General Knowledge Quiz
Put
on your thinking caps and try the excruciatingly and squeamishly
difficult, mind-boggling Quiz set by yours truly, Mr. Quizmaster!
The lucky person who gets the most number of correct
answers wins one ticket to see She’s
All That/ Patch Adams! In the case of a tie, a final
raffle will be held in the presence of an independent solicited
auditor (i.e. me)! The reader is under no obligation
whatsoever to take part in the contest and the Newsletter
Executive Committee shall not be held responsible for any
consequences or outcomes pertaining to the welfare of the reader.
The committee will also not entertain any attempts of bargaining
with the results of the contest once the contest closes. Good
Luck! Please send the answers to [email protected] (Deadline:
10 Apr 99)
Total
score: 100/100
Section
(2 mark each) 25 questions
- Who won the 1999
Grammy for best R&B album? ______________________
- There are ______
members in the pop band Bewitched.
- Ally McBeal
is played by actress ____________________.
- The research
currently being done to study if genes can be used to
fight AIDS and cancer is the ____________________________.
- N’Sync’s
latest hit is entitled God Must Have
______________________.
- Alanis Morrisette
was born in __________________.
- Who said this:
"One small step for a man, one giant leap for
mankind"? _______________________________
- Freddie Prinze Jr.
starred in She’s all That. He also starred in
two other recent movies, both of which were slasher
flicks, namely_____________________________ and
____________________________.
- David James
Elliott stars in the television drama J.A.G., which
stands for _____________________________.
- The acronym LASER
stands for:_______________________________
- Diamond is made up
of the mineral __________.
- One-third of a
proton is a ________.
- Leonardo DiCaprio
is currently filming a movie named__________ in Phuket.
- The Singapore
Minister of Foreign Affairs is ________________.
- The prequel to
Star Wars will be entitled ______________________.
- Who will direct Mission:
Impossible 2? _____________________
- What is the name
of the association that Amien Rais heads?
____________________
- The capital of
Australia is ________________.
- The late Stanley
Kubrick took 3 years to finish directing the movie
___________.
- The mythological
Greek Oracle is at the temple of _______________.
- Currently, the No.
1 single in S’pore is Cher’s_________.
- Prince Charles is
having an affair with a woman named________________.
- The Greek word
‘omega’ is the equivalent of the letter _____.
- MacIntosh is a
species of apples. True or False? _______.
- The longest
acceptable English word is ____________________________.
Section
B (3 marks each)
These
are tougher, because they’re about the 1999 Oscars, which
were held only a few days ago!
- Gwyneth Paltrow
won _________________.
- Tom Hanks won Best
Actor. True or False? __________
- Which movie won
Best Cinematography? _____________________
- This year’s
Best Picture was _______________.
- Saving Private
Ryan took home _____ awards.
Section
C (7 marks each)
This
is a medley of extracts from well-known songs. 3 marks for Title;
4 for name of Artiste(s).
The medleys are distorted to make it more challenging.
 Title:_______________________________________
Name of Artiste(s):____________________________
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Title:________________________________________
Name of Artiste(s):_____________________________
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Title:_________________________________________
Name of Artiste(s):______________________________
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Title:_________________________________________
Name of Artiste(s):______________________________
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Title:_________________________________________
Name of Artiste(s):______________________________
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