5th Feb - Questions by The Albion and Harrington Academicals
Specialist Questions
Set by the Albion
1. Geography
2. Science
3. 20th Century Naval Battles
4. J's
5. History
6. Sport
7. Arts and Entertainment
8. Creatures
Geography
1. In geographical terms what is a 'TEPUI'?
Answer A LARGE FLAT TOPPED MOUNTAIN (found in Venezuela).
2. The port of Wilmington, North Carolina stands on a river which shares its name with a headland made famous in two well known films. Name the river.
Answer CAPE FEAR RIVER
3. On which river does the city of Seville stand?
Answer GUADALQUIVIR
4. Which is the highest mountain in South America?
Answer ANCONCAGUA
5. Name the highest navigable lake in the world
Answer TITICACA
6. Name the deepest lake in the world
Answer BAIKAL
7. How many time zones does the Trans Siberian railway pass through?
Answer ELEVEN
8. Name the only active volcano in Antarctica
Answer MOUNT EREBUS
Supplementaries
In which bay is the town of Churchill, Canada?
Answer HUDSON BAY
Name the stretch of water between North Island and South Island in New Zealand
Answer COOK STRAIT
SCIENCE
1. Give the name for an acute infection of the abdominal cavity.
Answer PERITONITIS
2. Pascals are S.I. units. What do they measure?
Answer PRESSURE
3. Who formulated the Binomial Theorem in 1676?
Answer SIR ISAAC NEWTON
4. Which animal primarily suffers from Glanders and can pass it to humans?
Answer THE HORSE
5. Diabetes Mellitus is caused by Insulin deficiency. What is the name of the other type of diabetes?
Answer DIABETES INSIPIDUS
6. The element Polonium, most recently in the news with the death of Alexander Litvenchenko, is named after what?
Answer POLAND
7. What is described as number 12 on the Beaufort scale for wind strength?
Answer HURRICANE
8. From what plant do we get Codeine?
Answer OPIUM POPPY
SUPPLEMENTARIES
Name the fuel gas with the formula C3H8?
Answer PROPANE (Iso propane fits but is not a fuel).
What is measured by a bolometer?
Answer RADIANT ENERGY
20th Century Naval Battles
1. Who was the first lord of the admiralty when the Battle of the Falklands was fought in 1914?
Answer WINSTON CHURCHILL
2. Name Jellicoe's flagship at Jutland?
Answer HMS IRON DUKE
3. Which major naval battle of the Second World War was fought off Greece in 1941?
Answer CAPE MATAPAN
4. Which country did Japan defeat at the battle of TSUSHIMA in 1905?
Answer RUSSIA
5. Name the submarine which sank the Argentine warship 'General Belgrano'
Answer HMS CONQUEROR
6. Name one of the three type 22 frigates in the Falklands task force in 1982
Answer BROADSWORD BRILLIANT BATTLEAXE
7. Name the British battleship which saw action in World War one and World War Two and survived
Answer HMS Warspite
8. Which Admiral commanded the British Squadron at the Battle of the River Plate?
Answer ADMIRAL HARWOOD SUPPLEMENTARIES
S1. The Battle of Java Sea 1942 was fought against the Japanese by an allied force comprising the U.S., Britain, Australia and which other country?
Answer Holland
S2. Name the Captain of the German pocket battleship 'Graf Spee'
Answer HANS LANGSDORFF
The Following Questions have answers in which one word begins with J
1. Name the capital of Missouri.
Answer JEFFERSON CITY
2. Name the Italian biblical scholar and saint whose feast day is 30th September
Answer JEROME
3. Name the American comedienne who said 'I don't work out. If God wanted me to bend over he'd put diamonds on the floor'.
Answer JOAN RIVERS
4. Name the colleague of Sir Trevor McDonald who opened the newly revived 'News at Ten'.
Answer JULIE ETCHINGHAM
5. Give the name of a worm drive hose clip.
Answer JUBILEE CLIP
6. Give the name of a small Spanish horse.
Answer JENNET
7. Which one time naked chef has recently turned his attention to the condition of poultry farms.
Answer JAMIE OLIVER
8. Name the film star who has recently donated one million pounds to Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Answer Johnny Depp
SUPPLEMENTARIES
Name the daughter of Tony Curtis Answer
JAMIE LEE CURTIS
Give the name of the 1989 film starring Kevin Kline and Susan Sarandon.
