26 October - Cup/Plate Questions Set By Sutton Church House (1-60) and Waters Green Phoenix (61-120 and Supplementaries)

 

With the exception of typos etc these questions are as presented to the question masters:

1. What is the “Witch of Wookey”?

A. A giant stalagmite in Wookey Hole caves in Somerset

2. What is a martingale?

A. A leather strap used in a horses harness.

3. What Manchester railway station, closed in 1969, was connected to Victoria Station by continuous platform face 2194 feet long?

A. Exchange station

4. Who was the last Stuart monarch?

A. Queen Anne

5. What was Shakespeares last play?

A. Henry VIII

6. Who wrote the novel Jurassic Park?

A. Micheal Critchton

7. Which protein is present in hair?

A. Keratin

8. What does  the P in BUPA stand for?

A. British United Provident Association

9.Who wrote the Singing Detective?

a. Dennis Potter

10. Which is the longest river wholly within France?

A. The river Loire

11. Which Pop Group were named after a Steely Dan song?

A. Deacon Blue

12. Give the name of one of the three towers of the Palace of Westminster?

A. Clock tower, Victoria tower and Central tower.

13. What are the Roman numerals for 400?

A. CD

14. Arthur Fitzgibbon was awarded the Victoria Cross in 1861. What is unique about his receiving this particular award?

a. He is the youngest recipient of a VC (15 years and 3 months)

15. Which breed of dog has the best eyesight

A. Greyhound

16. Three rivers join the Manchester Ship Canal, two are the Irwell and the Mersey, which is the third?

A. The river Bollin.

17. Which is the largest species of fish?

A. The Whale Shark

18. Rigel and Betelgeuse are stars in which constellation?

A. Orion

19. What did Joseph Smith found in 1830?

A. The Church of the Latter Day Saints (Accept Mormons)

20. What are carved on the chalk hills at Uffington in Berkshire and Westbury in Wiltshire?

A. White Horses.

21. What is a Boomslang?

A. An African venomous snake.

22. Which actress won the best actress Oscar for her role in the 1996 film Fargo?

A. Frances McDormand.

23. Who is the Queens only nephew?

A. Viscount Linley

24. Which was the first National Park in the British Isles?

A. The Peak District National Park.

25. Who wrote the novel “The good soldier Schweik”?

A. Jaroslav Hasek.

26. What was the name of the Sheriff in the 1960s children’s TV programme ”Four Feather Falls”?

A. Tex Tucker.

27. Della Falls is the highest waterfall in which country?

A. Canada

28. Name the horse from which at least 80 per cent of all thoroughbreds are descended.

A. Eclipse

29. What is the common name for Nacre?

A. Mother of pearl.

30. What type of bird is a Francolin?

A. A member of the Partridge family

31. Chile is the Worlds largest producer of which metal?

A. Copper

32. In which country is the Urewera National Park?

A. New Zealand

34. Who sang the theme song to the Bond film “From Russia with love”?

A. Matt Munro

35. Which football club has the nickname “The Valiants”?

A. Port Vale FC

36. Nicky Byrne is a member of male pop group?

A. Westlife

37. What did the French give to the United States of America on the 100th anniversary of their independence?

A. The statue of Liberty.

38. What is the medical name for the shoulder blade?

A. The scapula

39. Whose ancestral home is Woburn Abbey?

A. The Duke of Bedford.

40. How many Bridesmaids did Princess Diana have ?

A. 5

41. The river Vistula flows into which body of water?

A. The Baltic sea.

42. On what form of transport would you find “knifeboards”?

A. Trams, they are the seats with backs that can be turned over to face either way.

43. What name describes a crack in a glacier?

A. Crevasse.

44. Which film musical was based on a novel by Christopher Isherwood?

A. Cabaret. The novel was “Goodbye to Berlin”

45. Of which card game is Southern Cross a form?

A. Poker.

46. Who is the current President of Chile?

A. Sebastian Pinera.

47. In nautical terms what is the name given to the upper edge of a ships side?

A. Gunwale

48. How many times did W. E. Gladstone become Prime Minister?

A. 4

49. Who won the Gold medals in both the men’s 5,000 and 10,000 metre races at the 1972 and 1976 Olympic games.

A. Lasse Viren.

50. Who wrote the Clayhanger trilgy of novels?

A. Arnold Bennett

51. Which European leader was known as “The Iron Chancellor”?

A. Otto von Bismarck

52. There are two motorways between England and Wales; one is the M4 what is the other?

A. M48 (The older Severn bridge at its approaches)

53. Which shipping line was Titanic built for?

A. White Star Line

54. Where is the “Bay of Rainbows“?

A. The Moon.

55. What is a Hairstreak?

A. A Butterfly.

56. Where would you find the Lutine bell?

A. Lloyds of London

57. How was the Ruler Carolus Magnus better known?

A. Charlemagne or Charles the Great.

58. What was the number of the famous Dambusters squadron?

A. 617 Squadron

59. What mythical creature was half man and half horse?

A. Centaur

60. Which named train first ran between London and Glasgow via the west coast route

in 1937 using streamlined locomotives?

A. The Coronation Scot.

61 In the field of entertainment what is a “Foley Artist”?

Someone who re-creates sound effects for film, tv or radio.

62 In Bram Stoker’s Dracula, where in England did Dracula come ashore?

Whitby

63 In Botticelli’s painting “The Birth of Venus” on what object is Venus standing?

A clam shell.

64 The nationalisation of which canal in 1956 caused a major crisis?

The Suez

65 On which play by George Bernard Shaw was the musical “My Fair Lady” based?

Pygmalion

66 In the 20^th century who was Pope for only 33 days?

John Paul 1

67 How are the Liver Building, the Cunard building and the Port of Liverpool buildings collectively known?

The Three Graces

68 What is the name of the bear in the Jungle Book?

Balloo

69 What does a Barista make?

Coffee

70 Who was the leader of the Labour Party after Clement Atlee but before Harold Wilson?

Hugh Gaitskell

71 Who, according to Lady Caroline Lamb was,” Mad, bad and dangerous to know?

Lord Byron

72 Which English palace was built by Cardinal Wolsey and presented to Henry VIII?

Hampton Court

73 In which city has the 2010 Exposition been held?

Shanghai

74 The drink GIN in called Geneva in Holland. What is the English translation of this name?

Juniper

75 Who wrote the novel “An American in the court of King Arthur”

Mark Twain

76 Which singer was known as “Lady Day”?

Billie Holliday

77 In which year did the Peterloo massacre take place in Manchester?

1819 (Allow 1818-1820)

78 Who wrote the novel “Return of the Native”?

Thomas Hardy

79 What does the “P” stand for in the shipping line “P&O”?

Peninsular

80 Che Guevara was an armed combatant in three countries, Cuba and the Congo were two, what was the third?

Bolivia

81 Who was the mother of Richard the Lionhart?

Eleanor of Aquitaine

82 In which film is the computer called “mother”

Alien

83 Which vessel, named after a famous fictional ship, was the first to cross the North Pole beneath the ice?

Nautilus

84 Which EU country is bordered by, the gulf of Finland, the Baltic Sea, Latvia and the Russian Federation?

Estonia

85 What was the name of The Beatles debut album, released in 1963?

Please Please Me

86 In the news for their scrapping recently, for what does the word QUANGO stand?

Quasi Autonomous Non-Governmental Organisation

87 Before becoming an MP what was Margaret Thatcher’s profession?

An Industrial Chemist (Accept research scientist)

88 What Internet phenomenon was founded by Mark Zuckerberg?

Facebook

89 On 15^th October 2010 what did New England Sports Ventures buy?

Liverpool FC

90 Diane Abbott was the first person eliminated from the Labour leadership election, who was the 2^nd?

Andy Burnham

91 An oxide of which heavy metal is used to make crystal glass?

Lead

92 Who wrote the “Wilt” trilogy of books?

Tom Sharpe

93 Which Cathedral has the tallest spire in England?

Salisbury

94 Who released the 1996 album “Older”?

George Michael

95 In which TV programme have Greek letters been replaced by Egyptian hieroglyphs?

Only Connect

96 Vasco de Gama bridge which opened in 2009 is in which country?

Portugal

97 Who was the only American President to have served two non-consecutive terms in office?

Grover Cleveland (1885-89, 1893-97)

98 As of 19 October 2010 who, (name not position) is the 2^nd Lord of the Treasury?

George Osborne? (Chancellor of the Exchequer)

99 What is the name of the substance (often used for jewellery) derived from fossilised trees that Includes the monkey puzzle?

