General Knowledge Quiz

[GRALISTAIR]

Which actor has won 2 Oscars, neither of which were for acting?

Something to do with musical score?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Which countries flag includes a rifle in its design?

Mozambique

Is the correct answer.

Doesn't the flag of Guatemala also include a rifle/rifles in its design?

 

[Donny Dave]

Doesn't the flag of Guatemala also include a rifle/rifles in its design?

No. Besides, the question is a standard quiz question.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Doesn't the flag of Guatemala also include a rifle/rifles in its design?

Yes it does. Crossed Remington Rolling Block rifles appear on the flag.

 

[Peterthegreat]

No. Besides, the question is a standard quiz question.

Sorry that is incorrect.

 

[Donny Dave]

In that case, I apologise for getting that wrong.

 

[Donny Dave]

Something to do with musical score?

Not in this case.

 

[DaleCooper]

Which actor has won 2 Oscars, neither of which were for acting?

Clint Eastwood

 

[Donny Dave]

Clint Eastwood

No. He has 4 Oscars, 2 for best picture, and 2 for best director.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Doesn't the flag of Guatemala also include a rifle/rifles in its design?

Apologies my question should of course asked which countries flag design includes a single rifle.

 

[D6130]

Apologies my question should of course asked which countries flag design includes a single rifle.

No apologies needed IMHO. Your question clearly stated 'a rifle'....which implies that it is not more than one.

 

[MotCO]

Alfred Hitchcock - he had cameo roles in many films.

 

[Donny Dave]

Alfred Hitchcock - he had cameo roles in many films.

No. Surprisingly, he has never won an Oscar!

 

[OhNoAPacer]

As an uneducated guess Ron Howard

 

[Donny Dave]

As an uneducated guess Ron Howard

Not the person I had in mind, as he is a director, and not an actor.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

How about Actors who I know write screenplays and / or direct.

Let's try Woody Allen

 

[Donny Dave]

How about Actors who I know write screenplays and / or direct.

Let's try Woody Allen

Incorrect, as he has 4 awards

 

[OhNoAPacer]

I know Matt Damon won one for writing Good Will Hunting so maybe he has another so I will try Matt Damon

 

[Donny Dave]

Good effort! Not right unfortunately, but you are correct with the film.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Okay then I will try Ben Affleck.

 

[Donny Dave]

Correct.

Joint award with Matt Damon for Best Original Screenplay for Good Will Hunting in 1998. Also Best Picture for Argo in 2013.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

I can't see Ben Affleck's name without hearing a line from a song in Team America World Police in my head, anyway next question.

Which US state is often said to have a narrow waist?

 

[John Griffiths]

Michigan?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Michigan?

Sorry not Michigan.

49 guesses left

 

[Calthrop]

Going by the map -- I'll guess Maryland.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Going by the map -- I'll guess Maryland.

Correct.

Squeezed by Pennsylvania and West Virginia is a narrow 1.8 mile wide strip of Maryland.

Your floor.

 

[Calthrop]

Well, gee whiz, I sure got lucky there -- thanks, pardner.

Of what is chionophobia, a morbid / irrational fear?

 

[MotCO]

Chions?
Or possibly dogs?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Icebergs?

 

[Calthrop]

Chions?
Or possibly dogs?

Had to Google "chion" -- a kind of dog, yes? Tempting; but it's not about dogs, "particular or general".

Icebergs?

Using a pet Tolkien quotation of mine: "you hit near, but not in the gold".