Answer THE JANUARY MAN
History
1. Name either of the two men who in 1860 to 1861 crossed Australia from South to North, dying on the return tourney.
Answer ROBERT BURKE WILLIAM WILLS
2. Give a year in the life of Geoffrey Chaucer, English poet, and author of the Canterbury Tales.
Answer 1343 to 1400 (Accept 1338 to 1405)
3. Who followed Robert Walpole to become the second Prime Minister of Britain in 1742?
Answer THE EARL OF WILMINGTON
4. In which decade was the North American (U.S.) Railway crossing of the continent completed?
Answer 1860s
5. Edward IV, Edward V and Richard III were three kings of which royal house?
Answer YORK
6. In which year did Henry III grant a royal charter to Macclesfield Borough
Answer 1261 (No Leeway)
7.Which American President, the shortest serving on record, died in office in 1841, of pneumonia, which he developed after giving a two hour inauguration speech, outside, in sub zero temperatures, amazingly showing that George W. Bush may not be the most stupid man to lead the U.S.A.?
Answer WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON
8. Who was the leader of the first expedition to circumnavigate the earth from 1519 to 1522, who was killed by natives in the Phillipines before the voyage was completed?
Answer FERDINAND MAGELLAN
Supplementaries
Give a year during the construction of the Trans Siberian railway.
Answer 1891 to 1917
William III and Mary were members of which royal house?
Answer ORANGE
Sport
1. Which golfer, a former British and U.S. Open Champion,. survived being hit by lightning in the 1975 Western Open in Chicago?
Answer, LEE TREVINO
2 How many gold medals did Jesse Owens win at the 1936 Olympics?
Answer FOUR (100m, 200m, Long Jump and 4 x 100m relay)
3. Jack Broughton, who reigned as English champion for 21 years was known as the `Father' of which sport?
Answer BOXING (He was a bare knuckle fighter in the 1.700's)
4. Which former England international Rugby Union coach is now in charge of
Edinburgh?
Answer ANDY ROBINSON.
5. Which runner was the first to run 100m in less than 10 seconds?
Answer JIM HINES (9.95 seconds in 1968)
6. Who holds the record for the most runs in a season in cricket with 3,816 runs scored in 1947?
Answer DENNIS COMPTON
7. Which horse won the Cheltenham Gold Cup in three consecutive years, 2002, 2003 and 2004, when trained by Henrietta Knight?
Answer BEST MATE
8. Where do Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club currently play their home games?
Answer THE WITHDEAN STADIUM
Supplementaries
Who was the first cricketer to hit six sixes in one over in 1968?
Answer SIR GARFIELD SOBERS
In 1970, which horse was the last to win the Triple Crown in England, that being the 2,000 Guineas, the Derby and the St Ledger?
Answer NIJINSKY
Arts and Entertainment
1. Who played the child prostitute in the 1976 film 'Taxi Driver?
Answer JODIE FOSTER
2. Which German author wrote the novel The Sorrows of Young Werther'?
Answer JOHANN GOETHE
3. What was the title of Alfred Hitchcock's last film?
Answer FAMILY PLOT
4. What was Patrick McGoohan's number in the T.V. show the Prisoner?
Answer SIX
5. Which poet wrote the line 'Every woman adores a fascist'?
Answer SYLVIA PLATH
6. In which play does the character Jimmy Porter appear?
Answer LOOK BACK IN ANGER
7. Name any one of the three artists who had hits in 1985 with songs entitled 'The Power of Love'?
Answer JENNIFER RUSH, HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS and FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD
8. Which brothers have produced art work with titles such as 'Hell', Disasters of War' and 'Insult to Injury'?
Answer THE CHAPMAN BROTHERS (JAKE AND DINOS)
Supplementaries
Name Either of Britney Spears’ two Sons.
(Accept any single correct name). Answer JAYDEN JAMES SEAN PRESTON
Name the missing one of the following;- Brynner, McQueen, Bronson, Coburn, Vaughan, and Buchholz.
Answer DEXTER (Actors playing the Magnificent Seven).
Creatures
1. What sort of Creature is a Pompano?
Answer A FISH
2. What sort of creature is a schipperke?
Answer A DOG
3. Who owns the cartoon dog 'Dogbert'?
Answer DILBERT
4. Name the Basset Hound in the Daily Mail comic strip
Answer FRED BASSET
5. What do animals do with the Masseter muscle?
Answer CHEW - it is the large cheek muscle.
6. Which animal did the Owl and the Pussy Cat buy their ring off?
Answer THE PIG
7. Who was the monster, half man half bull kept in the Labyrinth at Crete?
Answer The MINOTAUR
8. What type of dog is the Simpson's dog Santa's Little Helper?
Answer GREYHOUND
SUPPLEMENTARIES
Ailurophobia is the fear of which animals.
Answer CATS
Name the current Television programme about prehistoric monsters breaking through time anomalies to terrify and kill the local population.