Jet

100 In which 1979 race did 15 yachtsmen die in a freak storm?

Fastnet (part of the Admiral’s cup)

100 What is Ormalou?

A method of gilding furniture and clocks

101 Who was known as the Swedish nightingale?

Jenny Lind

102 In what year of the 19^th century did the Great Exhibition open at the Crystal Palace?

1851 (+/- one year)

103 Les Miserables is based on a novel by whom?

Victor Hugo

104 The Kiel Canal links the Baltic Sea with which other sea?

The North Sea

105 On which Greek Island would you find the ancient city of Knossos?

Crete

106 What was Kojak’s first name?

Theo

107 What nationality was Gustav Holst?

English

108 Exeter City shares the name of its football ground with which team in the English Premier League

Newcastle United (St James’s Park)

109 Who wrote this description of autumn “ seasons of mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun”?

Keats

110 An English aiport has the motto “Above us only sky”. From which song is this lyric taken?

Imagine (Liverpool John Lennon Airport)

111 The MOBO music awards were held last week. What does the second “o” stand for?(mobO)

Origin (Music Of Black Origin)

112 What would you do with a “Kindle”?

Read a book. (It’s a wireless reading device)

113 Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselev won this years Nobel prize for Physics for their work on which material?

Graphene

114 Who is President of FIFA?

Sepp Blatter

115 Which Formula 1 Grand Prix race is held at Spa?

Belgian Grand Prix

116 Tom Bosley, who died recently played Mr Cunningham in “Happy Days”, which actor turned producer played his son, Ritchie?

Ron Howard

117 Which company owns Macclesfield Forest?

United Utilities

118 Which poet wrote about the “dark satanic mills “ of the industrial revolution?

William Blake

119 In which film, directed by Ridley Scott, did Harrison Ford play replicant hunter Rick Deckard?

Blade Runner

120 Which local Northern Premier league football team, nicknamed “the Blues” plays their home

Games at Harrison Park?

Leek Town

Supplementary

1 In the BBC tv series who plays 60’s detective George Gently?

Martin Shaw

2 The 34 mile Sandstone Trail runs from Frodsham to where?

Whitchurch

3 What is the capital of Nigeria?

Abouja

4 Who hosts Radio 4’s News Quiz?

Sandy Toksvig

5 In What year did Sir Issac Newton die?

1727 (+/- 1 year)

6 Who in 1953 won the Nobel Prize for Literature for his work “History of the English Speaking People”?

Winston Churchill

Tiebreaker

Travelling by road and using the shortest route and the channel tunnel, what is the total distance in miles from Macclesfield to St Marks Sq, Venice?

1143 miles (Google Maps)

19th October All Questions Set By The British Flag

Vetted by:

The Castle (B League)

The Knot Know-Alls (C League)

SPECIALIST ROUNDS

1. ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

2. SCIENCE

3. SPORT

4. HISTORY

5. NICKNAMES

6. GEOGRAPHY

7. POLITICS

8. AIRPORTS

ROUND 1: ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

1. What name does the “S” of C S Lewis stand for?

STAPLES

2. What is the name of the author, screenwriter and former actress who has written several TV series including Trial and retribution and Mind Games ?

LINDA LA PLANTE

3. Which book begins with “A girl sitting on a bank with her sister getting very bored”?

ALICE IN WONDERLAND

4. Which 20th century novel revolves around a boy who has been expelled from an American prep school?

THE CATCHER IN THE RYE

5. In the play “Peter Pan” what is Captain Hook’s ship called?

JOLLY ROGER

6. Which book starts and ends with the same continuous sentence i.e. the sentence starts at the end of the book and ends at the start of the book ?

FINNEGANS WAKE (James Joyce)

7. “We two boys together clinging” is the title of a painting by which British artist?

DAVID HOCKNEY

8. During the sixties a popular print of a Chinese girl with a green face was seen in many living rooms. Who was the artist famous for his colourful paintings of exotic people and flowers ?

VLADIMIR TRETCHIKOFF

SUPPLEMENTARIES:

I. The lines “They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old” were written by which poet?

LAURENCE BINYON

II. In Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night the comic character Andrew Aguecheek is a great eater of which meat?

BEEF

ROUND 2: SCIENCE

1. Who developed the theory of electromagnetic induction, the laws of electrolysis and created the first electric dynamo ?

MICHAEL FARADAY

2. Who, through passing electricity through molten metallic compounds discovered potassium, sodium, calcium, barium, magnesium and strontium ?

SIR HUMPHREY DAVY

3. Whose law describes the relationship between the pressure and volume of a gas at constant temperature ?

BOYLES LAW 4.

What name is given to the fear of animals ?

ZOOPHOBIA

5. In the periodic table what name is given to the group of elements named fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine and astatine ?

HALOGENS

6. In the periodic table what name is given to the group of elements named helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon and radon ?

INERT OR NOBLE GASES

7. Named after the Californian who accidentally first created it in 1881, what is a cross between a raspberry and a blackberry called ?

LOGANBERRY

8. What is a lactometer used to measure ?

DENSITY OF MILK

SUPPLEMENTARIES:

I. Where in the human body are the bronchioles found ?

LUNGS

II. What is the common name for kaolin ?

CHINA CLAY

ROUND 3: SPORT

1. Name either of the two countries that will be co-hosting the 2012 European football Championships between June 8th and July 1st?

POLAND OR UKRAINE

2. How many Commonwealth Gold medals did England win at the recent Commonwealth Games in India, one less that the hosts !

37

3. Who won the 2010 Tour de France but has subsequently been suspected of using the banned substance clenbuterol to help him win ?

ALBERTO CONTADOR

4. Who was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year last year ?

RYAN GIGGS

5. How many players from each team are on the field in a game of Australian Rules Football?

18

6. Who is the current MotoGP World Champion?

VALENTINO ROSSI (7 titles)

7. Speedway is organized into the Elite, Premier and National Leagues. Which is the only North of England team in the Elite League ?

BELLE VUE ACES

8. Who was the youngest player on this year’s victorious European Ryder Cup team ?

RORY McILLROY

(21 years 5 months)

SUPPLEMENTARIES:

I. How many referees/officials officiate in a game of American Football ?

7 (Referee, Umpire, Head Linesman, Line Judge, Field Judge,

Side Judge and Back Judge)

II. What was the name of the Mansfield girl who won two gold medals for Team GB at the Beijing Summer Olympics in the 400 m and 800 m Freestyle ?

REBECCA ADLINGTON

ROUND 4: HISTORY

1. In the American constitution, the 13th amendment abolished what?

SLAVERY

2. In what year was VAT first introduced into Britain?

1973

3. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were watered by pumping from which river?

EUPHRATES

4. From which tribe of Britons did Boudicca come?

ICENI

5. In which year did England and Scotland become politically united?

1707 (ALLOW 1705 – 1709)

6. Anthony Van Dyck was court painter to which English monarch??

CHARLES I

7. Who fought a general election in December 1918 with the slogan “Make Germany pay”?

LLOYD GEORGE

8. Which saint was buried on Holy Island off the coast of Northumberland, but his remains were later transferred to Durham Cathedral?

SAINT CUTHBERT

SUPPLEMENTARIES:

I. The enormous blue stones found at Stonehenge are thought to have come from which Welsh Hills?

PRESELI

II.

With which political party was Oswald Mosley associated in the 1930s? THE BRITISH UNION OF FASCISTS (ACCEPT FASCISTS)

ROUND 5: NICKNAMES

1. What nickname is shared by football teams Altrincham, Bristol City, Cheltenham Town and Swindon Town ?

THE ROBINS

2. Which country is nicknamed “The land of the thousand lakes” although at the last count there were in fact 187,888 of them ?

FINLAND

3. “Sicknote” was the nickname of a character in which TV series?

LONDON’S BURNING

4. Which Dallas character did Terry Wogan nickname the `poisoned dwarf`?

LUCY EWING

5. What was the nickname of the swimmer from Equatorial Guinea who took over 2 minutes to complete 100 metres freestyle in the Sydney Olympics in 2000 ?

ERIC THE EEL

6. Which footballer was nicknamed “The baby-faced assassin” ?

OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER

7. In the stock exchange what animal is used as a nickname to describe someone who sells shares thinking that the price will fall ?

