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General Knowledge Questions from Sci-fi Quiz!

The answers to the first 10 questions are all real or fictional planet names and 1 constellation!!

1.       What is Milo´s most famous sculpture?  (clue – she has no arms)

2.       Flavio basso is better known as who?

3.       Who is Mickey Mouse´s dog?

4.       Which element has an atomic number of 36? (clue – it has something to do with Clark Kent)

5.       What planet do the Ewoks live on in Return of the Jedi? A) Endor B) Tattooine or C) K-PAX

6.       Complete the book title,´ women are from venus, men are from …

7.       Who is the Roman god of the Ocean?

8.       Dr Who and the time Lords come from what planet? A) Mercury, B) Alderaan C) Gallifrey

9.       What are the 5 powers of the planeteers in Captain Planet?

10.   Perseus rescued which Greek heroine and constellation from the Kraken?

11.   What are the main 2 gasses present in our sun?

12.   When you wish upon a star you A) get  3 more wishes, B)  meet your fairy god mother or C) get consumed by a fiery ball of gas?

13.   Sunglasses protect you from what exactly?

14.   Valentina Tereshkova was the first what?

15.   What are the names of the Dr Brown´s dogs in Back to the Future? He had one in 1955 and one in 1985, you get 1point each one!

16.   Who is the founder of scientology?  A) Leonard Nimoy, B) L Ron Hubbard, C) Reverend Jim Jones, D) John Travolta

17.   Who are the enemy in the Halo series of xbox games – A) o Impero Covenant, B) os zergs, C) os Robinsons ou D) os klingons

18.   What apparently happened in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947?

19.   Which sign of the zodiac is from the 22^nd of November to the 21^st of December?

20.   In which Woody Allen film, does Woody Allen awake in the future to discover smoking and drinking are now considered good for your health?

Bonus: Name as many characters as possible from the film Aliens! There are 14 listed on the IMDB page.  You get 1/2 point for each one on my list and there´s a total of 7 extra points for grabs!!

1.       Venus

2.       Jupiter

3.       Pluto

4.       Krypton

5.       Endor

6.       Mars

7.       Neptune or Poseidon

8.       Gallifrey

9.       …earth, fire, wind, water, heart

10.   andromeda

11.    Helium Hydrogen

12.   B meet your fairy grandmother

13.   Uv rays

14.   First woman in space

15.   Copernicus 55, Einstein 85

16.   L Ron Hubbard

17.   O impero covenant ou os covenants

18.   A UfO crashlanded

19.   Sagitarius ou sagitário

20.   Sleeper or O dorminhoco

21.   Ripley, Rebecca (newt), carter burke, bishop, Hudson, Vasquez, Gorman, apone, drake, frost, ferro, spunkmeyer, dietrich, crowe (0.5pt each, 7 point max!) 

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August 20th Pub Quiz at La Estación

STOP It´s not ready yet?

1.       Who AM I? I am an actress. I like action heroes and toyboys. In the 90s I earned 10 million a film . I danced with Whoopi Goldberg when she was possessed by Patrick Swayze.

2.       Who Am I? I was created in1978 by Jim Davis. I am a cartoon. My owner is Jon Arbuckle.  I live with a dog called Odie.

3.       Who Am I? I once blinded myself for several days staring at the sun but I am considered an intellectual. I was born in 1643. I wrote the book Philosaphiae Naturalis Principia Matematica.  My hairstyle was like Brian May´s and I could catch fruit in my hair. I discovered gravity but I died a virgin.

4.       Who Am I? I am a famous Brazilian transsexual. Born in Rio 1964. They say Erasmo Carlos wrote a song about me (Da um close nela). I´ve been in playboy magazine and a few films. I was on the front cover of Ele and Ela in 1984. And on Brazilian tv in the 80s and 90s

5.       Who Am I?  I am a Brazilian author from the 19^th Century…I wrote O gaucho. I wrote o Sertanejo. I wrote O guriani!

6.       Who wrote the book Kitchen Confidential and is the star of TLC´s No Reservations and Top Chef?

7.       Which of the following is an English dessert? Hairy Fanny, Spotted Dick or Sweaty Balls

8.       Marie Antoinette supposedly said about starving peasents - let Let them eat crepes, crap, cake or cock?

9.       According to many simpletons inc. the famous inventors Wallace and Gromit, the moon is made of what food stuff?

10.   … Name the superhero in the cartoon Ren and stimpy

11.   Alpha bravo Charlie are abc in telephony but what is the letter Z -

12.   Between 1971 and 1997 the Democratic Republic of Congo was named something else? What?

13.   Name the character with 2 heads in Hitchhiker´s Guide?

14.   What´s the biggest selling newspaper from Rio Grande do Sul?

15.   Which Princess would you assoc.  with the Nintendo cpu game hero Link?

16.   Who is the president of the STF SUpremo Tribunal Federal?

17.   O Cangaceiro dos Pampas was a nickname given to what Gremio footballer of the mid 90s?

18.   Which French mathemetician´s last theorem had to wait 300 years before it was prove in 1994 by Andrew Wiles?

19.   What´s the most obvious (physical) difference between a monkey and an ape?

20.   How long is the never ending story if you put the running time of the 3 feature films back to back? Closest answer gets a point

BRATPACK BONUS – Name the original 8 members of the BRAT PACK (John Hughes Breakfast Club, St Elmos Fire)! 1 point per member! 

Answers:

1.       Demi Moore

2.       Garfield

3.       Isaac Newton

4.       Roberta Close

5.       Jose de Alcancar

6.       Anthony Bourdain

7.       Spotted Dick

8.       Cake

9.       Cheese

10.   ...Powdered Toast Man

11.   Zulu

12.   Zaire

13.   Zaphod beeblebrox

14.   Zero hora

15.   Zelda

16.   Joaquim Barbosa

17.   Edi Wilson Jose dos Santos (Dinho)

18.   Fermat

19.   Monkeys have tails

20.   107 + 90 + 95 = 292 mins

21.   … Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, and Ally Sheedy. 

MUSIC

1.       Loving you minnie riperton

2.       The Carpenters close to you

3.       Mamonas assasinas bois don´t cry

4.       Siga seu rumo pimpinella

5.       Lindomar Castilho você é doida demais

6.       Covers : Name the original and covering artistBon jovi Thin Lizzy the boys are back

7.       Muse Nina Simone feeling good

8.       Celine dion and Anastasia ACDC you rocked me all night long

9.       Johnny cash  Depeche Mode personal jesus

10.   Raimundos covering Ultraje

11.   Hot Patootie Bless My Soul  Name the film and the Singer!

12.   Phantom of the paradise the hell of it Name the film for 1pt Bonus – the director

13.   Tenacious d ft Dio Kickapoo Name the song and the band

14.   ...Can you dig it? Head Name the film or the band for 1pt

15.   Spinal tap Big Bottom (name the film!)

16.   Random It´s only natural – Crowded House

17.   Skee-Lo I wish (i was a little bit taller)

18.   Muse knights of cydonia

19.   Tom Jones it´s not unusual

20.   Once when you´re mind´s made up (name the film for an extra point)

21.   The chemical brothers push the button

22.   Start wearing purple – Gogol bordello

23.   Eurythmics angels

24.   Bruno mars new song

25.   Stevie Wonder happy birthday

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