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Mixed Doubles

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Introduction:
"The questions in this quiz having nothing in common except the word "double"."


1. One of my favourite movies is the black-and-white classic, "Double Indemnity". The screen-play was written by Raymond Chandler. Who wrote the original story it was based on?
    Truman Capote
    Raymond Chandler
    James M. Cain
    Alfred Hitchcock


2. In which Shakespearean play will you find this quote: "Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble"?
    King Lear
    Macbeth
    Hamlet
    Othello


3. Abner Doubleday is often given the credit for inventing the game of baseball. But who really invented it?
    James Naismith
    Daniel "Doc" Adams
    We don't know who invented it
    Alexander Cartwright


4. In a game of Scrabble, what colour are the squares which will earn you a double word score?
    Pink
    Dark blue
    Light blue
    Red


5. Which Amendment to the United States Constitution refers to "double jeopardy", the concept that individuals may be tried only once for a particular offence.
    First
    Fifth
    Thirteenth
    Sixteenth


6. Which musician's last album was entitled "Double Fantasy", released shortly before he died in 1980?
    John Lennon
    Ricky Nelson
    Robert Palmer
    George Harrison


7. "Double your pleasure, double your fun" is one of the 'Top Ten Advertising Jingles' of the twentieth century. Which brand of chewing gum is associated with these words?
    Hubba Bubba
    Nicorette
    Wrigley's
    Dentyne


8. Between 1956 and 1969, this musician/actor starred in 31 successful films, including "Double Trouble" in 1967.
    Bing Crosby
    Frank Sinatra
    Elvis Presley
    Dean Martin


9. In 1961, "Double Sin", a collection of eight short stories was published by this famous and prolific author. She is often referred to as "the Queen of Crime". Who was this author?
    Patricia Cornwell
    Agatha Christie
    Margery Allingham
    Dorothy L. Sayers


10. The term "double helix" describes the structure of which of the following items?
    DNA
    the virus which causes AIDS
    snow crystals
    the pancreas


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