BEAR

8. Which jazz musician had the nickname `Bird`?

CHARLIE PARKER

SUPPLEMENTARIES:

I. William Joyce, hanged for treason in 1946 found infamy under which nickname ?

LORD HAW-HAW

II. What was the nickname given to the famous boxing match between Mohammad Ali and Joe Frazier in1975?

THRILLER IN MANILA

ROUND 6: GEOGRAPHY

1. Port Stanley in the Falklands was previously known by what name ?

PORT WILLIAM

2. What is the more common name for the body of water also known as the Sea of Cortez or Vermillion Sea ?

THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA

3. Eighty Mile Beach is part of which Australian state?

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

4. Which Scottish word means a narrow channel between islands??

KYLE

5. Carisbrook Castle is situated on which island?

ISLE OF WIGHT

6. The Gold Coast is a major tourist attraction in which country?

AUSTRALIA

7. The city of Mombasa lies on which body of water?

INDIAN OCEAN

8. The northern end of Lake Maggiore extends into the southern part of which country?

SWITZERLAND (majority of lake in Italy)

SUPPLEMENTARIES:

I. What degree of latitude is shown on maps for the Arctic Circle?

67 (accept 66 or 67 exact is 66deg 33m)

II. Which city stands on the river Lune ?

LANCASTER

ROUND 7: POLITICS

1. Who is the current Secretary of State for Work and Pensions who once said of himself: “The quiet man is turning up the volume”.

IAN DUNCAN SMITH

2. Who is leading the latest enquiry into the Iraq War ?

SIR JOHN CHILCOTT

3. In which English city was this year’s conservative party conference held ?

BIRMINGHAM

4. Which constituency is represented by the Prime Minister, David Cameron ?

WHITNEY (OXFORDSHIRE)

5. Who is the shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer ?

ALAN JOHNSON

6. Who is the shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs ?

YVETTE COOPER

7. Which constituency is represented by the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg ?

SHEFFIELD HALLAM

8. How many Liberal Democrat MPs are in the Cabinet?

5

(Nick Clegg, Vince Cable, Chris Huhne, Danny Alexander, Michael Moore )

SUPPLEMENTARIES:

I. Who was the only woman in the recent 5 person contest for the leadership of the Labour Party ?

DIANNE ABBOTT

II. What is the name of the type of document used to present proposals for new legislation to Parliament ?

GREEN PAPER

ROUND 8: AIRPORTS

You will be given the location of an airport and a clue to the famous person to whom the airport is dedicated. Please name the famous person

1. International Airport, New Delhi, India

Clue - Prime minister of India for a total of 4 terms; a total of 15 years.

INDIRA GANDHI

2. International Airport, Tel Aviv, Israel

Clue - 1st Prime Minister of Israel.

DAVID BEN-GURION

3. International Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Clue - Anti-apartheid activist with Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu

OLIVER TAMBO

4. National Airport, Washington DC, USA

Clue - 40th President of the USA

RONALD REAGAN

5. International Airport, Venice, Italy

Clue – 13th Century Venetian explorer.

MARCO POLO

6. International Airport (Yesilkoy), Istanbul, Turkey

Clue - Founder and first President of the Republic of Turkey.

KEMAL ATATURK

7. International Airport, Caracas, Venezuela

Clue - 19th Century political leader who led Venezuela and some other South American countries to independence from the Spanish Empire

SIMON BOLIVAR

8. International Airport, Rome, Italy

Clue – Italian artistic and scientific genus of the Renaissance.

LEONARDO DA VINCI

SUPPLEMENTARIES:

I. Intercontinental Airport, Houston, Texas, USA

Clue - 41st President of the USA

GEORGE BUSH (Senior) Do not accept George W Bush

II. International Airport, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Clue - Former Prime Minister who was assassinated by a Buddhist monk in 1959. His widow became Prime Minister in 1960.

SOLOMON BANDARANAIKE (his widow was Sirimavo Bandaranaike the world’s first female head of Government)

 

 

 

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS

1. Which is the longest nerve in the human body ?

SCIATIC NERVE

2. An airplane’s automatic pilot is often referred to by which Christian name ?

GEORGE

3. How long did Mary Poppins say she would stay with the Banks’s children ?

UNTIL THE WIND CHANGES

4. Who played Professor Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films ?

ALAN RICKMAN

5. Which London base  brewery makes a beer called London Pride ?

FULLERS

6. Who fell asleep for 20 years in the Catskill Mountains ?

RIP VAN WINKLE

7. In the Simpsons what is Bart’s teacher called ?

MRS KRABOPPLE

8. How many stars are there on the flag of New Zealand ?

4

9. What Spanish dance is said to have been invented in Cadiz around 1780 ?

BOLERO

10. Which kitchen appliance do Wallace and Gromit encounter on the moon in “A Grand Day Out” ?

OVEN

11. Who created the New Look in 1947 ?

CHRISTIAN DIOR

12. Which novel takes place in Dublin on 16th June 1904 ?

ULYSSES (James Joyce)

13. Which weather phenomenon translates from the Spanish for ”little boy” ?

EL NINO

14. Which South American country is named after an Italian city ?

VENEZUELA

(Little Venice)

15. At the start of a game of draughts how many squares are left empty ?

40 (each player has 12 draughts: 64 – 24 = 40)

16.

What is the  inimum number of bars on an Abacus ?

9

17. Who was Shakespeare’s King of the fairies ?

OBERON

18. In literature who sailed to the land where the bong tree grows ?

OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT

19. What is the nationality of the tennis player David Nalbandian ?

ARGENTINIAN

20. Which football team topped the English Premiership at 5 pm on the first Saturday of this year’s premiership football season, but sadly only remained there for a couple of hours ?

BLACKPOOL

21. Which Asian country’s flag is green with a large red spot in the middle ?

BANGLADESH

22. When founded in 1950 which company became the first independent credit card company in the world ?

DINERS CLUB

23. Name the three-headed dog in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone ?

FLUFFY

24. What is the name of batman’s butler ?

ALFRED

25. What do Australians call a long, narrow lake ?

BILL-A-BONG

26. The equator runs through Ecuador, Brazil and which other South American country ?

COLOMBIA

27. Who was the first black woman to win a best actress award ?

HALLE BERRY

(for her role in Monster's Ball (2001)).

28. In the bible Abraham had 3 wives – name any one of them ?

HAGAR, SARAH, KETURAH

29. How many players are allowed in the shooting circle in a netball match ?

4

30 What sportswear company uses the slogan “Just Do It !” ?

NIKE

31. Under Scottish law how many jurors form a jury ?

15

32. Under British law, what is the maximum period of time a sentence can be suspended for ?

2 YEARS

33. According to the nursery rhyme who saw Cock Robin die ?

THE FLY

(with my little eye)

34. Who is the vicar in Postman Pat ?

REVEREND TIMMS

35.

What old English unit of a ea was originally the size that a yoke of oxen could plough in a day ?

ACRE

36. Which drink w s named by its inventor after rejecting the first six names that were offered ?

7 UP

37. What part of Peter Pan was kept in a drawer in the Darling household ?

HIS SHADOW

38. The name of which Chinese dish means bits and pieces ?

CHOP SUEY

39. Which is the only property on the traditional Monopoly board to be located south of the river Thames ?

OLD KENT ROAD

40. Which is the only pub found on a traditional Monopoly board ?

THE ANGEL ISLINGTON

41. Which fruit can go in the middle of the word “aped” to make a new word ?

PEAR

(appeared)

42. Which word can be formed from the chemical symbols for Tin, Oxygen and Tungsten ?

SNOW

43. In England we wear the bowler hat. What is it called in the USA ?

A DERBY

44. What do American’s call candy floss ?

COTTON CANDY

45. Which chain of large, mainly city centre pubs was founded by Tim Martin ?

WETHERSPOONS

46. For those watching the Queen’s speech in 1982 what was seen for the first time ?

SUBTITLES

47. Which sporting equipment has a face, a toe and a heel ?

GOLF CLUB (OR HOCKEY STICK)

48. What is the yacht race from the Solent to the southern tip of Ireland and back called ?

FASTNET

49. What was the name of the horse that “pulled the fastest milk cart in the West” ?

TRIGGER

50. Which singer sings the theme tune to the bond film “Die Another Day” ?

MADONNA

51. What hot drink was originally known as Johnston’s fluid beef ?

BOVRIL

52. What is/was advertised as “the slag of all snacks” ?

POT NOODLE

53. If a horse’s father is a Sire, what is it’s mother called ?

DAM

54. What is the only creature with retractable horns ?

SNAIL

55. What name is given to the depression in the bottom of the crankcase of an internal combustion engine which serves as a reservoir of lubricating oil ?

