FHAN's Friday Quiz

Referred to as “The Tower of Tandil”, this Tennis Player won the 2009 US OPEN and is also a bronze and silver medalist in the Summer Olympics– Who is he?

• Rafael Nadal

• Juan Martín del Potro

• Roger Federer

• Manuel Santana

Answer explanation

Juan Martín del Potro is the only Argentinian of the possible answers!

He defeated Rafael Nadal to win US Open in 2009.

Honors also include winning an Olympic bronze medal in singles at the 2012 London Olympics and the silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics, winning Indian Wells in 2018, and leading Argentina to the 2016 Davis Cup title.

Which of the following does NOT live in the Oxfordshire(South/West region):

• Jeremy Irons

• Orlando Bloom

• Adele

• George Clooney

Answer explanation

Adela is born in Tottenham and resides in London, never having been associated with Oxfordshire.

The Year 2000 was a remarkable year for Cinema with many classical movies being released.

Which of the following was NOT released in the year 2000?

• Gladiator

• Cast Away

• The Truman Show

• Mission: Impossible II

Answer explanation

The Truman Show is a 1998 American psychological comedy-drama film and hence not from the year 2000.

Which of the following events did NOT happen in the year 1990?

• Privatization of the Internet - starting the Information age.

• West Germany, led by Lothar Matthäus wins their 3rd World Championship in Italy.

• The first internet browser(WorldWideWeb) was released

• Tamagotchi Pets surfaced

Answer explanation

The privatization of the internet, allowing for the general public to access the worldwideweb happened initially in 1995.

America Online and Prodigy offered access to the World Wide Web system for the first time this year, releasing browsers that made it easily accessible to the general public.

Whom of the following have been or is residents of or near Ascot?

• John Lennon & Yoko Ono

• Ringo Starr

• Prince Edward

• • Rick Astley

Answer explanation

Richard Paul Astley is from Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire, and have not been associated with Ascot by any means.

In Danish History, the concept of a market town dates back to the middle ages and were significant in terms of having own rights to trade and law within their designated areas along with religious freedom to name a few perks.

Which of the following market towns is the oldest in terms when they received their status as a Market Town?

• Silkeborg

• Herning

• Skanderborg

• Struer

Answer explanation

The odd man out has retained and been given status quite a bit earlier - following the beginning of the younger age of danish absolutism(enevælde)

Only one of the below was labeled a Market town by decree of the king at that time, the others much later.

Town: Year:

Silkeborg                              1900

Herning                                 1919

Skanderborg                       1760

Struer                                    1917

Which of the following events did not occur in 1982?

• Resurgence of the first Computer Virus.

• Release of the Commodore 64 computer system

• The release of Michael Jackson – Thriller happened.

• Challenger Spacecraft Launch and subsequent accident.

Answer explanation

The launch of the Challenger and accident occured in 1986.

Which of the following did not occur in 1995?

• The release of the programming languages PHP and Java

• The first Toy Story Pixar Movie is released

• Tony Blair elected Prime Minister of the U.K

• Miguel Induráin wins Tour de France for the fifth year in a row.

Answer explanation

Tony Blair served in the years/dates spanning from the

2nd of May 1997 until 27th june 2007

Which record was not released in 1995?

• Metallica – Black album

• No Doubts - Tragic Kingdom

• Oasis -  What the story Morning Glory & Blur – The great Escape

• Coolio – Gangsta’s Paradise

Answer explanation

Metallica (commonly known as The Black Album) is the fifth studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released on August 12, 1991!

Stjær, Mathias’s Birthtown was named Village of the year in Skanderborg Municipality when?

• 2011

• 2015

• 2019

• Trick question - has not happened, yet at least.