January 2012 Quiz

In which city is the European Parliament based?Answer: Strasberg

Which country had a secret police force known as the Tonton Macoute?Answer: Haiti

Who wrote the poem ‘The Owl and the Pussycat’?Answer: Edward Lear

What song does the main character wake up to every morning in Groundhog Day?Answer:I Got You Babe (Sonny and Cher)

Which Hasbro `action figure` got its name from a Robert Mitchum film?Answer: GI Joe

What is the largest fresh water lake in North America?Answer:Lake Superior

How many inner wire rings are there on a dartboard?Answer: 7

Charlotte Edwards led England`s women to World Cup glory in which sport in March 2009?Answer: Cricket

Which supermodel is seen pole dancing in the White Stripes video for the song I Just Don`t Know What To Do With Myself?Answer: Kate Moss

Which band has released albums titled Word Gets Around, Just Enough Education To Perform and Pull The Pin?Answer: Stereophonics

Affenpinscher, Keeshond and Leonberger are all types of what?Answer: Dog

In the board game Risk, what colour is Europe?Answer:Blue

Known as the Rio Grande in the USA, what is it called in Mexico?Answer: Rio Bravo

In what year and in what country was the first FIFA world cup held?Answer: 1930, Uruguay

Which actress, born in 1916, had her legs insured by 20th Century Fox for one million dollars?Answer:Betty Grable

Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart are the protagonists of which Oscar winning movie?Answer: Chicago

Anthony Stark is the alter-ego of which super-hero?Answer: Iron-Man

How many surfaces does a Mobius strip have?Answer: One

Fort Knox lies in which American state?Answer: Kentucky

According to Shakespeare, whose horse was called White Surrey?Answer: Richard III’s