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2017 Gone but not Forgotten Quiz (Round 1)

 

All these personalities sadly passed away this year.

 

Which actor who died in January, played Quentin Crisp in the television film The Naked Civil Servant and Joseph Merrick in David Lynch's biopic The Elephant Man
John Hurt

 

This American actress starred in the Dick Van Dyke show, and alongside Julie Andrews in the film Thoroughly Modern Millie.
Mary Tyler Moore

 

2017 Quiz of the Year (Round 3)

 

In January over 1 million people signed a petition in the UK in an attempt to stop who from entering the country?
Donald Trump

 

What landmark did Queen Elizabeth II pass on 6 Feb 2017?
65th anniversary of her accession to the throne.

 

At the 59th Grammy awards in February, who won the Best Record of the Year and Song of the Year?
Adele

 

Which rival group dropped its bid to takeover Unilever for $143 billion in February?
Kraft Heinz

 

2017 in Movies Quiz (Round 3)

 

Set in Berlin, which 2017 film stars Charlize Theron as the MI6 agent Lorraine Broughton?
Atomic Blonde

 

In the 2017 film Justice League, Amy Adams plays which character and friend of Superman?
Lois Lane

 

Who directed the 2017 version of Murder on the Orient Express?
Kenneth Branagh

 

Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg reprise their characters in which 2017 film?
Daddy's Home 2

 

Waiting for Godot (Round 172)

 

Britain's largest National Park is in which country?
Scotland (Cairngorms)

 

Which common name for lateral epicondylitis would suggest you played a particular sport?
Tennis elbow

 

Which river discharges the greatest volume of water in the world?
Amazon

 

W.B.Yeats won a nobel prize for literature in what year?

a) 1903 b) 1923 c) 1943
b) 1923

 

2017 Quiz of the Year (Round 2)

 

In Jan 2017, António Guterres began his term as United Nations Secretary-General. Which South Korean did he replace?
Ban Ki-moon.

 

Spanish and Moroccan authorities clashed with migrants on the Moroccan-Spanish border along which Spanish enclave?
Ceuta

 

At the 74th Golden Globe Awards are held in Hollywood, which film won the award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy?
La La Land 

 

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