Quiz Questions and Answers

This week's pub quiz questions and answers:

QUESTIONS

1. Was the Eiffel tower erected in the late 1800s or early 1900s?
2. How many pedals are there on a harp - five or seven?
3. How did the German pilot, the Red Baron, meet his death - he was shot or his plane crashed?
4. How many claws does a cat have?
5. Which fairy tale writer wrote the Ugly Duckling?
6. A crib in the South Island of New Zealand is called what in the North Island (this is a very New Zealander question)?
7. Which composer is famous for being deaf and never heard any of his final works - Mozart, Beethoven, or Elgar?  Name a year he was alive.
8. In what sport are there defensive positions called prime, tierce, and octave?
9. What is the core of a cricket ball made of - rubber, cork, or leather?
10. The first two soccer world cups were held in a South American country, and a European country - which were they?
11. What is the name of William Shakespeare's London theatre?
12. Aparet from a tourist attraction, restaurants, etc, what practical purpose is the Eiffel Tower used for?
13. Which character is author Captain W.E. Johns famous for creating?
14. What insect is blamed for causing the Black Death in the middle ages?
15. How long is 90 mile beach in New Zealand?  Which peninsula is it part of?
16. What was Magnum PI's Christian name?
17. What is Scar's relation to Simba in the Disney movie, The Lion King?
18. How many children did Shakespeare have - three or six?
19. What is the name of the stage given between a butterfly and caterpillar?
20. What is the correct name given to someone who studies birds?
21. What year did Mike Tyson bite off Evander Holyfield's ear, and the Spice girls released Spice Up Your Life?
22. Anagram: JOLLILY BE
23. List in order of oldest to youngest: Robert Downey Jr.; Marilyn Monroe; Jack Black; Rowen Atkinson; Jayne Russell; Billy Joel
24. Who is this famous pair?

ANSWERS

1. late 1800s (1889)
2. seven
3. shot
4. 18 (5 on each front paw, 4 on each back paw)
5. Hans Christian Andersen
6. Bach - btw, this deserves a vocabulary post.  Bach is the equivalent of a cottage in Canada
7. Beethoven; 1770 - 1827
8. fencing
9. cork
10. Uruguay and Italy
11. Globe Theatre
12. Aerial transmitter
13. Biggles
14. flea
15. 55 mi (85km); Aubouri Peninsula
16. Thomas
17. uncle
18. three
19. chrysalis
20. Ornithologist
21. 1997
22. Billy Joel
23. Jayne Russell (1921); Marilyn Monroe (1926); Billy Joel (1949); Rowen Atkinson (1955); Robert Downey Jr. (1965); Jack Black (1969); 
24. Laurel and Hardy