SUMP

56. What device allows a car’s wheels to turn at different speeds when cornering ?

THE DIFFERENTIAL

57. What is the Christian name of Dame Edna Everege’s husband ?

NORM

58. Which famous Australian actress, after her divorce said “At least I can wear high heels now”

NICOLE KIDMAN

59. Whose backing band between 1956 and 1962 was called “The Jordanaires”

ELVIS PRESLEY

60. In 2003 who became the first Russian act to have a Number 1 single in the UK ?

TATU

61. What breed of dog is obtained when a greyhound is crossed with a collie ?

LURCHER

62. What is the most common use for a sea cucumber ?

WASH YOURSELF WITH IT

(it’s a loofah)

63. Which English county has EXACTLY the same name as it’s county town ?

DURHAM

64. Which American city is nicknamed “the windy city” ?

CHICAGO

65. In which city will the 2014 Commonwealth Games be held ?

GLASGOW

66. How many feet long is a table tennis table ?

9 FEET

67. Blutwurst is the German equivalent of which British delicacy ?

BLACK PUDDING

68. Between 1600 and 1800 over 50% of girls in the UK had one of three names. Name one of them ?

ANNE, MARY, ELIZABETH

69. By what name is the domesticated polecat known ?

FERRET

70. What type of flowers can be flag or bearded ?

IRIS

71. Other than Psalms, which other Book of the Old Testament begins with the letter P ?

PROVERBS

72. What is the second question asked of Mastermind contestants ?

YOUR OCCUPATION

73. 30 seconds will be allowed for this question - What is the binary number 101010 in base 10?

42 (32 + 0 + 8 + 0 + 2 + 0)

74. 30 seconds will be allowed for this question There are 7 Roman Numerals - what total do you get when you add all the individual values of these numerals ?

1666 (M+D+C+L+X+V+I = 1000 + 500 + 100 + 50 + 10 + 5 + 1)

75. Which European country has had the most battles fought in it ?

BELGIUM

76. The yew tree was traditionally used to make the English bow, but which tree was traditionally used to make the arrows ?

ASH

77. In the game of Cluedo which weapon comes first alphabetically ?

CANDLESTICK

78. In length of time which month is the longest month of the year ?

OCTOBER

(clocks go back – 1 hour more than any 31 day month)

79. When there are two full moons in the same month, what is the second called ?

BLUE MOON

80. What are known as “The Devil’s Bones” ?

DICE

81. Which is the only US State flag to have the Union Jack within it ?

HAWAII

82. Which is the only US State to begin with the letter “P” ?

PENNSYLVANNIA

83.

What is the women’s equivalent of The Ryder Cup ?

SOLHEIM CUP

84. How many “downs” is a team allowed in order to travel 10 yards in American Football ??

4

85. In Medieval England rents were frequently calculated and paid in the dried berries of which condiment ?

PEPPER (peppercorn rent)

86. The monarch of which country sat on the Peacock throne ?

IRAN

87. In which language was the children’s cartoon series Super Ted originally written ?

WELSH

88. Which of the planets in our solar system rotates the fastest ?

JUPITER

89. Who caused uproar in 1968 with his “Rivers Of Blood” speech ?

ENOCH POWELL

90. Which kitchen item is also the name of a male ferret ?

HOB

91. What is the largest lake that the Equator passes through ?

LAKE VICTORIA

92. It means Aunt Mary in English, but by what name do we usually know this drink ?

TIA MARIA

93. How many semiquavers in a semibreve ?

16

94. How many movements are there in a concerto ?

3

95. Aspirin was originally obtained from the bark of which tree ?

WILLOW

96. What does a phlebotomist do ?

TAKES BLOOD

SUPPLEMENTARY QUESTIONS

1. What was the title of the sequel to “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” ?

GENTLEMEN MARRY BRUNETTES

2. What is the only cheese mentioned in the Domesday Book ?

CHESHIRE

3. Dr. Evil, in the Austin Powers film has a pet cat – what is his name ?

MR. BIGGLESWORTH

4. In a knitting pattern what is meant by the letters BH ?

BUTTON HOOK

5. In musical notation how many semi-quavers are there in a semi-breeve ?

16

6. Which bond girl actress was married to Peter Sellers from 1964 to 1968 ?

BRITT EKLAND

12th October – The Questions

 

Specialist questions set by Waters Green Rams.

General knowledge questions set by Church House, Bollington.

All vetted by Harrington Academicals.

SPECIALIST ROUNDS-

1. SINCE YOU’VE BEEN GONE

2. SCIENCE

3. SPORT

4. GEOGRAPHY

5. TIME FOR THE KIDS

6. POLITICS

7. ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

8. HISTORY

 

ROUND ONE - SINCE YOU’VE BEEN GONE – News stories of the summer

1. Which actor, born Bernard Schwartz in 1925, died in September 2010?

TONY CURTIS

2. In June, Princess Victoria married her former personal trainer Daniel Westling. Of which country is she a princess?

SWEDEN

3. Which 74 year-old singing Dame received poor reviews when she appeared on a UK stage for the first time in 30 years at the London O2 in May?

JULIE ANDREWS

4. What name was given to the tent city that was set up at the top of the San Jose pit shaft in Chile, where 33 miners were trapped?

CAMP ESPERANZA (original Spanish name) or CAMP HOPE

5. Goodluck Jonathan became President of which country in May?

NIGERIA

6. The Savile Enquiry finally delivered its findings on which event of 38 years ago?

BLOODY SUNDAY (January 1972 in Derry)

7. Why was Mary Bale in the news in August?

She was filmed on CCTV putting a CAT into a WHEELIE BIN in Coventry.

8. Which major New Zealand city was hit by an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale?

CHRISTCHURCH

Supp 1 Which company, with its head-quarters in Windermere, was declared the UK’s best retailer by Which? Magazine?

LAKELAND

Supp 2 Why was Terry Jones of Gainesville, Florida in the news in September?

He planned to BURN copies of the KORAN outside his church.

ROUND TWO – SCIENCE

1. Which scientist was born in Shrewsbury in 1809 and died at Down House in Kent in 1882?

CHARLES DARWIN

2. Which acid was traditionally known as Oil Of Vitriol or Spirit Of Vitriol? SULPHURIC ACID

3. Which heavenly body has moons called Charon, Nix and Hydra?

PLUTO

4. William was in prison in 1770, when he invented the toothbrush. What was his surname, still famous in that field today?

ADDIS

5. Besides the elephant, which other African mammal is a source of ivory? HIPPOPOTAMUS

6. An amalgam is a compound containing which metal?

MERCURY

7. What name is given to a triangle with sides of unequal length?

SCALENE

8. What does a Campbell-Stokes Recorder Record?

SUNSHINE (not temperature)

Supp 1 Scientist William Harvey (born 1578) is famous for his research into what? THE BLOOD (circulation etc.)

Supp 2 What is the more common name for triatomic oxygen?

OZONE

ROUND THREE – SPORT

1. Tony McCoy finally won his first Grand National in 2010 on his 15th ride in the race. Which horse did he ride?

DON’T PUSH IT

2. Name either of the 2008 Ryder Cup captains.

PAUL AZINGER or NICK FALDO

3. Which sport would you be taking part in if you used a monkey climber, waggler and a plumb?

ANGLING / COARSE FISHING

4. Which county won the 2010 County Cricket Championship? NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

5. Which team won the 2010 Rugby League Challenge Cup?

WARRINGTON WOLVES ( bt. Leeds Rhinos 30-6 in the final). Accept WARRINGTON.

6. Where will the final race in the 2010 Formula One Series be held?

YAS MARINA circuit in ABU DHABI (accept either)

7. According to Wikipedia, which English football ground has the widest pitch and boasts the tallest floodlights?

EASTLANDS (home of Manchester City)

8. Which football club holds the record for the fewest wins in a season in the Premier League?

DERBY COUNTY – in 2007/8, their record was Played 38, Won 1, Drawn 8, Lost 29.

Supp 1 How many times did Alex Higgins win the World Snooker Championship? TWO

Supp 2 Which Rugby Union club has made their Premiership debut in the 2010/11 season?

EXETER (Chiefs)

ROUND FOUR – GEOGRAPHY

1. Which Irish port was known as Kingstown from 1821, after a visit by George IV, until 1921?

DUN LAOGHAIRE (pronounced DUNLEARY)

2. Between 1947 and gaining independence in 1971, by what name was the present-day country of Bangladesh known?

EAST PAKISTAN

3. Name an African country that, in its normal English spelling, contains the letter Q. MOZAMBIQUE or EQUATORIAL GUINEA.

4. The islands of Hokkaido and Kyushu are part of which country?

JAPAN

5. Of which country are the Faroe Islands a self-governing overseas administrative division?

DENMARK

6. Which city of the United States, 250 miles north of Memphis, is famous for its Gateway Arch, completed in 1965 as a memorial to the pioneers of the West?

ST LOUIS

7. The ruins of which medieval abbey (the subject of a painting by Turner) stand on the banks of the River Wye, 4 miles north of Chepstow?

