#103

80s Films, The Moon, Music, Novels, and Country Codes.

80s Films

What a decade of films, impossible to fit into five questions.

1

What is the call sign of the character portrayed by Val Kilmer in the Top Gun films?

2

What make of car does Doc transform into a time machine in the film Back to the Future?

3

'Nobody puts baby in a corner’ is a famous line from which 1987 film?

4

Name at least three of the eight members of "The Brat Pack" - the group of young actors who frequently appeared together in teen-oriented coming-of-age films in the 1980s.

5

Which 1982 film became the highest grossing film of all time, a record it held for eleven years until a film by the same director surpassed it in 1993?

80s Films

The Moon

For the werewolfs that came out of hiding this week.

6

In a lunar eclipse is Earth or the Moon closer to the Sun?

7

What "body of water" on the Moon is the first location outside Earth to be visited by humans?

8

In 1609, which astronomer discovered mountains on the Moon?

9

To the nearest whole number, how many days does it take for the Moon to orbit Earth?

10

What nickname is given to The Parkes Observatory located in New South Wales that was used to receive live television images of the Apollo 11 Moon landing?

The Moon

Music

It's time to get the band back together.

11

According to the song Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush, aside from "hill" what other two things does Kate Bush run up?

12

Who is the youngest ever Australian artist to reach number 1 on the US billboard charts?

13

Which English rock band started the careers of guitarists Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck?

14

What human vocal range has the highest pitch?

15

What do Anastacia, Ricky Martin and Shakira have in common?

Music

Novels

None of this non-fiction nonsense.

16

What is the first line of Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick?

17

Place these novels in order by date, from earliest to latest: Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, Don Quixote by by Miguel de Cervantes, Candide by Voltaire

18

What kind of animal is Napoleon in George Orwell's Animal Farm?

19

Edmond Dantès is the main character in which Alexandre Dumas novel?

20

The 2018 film If Beale Street Could Talk is based on a 1974 novel by which American author?

Novels

Country Codes

Quickfire time: can you name the country based on the three digit International Organization for Standardization (ISO) code?

21

DEU

22

SGP

23

BGR

24

ZAF

25

PRK

Country Codes

Last Week's Scores

Top Scores

  • 22 MS
  • 20 Mum and dad go apeshit
  • 21 Alexandria Ryan
  • 20 Tones & Scotty
  • 20 York Street Yobbos
  • 22 Belle and Lach
  • 20 Daz n Bec
  • 24 Prince Yuki Fan Club

Random Scores

  • 12 D’Arcy
  • 18 Callum & Andrea
  • 17 Gus
  • 13 Dre and Leesh
  • 12 The Hoc Monsters
  • 18 Carissa
  • 18 B-Lon Musket
  • 18 Pop n’ Scram
17 points was last week's average score.

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