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