Answer PRIMIEVAL
General Knowledge Feb 5 2008
Set by the Harrington Academicals
1. What is the organism responsible for the current outbreak of vomiting and diarrhoea?
Norovirus
2. According to the most recent UN estimate, which African Country has the greatest population?
Nigeria (148 million)
3. What percentage proportion of the World's population is Chinese?
20% (accept 18-22)
4. What is the name of the facility which allows you to play BBC TV and radio shows on your computer?
iPlayer
5. Who played Albert Steptoe in the eponymous TV series?
Wilfrid Brambell
6. Which European discovered the Victoria Falls?
David Livingstone
7. In which US state is Mount Rushmore. the giant sculpture of 4 US presidents?
South Dakota (do not accept Dakota)
8. What is the name of the green discolouration of copper on long exposure to air?
Verdigris
9. Who is the US athlete jailed recently (as of January) for lying to a US court?
Marion Jones
10. For which team does Rugby Union hero Lawrence Dallaglio play?
London Wasps (accept Wasps)
11. Which California airfield is the main landing place for US Space Shuttle?
Edwards Air Force Base (others are bad weather or contingency fields)
12. How many events make up the Golden Slam in tennis, whose only winner so far has been Steffi Graf in 1988?
5, (4 majors and the Olympics)
13. Which composer wrote the tone poem "Swan of Tuonela"?
Sibelius
14. Who is known as the Godfather of Soul?
James Brown
15. Rap band `Goldie Lookin' Chain' dedicated their song 'Your Missus is a Nutter' to the wife of which footballer?
David Beckham
16. Who designed the Marble Arch and the Brighton Pavillion?
John Nash
17. Who was murdered by the four knights, Fitzurse, de Tracy, de Moreville and Le Breton?
Thomas Becket (or a Becket)
18. Who was the Egyptian Sun god?
Ra
19. Who announced his discovery of the circulation of the blood in 1616?
William Harvey
20. How many countries are there in the European Union?
27 (accept 26 to 28)
21. How many counties in England'? (according to the association of British Counties)
39 (accept 38 to 40)
22. What first was achieved by US naval officer Robert Peary in 1909?
First to reach the North Pole
23. Who discovered Lake Edward in Africa in 1875?
Henry Morton Stanley
24. Who won the "Fight of the Century" on 8 March 1971?
Joe Frazier (he beat Muhammed Ali)
25. Which heavyweight boxing champion held the title the longest?
Joe Louis
26. What does the word Mull mean in a Scottish place name?
A Promontory (dictionary definition - a point of high land that juts out into the sea)
27. Which river runs through Norwich?
River Yare
28. Give a word which can mean either shrink or agreement?
Contract
29. When French audiences shout "bis", what do they want?
An encore
30. The royal standard is divided into quarters. The first and fourth show 3 Lyons passant. The second a lyon rampant. What does the third show'?
The Harp of Ireland
31. Who became the third man to step on the moon with the historic words "Whoopee man, that may have been a small one for Neil but that’s a long one for me”?
Charles `Pete Conrad
32. Who was given the nickname King of Spades during the American Civil War?
Robert E Lee (when he ordered his army to dig in to block the union advance)
33. Who recorded the hit single 'Slowhand'?
The Pointer Sisters (not Eric Clapton who recorded an album called Slowhand)
34. What is the name of the pigment which determines the colour of human skin and hair?
Melanin - Its Quantity determines skin colour from yellow to black,
35. What is the snow white variety of Gypsum (Calcium Sulphate) better known as?
Alabaster
36. According to the American constitution, who, after the Vice President, is next in line for the Presidency?
The Speaker of the House of Representatives
37. Which literary character's mother was Wenonah and father was the West Wind Mudjekeewis)
Hiawatha
38. Who was the Russian physiologist best known for his work on animal behaviour particularly conditioned reflexes in dogs?
Pavlov (Pavlov's dogs)
39. Which Italian scientist is credited with proving that large or small objects tall at the same velocity under gravity?
Galileo
40. What word for a legislative assembly of a country is derived from the Latin for "old man"?
Senate (from Senex - old man)
41. What substance is processed in a ginnery?
Cotton (a gin is a machine for separating cotton from its seeds)
42. What is the lowest female singing voice?
Contralto
43. On TV, who played Inspector Morse's sidekick. Sergeant Lewis?
Kevin Whately
44. On TV who played Detective Inspector Jack Rapid’s sidekick, Sergeant Carter, in the Sweeney?
Dennis Waterman
45. In which brewery is Boddingtons cask ale brewed?
Hyde's Brewery, Moss Side
46. What is Kreik
Belgian fruit-infused beer, usually cherry
47. What is the road number of the main Macclesfield-Congleton road?
A536
48. What is the road number of the main Macclesfield-Buxton road'?
A537
49. Luanda is the capital of which country?
Angola
50.Ouagadougou is the capital of which country?
