Monday Quiz Night by DouglasLovesVixey

Champion(s):

BillPennington
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Runner(s)-Up:

Fisher


Quiz Description

I am hosting my own quiz night. Right here on Alpaca Farm. 25 fun questions. See how many you get right. :)

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Questions:

Not to be confused by an actress of the same name, who was the first woman to reach the North Pole, having done so in 1986?

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Ann Bancroft

A Murmuration is the collective noun for which bird?

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Starling

Haagen-Dazs is a famous ice cream restaurant. What does Haagen-Dazs literally mean in Danish?

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Nothing(The term was invented by its founder to sound Danish.)

What is the technical term for the corner beside a fireplace?

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Inglenook

In Germany, it is the Autobahn. In Spain and Italy, it is the Autostrada. What is it known as in France?

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Autoroute

What is the name of the horse race that takes place in Siena, Italy twice every year?

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Palio de Siena

Staying on the subject of races. What is the Spanish equivalent of the Tour de France, and the Giro di Italia?

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La Vuelta

What is the technical term for the cavity at the base of a wine bottle? It is also the name of a former European currency.

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Punt

"How Green Was My Valley", "Grapes of Wrath", and "The Quiet Man" were three of the four films in which John Ford won a Best Director Oscar. What is the fourth film?

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The Informer

Pompeii and Herculaneum were two of the three major cities destroyed by Vesuvius in 79 A.D. What was the third city?

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Stabiae

A Sonnet has 14 lines. A Limerick has 5 lines. How many lines of poetry does a Villanelle have?

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19

Staying on the subject of lines of poetry. What eight letter word beginning with C is another term for a Quatrain(A four line poem.)?

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Clerihew

What was Bing Crosby's real first name?

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Harry

From which country does Demerara sugar come from?

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Guyana

What pasta is commonly referred to as "Priest Choker"?

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Strozzapreti

What is the term for a mound of stones erected as a memorial or landmark? It is also the name of a dog breed.

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Cairn

Which constellation is known as "The River"?

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Eridanus

Which author is known for her "Shopaholic" books?

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Sophie Kinsella

Time for a darts question. What number lies directly beneath the 20 on a dart board?

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3

Which Russian composer is known for the opera "A Life for the Czar"?

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Mikhail Glinka

What alphanumeric appears as an Easter egg in every single PIXAR movie? It is named for the classroom of the graphic design studio they worked in.

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A113

The word Fedora comes from the name of an 1882 play by what French dramatist?

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Victorien Sardou

What name links the first Prime Minister of Australia, the first winner of the Triple Crown in American horse racing, and an Elizabeth Gaskell title character?

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Barton(Edmund Barton, Sir Barton, Mary Barton)

The Richard H. Driehaus Prize for Architecture is awarded at which university?

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Notre Dame

SUPER HARD FINAL QUESTION: What is the capital of the Indian state of Orissa?

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Bhubaneshwar