Brussels Legal Charity Quiz Answers
The answers to the Brussels Legal Charity Quiz 2007.Round 1: Belgium
1. Name the 3 colours of the Belgian national flag? Black, yellow red.
2. Adolphe Sax, the inventor of the saxophone, was born in which Walloon town?
A. Charleroi
B. Namur
C. Dinant
D. Liège
E. Mons
3. Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt is a member of a Flemish political party. Give that party's initials or name (in English or Flemish). VLD
4. In Flemish how is Liège spelt? In French how is Antwerp spelt?
A. Liège - Antwerp
B. Luike - Antwerpen
C. Liegge - Antverp
D. Like - Antverps
E. Luik - Anvers
5. Forbes' list of billionaires included one Belgian. What is his surname? Albert Frère
6. According to the CIA World Factbook, in July what was Belgium's population (in million)?:
A. 10.3
B. 9.1
C. 13.8
D. 8.4
E. 7.3
7. What is the name of the motorway linking Leuven - Brussels - Gent? E40
8. Hergé's cartoon character Tintin first appeared in which year?
A. 1921
B. 1929
C. 1931
D. 1939
E. 1940
9. Starting with the most western and going eastwards, list the following 5 Flemish towns and cities in order:
Genk, Gent, Hasselt, Kortrijk, Mechelen. Kortrijk, Gent, Mechelen, Hasselt, Genk
10. When Belgium joined the Euro, what was the official exchange rate between the Belgian Franc and the Euro. One Euro was worth:
A. 39.9933 BF
B. 40.3399 BF
C. 41.9933 BF
D. 43.3399 BF
E. 44.9933 BF
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Round 2: The EEA
1. The European Court of Justice is located in which EU Member State? Luxembourg
2. Since Bulgaria and Romania joined the EU, there are now how many Members of the European Parliament?
A. 730
B. 750
C. 785
D. 790
E. 795
3. Which EU Member State holds the EU Presidency for the first half of 2008? Slovenia
4. Who is the new Romanian Commissioner and what is the new Bulgarian Commissioner's DG (or department)?
A. Kuneva - EU Efficiency
B. Orban - Consumer Protection
C. Kuneva - Consumer Protection
D. Orban - Multilingualism
E. Kuneva - Multilingualsim
5. There was a political argument in 2001 between Finland and Italy about where the European Food Safety Authority would be located. The EFSA is now based in which city? Parma
6. The EU 50th birthday logo 'Together since 1957' was designed by a student from which EU country?
A. Malta
B. Spain
C. Greece
D. Latvia
E. Poland
7. Which EU country's monarch is also the Head of State of Greenland? Denmark
8. Who was the first Commission President and who has served as an Interim Commission President?
A. Hallstein - Marin
B. Jenkins - Mansholt
C. Rey - Malfatti
D. Ortoli - Edmont Thorn
E. Santer - Prodi
9. List the following 5 EEA countries by population size, starting with the smallest and going in order up to the largest?
Bulgaria, Germany, Malta, Norway, Slovakia. Malta (0.4), Norway (4.6 m), Slovakia (5.4 m), Bulgaria (7.3m), Germany (82.4m)
10. In 2006, after conducting a survey using modern mapping techniques, Liechtenstein announced its border was bigger than originally thought. In kilometres how much bigger is the new border?
A. 1.3 km
B. 1.4km
C. 1.9 km
D. 2.4 km
E. 2.5 km
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Round 3: History
1. Who invented the printing press in 1447? Johannes Gutenberg
2. Algeria gained its independence from France in which year?
A. 1958
B. 1960
C. 1961
D. 1962
E. 1968
3. Who became the first Prime Minister of India in 1947? Nehru
4. The Netherlands' Golden Age (of science, art and trade) covered which century?
A. 14th century
B. 16th century
C. 17th century
D. 18th century
E. 19th century
5. The soldiers of which European country set fire to the US White House in 1814? Britain
6. After the defeat of Napoleon in 1815, who became King of France?
A. Louis 13th
B. Charles 10th
C. Louis 16th
D. Louis 18th
E. Charles 11th
7. The United States purchased which territory from Russia in 1867? Alaska
8. When was the Polish-Soviet war?
A. 1905-1906
B. 1912-1913
C. 1919-1921
D. 1923-1925
E. 1927-1929
9. After the asassination of Julius Caesar, the Second triumvirate comprised Octavius (Augustus), Lepidius and who else? Mark
10.In 1095 which Pope called for the First Crusade?
