October 2005 Speed Quiz 1
Identify the elements from their chemical symbols
1 As
2 Pb
3 W
4 Pu
5 Fe
6 Hg
7 F
8 K
9 Ca
10 Pd
Moon Play
Identify the moons of Uranus from their initial letters. All the moons of Uranus
are named after Shakespeare characters
1 O
2 O
3 C
4 C
5 P
6 P
7 T
8 J
9 D
10 U
Through The Year
In which month of the year do the following days fall?
1 St Sylvester’s Day
2 Bastille Day
3 Trafalgar Day
4 All Saints Day
5 John the Baptist Day
6 George Washington Day
7 St Mark’s Day
8 St Bartholomew’s Day
9 Lady Day
10 St Michael’s Day
Answers to Chemical Elements
1 Arsenic
2 Lead
3 Tungsten
4 Plutonium
5 Iron
6 Mercury
7 Fluorine
8 Potassium
9 Calcium
10 Palladium
Answers to Moons of Uranus
1 Oberon
2 Ophelia
3 Cressida
4 Cordelia
5 Puck
6 Portia
7 Titania
8 Juliet
9 Desdemona
10 Umbriel
(Any order for the first six)
Answers to Days of the Year
1 December
2 July
3 October
4 November
5 June
6 February
7 April
8 August
9 March
10 September
Born Where?
In which countries were the following famous people born?
1 Irving Berlin
2 Chris De Burgh
3 John Barnes
4 Leo McKern
5 Stan Laurel
6 Sid James
7 Bruce Willis
8 Paddy Ashdown
9 Paul Boateng
10 Katie Boyle
Initial Thoughts
What do the following initials stand for in internet chat abbreviations?
1 IOW
2 ASL
3 SWIM
4 TTYL
5 ILY
6 BRB
7 ITA
8 TYVM
9 PTMM
10 GMTA
And The Winner is…
Which nations were the following contestants representing on being crowned Miss
World?
1 Aishwariya Rai
2 Kiki Haakonson
3 Petra Schurmann
4 Marjorie Wallace
5 Silvana Suarez
6 Penelope Plummer
7 Hofi Karlsdottir
8 Irene Skilva
9 Agbani Darego
10 Andeta Kreglicka
Answers to Born Where?
1 Russia
2 Argentina
3 Jamaica
4 Australia
5 England
6 South Africa
7 Germany
8 India
9 Ghana
10 Italy
Answers to abbreviations
1 In other words
2 Age, sex, location
3 See what I mean
4 Talk to you later
5 I love you
6 Be right back
7 I totally agree
8 Thank you very much
9 Please tell me more
10 Great minds think alike
Answers to Miss World
1 India
2 Sweden
3 Germany
4 USA
5 Argentina
6 Australia
7 Iceland
8 Greece
9 Nigeria
10 Poland
And The Winner Is…
Who won a Best Actor Oscar for the following films?
1 To Kill a Mockingbird
2 Save the Tiger
3 My Left Foot
4 Scent of a Woman
5 Shine
6 Separate Tables
7 High Noon
8 Training Day
9 Stalag 17
10 The Pianist
Who won a Best Actress Oscar for the following films?
1 Monsters Ball
2 The Hours
3 Darling
4 Norma Rae
5 Klute
6 Moonstruck
7 Boys Don’t Cry
8 Network
9 Children of a Lesser God
10 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Who won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for the following films?
1 Glory
2 Goodfellas
3 City Slickers
4 Unforgiven
5 The Fugitive
6 Ed Wood
7 The Usual Suspects
8 Jerry Maguire
9 Good Will Hunting
10 Affliction
Who won a Best Director Oscar for the following films?
1 American Beauty
2 Titanic
3 Annie Hall
4 The Sting
5 Million Dollar Baby
6 Lawrence of Arabia
7 Out of Africa
8 A Beautiful Mind
9 The Sound of Music
10 Cabaret
Answers to Best Actor Oscars
1 Gregory Peck
2 Jack Lemmon
3 Daniel Day Lewis
4 Al Pacino
5 Geoffrey Rush
6 David Niven
7 Gary Cooper
8 Denzel Washington
9 William Holden
10 Adrien Brody
Answers to Best Actress Oscars
1 Halle Berry
2 Nicole Kidman
3 Julie Christie
4 Sally Field
5 Jane Fonda
6 Cher
7 Hilary Swank
8 Faye Dunaway
9 Marlee Matlin
10 Louise Fletcher
Answers to Best Supporting Actor Oscars
1 Denzel Washington
2 Joe Pesci
3 Jack Palance
4 Gene Hackman
5 Tommy Lee Jones
6 Martin Landau
7 Kevin Spacey
8 Cuba Gooding Jnr
9 Robin Williams
10 James Coburn
Answers to Best Director Oscars
1 Sam Mendes
2 James Cameron
3 Woody Allan
4 George Roy Hill
5 Clint Eastwood
6 David Lean
7 Sydney Pollack
8 Ron Howard
9 Robert Wise
10 Bob Fosse