THE ACCUMULATOR QUIZ
Each question has four possible answers and is worth from one to 15 points. Circle your chosen answers and keep a record of your points total. Maximum total points 120.
QUESTION 1 – for 1 point: Which cartoon character lives in Bedrock, Cobblestone County?
A Bugs Bunny B Road Runner C Fred Flintstone D Yogi Bear
QUESTION 2 – for 2 points: Which casino game is similar to pontoon?
A Blackjack B Chemin de fer C Craps D Roulette
QUESTION 3 – for 3 points: In Canada and the US what is measured in cords?
A Hay B Peat C Linen D Timber
QUESTION 4 – for 4 points: Actor Tom Hanks voiced which character in the Toy Story series of animated films?
A Hamm B Woody C Mr Potato Head D Buzz Lightyear
QUESTION 5 – for 5 points: What was the former name of Iran?
A Mesopotamia B Babylonia C Armenia D Persia
QUESTION 6 – for 6 points: I Dreamed a Dream is a song from which hit musical?
A Phantom of the Opera B Wicked C Les Misérables D West Side Story
QUESTION 7 – for 7 points: What was a jongleur in medieval Europe?
A A knight’s page B An itinerant minstrel C A boy who turned the spit D A chimney sweep
QUESTION 8 – for 8 points: Which drink is known as a Vera in cockney rhyming slang?
A Port B Sherry C Brandy D Gin
QUESTION 9 – for 9 points: In which country is the village of Passchendaele, scene of a bloody World War I battle?
A Belgium B France C Holland D Germany
QUESTION 10 – for 10 points: Who composed the hymn The Holy Boy?
A Benjamin Britten B William Walton C Ralph Vaughan Williams D John Ireland
QUESTION 11 – for 11 points: What is the name of Leonardo Di Caprio’s character in the film Titanic?
A Jack Reacher B Jack Sparrow C Jack Bauer D Jack Dawson
QUESTION 12 – for 12 points: In which African country is Matabeleland?
A Zimbabwe B Kenya C South Africa D Zambia
QUESTION 13 – for 13 points: Whose dying words were reputedly: “I’ve had 18 straight whiskies. I think that’s some sort of a record.”?
A Dylan Thomas B W.C. Fields C Ernest Hemingway D Errol Flynn
QUESTION 14 – for 14 points: In which art technique is paint laid on thickly with visible brush or knife strokes?
A Pointillism B Impasto C Grisaille D Tempera
QUESTION 15 – for 15 points: Where is the Thar Desert?
A Saudi Arabia B Jordan C Tibet D India