TINTERN ABBEY

8. The Eastern Yar and The Western Yar are 2 of the 3 longest rivers in which part of the British Isles?

ISLE OF WIGHT

Supp 1 Which long-distance footpath runs 34 miles from Frodsham to Whitchurch? SANDSTONE TRAIL

Supp 2 The state of Andorra lies in which mountain range?

PYRENEES

ROUND FIVE – TIME FOR THE KIDS - CARTOONS

1. In the Wacky Races, who drove the Bulletproof Bomb?

ANT HILL MOB

2. Where does Yogi Bear live?

JELLYSTONE PARK (not Yellowstone Park)

3. What is the name of Captain Pugwash’s ship?

BLACK PIG

4. How is Paul Metcalfe more famously known?

CAPTAIN SCARLET

5. Who was The Road Runner always trying, but always failing, to catch?

WILE E COYOTE

6. In Thunderbirds, who is stationed on Thunderbird 5?

JOHN TRACY

7. In Hector’s House, Hector was married to Zaza. What breed of animal is Zaza? CAT

8. In The Herb Garden, what breed of animal was Dill?

DOG

Supp 1 Who presented Animal Magic?

JOHNNY MORRIS

Supp2 Who lived at 52, Festive Road?

MR BENN

ROUND SIX – POLITICS

1. Where did the Liberal Democrats hold their party conference in 2010? LIVERPOOL

2. Miriam Gonzales Durantes is the wife of which politician?

NICK CLEGG

3. Pal Sarkozy, father of the French President, is a native of which country, having been born in its capital city in 1928?

HUNGARY

4. Who was the Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia at the time of the Prague Spring of 1968, when the Soviet Union sent tanks into the country?

ALEXANDER DUBCEK

5. In what year did Margaret Bondfield become the first female cabinet minister in the UK, taking the post of Minister of Labour?

1929 (Accept 1927-1931)

6. Who was the first candidate eliminated under the transferable vote system when the Labour Party elected a new leader in September 2010?

DIANE ABBOTT

7. William Henry Hamilton became the first US President to do what on 4th April 1841? THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO DIE IN OFFICE (It was natural causes. He caught a severe cold at his inauguration)

8. Which future leader of the Conservative Party famously addressed the Conservative Party Conference in 1977 as a 16 year-old?

WILLIAM HAGUE

Supp 1 What is the title of Tony Blair’s 2010 autobiography?

A JOURNEY (Not THE Journey, the proposed title, which was changed as it was too Messiah-like)

Supp 2 What is the first name of Barack Obama’s wife?

MICHELLE

ROUND SEVEN - ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

1. “June Is Bustin’ Out All Over” is a song from which 1956 musical? CAROUSEL

2. Which TV presenter has an ethical website called stuffyourrucksack.com and was elected President of the RSPB in October 2009?

KATE HUMBLE

3. In Coronation Street, what was the name of the boat that Gail’s husband Joe McIntyre kept in the street for a few weeks last winter?

GAIL FORCE

4. With a sub-title of The Artist’s Mother, what is the proper title of the famous Whistler painting of 1871? ARRANGEMENT IN GREY AND BLACK (Accept ARRANGEMENT IN BLACK AND GREY)

5. Who plays the title role in the 2010 film Salt?

ANGELINA JOLIE

6. Which play, which opened at the Fortune Theatre in 1989, is the second-longest running non-musical play in the West End?

THE WOMAN IN BLACK?

7. The 1992 work The Physical Impossibility Of Death In The Mind Of Someone Living features which creature?

(Tiger) SHARK (In formaldehyde in the Damien Hirst work)

8. Who composed the opera La Traviata?

GIUSEPPE VERDI

Supp 1 Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Bill Berry formed which band in 1980? R.E.M

Supp 2 Which actress wrote the autobiographies The Two Of Us in 2004 and Just Me in 2008? SHEILA HANCOCK

ROUND EIGHT – HISTORY

1. The Seven Years War, The Napoleonic Wars and The Crimean War were all settled by treaties of………………………… which city?

PARIS

2. What name was given to Hitler’s plan to invade Britain during World War Two? OPERATION SEALION

3. In 1930, who led a 240 mile march from Sabarmati to Dandi as a protest against a salt tax?

MAHATMA GANDHI

4. Which of the 8 King Henrys that have ruled England had the longest reign? HENRY THE 3RD (56 years)

5. Camulodunum was the first capital of Britain under the Romans. What is its present-day name?

COLCHESTER

6. What relation was Queen Victoria to the person that she succeeded on the British throne?

NIECE (Of William IV)

7. Fought in Yorkshire on Palm Sunday 1461, which battle is said to be the bloodiest on English soil with an estimated 28,000 killed?

TOWTON

8. In which century did Eleanor Of Castile, commemorated by the Eleanor Crosses, die? 13th CENTURY (1290)

Supp 1 On which date do the French celebrate Bastille Day?

14th JULY

Supp 2 The following died in consecutive years – poet John Keats, poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, scientist Edward Jenner and poet Lord Byron. Give one year in this 4-year period. You do not need to give the relevant death.

1821-1824

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1 Who wrote the novel Of Mice and Men?

John Steinbeck

2 Who wrote the seminal 1936 self-help book How to Win Friends and Influence People?

Dale Carnegie

3 Which U.S. state’s nickname is The Old Dominion?

Virginia

4 What is the land of giants called in Gulliver's Travels?

Brobdingnag

5 Which Roman emperor was stabbed to death in a theatre and had his body flushed through the sewers of Rome?

Caligula

6 Duke D'Mond, who died aged 66 in 2009, was lead singer of which successful UK comedy pop group?

The Barron Knights

7 Which was the only country to be undefeated in the 2010 football World Cup finals? New Zealand

8 What name was given to the Chinese peasant uprising of 1900?

Boxer Rebellion

9 Which musical features the songs Tradition and Sunrise Sunset?

Fiddler on the Roof

10 On which island was Nelson Mandela incarcerated for 20 years, from 1962-82? Robben Island

11 Give a year in the reign of King Henry VI

1422-1461

12 From the Greek words for 'before’ and 'know', what medical term refers to the predicted course and outcome of an illness?

Prognosis

13 In which organ of the body are the Islets of Langerhans?

Pancreas

14 For which film did Kathryn Bigelow become the first female to win the Best Director Oscar?

The Hurt Locker

15 By what name was Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, known before 1966?

Leopoldville

16 What is the name of the small hammer with a circular rubber head used by doctors to test body reflexes, particularly at the knee?

Plexor

17 In Greek mythology which king was punished by being compelled to eternally roll a huge boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll back down?

Sisyphus

18 Jenny Shipley became the first female Prime Minister of which country in 1997? New Zealand

19 The Man of Property, In Chancery and To Let are the novels in which literary series? The Forsyte Saga (by John Galsworthy)

20 Name the Rochdale pensioner whom Gordon Brown was heard to call 'a sort of bigoted woman' after meeting her on a pre-election walkabout

Gillian Duffy

21 Which former lead singer of the Equals had a solo number one hit in 1982 with the song I Don’t Wanna Dance?

Eddy Grant

22 What word, from the Latin meaning 'I shall please' refers to a control substance used in drug trials which has no chemical effect?

Placebo

23 By what name is the actor Carlos Estevez better known?

Charlie Sheen

24 What is a famous make of car, a software company and the national flower of Egypt? Lotus

25 What type of animal is a pashmina?

Goat

26 Which politician, buried in Westminster Abbey in 1833, campaigned for more than 50 years against British slavery?

William Wilberforce

27 Who is the presenter of the BBC quiz show Only Connect?

Victoria Coren

28 Amsterdam Vallon and William “Bill the Butcher” Cutting were characters in which 2002 Oscar winning film?

Gangs of New York

29 Which linguistic term means the substitution of an expression that may offend or suggest something unpleasant with an agreeable or less offensive term?

Euphemism

30 MP Cyril Smith died recently, for which northern town was he MP from 1972 to 1992?

Rochdale

31 Also passing away this year was the singer best known for 1981 hit “The Oldest Swinger In Town“. Can you name him?

Fred Wedlock

32 What title was shared by three different songs which achieved UK or US number one positions within a few months of each other during 1984-85?

The Power Of Love (Jennifer Rush, Huey Lewis and the News and Frankie Goes to Hollywood)

33 In South Africa this summer Howard Webb became the first English referee to take charge of a World Cup Final since whom in 1974?

