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Lucky Dip Bag-O Questions
Who said that?
100
What is the name of the autobiographical comedy-drama from Tim Burton, starring Johnny Depp as the titular character and Martin Landau as Bela Lugosi, about a notoriously bad film director/scriptwriter who made such films as 'Glen or Glenda?' and 'Plan 9 from Outer Space'?
Ed Wood
100
Complete the next line of this song:
"She played the fiddle in an Irish band
But she fell in love with an English man"
"Kissed her on the neck and then I took her by the hand
Said, "Baby, I just wanna dance"
from the song Galway Girl
100
What is Limerick's main rugby venue?
Thomond Park
100
Anne Frank and which civil rights leader were born in the same year?
Martin Luther King Jr - both were born in 1929
100
"It's Not Easy Bein' Green"
Kermit the Frog
200
What character connects these two actors?
BONUS: name both actors (300 points: 150 points per actor)
Both played John Constantine
Keanu Reeves and Matt Ryan
200
Misheard Lyrics
state the correct lyrics and the name of the band that the below misheard lyrics are from:
"Money for nothin’ and chips for free "
“Money for nothin’ and your chicks for free” from Dire Straits
200
On which of the following dates was Muhammad Ali born?
a) September 3rd, 1939
b) January 17th, 1942
c) May 9th, 1943
b) January 17th, 1942
200
Who wrote Angela's Ashes?
Frank McCourt
200
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself "
George Bernard Shaw
300
Name this hit 1988 anime movie
Akira
300
Utah Saints 'Something Good' sampled which 1980's song?
Bonus 300 points for the name of the singer that wrote and sang it.
Cloud Bursting
Kate bush
300
Which country won the World Lacrosse Championship in 2014?
Canada
300
What is the capital of Afghanistan?
Kabul
300
"The only people for me are the mad ones: the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who... burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow Roman candles."
Bonus 300 points - What book or film does it come from?
Jack Kerouac
Bonus 300 points - On the Road
400
Name the TV series whose 3rd series aired 26 years after the cliffhanger of season 2?
Twin Peaks/Twin Peaks; the Return
400
Name the song or artist from the following lyrics:
Wake up (wake up)
Grab a brush and put a little make-up
Hide the scars to fade away the shake-up (hide the scars to fade away the...)
Why'd you leave the keys upon the table?
Here you go create another fable
You wanted to
Grab a brush and put a little makeup
You wanted to
Hide the scars to fade away the shake-up
You wanted to
Why'd you leave the keys upon the table?
You wanted to
Chop Suey - System of a Down
400
What does NASCAR stand for?
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing
400
Who wrote
"A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"
and
What year was it published?
James Joyce
1916
400
"It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light."
Aristotle, Greek philosopher, 385 BC to 323 BC,
known for contributions to logic, criticism, rhetoric, physics, biology, psychology, mathematics, metaphysics, ethics, and politics.
500
Which film series (itself based on a computer game series) starring Milla Jovovich has had 6 films in the franchise from 2002 to 2017?
Resident Evil
500
Finish the next 4 lines of this lyric (300 points)
and name the artist/group (200 points)
(300 point bonus for the name of the album)
"I pictured a rainbow
You held it in your hand
I had flashes
You saw the plan
I wandered out in the world for years "
"While you just stayed in your room
I saw the crescent
You saw the whole of the moon
The whole of the moon " - 300
The Waterboys (Mike Scott) - 200
This Is The Sea - 300
500
In tennis, what piece of fruit is found at the top of the men's Wimbledon trophy?
Pineapple
500
Which British educational establishment is older than the Aztecs (200 pts) and by how much (300 pts)
Oxford University is older than the Aztecs (200 pts) -
Oxford University began teaching students in 1096 while Tenochtitlán - the city of the Aztecs - was established in 1325 .
Therefore Oxford predates the Aztecs by over 200 years. (300 pts)
500
Three Things in Human Life Are Important. The First Is To Be Kind. The Second Is To Be Kind. And the Third Is To Be Kind
Henry James, American author, 1843 - 1916
Works include: The Turn of the Screw, The Portrait of a Lady, Daisy Miller & Washington Square
