Baggio begin his career with in 1982, before he transferred to Fiorentina in 1985?
6 Which Kenyan athlete broke the world record for the 3000m and 5000m in 1965, and later won gold in the 1500m at the 1968 Olympics and took the 3000m steeplechase title four years later?
7 What German word, meaning heap or mass, refers to a raised block of land separated by faults from the surrounding land?
8 Who was the Chilean-born director of the Nicole Kidman horror film The Others?
9 The clothing company Mossimo started out as a brand which manufactured shorts for whcih sport?
10 Which Asian country is divided into 75 provinces called changwat?
11 Pavarotti had one of his memorable roles as the peasant Tonio in which Donizetti opera?
12 Which left-wing group assumed power in Laos in 1975?
13 Which long bone takes its name from the Latin for "to be moist"?
14 King George VI owned which fillies' Triple Crown winner of 1942?
15 Known by the informal name "Madge", which Briton won the first women's singles figure skating competition at the 1908 Olympics?
16 Which Greek weightlifter won the Men's Middle Heavyweight event at three consecutive Olympics (1992, '96, 2000)?
17 Which phrase, though first coined by wrestler Gorgeous George Wagner, was made famous by Muhammad Ali?
18 Named after an Austrian paediatrician (1889-1965), which condition is caused by a defect in metabolism resulting in deformed bones, an abnormally large head, protruding abdomen and mental retardation?
19 Which French social theorist's works include La Distinction (1979) and The Forms of Capital (1986)?
20 Members of which profession are awarded the Heinrich Tessenow Gold Medal for excellence?
21 Sharing his name with a record-breaking US athlete, who is best known for his work for the Royal Mail, designing the popular Beatles album cover stamps and the controversial Fun Fruit and Veg series?
22 Which communist and novelist, author of The Case of Comrade Tulayev (a portrait of the Stalinist purges), returned to Russia to take part in the revolution, but fell foul of Stalin and ended his life in Mexico?
23 Which Czech composer's works include the Othello Overture?
24 Much influenced by Plato's Republic, which Islamic philosopher (878-c.950) published a utopian political philosophy known by the title, The Perfect City?
25 Which Korean dynasty was founded by Wang Kon in 913 AD?
26 At which 955 battle did the Holy Roman Emperor, Otto I, defeat the Hungarian Magyars?
27 Who played the title role in Truffaut's 1960 film (his second), Shoot the Pianist?
28 Sold as part of the cellist Mstislav Rostropovich's art collection, whose painting Faces of Russia is said to be the most important Russian painting since the 1917 Revolution?
29 Often mixed with Coke, the sweet Tunisian spirit boukha is distilled from which fruit?
30 Who designed the colourful, psychedelic cover for the Cream LP Disraeli Gears?
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Answers to BH123
1 Scrubs 2 Pascale Roze 3 Pieter Brueghel the Elder 4 Modern pentathlon 5 Vicenza 6 Kip Keino 7 Horst 8 Alejandro Amenabar 9 Volleyball 10 Thailand 11 La fille du regiment 12 Pathet Lao 13 Humerus 14 Sun Chariot 15 Florence Syers 16 Pyrros Dimas 17 I am the greatest! 18 Hurler's syndrome 19 Pierre Bourdieu 20 Architecture 21 Michael Johnson 22 Victor Serge 23 Dvorak 24 Abu Nasr al-Farabi 25 Koryo 26 Lechfield 27 Charles Aznavour 28 Boris Grigoriev 29 Figs 30 Martin Sharp
Q's
1 Chad Fisher sings the theme song to which US medical sitcom?
2 Who won the 1996 Prix Goncourt for Le Chasseur Zero?
3 Whose 1560 painting, Kinderspiele/Children's Games, is regarded by historians as a prime source for information about the games children then played?
4 The Swedes Gosta Lilliehook (1912), Gustaf Dyrssen (1920), Bo Lindman (1924), Sven Thofelt (1928) and Johan Oxenstierna (1932) were the first five men's individual champions in which sport at the Summer Olympics?
5 Which football team did Roberto Baggio begin his career with in 1982, before he transferred to Fiorentina in 1985?
6 Which Kenyan athlete broke the world record for the 3000m and 5000m in 1965, and later won gold in the 1500m at the 1968 Olympics and took the 3000m steeplechase title four years later?
7 What German word, meaning heap or mass, refers to a raised block of land separated by faults from the surrounding land?
8 Who was the Chilean-born director of the Nicole Kidman horror film The Others?
9 The clothing company Mossimo started out as a brand which manufactured shorts for whcih sport?
10 Which Asian country is divided into 75 provinces called changwat?
11 Pavarotti had one of his memorable roles as the peasant Tonio in which Donizetti opera?
12 Which left-wing group assumed power in Laos in 1975?
13 Which long bone takes its name from the Latin for "to be moist"?
14 King George VI owned which fillies' Triple Crown winner of 1942?
15 Known by the informal name "Madge", which Briton won the first women's singles figure skating competition at the 1908 Olympics?
16 Which Greek weightlifter won the Men's Middle Heavyweight event at three consecutive Olympics (1992, '96, 2000)?
17 Which phrase, though first coined by wrestler Gorgeous George Wagner, was made famous by Muhammad Ali?
18 Named after an Austrian paediatrician (1889-1965), which condition is caused by a defect in metabolism resulting in deformed bones, an abnormally large head, protruding abdomen and mental retardation?
19 Which French social theorist's works include La Distinction (1979) and The Forms of Capital (1986)?
20 Members of which profession are awarded the Heinrich Tessenow Gold Medal for excellence?
21 Sharing his name with a record-breaking US athlete, who is best known for his work for the Royal Mail, designing the popular Beatles album cover stamps and the controversial Fun Fruit and Veg series?
22 Which communist and novelist, author of The Case of Comrade Tulayev (a portrait of the Stalinist purges), returned to Russia to take part in the revolution, but fell foul of Stalin and ended his life in Mexico?
23 Which Czech composer's works include the Othello Overture?
24 Much influenced by Plato's Republic, which Islamic philosopher (878-c.950) published a utopian political philosophy known by the title, The Perfect City?
25 Which Korean dynasty was founded by Wang Kon in 913 AD?
26 At which 955 battle did the Holy Roman Emperor, Otto I, defeat the Hungarian Magyars?
27 Who played the title role in Truffaut's 1960 film (his second), Shoot the Pianist?
28 Sold as part of the cellist Mstislav Rostropovich's art collection, whose painting Faces of Russia is said to be the most important Russian painting since the 1917 Revolution?
29 Often mixed with Coke, the sweet Tunisian spirit boukha is distilled from which fruit?
30 Who designed the colourful, psychedelic cover for the Cream LP Disraeli Gears?
W
H
A
T
D
A
Y
I
S
I
T
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Answers to BH123
1 Scrubs 2 Pascale Roze 3 Pieter Brueghel the Elder 4 Modern pentathlon 5 Vicenza 6 Kip Keino 7 Horst 8 Alejandro Amenabar 9 Volleyball 10 Thailand 11 La fille du regiment 12 Pathet Lao 13 Humerus 14 Sun Chariot 15 Florence Syers 16 Pyrros Dimas 17 I am the greatest! 18 Hurler's syndrome 19 Pierre Bourdieu 20 Architecture 21 Michael Johnson 22 Victor Serge 23 Dvorak 24 Abu Nasr al-Farabi 25 Koryo 26 Lechfield 27 Charles Aznavour 28 Boris Grigoriev 29 Figs 30 Martin Sharp
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