Burkina Faso
51. In which country was the English cricketer, Andrew Strauss born?
South Africa
52. In which country was the former English cricketer Nasser Hussein born?
India
53. What was the name chosen by viewers for the Blue Peter cat, which the producers changed to Socks?
Cookie
54. Which 1987 novel centres on Wall Street hot shot Sherman McCoy?
Bonfire of the Vanities
55. Which lady of letters, when propositioned reputedly replied: "I only sleep with the first eleven"?
Lady Antonia Fraser
56. Who was the media personality whose advances were thus rejected by Lady Antonia?
Clive James
57 Which Anglo-Dutch steelmaker was taken over by the Indian group, Tata Steel in May?
Corus
58. What position does Labour MP Alan Williams hold in the House of Commons?
Father of the house
59. Which ballet opens with King Florestan declaring a grand christening ceremony for his daughter, Princess Aurora?
Sleeping Beauty
60. In which ballet is the leading man forced to dance to death, but is saved by the eponymous heroine?
Giselle
61. Which adult comic was, at one stage, the UK's 3rd best selling magazine with a circulation of 1.2 million?
Viz
62. Give the name of a hole used to spy secretly into an adjacent chamber.
Judas Hole
63. What is used to colour black pasta?
Squid ink
64. Where do Sale Sharks play their rugby?
Edgeley Park, Stockport
65 Who is their Director of Rugby?
Philippe Saint Andre
66. On March 16 where will the first Grand Prix of the new Formula One season take place?
Melbourne (accept Australia)
67. Which pioneering budget airline collapsed on this day in 1982?
Laker Airways
68. Which Last of the Summer Wine actor played the long suffering George to Yootha Joyce's fearsome Mildred?
Brian Murphy
69. Which other Last of the Summer Wine actor is still best known for playing a bus inspector?
Stephen Lewis (Blakey)
70. After Sir Alex Ferguson, who is the longest-serving manager at a Premiership club?
Arsene Wenger (since 1996)
77. Who is the Indian cricketer recently threatened with a test match ban for alleged racist abuse, the threat being subsequently withdrawn?
Harbajan Singh
72. Which writer created the children's TV characters the Wombles?
Elizabeth Beresford
73. Which UK group's 4th and final number one was Beat Surrender, released just before the group split up in 1982?The Jam
74. The UK's first stretch of motorway was opened in 1958, bypassing which town?
Preston
75. Who was responsible for the Paddington Bear stories?
Michael Bond
76. Doormen Max and Paddy were first seen in which comedy series?
Phoenix Nights
77 There are currently three Blue Peter presenters; name one.
Andy Akinwolere, Gethin Jones, Zoe Salmon.
78. Name either of the Chuckle Brothers- the comic geniuses behind the show 'Chucklevision'?
Barry or Paul
79 Which English cricketer was known by various nick-names including `the Doctor , the Old Man' and `the Champion'?
W G Grace
80. Who is the only cricketer to have scored a quadruple century in a test match?
Brian Lara
81 How is popular singer David Robert Jones better known?
David Bowie
82. How is performer Barry Alan Pincus better known?
Barry Manilow
83. Which person is called the father of modern Italy
Garibaldi
84. Who is said to be the founder of modern Germany?
Bismark
85. Which event was the Sun headline "From Hitler Youth to Papa Ratzi" referring to?
The election of Pope Benedict 16th -Joseph Ratzinger.
86. According to a university survey in 2007, which British city's women have on average the largest bust measurement?
Chester (no doubt a matter of satisfaction for the Chester Tourist Board)
87 Which Scottish footballer is the only player to have scored 100 goals in both the English and Scottish football leagues?
Kenny Dalglish
88. Even though he retired from UK athletics in 1980, who still holds the record for most capped British male athlete of all time, with 67 international caps?
Geoff Capes
89. Found on an Indian restaurant menu what is the Urdu word for bucket?
Balti
90. What might you wear that derives its name from the Spanish for shade?
Sombrero
91. Which director's 1st major film was Reservoir Dogs?
Quentin Tarantino
92. What name is given to the syrup made from pomegranate juice used in various cocktails?
Grenadine
93. Which river was the northern boundary of the Saxon Kingdom of Mercia?
Mersey
94. The first GM foodstuff to be sold in the UK, tomatos sold by Sainsburys and Safeways, were launched on this day in which year?
1996 (accept 95-97)
95. Which TV series was set at the Wernham Hogg paper company?
The Office
96. Joe Calzaghe has been a world champion for over 10 years. Which other British boxer did he beat to win his first world title?
Chris Eubank
Supplementary Questions
1. Ayers Rock is in which Australian State'?
Northern Territory
2. South Africa has a legislative capital, an administrative capital and a judicial capital.The legislative capital is Cape Town. Name either of. the. other two,
Pretoria - administrative, Bloemfontain -judicial
3. Norton Canes is the only service station on which English motorway?
M6 Toll
4. What is the name of Olive Oyl's brother?
Castor
5. Chisinau is the capital of which country?
Moldova
6. Dili is the capital of which country?
East Timor
7. Which group's career was the subject of the film The Great Rock `N Roll Swindle?
Sex Pistols
8. Give the expression commonly used for a person who reproaches while he sympathises.
Job's Comforter
9. Which US President was the subject of a 1987 opera by John Adams?
Richard Nixon
Set by the Albion
1. Geography
2. Science
3. 20th Century Naval Battles
4. J's
5. History
6. Sport
7. Arts and Entertainment
8. Creatures
Geography
1. In geographical terms what is a 'TEPUI'?
Answer A LARGE FLAT TOPPED MOUNTAIN (found in Venezuela).
