MasterMind

1. Which presenter announced she is leaving GMTV this week?

2. In the film Cannonball Run, what was the name of the super- hero played by Dom De-Luise?

3. Which mountain range has a name that, when translated, means ‘the abode of snow’?

4. Inwhat year did Rio de Janeiro cease to be the capital of Brazil?

5. In what year was the country of Siamre named Thailand?

6. What is the capital of Tajikistan?

7. What is the name of the plain that was once the chief industrial region of the USSR?

8. The Red River forms the border between Texas and which other American state?

9. Which country is sometimes referred to as the Dead Heart of Africa?

10. In 1985,which entertainer made the first ever mobile phone call in Britain?

11. Who plays Billy Costigan in the 2006 Oscar winning film The Departed?

12. In which film would you find the character of Caledon ‘Cal’ Hockley?

13. Which Oscar winning actress played Stella Bridger in the 2003 remake of the Italian Job?

14. Who played Nathan Detroit in the 1955 film Guys and Dolls?

15. Charles Fleischer voiced the title character in which 1988 film?

16. Who is the hero in the best selling novel The Da Vinci Code?

17. What is A.A.Milne most famous for?

18. Which author created Elinor Dash wood, Emma Woodhouse and Catherine Morland?

19. In which Shakespeare play would you find the character Ophelia?

20. What is the last book in the Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis?

21. Who played Mr Darcy in the 1995 BBC adaptation of the Pride and Prejudice?

22. In which novel would you find Jo, Beth, Meg and Amy?

23. What do the initials J and K stand for in J.K. Rowling?

24. Who wrote War And Peace?

25. Which newspaper brought out the first colour supplement?

26. In what year did the first colour supplement to a Sunday newspaper appear?

27. Who became the first footballer to receive a knighthood?

28. In 1963,which band became the first to reach number one with their first three singles?

29. Which Oscar winning screenplay writer also co-wrote the screenplay for the movie Superman 2?

30. Which football team has its ground closest to the river Mersey?

Answers

1. Fiona Phillips; 2. Captain Chaos; 3. The Himalayas; 4. 1960; 5. 1939; 6.

Dushanbe; 7. Oka Don Plain; 8. Oklahoma; 9. Chad; 10. ErnieWise; 11. Leonardo DiCaprio; 12. Titanic; 13. Charlize Theron; 14. Frank Sinatra; 15.Who Framed Roger Rabbit?; 16. Professor Robert Langdon; 17. Being the creator/author of Winnie the Pooh; 18. Jane Austen; 19. Hamlet; 20. The Last Battle; 21. Colin Firth; 22. Little Women; 23. Joanne Kathleen; 24. Leo Tolstoy; 25. The Sunday Times; 26. 1962; 27. Stanley Matthews; 28. Gerry and the Pacemakers; 29. Mario Puzo; 30. Stockport County

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