Quiz Questions

[ON THE ROAD]

Can anyone help with answers to the following questions

General Knowledge.

1/ Which clothing line was named after an athletic Boys Own character ?

2/ From where did Charlot Pain attemt to escape at least four times ?

3/ What is the current name of the city that has been renamed the most times ? ( I have Plodiv so far, but I suspect its happened more than this)

Literature.

4/ In which famous novel is beer served in litres and half litres ? (can't get past good beer guides)

5/ Who sent a sandal for an artist to use as a blueprint ?

Films.

6/ Which famous film had eleven directors, its sequel having a mere eight ? ( I have Paramount on Parade 1930 but can't find a sequel to prove it, so it may be wrong)
Hope you can help Thanks

[TOMMO33]

A dodgy lot of questions. Best of luck with them.
I came across this dating back to 2002

2. What was the rather appropriate surname (to an Englishman) of the Frenchman who was sentenced to 6 years penal servitude on Devil's Island for setting fire to an army tent while delirious from sunstroke? He attempted to escape in 1913,1917,1926,and 1931,each of these abortive attempts adding years to his sentence.

Thanks for any assistance you can muster...

[TOMMO33]

and this

astorian08-07-2002, 05:26 PM
I found it! I wasn't even looking for it, but I was leafing through t e Book of Lists, and I came across the name of the gent who set fire to a tent and wound up in Devil's Island.

The name was...

CHARLOT PAIN.

In French, "pain" means bread, but in English, the name is very appropriate for a guy suffering torment in a penal colony.

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[factor-fiction]

2 some stuff here
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=dYpAAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Charlot+Pain%22&dq=%22Charlot+Pain%22&hl=en&;sa=X&ei=LvTuUKyoO_HK0AXp9YDwAQ&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA

[ON THE ROAD]

Thank you both very much I don't think I would have found that one and as you say TOMM033 these are difficult/dodgy questions.

[Calibax]

4 Nineteen eighty-four
" 'I likes a pint,' persisted the old man...
...Never heard of 'em,' said the barman shortly. 'Litre and half litre — that's all we serve. There's the glasses on the shelf in front of you."

[ON THE ROAD]

Thank you Calibax, much appreciated.