2. The port of Wilmington, North Carolina stands on a river which shares its name with a headland made famous in two well known films. Name the river.
Answer CAPE FEAR RIVER
3. On which river does the city of Seville stand?
Answer GUADALQUIVIR
4. Which is the highest mountain in South America?
Answer ANCONCAGUA
5. Name the highest navigable lake in the world
Answer TITICACA
6. Name the deepest lake in the world
Answer BAIKAL
7. How many time zones does the Trans Siberian railway pass through?
Answer ELEVEN
8. Name the only active volcano in Antarctica
Answer MOUNT EREBUS
Supplementaries
In which bay is the town of Churchill, Canada?
Answer HUDSON BAY
Name the stretch of water between North Island and South Island in New Zealand
Answer COOK STRAIT
SCIENCE
1. Give the name for an acute infection of the abdominal cavity.
Answer PERITONITIS
2. Pascals are S.I. units. What do they measure?
Answer PRESSURE
3. Who formulated the Binomial Theorem in 1676?
Answer SIR ISAAC NEWTON
4. Which animal primarily suffers from Glanders and can pass it to humans?
Answer THE HORSE
5. Diabetes Mellitus is caused by Insulin deficiency. What is the name of the other type of diabetes?
Answer DIABETES INSIPIDUS
6. The element Polonium, most recently in the news with the death of Alexander Litvenchenko, is named after what?
Answer POLAND
7. What is described as number 12 on the Beaufort scale for wind strength?
Answer HURRICANE
8. From what plant do we get Codeine?
Answer OPIUM POPPY
SUPPLEMENTARIES
Name the fuel gas with the formula C3H8?
Answer PROPANE (Iso propane fits but is not a fuel).
What is measured by a bolometer?
Answer RADIANT ENERGY
20th Century Naval Battles
1. Who was the first lord of the admiralty when the Battle of the Falklands was fought in 1914?
Answer WINSTON CHURCHILL
2. Name Jellicoe's flagship at Jutland?
Answer HMS IRON DUKE
3. Which major naval battle of the Second World War was fought off Greece in 1941?
Answer CAPE MATAPAN
4. Which country did Japan defeat at the battle of TSUSHIMA in 1905?
Answer RUSSIA
5. Name the submarine which sank the Argentine warship 'General Belgrano'
Answer HMS CONQUEROR
6. Name one of the three type 22 frigates in the Falklands task force in 1982
Answer BROADSWORD BRILLIANT BATTLEAXE
7. Name the British battleship which saw action in World War one and World War Two and survived
Answer HMS Warspite
8. Which Admiral commanded the British Squadron at the Battle of the River Plate?
Answer ADMIRAL HARWOOD SUPPLEMENTARIES
S1. The Battle of Java Sea 1942 was fought against the Japanese by an allied force comprising the U.S., Britain, Australia and which other country?
Answer Holland
S2. Name the Captain of the German pocket battleship 'Graf Spee'
Answer HANS LANGSDORFF
The Following Questions have answers in which one word begins with J
1. Name the capital of Missouri.
Answer JEFFERSON CITY
2. Name the Italian biblical scholar and saint whose feast day is 30th September
Answer JEROME
3. Name the American comedienne who said 'I don't work out. If God wanted me to bend over he'd put diamonds on the floor'.
Answer JOAN RIVERS
4. Name the colleague of Sir Trevor McDonald who opened the newly revived 'News at Ten'.
Answer JULIE ETCHINGHAM
5. Give the name of a worm drive hose clip.
Answer JUBILEE CLIP
6. Give the name of a small Spanish horse.
Answer JENNET
7. Which one time naked chef has recently turned his attention to the condition of poultry farms.
Answer JAMIE OLIVER
8. Name the film star who has recently donated one million pounds to Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Answer Johnny Depp
SUPPLEMENTARIES
Name the daughter of Tony Curtis Answer
JAMIE LEE CURTIS
Give the name of the 1989 film starring Kevin Kline and Susan Sarandon.
Answer THE JANUARY MAN
History
1. Name either of the two men who in 1860 to 1861 crossed Australia from South to North, dying on the return tourney.
Answer ROBERT BURKE WILLIAM WILLS
2. Give a year in the life of Geoffrey Chaucer, English poet, and author of the Canterbury Tales.
Answer 1343 to 1400 (Accept 1338 to 1405)
3. Who followed Robert Walpole to become the second Prime Minister of Britain in 1742?
Answer THE EARL OF WILMINGTON
4. In which decade was the North American (U.S.) Railway crossing of the continent completed?
Answer 1860s
5. Edward IV, Edward V and Richard III were three kings of which royal house?
Answer YORK
6. In which year did Henry III grant a royal charter to Macclesfield Borough
Answer 1261 (No Leeway)
7.Which American President, the shortest serving on record, died in office in 1841, of pneumonia, which he developed after giving a two hour inauguration speech, outside, in sub zero temperatures, amazingly showing that George W. Bush may not be the most stupid man to lead the U.S.A.?
