Random Trivia Quiz No. 291

[Carl]

• 1. In literature, who owns a cat called Crookshanks ?

• 2. What is the name of the sea that separates New Zealand and Australia ?

• 3. What building is pictured on a bottle of HP sauce ?

• 4. Three countries have both an Atlantic and a Mediterranean coast. France and Spain are two, but what is the other ?

• 5. What is the only national capital that borders two different countries ?

• 6. What is the name of the British canoeist who famously faked his own death when he disappeared in 2002 ?

• 7. Which supermaket is mentioned in Chas and Dave's song Rabbit ?

• 8. What were the character names of the two hitmen in Pulp Fiction ?

• 9. Which South American country has borders with Columbia and Peru ?

• 10. How many boxes are used in the UK version of Deal Or No Deal ?

• 11. In Peter Pan, what is the name of Captain Hook`s ship ?

• 12. Which singer had hits with Rubber Ball and The Night Has A Thousand Eyes ?

• 13. What was Margaret Thatcher's maiden name ?

• 14. Which country did Celine Dion represent when singing in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1988 ?

• 15. The spanish Eurovision entry in 1986 entitled La La La contained how many la's ?

Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.

[stowie39]

7. Sainsbury's
12. Bobby Vee

[gail]

3. Houses of Parliament
10. 22

[freddo]

2 Tasman Sea

14 Switzerland

[gail]

13. Roberts

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. In literature, who owns a cat called Crookshanks ? Hermione Granger (from the Harry Potter stories)

• 2. What is the name of the sea that separates New Zealand and Australia ? Tasman Sea

• 3. What building is pictured on a bottle of HP sauce ? Houses of Parliament / Palace of Westminster

• 4. Three countries have both an Atlantic and a Mediterranean coast. France and Spain are two, but what is the other ? Morocco

• 5. What is the only national capital that borders two different countries ? Bratislava

• 6. What is the name of the British canoeist who famously faked his own death when he disappeared in 2002 ? John Darwin

• 7. Which supermaket is mentioned in Chas and Dave's song Rabbit ? Sainsbury's

• 8. What were the character names of the two hitmen in Pulp Fiction ? Vincent Vega and Jules Winnfield

• 9. Which South American country has borders with Columbia and Peru ? Ecuador

• 10. How many boxes are used in the UK version of Deal Or No Deal ? 22

• 11. In Peter Pan, what is the name of Captain Hook`s ship ? The Jolly Roger

• 12. Which singer had hits with Rubber Ball and The Night Has A Thousand Eyes ? Bobby Vee

• 13. What was Margaret Thatcher's maiden name ? Roberts

• 14. Which country did Celine Dion represent when singing in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1988 ? Switzerland

• 15. The spanish Eurovision entry in 1986 entitled La La La contained how many la's ? 138