Jack Taylor

34 What is the largest landlocked country in the world?

Kazakhstan

35 Which Venetian artist painted the Three Ages of Man?

Titian

36 Name the Commander of the US and NATO forces in Afghanistan who was dismissed in June 2010 by President Obama after making derogatory remarks about senior administration officials including the President himself

Stan McChrystal

37 What name was given to the Samurai code of honour?

Bushido

38 For which book, featuring the characters Hazel, Fiver and Bigwig, is the author Richard Adams best known?

Watership Down

39 Who was the 2010 American Ryder Cup captain?

Corey Pavin

40 Dead Mans Fingers, Dabberlocks and Sea Belt are all types of what?

Seaweed

41 Nissan are scheduled to launch their new electric car in March 2011. What will the new model be called?

Leaf

42 For what will Eyjafjallajokull be most remembered during 2010?

Eruption causing volcanic ash cloud

43 In what area of medicine would a SNELLEN chart be used ?

Optometry / Eye Test

44 Who wrote the poem 'The Owl and the Pussycat'?

Edward Lear

45 Which country had a secret police force known as the Tonton Macoute?

Haiti

46 Eric Spear is best known for composing the music to which long running TV show? Coronation Street

47 In `Coronation Street`, what was Stan Ogden`s occupation?

Window cleaner

48 The song `Killing Me Softly With His Song` was written about which American singer-songwriter?

Don McLean

49 What was Culture Club`s first number one in the UK?

Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?

50 Name one of the two authors who had walk on parts in the film `Bridget Jones Diary`?

Salman Rushdie / Jeffrey Archer

51 What is the name of the clockwork device used by musicians to measure time? Metronome

52 What do the initials HB on a pencil stand for?

Hard Black

53 For what reason did Blackpool resident Wendy Lewis hit the national headlines in August 2009

Urinating on a war memorial

54 If you were at the Brickyard, what sport would you be watching?

Motor racing (Indianapolis 500)

55 Where would you most commonly find the inscription `Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants`?

Two pound coin

56 Excluding resigning, how many different moves does a player have the choice of at the start of a game of chess?

20

57 Which famous leader once said `I`m still at the crease, but the bowling is more hostile these days`?

Margaret Thatcher

58 In language, what name is given to the study of meaning?

Semantics

59 Gala, Jonagold and Pink Lady are varieties of which fruit?

Apples

60 Who is the presenter of the BBC quiz show Pointless?

Alexander Armstrong

61 The highest temperature ever recorded outside in the shade was recorded in Azizah, in Africa. In which country is this city located?

Libya

62 Rothschild, Maasai and Reticulated are varieties of which type of animal?

Giraffe

63 Who famously crossed Niagara Falls on a tightrope in June 1859?

Charles Blondin

64 By what name is the actor Michael Shalhoub better known?

Omar Sharif

65 Who starred as Trampas in the 1960-70s TV series The Virginian before being left behind in The Land That Time Forgot?

Doug McClure

66 Which former vocalist with Earth Wind & Fire duetted with Phil Collins on the 1985 number one hit Easy Lover?

Philip Bailey

67 What is the boiling point of water using the scientific Kelvin scale of temperature measurement?

373 deg.

68 Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass are the 3 novels in which trilogy?

His Dark Materials (by Philip Pullman)

69 What was the 1st human invention that broke the sound barrier?

Whip

70 In Greek mythology, who was punished by being bound to a rock while a great eagle ate his liver every day only to have it grow back to be eaten again the next day?

Prometheus

71 What was the pseudonym of French dramatist Jean-Baptiste Poquelin?

Moliere

72 Give a year in the reign of King Edward I

1272-1307

73 What bridge connects Dawes Point to Milson's Point?

Sydney Harbour Bridge

74 In which organ of the body is the Bowman’s Capsule?

Kidney

75 What is the medical condition in which a person has an extreme tendency to fall asleep at inappropriate times?

Narcolepsy

76 By what name did the Indian city of Chennai used to be known before 1996? Madras

77 Who wrote the 1955 novel Lolita?

Vladimir Nabakov

78 Which musical features the songs “The Simple Joys Of Maidenhood” and “How To Handle A Woman”?

Camelot

79 Name one of the two mascots chosen for the London 2012 Olympics?

Wenlock or Mandeville

80 What was the name of the controversial football used in the 2010 World Cup finals? Jabulani

81 Fines of £5.3m, criticized as paltry and insulting, were imposed on Shell, Total and BP, five years after the huge 2005 explosion and fire at what UK oil storage depot? Buncefield

82 Which Roman emperor was murdered by his wife feeding him poisoned mushrooms? Claudius

83 Globo Esporte, which carried the headline 'HAHAHAHAHAHAHA' following Argentina's 4-0 defeat by Germany in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, is a newspaper in which country?

Brazil

84 The late 'Father of Chicago Blues', McKinley Morganfield, is better known by what name?

Muddy Waters

85 Which artist painted the famous `Sunflowers` series of paintings?

Van Gogh

86 Who wrote the novel Three Men in a Boat?

Jerome K Jerome

87 Who had a hit in 1954 with the wonderfully titled Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen By The Sea?

Max Bygraves

88 Which U.S. state is nicknamed the Land of Enchantment?

New Mexico

89 Which battle took place in January 1879 and featured in a famous film starring Stanley Baker?

Rorkes Drift

90 Whose band was the Tijuana Brass?

Herb Alpert

91 Who painted The Rake's Progress?

William Hogarth

92 Which 1986 film contained the line, “I feel the need…the need for speed”? Top Gun

93 What is the largest fresh water lake in North America?

Superior

94 Which Hasbro `action figure` got its name from a Robert Mitchum film?

G I Joe

95 What song does the main character wake up to every morning in Groundhog Day?

I Got You Babe (Sonny & Cher)

96 How many rounds are there in an Olympic boxing match?

4

SUPPLEMENTARY

A What colour is the bullseye on a standard dartboard?

Red

B What was the name of the 2001 sequel to Silence Of The Lambs, in which Julianne Moore took over the role played in the original by Jodie Foster?

Hannibal

C Kriek Beer, a Belgian brew, is flavoured with which fruit?

Cherries

D Which organ of the body is affected by Bright's Disease?

Kidney

E Which current BBC drama is filmed in a disused school in Rochdale?

Waterloo Road

F Which snooker player, born in 1957, became the games first millionaire and is nicknamed The Nugget?

Steve Davis

05/10/2010

 

Specialist Questions

 

1. History

2. Science

3. Geography

4. You’re Nicked – whoever you are…

(Picture Round)

5. Sport

6. Arts & Entertainment

7. Irritable Vowel Syndrome

8. Movie Dingbats (Picture Round)

Set by: Ox-fford

History

		Answer
1	Who did not seek re-election as Austrian President in 1991 after revelations about his activities in World War II?	Kurt Waldheim
2	Which governor of Sumatra was responsible for the founding of Singapore?	Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
3	What was the name of the socialist movement which carried out the Nicaraguan Revolution in 1979?	Sandinista
4	Who was President of Zimbabwe before Robert Mugabe, serving in the office between 1980 and 1987?	Canaan Banana
5	Which 20th Century US President shared a surname with a British Prime Minister?	Woodrow Wilson (PM = Harold)
6	Who is credited with the quote “If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen”?	US President Harry S Truman
7	Where did the ‘Gang of Four’ seize power in 1976?	China
8	Which dictator was deposed in Cambodia in 1979?	Pol Pot
S1	In which war was the battle of Marston Moor?	English Civil War
S2	Name the battle in Ireland at which William of Orange defeated James II.	The Battle Of the Boyne

Science

		Answer
1	What does a limnologist study?	Lakes
2	D2O is the molecular formula for what?	Heavy Water (Deuterium oxide)
3	What is the most common element in the human body?	Oxygen (25%, followed by Carbon – 10%)
4	Which bone in the human leg is named after the Greek and Latin words for a type of flute?	Tibia (Greek – Aulos, Latin – Tibia)
5	What was launched by the NASA Space Shuttle Discovery in April 1990, and is due for replacement in 2014?	Hubble Space Telescope
6	What does the letter ‘D’ stand for in RADAR?	Detection (Radio Detection and Ranging)
7	Which physician gave his name to the disease of Paralysis Agitans in the nineteenth century?	James Parkinson
8	The study of oncogenes is crucial in the treatment of which disease?	Cancer
S1	What is the common name for the cluster of stars called The Pleiades?	The Seven Sisters
S2	What metal is derived from Bauxite?	Aluminium

Geography

		Answer
1	The Negev Desert lies mainly in which country?	Israel
2	Which country lies due North of Uruguay?	Brazil
3	In which US state would you find the lowest point of the Western hemisphere?	California (Death Valley)
4	On which river is the Aswan Dam?	Nile
5	In which London square is the American Embassy situated?	Grosvenor Square
6	Which city is known to Afrikaners as Kaapstad?	Cape Town
7	Tbilisi is the capital of which country?	Georgia
8	In which country would you find the city of Bochum?	Germany
S1	Which British river has the longest single span suspension bridge in the world?	Humber
S2	In which country is the Serengeti Game Reserve?	Tanzania

You’re Nicked – whoever you are…

This is a picture round, and all you have to do is identify the well known person from the following police mugshots taken when they foolish enough to be arrested at some point in their careers.