Answer WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON
8. Who was the leader of the first expedition to circumnavigate the earth from 1519 to 1522, who was killed by natives in the Phillipines before the voyage was completed?
Answer FERDINAND MAGELLAN
Supplementaries
Give a year during the construction of the Trans Siberian railway.
Answer 1891 to 1917
William III and Mary were members of which royal house?
Answer ORANGE
Sport
1. Which golfer, a former British and U.S. Open Champion,. survived being hit by lightning in the 1975 Western Open in Chicago?
Answer, LEE TREVINO
2 How many gold medals did Jesse Owens win at the 1936 Olympics?
Answer FOUR (100m, 200m, Long Jump and 4 x 100m relay)
3. Jack Broughton, who reigned as English champion for 21 years was known as the `Father' of which sport?
Answer BOXING (He was a bare knuckle fighter in the 1.700's)
4. Which former England international Rugby Union coach is now in charge of
Edinburgh?
Answer ANDY ROBINSON.
5. Which runner was the first to run 100m in less than 10 seconds?
Answer JIM HINES (9.95 seconds in 1968)
6. Who holds the record for the most runs in a season in cricket with 3,816 runs scored in 1947?
Answer DENNIS COMPTON
7. Which horse won the Cheltenham Gold Cup in three consecutive years, 2002, 2003 and 2004, when trained by Henrietta Knight?
Answer BEST MATE
8. Where do Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club currently play their home games?
Answer THE WITHDEAN STADIUM
Supplementaries
Who was the first cricketer to hit six sixes in one over in 1968?
Answer SIR GARFIELD SOBERS
In 1970, which horse was the last to win the Triple Crown in England, that being the 2,000 Guineas, the Derby and the St Ledger?
Answer NIJINSKY
Arts and Entertainment
1. Who played the child prostitute in the 1976 film 'Taxi Driver?
Answer JODIE FOSTER
2. Which German author wrote the novel The Sorrows of Young Werther'?
Answer JOHANN GOETHE
3. What was the title of Alfred Hitchcock's last film?
Answer FAMILY PLOT
4. What was Patrick McGoohan's number in the T.V. show the Prisoner?
Answer SIX
5. Which poet wrote the line 'Every woman adores a fascist'?
Answer SYLVIA PLATH
6. In which play does the character Jimmy Porter appear?
Answer LOOK BACK IN ANGER
7. Name any one of the three artists who had hits in 1985 with songs entitled 'The Power of Love'?
Answer JENNIFER RUSH, HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS and FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD
8. Which brothers have produced art work with titles such as 'Hell', Disasters of War' and 'Insult to Injury'?
Answer THE CHAPMAN BROTHERS (JAKE AND DINOS)
Supplementaries
Name Either of Britney Spears’ two Sons.
(Accept any single correct name). Answer JAYDEN JAMES SEAN PRESTON
Name the missing one of the following;- Brynner, McQueen, Bronson, Coburn, Vaughan, and Buchholz.
Answer DEXTER (Actors playing the Magnificent Seven).
Creatures
1. What sort of Creature is a Pompano?
Answer A FISH
2. What sort of creature is a schipperke?
Answer A DOG
3. Who owns the cartoon dog 'Dogbert'?
Answer DILBERT
4. Name the Basset Hound in the Daily Mail comic strip
Answer FRED BASSET
5. What do animals do with the Masseter muscle?
Answer CHEW - it is the large cheek muscle.
6. Which animal did the Owl and the Pussy Cat buy their ring off?
Answer THE PIG
7. Who was the monster, half man half bull kept in the Labyrinth at Crete?
Answer The MINOTAUR
8. What type of dog is the Simpson's dog Santa's Little Helper?
Answer GREYHOUND
SUPPLEMENTARIES
Ailurophobia is the fear of which animals.
Answer CATS
Name the current Television programme about prehistoric monsters breaking through time anomalies to terrify and kill the local population.
