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It's semi-final time in Fiachra's pub quiz. Tonight's quiz is tricky, so you must be on your toes to make it through to the final. Quiet, please! The quiz is about to begin.

A multiple-choice quiz by Fiachra. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Fiachra

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
196,077

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
491

Last 3 plays: Guest 144 (2/10), jeremygilbert (5/10), Guest 75 (5/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. 'The last time they banned one of our records in the US it sold a million'. Which member of the Rolling Stones made this remark in 1968? Hint

Brian Jones

Mick Jagger

Keith Richards

Charlie Watts

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which of the Beatles formed the group known as the Quarrymen? Hint

Ringo Starr

George Harrison

Paul McCartney

John Lennon

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Question 3 of 10

3. Michelle Triola was involved in what came to be called a 'palimony' case with which of these Hollywood stars? Hint

Alan Ladd

Clark Gable

Lee Marvin

John Wayne

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is Ellen Church's claim to fame? Hint

First female dentist

First female poet laureate

First female jockey

First air hostess

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which famous nineteenth century scientist visited the Great Geyser (Iceland) in the 1840s? Hint

Faraday

Dunlop

Brunel

Bunsen

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who created the fictional detective 'Brother Cadfael'? Hint

G. K. Chesterton

Colin Dexter

Arthur Conan Doyle

Ellis Peters

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Question 7 of 10

7. Andrew Fitzgibbon was one of the youngest recipients of the Victoria Cross. How old was he when he received this award? Hint

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Question 8 of 10

8. Porsche cars are a status symbol in most countries. From what country did Ferdinand Porsche come? Hint

Sweden

Netherlands

Austria

Germany

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Question 9 of 10

9. The poet George Gordon is better known by which of the following names? Hint

Lord Longford

Lord Byron

Lord Tennyson

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who, on hearing of a conspiracy of silence against him, said: 'Join it'? Hint

Shaw

Thoreau

Wilde

Kipling

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. 'The last time they banned one of our records in the US it sold a million'. Which member of the Rolling Stones made this remark in 1968?

Answer: Mick Jagger

The record, entitled 'Street Fighting Man', was banned by some radio stations as it was felt 'it could incite further riots here'.

2. Which of the Beatles formed the group known as the Quarrymen?

Answer: John Lennon

He was 16 when he formed that band in 1956, the following year he invited McCartney to join. Harrison and Starr joined later and the name was changed to the Beatles.

3. Michelle Triola was involved in what came to be called a 'palimony' case with which of these Hollywood stars?

Answer: Lee Marvin

The word 'palimony' was coined for this case in February 1972. It means 'a form of alimony awarded to one member of a non-marital couple who have separated'.

4. What is Ellen Church's claim to fame?

Answer: First air hostess

She persuaded Boeing Air Transport to allow nurses (she was one herself) to work on board planes to combat the then widespread public fear of flying. Her first route was between Oakland and Chicago in May 1930.

5. Which famous nineteenth century scientist visited the Great Geyser (Iceland) in the 1840s?

Answer: Bunsen

Icelanders were the first to observe and document the behaviour of the Great Geyser. Bunsen visited the Great Geyser in the 1840s.

6. Who created the fictional detective 'Brother Cadfael'?

Answer: Ellis Peters

Brother Cadfael is a twelfth century monk and herbalist at the Abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. He has a penchant for solving mysteries with the help of the local sheriff. Sir Derek Jacobi played the medieval sleuth in a great TV series.

7. Andrew Fitzgibbon was one of the youngest recipients of the Victoria Cross. How old was he when he received this award?

Answer: 15

He was just 15 years and 3 months old in August 1860. While serving in China, he rushed under heavy gunfire to help a wounded soldier. He then continued running forward to help a second soldier. Andrew was wounded severely in the effort. He is regarded as one of the youngest, if not the youngest, recipient.

8. Porsche cars are a status symbol in most countries. From what country did Ferdinand Porsche come?

Answer: Austria

He was born in 1875 at Mattsdorf, at that time part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The only formal engineering education he got was at night classes in the Technical University in Vienna. His first car was an electrically driven model which made its debut at the Paris World Fair in 1900.

It reached 35 mph, which was remarkable at the time. He later converted the model to an internal combustion engine. 'The rest is history', to use a familiar clich�.

9. The poet George Gordon is better known by which of the following names?

Answer: Lord Byron

Lord Byron (1788-1824) wrote his first poetry as a schoolboy at Harrow. He later went on to study at Cambridge. He travelled extensively in Europe. He became involved first with Italian nationalism , and later with the Greek struggle for independence.

When he died, his heart was buried in Athens. A request to bury his body in Poets' Corner in Westminister Abbey was rejected because account of his scandalously immoral lifestyle. (He is said to have had sex with over two hundred women during his short life, but that isn't by any means the full story).

His body is interred in the grounds of his ancestral home in Nottinghamshire. 'Childe Harold's Pilgrimage' is one of his most famous works.

10. Who, on hearing of a conspiracy of silence against him, said: 'Join it'?

Answer: Wilde

Oscar Wilde was a clever, witty, Victorian writer, and many of his epigrams still survive. He loathed fox hunting, calling it, 'The unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable'. This is one of my favourites: 'The old believe everything: the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.'

Source: Author Fiachra

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