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Gene Wilder Quiz Round

"You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. They're people of the land. The common clay of the New West. You know - morons." This is a Gene Wilder line from which film?
Blazing Saddles

 

Wilder played the part of Leo Bloom in which Mel Brooks film?
The Producers

 

What was the name of the character played by Gene Wilder who says "No, it's pronounced "Fronkensteen."" 
Dr Frederick von Frankenstein

 

The Marriage of Figaro (Round 47)

The questions and answers within this quiz were verified and updated in July 2020.

 

Cynology is the study of what?
Dogs

 

He was awarded the Nobel Peace prize in 1973, but in what country was Henry Kissinger born?
Germany

 

Who composed the work 'The Marriage of Figaro'?
Mozart

 

Born Eric Arthur Blair in Motihari, Bengal, India, this famous author is better known by what pseudonym?
George Orwell

 

War Film Quiz Round 1

 

Starring Tom Hanks and Matt Damon, and directed by Steven Spielberg, what was the name of this 1998 blockbuster?
Saving Private Ryan

 

Set in Morocco in 1941 and stars Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman?
Casablanca

 

Directed by Quentin Tarentino and starring Brad Pitt, it tells the story of a group of Jewish US soldiers with a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders.
Inglorious Basterds

 

What I've Been Looking For (Round 46)

The questions and answers within this quiz were verified and updated in July 2020.

 

Dave Prentis is the current general secretary of which British trade union?

UNISON

 

The car manufacturer Peugeot is based in which country?

France

 

The Highbury Stadium is home to which Lancashire-based football team?

Fleetwood Town

 

History Quiz Round 3

 

Whose circus started its first tour of the United States in 1835?
P.T. Barnum

 

Who was the suffragette who was killed after she ran out in front of King George V's horse, Anmer, at the Epsom Derby.
Emily Davison

 

Which British Secretary of State for War resigned following a sex scandal in 1963?
John Profumo

 

1649 was the year in which the King of England was executed. Who was he?
King Charles I

 

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