A. Urban I
B. Urban II
C. Urban III
D. Urban IV
E. Urban V
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Round 4: Geography
1. Kenya has two official languages. One is Swahili. What is the other?
A. French
B. Portuguese
C. German
D. English
E. Spanish
2. The Italian coast is surrounded by 5 seas including the: Mediterranean, Ionian, Tyrrhenian and Ligurian seas.
Name the fifth sea. Adriatic Sea
3. Which is the smallest US state by geographic size?
A. Rhode Island
B. Delaware
C. Vermont
D. New Hampshire
E. California
4. Haiti shares a border with which other country? Dominican Republic
5. The Atlas mountains are situated in which region of the world?
A. North Western Africa
B. South Eastern China
C. Northern Canada
D. Southern Australia
E. Western Brazil
6. Patagonia is a region covering which two countries? Chile, Argentina
7. Which of the following South American countries does not have a border with Brazil?
A. Columbia
B. Ecuador
C. Argentina
D. Paraguay
E. Venezuela
8. Starting with the most western and moving eastwards, list the following 4 West African countries in order:
Benin, Liberia, Nigeria, Ghana. Liberia, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria
9. Which Strait separates Tasmania from Australia?
A. Lass Strait
B. Wass Strait
C. Bass Strait
D. Laughler Strait
E. Waller Strait
10. Easter Island is located in which ocean? Pacific Ocean
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Round 5: Sport
1. The Olympics will be hosted by which city? Beijing
2. How many times did Lance Armstrong win the Tour de France?
A. 3
B. 5.
C. 7
D. 9
E. 11
3. Kim Clijsters has won only one tennis Grand Slam tournament. Name the tournament. US Open
4. 'It will be a killer, and a chiller, and a thriller, when I get the gorilla in Manila.' Muhammed Ali was referring to which opponent in 1975's 'Thrilla in Manilla' boxing match?
A. Joe Frazier
B. Floyd Patterson
C. George Foreman
D. Sonny Liston
E. Rocky Balboa
5. Which European country is hosting the Rugby Union World Cup? France
6. Australia beat England in the recent 2006-7 best of 5 matches 'Ashes' cricket series by what score?
A. 1-0
B. 2-0
C. 3-0
D. 4-0
E. 5-0
7. Boston's baseball team is called the Boston [Blank] Sox. What is the missing word? Red
8. In darts, who was crowned World Champion on Sunday 14 January 2007?
A. Michael van Gerwen
B. Phil Nixon
C. Niels De Ruiter
D. Martin Adams
E. Eric Bristow
9. Who was non-playing captain of Europe's successful Ryder Cup golf team in 2006? Ian Woosnam
10.Which World Cup winning member of the Italian football team was named FIFA's player of the year in 2006?
A. Cannavaro
B. Del Piero
C. Maldini
D. Nesta
E. Buffon
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Round 6: Music
1. The EU's European Anthem is based on the final movement of which Beethoven Symphony?
A. 1st
B. 5th
C. 9th
D. 11th
E. 13th
2. Which US rock singer has released the following albums? The River, The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle, and Born to Run? Bruce Springsteen
3. The title of the only album by 1970s punk band The Sex Pistols was '[Blank], here's the sex pistols'. What is the [Blank]?
A. Sod off
B. Up yours
C. Bog off
D. Never mind the bollocks
E. You're dead
4. Finland's Lordi won the Eurovision Song Contest. Which country won the competition in 2005? Greece
5. Abba had only one single that reached the US Billboard Chart number one position. What was the song?
A. Dancing Queen
B. Mamma Mia
C. Waterloo
D. Money, Money, Money
E. Knowing Me, Knowing You
6. The Beatles' George Harrison began experimenting with which Asian string instrument in 1965? Sitaar
7. Bluegrass roots music originated from which part of the US?
A. Kentucky
B. Idaho
C. California
D. Maine
E. New Mexico
8. Starting with the earliest, list in chronological order the following periods of classical music.
Baroque, Classical, Renaissance, Romantic. Renaissance (1400-1600), Baroque (1600-1760), Classical (1730 -1820), Romantic (1815-1910)
9. Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison died in consecutive years. Which were the years?