Note to QMs – There are 2 copies of each picture. Please give a copy to each team at the same time.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

S1.

S2.

	Answer
1	James Brown (arrested for domestic assault in January 2004 – and on numerous other occasions for various things over the years)
2	Jane Fonda (arrested in 1970 for kicking a police officer who was arresting her for a large amount of pills she had in her possession. Charges were dropped when it was determined that the pills were vitamins…)
3	Jennifer Capriati (arrested for possession of drugs in 1994 in the midst of her first ‘off the rails’ phase…)
4	Macaulay Culkin (arrested for possession of drugs in Oklahoma in 2004. He turned 30 in August this year, just to make you feel old...)
5	Al Pacino (arrested in 1961 for carrying a concealed weapon. Charges were dropped when he said he needed it for an acting job…)
6	Mickey Rourke (arrested for being under the influence of something or other as he failed to control his scooter in Miami Beach in 2007)
7	Frank Sinatra (The 23 yr old ‘Old Blue Eyes’ was arrested in New Jersey in 1938 on charges of ‘seduction and adultery’ which were later dropped. You’d need a lot more cells if those laws applied here…)
8	Steve McQueen (arrested for drink driving in Alaska in 1972. Well, what else is there to do in Alaska..?)
S1	Nick Nolte (arrested in Malibu in 2002 for drink / drugs offences. They let him off the haircut and the shirt…)
S2	Paris Hilton (during one of her many minor misdemeanours. Why has she never been arrested for being thicker than a whale omelette..?)

WRITTEN QUESTIONS TO BE USED IF ANY PLAYER HAS A VISUAL HANDICAP

1	Which well known actor was arrested on 27 June 1995 near to Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles for committing “lewd conduct in a public place” with prostitute Divine Brown?	Hugh Grant
2	Which American singer / songwriter whose albums include Live Trucker and Rock N Roll Jesus has been arrested numerous times in the USA?	Kid Rock

Sport

		Answer
1	Which famous motor racing event was first held in January 1911 and won by Henri Rougier?	The Monte Carlo Rally
2	When Bobby Charlton left Manchester United in 1973, which team did he go to as player-manager for the next two seasons?	Preston North End
3	Who is the only man to date to score 13,000 Test Match runs?	Sachin Tendulkar (Ricky Ponting is creeping up on it)
4	Dave Brailsford is a successful British coach in which sport?	Cycling
5	Who has held the Men’s Triple Jump World Record since 1995?	Jonathan Edwards (18.29m)
6	What is the length (in metres) of an Olympic Rowing course?	2000 metres
7	Two sports other than skiing can take place on a piste. Name either	Fencing or Boules (Pétanque)
8	Which sport is named after the country seat of the Duke of Beaufort?	Badminton
S1	There are 5 events in the Modern Pentathlon – Shooting, Riding and Fencing are three, name either of the other two.	Swimming, Cross-Country
S2	Which Football League club did Sir Alf Ramsey manage immediately prior to becoming England manager in 1963?	Ipswich Town

Arts & Entertainment

		Answer
1	Founded in 1818, in which European city would you find the Prado museum?	Madrid
2	Mrs Doasyouwouldbedoneby and Mrs Bedonebyasyoudid appear in which novel by Charles Kingsley?	The Water Babies
3	In which TV series did Patrick McGoohan star as John Drake?	Danger Man
4	Who was the composer of the opera The Rake’s Progress and the ballet The Firebird amongst many other works?	Igor Stravinsky
5	What was the name of the monster killed by Beowulf?	Grendel
6	In ‘The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin”, what company did Reggie work for?	Sunshine Desserts
7	What was the name of the Lion in C.S. Lewis’s The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe?	Aslan
8	Which London museum, which opened in 1857, was originally called the Museum of Ornamental Art?	The Victoria and Albert Museum
S1	Which 1935 film has the last line “It’s a far, far better thing I do than I have ever done. It’s a far, far better rest I go to than I have ever known.”	A Tale of Two Cities
S2	Which 1991 film has the last line “I do wish we could chat longer, but I'm having an old friend for dinner. Bye.”	The Silence of the Lambs

Irritable Vowel Syndrome

This is a potentially confusing round, but hopefully this explanation will clear it up!

The answers to all the (frankly random) questions in this round will be a word or phrase that contains only one vowel, albeit that vowel will be repeated more than once. For example:-

What is the Aboriginal name for Ayers Rock? Answer - Uluru

		Answer
1	Which word, meaning "scented" in Spanish, is a dark and nutty variety of sherry?	Oloroso
2	Which word refers to a style of 18th-century French art and interior design and is often referred to as “Late Baroque"?	Rococo
3	What is the name of the island nation in the Indian Ocean, whose main island is the fourth largest island in the world?	Madagascar
4	Which river originates at Lake Itasca, Minnesota and then flows southwards, terminating near New Orleans?	Mississippi
5	Which long running successful musical group comprised a trio of singing brothers who reached the peak of their success in the disco-era of the late 1970s?	Bee Gees
6	Which British girl group included the members Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward?	Bananarama
7	Which country located in North Africa has coastline on the Atlantic Ocean that reaches past the Strait of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean Sea?	Morocco
8	Which Turkish football team play their home games at the notoriously hostile Ali Sami Yen Stadium?	Galatasaray
S1	Which country house in West Sussex hosts horse racing in its surrounding estate and an event called the Festival of Speed?	Goodwood
S2	Which fictional character most famously appearing in Lewis Carroll’s works is believed to have originated in an epigram written by poet John Byrom?	Tweedledee

Movie Dingbats

Surely a record – this is the second picture round of the night.

In this round, you will be shown pictures that represent the title of a well-known film. An example is provided.

Note to QMs – There are 2 copies of each picture. Please give a copy to each team at the same time.

Give out the picture marked EXAMPLE, to which the answer is…Million Dollar Baby

1.

1.60900
kilometres
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The United States Of America
S2.

	Answer
1	Top Gun
2	Scarface
3	Moonraker
4	Superman (Soup – Perm – Man!)
5	Reservoir Dogs
6	The Green Mile
7	Rambo
8	The Grapes of Wrath
S1	No Country for Old Men
S2	Ratatouille

WRITTEN QUESTIONS TO BE USED IF ANY PLAYER HAS A VISUAL HANDICAP

1	Who directed the Oscar-winning 1996 film The English Patient?	Anthony Minghella
2	Who directed the Oscar-winning 1957 film Bridge on the River Kwai?	David Lean

 

 

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1) Football: There are five teams in the Premiership that have "HAM" in their name. Fulham, West Ham and Birmingham City are three; name either of the other two.

Ans - Tottenham Hotspur or Wolverhampton Wanderers

2) Similarly, in horse racing, there are four racecourses that start with "NEW". Newmarket and Newbury are two; name either of the other two.

Ans - Newcastle or Newton Abbot

3) What’s the name of the Army Barracks in Surrey that has been the subject of several enquiries into the deaths of recruits there for well over 10 years?

Ans - Deepcut Barracks (Accept Kehoe Barracks as this is an alternative name for it)

4) Why did Chesley Sullenberger make the news for his actions in New York City in January 2009?

Ans – He was the pilot who successfully ditched US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River shortly after take-off, saving the lives of all 155 people on the aircraft.

(Accept anything which obviously alludes to the aircraft crash and the fact he was the pilot)

5) On Mohs’ scale of hardness, which mineral is the softest?

Ans - Talc

6) In which building would you find Poet's Corner?

Ans - Westminster Abbey

7) The former county of Rutland became a part of which other County in 1974?

Ans – Leicestershire

8) In which English county did the Great Train Robbery take place?

Ans - Buckinghamshire

9) Who collapsed and died on stage at Her Majesty's Theatre, London, on 15th April 1984?

Ans - Tommy Cooper

10) There are two bridges that join Anglesey with mainland Wales. The Menai Bridge is one, what is the other one called?

Ans - The Britannia Bridge

11) How many years of marriage would you be celebrating on your Pearl wedding anniversary?

Ans - 30

12) Who was Kevin Federline famously married to between 2004 and 2007?

Ans - Britney Spears

13) Who was Rebekah Wade, former editor of The Sun newspaper, married to between 2002 and 2009?

Ans - Ross Kemp

14) Where in the body would you find the Betz cells?

Ans - The Brain

15) Which musical does the song "Get me to the Church on Time" come from?