Answer PRIMIEVAL
General Knowledge Feb 5 2008
Set by the Harrington Academicals
1. What is the organism responsible for the current outbreak of vomiting and diarrhoea?
Norovirus
2. According to the most recent UN estimate, which African Country has the greatest population?
Nigeria (148 million)
3. What percentage proportion of the World's population is Chinese?
20% (accept 18-22)
4. What is the name of the facility which allows you to play BBC TV and radio shows on your computer?
iPlayer
5. Who played Albert Steptoe in the eponymous TV series?
Wilfrid Brambell
6. Which European discovered the Victoria Falls?
David Livingstone
7. In which US state is Mount Rushmore. the giant sculpture of 4 US presidents?
South Dakota (do not accept Dakota)
8. What is the name of the green discolouration of copper on long exposure to air?
Verdigris
9. Who is the US athlete jailed recently (as of January) for lying to a US court?
Marion Jones
10. For which team does Rugby Union hero Lawrence Dallaglio play?
London Wasps (accept Wasps)
11. Which California airfield is the main landing place for US Space Shuttle?
Edwards Air Force Base (others are bad weather or contingency fields)
12. How many events make up the Golden Slam in tennis, whose only winner so far has been Steffi Graf in 1988?
5, (4 majors and the Olympics)
13. Which composer wrote the tone poem "Swan of Tuonela"?
Sibelius
14. Who is known as the Godfather of Soul?
James Brown
15. Rap band `Goldie Lookin' Chain' dedicated their song 'Your Missus is a Nutter' to the wife of which footballer?
David Beckham
16. Who designed the Marble Arch and the Brighton Pavillion?
John Nash
17. Who was murdered by the four knights, Fitzurse, de Tracy, de Moreville and Le Breton?
Thomas Becket (or a Becket)
18. Who was the Egyptian Sun god?
Ra
19. Who announced his discovery of the circulation of the blood in 1616?
William Harvey
20. How many countries are there in the European Union?
27 (accept 26 to 28)
21. How many counties in England'? (according to the association of British Counties)
39 (accept 38 to 40)
22. What first was achieved by US naval officer Robert Peary in 1909?
First to reach the North Pole
23. Who discovered Lake Edward in Africa in 1875?
Henry Morton Stanley
24. Who won the "Fight of the Century" on 8 March 1971?
Joe Frazier (he beat Muhammed Ali)
25. Which heavyweight boxing champion held the title the longest?
Joe Louis
26. What does the word Mull mean in a Scottish place name?
A Promontory (dictionary definition - a point of high land that juts out into the sea)
27. Which river runs through Norwich?
River Yare
28. Give a word which can mean either shrink or agreement?
Contract
29. When French audiences shout "bis", what do they want?
An encore
30. The royal standard is divided into quarters. The first and fourth show 3 Lyons passant. The second a lyon rampant. What does the third show'?
The Harp of Ireland
31. Who became the third man to step on the moon with the historic words "Whoopee man, that may have been a small one for Neil but that’s a long one for me”?
Charles `Pete Conrad
32. Who was given the nickname King of Spades during the American Civil War?
Robert E Lee (when he ordered his army to dig in to block the union advance)
33. Who recorded the hit single 'Slowhand'?
The Pointer Sisters (not Eric Clapton who recorded an album called Slowhand)
34. What is the name of the pigment which determines the colour of human skin and hair?
Melanin - Its Quantity determines skin colour from yellow to black,
35. What is the snow white variety of Gypsum (Calcium Sulphate) better known as?
Alabaster
36. According to the American constitution, who, after the Vice President, is next in line for the Presidency?
The Speaker of the House of Representatives
37. Which literary character's mother was Wenonah and father was the West Wind Mudjekeewis)
Hiawatha
38. Who was the Russian physiologist best known for his work on animal behaviour particularly conditioned reflexes in dogs?
Pavlov (Pavlov's dogs)
39. Which Italian scientist is credited with proving that large or small objects tall at the same velocity under gravity?
Galileo
40. What word for a legislative assembly of a country is derived from the Latin for "old man"?
Senate (from Senex - old man)
41. What substance is processed in a ginnery?
Cotton (a gin is a machine for separating cotton from its seeds)
42. What is the lowest female singing voice?
Contralto
43. On TV, who played Inspector Morse's sidekick. Sergeant Lewis?
Kevin Whately
44. On TV who played Detective Inspector Jack Rapid’s sidekick, Sergeant Carter, in the Sweeney?
Dennis Waterman
45. In which brewery is Boddingtons cask ale brewed?
Hyde's Brewery, Moss Side
46. What is Kreik
Belgian fruit-infused beer, usually cherry
47. What is the road number of the main Macclesfield-Congleton road?
A536
48. What is the road number of the main Macclesfield-Buxton road'?
A537
49. Luanda is the capital of which country?
Angola
50.Ouagadougou is the capital of which country?