A. 1968 & 1969
B. 1970 & 1971
C. 1972 & 1973
D. 1974 & 1975
E. 1978 & 1979
10.Francophone hip hop and rap artist Claude M'Barali is better known by what stage name? MC Solaar
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Round 7: Art & Literature
1. Which artist painted Guernica in 1937? Pablo Picasso
2. The characters Caliban, Ariel and Prospero appear in which of Shakespeare's plays?
A. Macbeth
B. Julius Casear
C. The Tempest
D. Twelfth Night
E. King Lear
3. Which Renaissance artist was commissioned by Pope Julius II to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel between 1508 to 1512? Michelangelo
4. Which of the following novels was not written by Charles Dickens?
A. A Tale of Two Cities
B. Dombey and Son
C. Hard Times
D. Vanity Fair
E. Great Expectations
5. Cézanne, Monet and Renoir are all associated with which 19th century art movement? Impressionism
6. Which of the folllowing is not one of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
A. Colossus of Rhodes
B. Temple of Artemis
C. Hanging Gardens of Babylon
D. Lighthouse of Alexandria
E. Taj Mahal
7. The Venus de Milo statue is exhibited in which museum in the world? Louvre
8. Which 17th century playwright and director wrote L'École des Maris and Le Misanthrope?
A. Cyrano de Bergerac
B. Corneille
C. Voltaire
D. Victor Hugo
E. Molière
9. Who wrote Don Quixote? Cervantes
10. Nobel-winning author Gunter Grass' novel The Tin Drum was first published in which year?
A. 1950
B. 1959
C. 1964
D. 1976
E. 1980
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Round 8: Science & Nature
1. The lumbar vertebrae refers to which part of the human body?
A. The knee
B. The head
C. The foot
D. The hand
E. The back
2. What is the chemical formula for water? H2O
3. On the Periodic table, Pb is the name for which element?
A. Gold
B. Lead
C. Silver
D. Carbon
E. Copper
4. What is the shortened, popular name of the nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions for the development and function of living things? DNA
5. The designated successor to the Hubble space telescope will be launched in 2013. It is called the [Name] Space Telescope. What is the [Name]?
A. John Williamson
B. Johanna Wiley
C. Jemima Weston
D. James Webb
E. Julian Walston
6. Name the scale that quantifies the size of earthquakes. Richter
7. Whose treatise, Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, described universal gravitation and the three laws of motion, laying the groundwork for classical mechanics?
A. Descartes
B. Newton
C. Voltaire
D. Da Vinci
E. Pasteur
8. What is the name of the action or motion that causes porous materials to soak up liquids and also refers to the process of water moving up a narrow tube against the force of gravity? Capillary
9. What did Swedish innovator Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel prize, invent?
A. Cellotape
B. Barbed wire
C. Electric iron
D. Dynamite
E. Flat-pack furniture
10.Geologic timescales: list the following three periods from the Mesozic era in chronological order, starting with the oldest: the Cretaceous, Jurassic, Triassic. Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous
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Round 9: Film
1. Meryl Streep portrayed Karen von Blixen-Finecke in which 1985 film? Out of Africa
2. Bollywood is the informal name given to the Hindi-language film industry based in which Indian city?
A. Mumbai
B. New Delhi
C. Calcutta
D. Bangalore
E. Jaipur
3. Manon des Sources was the sequel to which other film? Jean de Florette
4. Who directed the films Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Sense and Sensibility?
A. Woody Allen
B. Steven Spielberg
C. Luc Besson
D. Ridley Scott
E. Ang Lee
5. In 1998 two US disaster films had a similar storyline about an asteroid threating to crash into the Earth. What were the titles of the two films? Armageddon, Deep Impact
6. Which Pedro Almodóvar film won the 1999 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film?
A. Bad Education
B. All About My Mother
C. High Heels
D. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
E. Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
7. Fellini's 1960 classic La Dolce Vita starred Marcello Mastroianni and which actress? Anita Ekberg
8. 1987 film Pelle the Conqueror describes the life of a father and son who emigrate to 19th century Denmark. What nationality were these immigrants?
A. Polish
B. Swedish
C. Norwegian
D. Finnish
E. Estonian
9. Give the surnames of the husband and wife actors who starred in the French films L'Appartment and Doberman? Cassel, Bellucci
10.Laurel & Hardy's A Chump at Oxford and Chaplin's The Great Dictator were both released in the same year. What was the year?
A. 1936
B. 1937
C. 1938
D. 1940
E. 1946
Date: 11 February 2007
Location: Brussels Legal/Archive/Social & Interests