Ans - My Fair Lady

16) Which musical does the song "Big Spender" come from?

Ans - Sweet Charity

17) Which former Snooker World Champion was the subject of match fixing allegations made by the News of the World newspaper in May 2010?

Ans - John Higgins

18) Which horse won the 2010 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe?

Ans – Workforce (Ridden by Ryan Moore)

19) Who was named after Johnny Rotten's hamster after the rodent bit him on the finger?

Ans - Sid Vicious (Real name – John Richie) He was bitten by Rotten’s hamster – Sid – and told Rotten “your Sid is vicious” and the rest is history…

20) Name either of the two modern countries that contain the ancient region of Nubia.

Ans – Egypt or Sudan

21) What was the name of the blind Benedictine monk who supposedly invented champagne?

Ans - Dom Perignon

22) The Roman name for this city is Lutetia, meaning “mid water settlement. What do we know the city as today?

Ans - Paris

23) Who is the only American president to have served non-consecutive terms of office?

Ans - Grover Cleveland

24) Which band took their name from a steam-powered dildo featured in William Burroughs’s novel "Naked Lunch"?

Ans - Steely Dan

25) What piece of information did members of the SS have tattooed in their armpit?

Ans - Their blood group

26) In which novel would you find the characters Bathsheba Everdene and Gabriel Oak?

Ans – Far From the Madding Crowd (by Thomas Hardy)

27) Who wrote "'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all"?

Ans - Alfred Lord Tennyson

28) Which statesman said, "The graveyards of the world are filled with indispensable men"?

Ans - Charles De Gaulle

29) Which American airport has the code DFW?

Ans - Dallas/Fort Worth (Accept "Dallas" or "Fort Worth")

30) Cars from where bear the international registration mark GBZ?

Ans - Gibraltar

31) Which is the highest mountain in North America?

Ans – Mount McKinley

32) Which country's flag has an inscription which, translated, means, "There is no god but God and Mohammed is the prophet of God"?

Ans - Saudi Arabia

33) Which type of perfume has a name which literally means “rotten pot”?

Ans – Potpourri

34) Which politician said, "I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me"?

Ans - Winston Churchill

35) Who said, "One more drink and I'll be under the host"?

Ans - Dorothy Parker

36) Which artist's life is Somerset Maugham's "The Moon and Sixpence" based loosely on?

Ans - Paul Gauguin

37) How was surrealist painter and photographer Emanuel Radinsky better known?

Ans - Man Ray

38) Which band did Ronnie Wood leave to join the Rolling Stones?

Ans - The Faces

39) Which instrument did Karen Carpenter play?

Ans - Drums

40) Who composed "Die Fledermaus"?

Ans - Johann Strauss

41) Which English County is the setting for Richard Wagner's opera "Tristan and Isolde"?

Ans - Cornwall

42) Which planet is also known as the "horned" planet?

Ans - Venus

43) The “Holger Nielson” and the “Revised Sylvester” are both methods of what?

Ans - Artificial respiration (Accept First Aid)

44) Before being used as a word to describe very tall buildings, what were (and still are) skyscrapers?

Ans - Sails (A small triangular sail set above the skysail on ships/boats)

45) Which extinct creature got its name from the Portuguese word for stupid?

Ans – Dodo

46) Of what are Pony and Jigger units of measurement?

Ans - Spirits (alcohol, not ghosts)

47) Which element has the lowest melting point?

Ans - Helium

48) Which New Zealand physicist was the first to split the atom in the 1920’s?

Ans – Lord Rutherford

49) In the USA, how many Nickels make one dollar?

Ans – 20

50) Which element has the highest melting point?

Ans - Carbon

51) In Scrabble, what is the value of the letter "J"?

Ans - Eight

52) Who purportedly said, "Work is the curse of the drinking classes"?

Ans - Oscar Wilde

53) During the First World War, which politician said, "Drink is doing us more damage than all the German submarines put together"?

Ans - David Lloyd George

54) How many people would take part in the dance called a quadrille?

Ans - Eight

55) How is actor Nicholas Coppola better known?

Ans - Nicholas Cage

56) According to the Bible, on which day of Creation did God make the sun, moon and the stars?

Ans - Fourth

57) Which body of water does the rivers Oder and Vistula flow into?

Ans - The Baltic Sea

58) Who lived for the first 25 years of her life at Steventon Rectory, Hampshire?

Ans - Jane Austen

59) What word can be a drink, a trap and a card game?

Ans - Gin

60) How is Ilyena Vasilievna Mironov better known?

Ans - Helen Mirren

61) In literature, what sort of animal is Mr. Jeremy Fisher?

Ans - A frog (in the Beatrix Potter stories)

62) Which is the longest river in Europe?

Ans - Volga

63) Which Australian state borders all the other mainland states?

Ans – South Australia

64) According to the rhyme, what is or has Thursday's child?

Ans - Far to go

65) In the film "White Christmas", who was the other male lead alongside Bing Crosby?

Ans - Danny Kaye

66) In Roman numerals, M represents 1,000. What does an "M" with a bar over it represent?

Ans - One million

67) In clothing care labels, what does a circle with a cross through it mean?

Ans - Do not dry clean

68) Bob Dylan wrote the soundtrack for the film "Pat Garret and Billy the Kid". Which song from the film did he take into the UK charts in 1973?

Ans - "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"

69) How is vitamin B1 also known?

Ans - Thiamine

70) Who wrote, "Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive"?

Ans - Sir Walter Scott

71) "Grand Mal" and "Petit Mal" are types of which illness?

Ans - Epilepsy

72) Which practice takes its name from the Sanskrit word for "union"?

Ans - Yoga

73) How many years does a sesquicentennial celebrate?

Ans - 150

74) Noel Coward's play "Still Life" was adapted for the screen. Under what title was it released as a film?

Ans - Brief Encounter

75) Since "The Apartment", back in 1960, which is the last black and white film to win the Oscar for best picture (albeit it does have small sections in colour)?

Ans - Schindler's List

76) Where would you find together a verso and a recto?

Ans - In a book (Left and right pages)

77) In which American city is the Encyclopaedia Britannica published?

Ans - Chicago

78) Which writer established the three laws of robotics?

Ans - Isaac Asimov

79) In 1929, Donald F Duncan introduced a toy based on a weapon used by 16th century Philippino hunters. What did he call it?

Ans - Yo-yo

80) In which city is the HQ of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)?

Ans - Washington DC

81) What sort of animal is a Falabella?

Ans - A miniature horse (accept horse)

82) Tennis is now the sport predominantly played at Wimbledon, but for which sport was the venue originally designed in 1868?

Ans - Croquet

83) In 1986, who was the first non-European to win the Tour de France?

Ans - Greg LeMond (USA)

84) The main road from Rome to Brindisi is better known as what?

Ans - The Appian Way

85) Who played James Bond in the 1966 film "Casino Royale"?

Ans - David Niven

86) Who wrote the play "An Inspector Calls"?

Ans - JB Priestley

87) Who wrote the novel "Whisky Galore"?

Ans - Compton Mackenzie

88) What word can be a drinking vessel, a face and to rob?

Ans - Mug

89) What is the capital of Paraguay?

Ans - Asunción

90) What is the most northerly point of mainland Wales?

Ans - Point of Ayr (in Flintshire)

91) Who is the host of the BBC topical comedy show “Mock the Week”?

Ans – Dara O’Briain

92) In July 2005, at which Underground station was Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes shot by Police in London as he got on to a train?

Ans - Stockwell

93) Who has recorded albums titled Escapology, Intensive Care and Rudebox amongst others?

Ans - Robbie Williams

(Accept "fat talentless clayhead")

94) Which act won the 2010 Mercury Music prize?

Ans – The XX

95) Which Victorian British Prime Minister wrote several novels, including Vivien Grey, Coningsby, or the New Generation and Sybil, or the Two Nations?

Ans - Benjamin Disraeli

96) Under which Conservative Prime Minister was Income Tax re-introduced to

this Country in 1842?

Ans - Sir Robert Peel

Supplementaries

S1) What was the name of Tonto’s horse in The Lone Ranger?

Ans – Scout

S2) Which type of bird might be garganeys, gadwalls, pintails or goosanders?

Ans – Ducks

S3) In Roman mythology who was the father of Romulus and Remus?

Ans - Mars (Their mother being the Vestal Virgin – a likely story! – Rhea Silvia)

S4) According to the Beatles’ song, who was “wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door”?

Ans - Eleanor Rigby

S5) Adelaide was the Queen of which UK Monarch?

Ans - William IV (Fourth)

S6) Which commentator would you primarily associate with Saturday afternoon wrestling on World of Sport?

Ans - Kent Walton ("Have a good week... till next week")