Fifty for Fun.

Byline: Phil Brow

1 The 1962 Sinatra/Dean Martin "Rat Pack" film Sergeants 3 was a remake of which 1939 classic?

2 In which country is Magenta, the scene of an 1859 battle after which the colour was named?

3 In the film Mary Poppins, Dick van Dyke's "Cockney" accent has been much mocke ever since; but what species of bird show in the film was an American one masquerading as British?

4 Which Scottish Premier League football team play home games at Paisley, nea Glasgow?

5 What was the name of the ship regarded as the first launched by the US Navy, in 1797?

6 In ancient history the Batavian tribe lived on which major river's delta?

7 In which European country, apart from Britain, were the (in)famous Robin three-wheeler cars made, by the Mebe firm, under licence from the Relian company in the mid-1970s?

8 Die Rauber - the Robbers - was the hugely successful dramatic debut of whic German writer?

9 Which all-time great batsman scored never-beaten debut season record of 1,83 runs in the 1919 county championship?

10 Which 1998 film transports Tobey Maguir and Reese Witherspoon into a 1950s TV soap opera?

11 Of which European country was Turku the capital for many years up to 1812?

12After Britain and Ireland which is the largest island of the British Isles?

13For which rugby league club has Dwain Chambers, who served a two-year ba from athletics for drugs, been registered as a player?

14Which woman tennis player won seven consecutive Australian Open titles and was the first in the open era to win all four Grand Slam titles in a calendar year?

15Which wit once said the only outdoo game he'd ever played was "dominoes outside a French cafe"?

16All but one of these prime ministers ha previously been Chancellor of the Exchequer; which one was not: Churchill Macmillan, Heath, Callaghan or Major?

17How many gold medals did Britain finis with in last week's world track cycling championships in Manchester?

18At which high-profile archaeological site is a dig now taking place this year for the firs time since the 1960s?

19In which country have archaeologists found a gold necklace, at 4,000 years old the most ancient in the Americas

20Which site of a world-famous siege in 1836 got its name from the Spanish wor for the cottonwood trees which grew there?

21Sir Francis Drake was only the second-in-command of the English flee that faced the 1588 Armada: who was commander in chief?

22Which Danish racing driver was the first twin the classic 24 Hours Of Le Mans race seven times?

23What did the Swiss canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden famously not allow until 1990?

24Nouakchott is the capital city of which African country?

25In which country is the ski resort of Pas de la Casa?

26Of which Commonwealth country was William Mackenzie King prime minister for more than 20 years?

27Which medieval game played mostly in south-east England has just been granted official status by the Sports Council?

28Which leading rock group have signed 12-year deal with Live Nation to handle their merchandising, digital and branding rights?

29Which English team's only Europea football final appearance was an 8-aggregate defeat to Barcelona in 1958?

30Rebel Without A Cause, Rumble Fish Super Mario Bros; which veteran actor?

31In which cartoon strip are Susie Derkins Principal Spittle and Miss Wormwood supporting characters

32A Parmentier dish is served with which vegetable, in particular?

33Nebbiolo is a variety of which fruit?

34What kind of food are blewits?

35Which character has an aria lasting almost 15 minutes at the end of Wagner's oper Gotterdammerung?

36In US presidential elections, which "bellwether" state has seen a majority of votes for the national winner every time bar one, since 1904?

37What scientific technique did Humphry Davy make pioneering use of to discover potassium and sodium within a few days of each other in 1807?

38Arcturus is the brightest star in which constellation?

39Which king destroyed Jerusalem and took the Israelites into the "Babylonian captivity in 586BC?

40 In which cult SF film was the Voight-Kampf test used to detect non-humans

41Which well-known board game was devised by solicitor's clerk Anthony Pratt in the 1940s?

42Psiloritis - anciently the sacred Mount Id - is the 8,057ft highest peak on which island?

43Which British cathedral was badly damaged twice in the 13th century, first by the collapse of its tower in 1220 and then by an earthquake in 1247/48?

44Which group did Kevin Godley and Lol Creme leave to form Godley and Creme?

45John Smith's and Samuel Smith's have breweries in which Yorkshire town?

46In a well-known medieval saying relating to bird of prey it was "a kestrel for a knave" but what bird for a king?

47Which well-known actor spoke Lawrenc Olivier's lines for a restored scene in the 1991 re-release of the film Spartacus?

48: What was the title of Mike Oldfield's follow-up to the immensely successful album Tubular Bells, which also topped the album charts?

49Which club was the first winner of rugby union's Heineken (European) Cup?

50Tennis star Serena Williams has just pulled off a remarkable 6-2 6-0 victory ovve world no 1 Justine Henin; in a tournament in which city?

ANSWERS

1 Gunga Din; 2 Italy; 3 A robin; 4 St Mirren; 5 The USS United States; 6 The Rhine's; 7 8 Friedrich hiller; 9 Herbert Sutcliffe; 10 Pleasantville; 11 Finland; 12 Lewis and Harris; 13 Castleford; 14 Margaret Court; 15 Oscar Wilde; 16 Heath; 17 Nine; 18 Stonehenge; 19 Peru; 20 The Alamo; 21 Lord Howard of Effingham; 22 Tom Kristensen; 23 omen to vote (in local elections); 24 Mauritania; 25 Andorra; 26 Canada; 27 Stoolball; 28 U2; 29 London (the UEFA Cup began as the Fairs Cup, between cities); 30 Dennis Hopper; 31 Calvin And Hobbes; 32 Potatoes; 33 (Black wine) grape; 34 Mushrooms; 35 Brunnhilde; 36 Missouri; 37 Electrolysis; 38 Bootes; 39 Nebuchadnezzar (II); 40 Blade unner; 41 Cluedo; 42 Crete; 43 St David's; 44 The roup 10cc; 45 Tadcaster; 46 A gyrfalcon; 47 Anthony Hopkins; 48 Hergest Ridge; 49 Toulouse; 50 Miami.

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Date:	Apr 5, 2008
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