# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # # Author: Lee Clarke, 1st April 2002 # Editor: # Last edited: 2002/07/05 19:09:11 # # Comment: many mixed quiz questions, Authors nick removed on request # # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Demo-Entry: # ---------- # Category: History # Question: Chinese philosopher (um 500 v. Chr.) ? # Answer: Konfuzius # Regexp: [ck]onfu(ts|z)ius # Author: anonymous # Level: hard # Comment: demo-entry, ÄÖÜäöüß ^° !"§$%&/()=? `Ž # Score: 5 # Tip: Kon...... # Tip: ...fuz... # Tip: ......ius ## valid keys: # ---------- # Category? (should always be on top!) # Question (should always stand after Category) # Answer (will be matched if no regexp is provided) # Regexp? (use UNIX-style expressions) # Author? (the brain behind this question) # Level? [baby|easy|normal|hard|extreme] (difficulty) # Comment? (comment line) # Score? [#] (credits for answering this question) # Tip* (provide one or more hints) # TipCycle? [#] (Specify number of generated tips) ## WARNING: # ------- # DO NOT ADD COMMENTS BEYOND THIS LINE, since they might get lost. # you may add as much comments as you want into the part above # Category: Animals Question: What is the only animal, other than a human that can catch leprosy? Answer: The Armadillo Category: Computer Games Question: Which legendary games designer/producer created the Super Mario Brothers franchise for Nintendo? Answer: Shigeru Miyamoto Category: General Question: Aesthetic principles derived from the literature and art of ancient Greece & Rome, but found as ideals in all ages is called? Answer: Classicism Author: DonkeyTron Category: General Question: North American Indian language family including languages of Alaska and north-western Canada, the Pacific coast and the south-western United States. Answer: Athapascan Author: DonkeyTron Category: General Question: What is the literal translation of the Latin word 'video'? Answer: I See Author: DonkeyTron Category: General Question: Which 1946 Louis Reard creation, was nicknamed "four triangles of nothing"? Answer: The Bikini Author: DonkeyTron Category: General Question: Who is the supreme head of the Church Of England? Answer: Queen Elizabeth II Category: General Question: Whose picture was on the first adhesive nickel postage stamp in the US? Answer: Benjamin Franklin Author: DonkeyTron Category: General Question: One of the twelve members of the administrative council of the Mormon church, is called a(n) .......? Answer: Apostle Author: DonkeyTron Category: General Question: The process of adding a number to itself a certain number of times is called? Answer: Multiplication Author: DonkeyTron Category: Literature Question: Which novel by Mary Shelley was subtitled 'The Modern Prometheus'? Answer: Frankenstein Author: DonkeyTron Category: Magazines Question: Which magazine always features an obituary on its last page? Answer: Rolling Stone Author: DonkeyTron Category: Magazines Question: Who was the first male to appear on the cover of Playboy in 1964? Answer: Peter Sellers Author: DonkeyTron Category: Movies Question: In which movie did Bruce Willis play the role of Corben Dallas? Answer: The Fifth Element Category: Movies Question: What does Steven Spielberg try to include in every film he makes, claiming it is for luck? Answer: Scene With A Shooting Star Author: DonkeyTron Category: Movies Question: Which actor played the role of Chewbacca in the Star Wars trilogy? Answer: Peter Mayhew Author: DonkeyTron Category: Movies Question: Which actress won the 2002 Academy Award for best actress in a leading role, for her part in the movie, 'Monster's Ball'? Answer: Halle Berry Author: DonkeyTron Category: Music Question: The theme tune for 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' was written by which composer? Answer: John Philip Sousa Author: DonkeyTron Category: Music Question: What was the working title for The Beatles' song, 'Yesterday'? Answer: Scrambled Eggs Author: DonkeyTron Category: Music Question: Which native of Flint, Michigan, once advised us to "drive your Chevrolet through the USA"? Answer: Pat Boone Author: DonkeyTron Category: Quotes Question: Which tennis player , when asked if he had learned anything from his US Open loss said, "Yeah...I learned I needed to lose 15 pounds"? Answer: Andre Agassi Author: DonkeyTron Category: Quotes Question: Who said, "People don't credit me with much of a brain, so why should I disillusion them."? Answer: Sylvester Stallone Author: DonkeyTron Category: Soccer Question: Which English Premier League team plays their home games at Elland Road? Answer: Leeds United Author: DonkeyTron Category: Sports Question: According to Olympic rules, what number of feathers must a badminton bird (shuttlecock) have? Answer: Fourteen Author: DonkeyTron Category: Sports Question: What is the name of the oldest National Hockey League team in the US? Answer: The Boston Bruins Author: DonkeyTron Category: Star Trek Question: What is Mr Spock's pulse rate? Answer: 242 Beats Per Minute Author: DonkeyTron Category: TV Question: What is the address of The Munsters? Answer: 1313 Mockingbird Lane Author: DonkeyTron Category: The Simpsons Question: Who has starred in such movies as 'The Erotic Adventures Of Hercules' & 'Dial M For Murderousness'? Answer: Troy McClure Category: Weights & Measures Question: The liquid measure of a capacity equal to 1/8 of a fluid ounce is a(n) ..........? Answer: Fluid Dram Author: DonkeyTron