Burkina Faso
51. In which country was the English cricketer, Andrew Strauss born?
South Africa
52. In which country was the former English cricketer Nasser Hussein born?
India
53. What was the name chosen by viewers for the Blue Peter cat, which the producers changed to Socks?
Cookie
54. Which 1987 novel centres on Wall Street hot shot Sherman McCoy?
Bonfire of the Vanities
55. Which lady of letters, when propositioned reputedly replied: "I only sleep with the first eleven"?
Lady Antonia Fraser
56. Who was the media personality whose advances were thus rejected by Lady Antonia?
Clive James
57 Which Anglo-Dutch steelmaker was taken over by the Indian group, Tata Steel in May?
Corus
58. What position does Labour MP Alan Williams hold in the House of Commons?
Father of the house
59. Which ballet opens with King Florestan declaring a grand christening ceremony for his daughter, Princess Aurora?
Sleeping Beauty
60. In which ballet is the leading man forced to dance to death, but is saved by the eponymous heroine?
Giselle
61. Which adult comic was, at one stage, the UK's 3rd best selling magazine with a circulation of 1.2 million?
Viz
62. Give the name of a hole used to spy secretly into an adjacent chamber.
Judas Hole
63. What is used to colour black pasta?
Squid ink
64. Where do Sale Sharks play their rugby?
Edgeley Park, Stockport
65 Who is their Director of Rugby?
Philippe Saint Andre
66. On March 16 where will the first Grand Prix of the new Formula One season take place?
Melbourne (accept Australia)
67. Which pioneering budget airline collapsed on this day in 1982?
Laker Airways
68. Which Last of the Summer Wine actor played the long suffering George to Yootha Joyce's fearsome Mildred?
Brian Murphy
69. Which other Last of the Summer Wine actor is still best known for playing a bus inspector?
Stephen Lewis (Blakey)
70. After Sir Alex Ferguson, who is the longest-serving manager at a Premiership club?
Arsene Wenger (since 1996)
77. Who is the Indian cricketer recently threatened with a test match ban for alleged racist abuse, the threat being subsequently withdrawn?
Harbajan Singh
72. Which writer created the children's TV characters the Wombles?
Elizabeth Beresford
73. Which UK group's 4th and final number one was Beat Surrender, released just before the group split up in 1982?The Jam
74. The UK's first stretch of motorway was opened in 1958, bypassing which town?
Preston
75. Who was responsible for the Paddington Bear stories?
Michael Bond
76. Doormen Max and Paddy were first seen in which comedy series?
Phoenix Nights
77 There are currently three Blue Peter presenters; name one.
Andy Akinwolere, Gethin Jones, Zoe Salmon.
78. Name either of the Chuckle Brothers- the comic geniuses behind the show 'Chucklevision'?
Barry or Paul
79 Which English cricketer was known by various nick-names including `the Doctor , the Old Man' and `the Champion'?
W G Grace
80. Who is the only cricketer to have scored a quadruple century in a test match?
Brian Lara
81 How is popular singer David Robert Jones better known?
David Bowie
82. How is performer Barry Alan Pincus better known?
Barry Manilow
83. Which person is called the father of modern Italy
Garibaldi
84. Who is said to be the founder of modern Germany?
Bismark
85. Which event was the Sun headline "From Hitler Youth to Papa Ratzi" referring to?
The election of Pope Benedict 16th -Joseph Ratzinger.
86. According to a university survey in 2007, which British city's women have on average the largest bust measurement?
Chester (no doubt a matter of satisfaction for the Chester Tourist Board)
87 Which Scottish footballer is the only player to have scored 100 goals in both the English and Scottish football leagues?
Kenny Dalglish
88. Even though he retired from UK athletics in 1980, who still holds the record for most capped British male athlete of all time, with 67 international caps?
Geoff Capes
89. Found on an Indian restaurant menu what is the Urdu word for bucket?
Balti
90. What might you wear that derives its name from the Spanish for shade?
Sombrero
91. Which director's 1st major film was Reservoir Dogs?
Quentin Tarantino
92. What name is given to the syrup made from pomegranate juice used in various cocktails?
Grenadine
93. Which river was the northern boundary of the Saxon Kingdom of Mercia?
Mersey
94. The first GM foodstuff to be sold in the UK, tomatos sold by Sainsburys and Safeways, were launched on this day in which year?
1996 (accept 95-97)
95. Which TV series was set at the Wernham Hogg paper company?
The Office
96. Joe Calzaghe has been a world champion for over 10 years. Which other British boxer did he beat to win his first world title?
Chris Eubank
Supplementary Questions
1. Ayers Rock is in which Australian State'?
Northern Territory
2. South Africa has a legislative capital, an administrative capital and a judicial capital.The legislative capital is Cape Town. Name either of. the. other two,
Pretoria - administrative, Bloemfontain -judicial
3. Norton Canes is the only service station on which English motorway?
M6 Toll
4. What is the name of Olive Oyl's brother?
Castor
5. Chisinau is the capital of which country?
Moldova
6. Dili is the capital of which country?
East Timor
7. Which group's career was the subject of the film The Great Rock `N Roll Swindle?
Sex Pistols
8. Give the expression commonly used for a person who reproaches while he sympathises.
Job's Comforter
9. Which US President was the subject of a 1987 opera by John Adams?
Richard Nixon
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