Well Done to The RoomMate! Winners of last night´s Quiz!

1.       In the Simpsons, which city is twinned in rivalry with Springfield? 

2.       Aleph beis gimmel and dalet are the first letters of what language?

3.       Which is the only continent on earth where giraffes live in the wilds?

4.       Mobile phone nokia comes from what European country?

5.       Which aboriginal athlete won the 400m at the Sydney Olympics in 2000?

6.       Who wrote The great Gatsby

7.       Van gogh cut off his own ear following an argument with which artist?

8.       In what part of the body would you find the Metacarpals?

9.       Name the siege that happened in 1838 Mexico, where a small number of Americans held off the Mexican army until they eventually succumbed?

10.   Write down Pythagoras theorem ?

11.   Who wrote the hunchback of notredame?

12.   Hannibal is from where? Rome, Carthage or Greece?

13.   What name is given to an author who writes the autobiography anonymously for another celebrity

14.   …grendel, grendel´s mother and a dragon are the enemies of which anglo-saxon hero?

15.   Which cartoonists invented  Scooby Doo?

16.   Which Machado de Assis character narrates his tale from the afterlife? 

17.   What name is given to the biggest flowers in the world that use the smell of rotting meat to attract insects?

18.   How many eyes do most spiders have?

19.   Established in 1481 by Catholic Monarchs what was the name of the tribunal which sought to maintain catholic orthodoxy in Spain?

20.   The Egyptian hieroglyph the ankh is associated with what Brazilian rock star?

1.       Shelbyville

2.       Arabic

3.       Africa

4.       Finland

5.       Kathy freeman

6.       F scott fitzgerald

7.       ..Gauguin

8.       Hands

9.       The Alamo

10.   A2 + B2 = C2

11.   Victor hugo

12.   Carthage

13.   Ghostwriter

14.   Beowolf

15.   Hannabarbara

16.   Bras cubas

17.   Corpse flower

18.   8

19.   Spanish inquisition

20.   raul

PUZZLE ROUND:

DITLOIDS (1pt)

 Work out the answers to these Ditloids e.g. 12 M in a Y = 12 Months in a Year… Discover the missing words to reveal a fact, title, phrase or quotation!

1.       101 D_________________________________

2.       The 10 C_______________________________

3.       64 S on a CB____________________________

4.       366 D in a LY____________________________

5.       99 R B___________________________

ANAGRAMS (1pt)

Break the code to reveal the names of 5 film directors associated with the horror genre! E.g. Gaul´s Model T. Glass Oxygen Musical Note =  France´s Ford Cup O La = Francis Ford Coppola

1.       Alien. Life. Form.  vermilion Problem peni_______________

2.       Steal the Undead (clue : also a rock star!)________________

3.       Toilet Jesus´s dad´s job!_____________________________

4.       Drainage Root (anagram)_____________________________

       Ogre goer me or (anagram)___________________________

Answers Puzzle Round

1.101 Dalmations

2. The 10 Commandments

3. 64 Squares on a Chess Board

4. 366 Days in a Leap Year

5. 99 Red Balloons

1. Alfred Hitchcock

2. Rob Zombie

3. John Carpenter

4. Dario Argento

5. George Romero