24th Jan Questions

There are a couple of  duplicates that were spotted it time but  I don’t have the replacement questions

All questions set by The Knot Originals

All questions set by Knot Originals - hope you enjoy the quiz!

Specialist Rounds are: History; Myths, Legends and Folklore; Reinventing the Wheel; Arts and Entertainment; Sport; Geography; Science;     English, but not as we know it.

 

HISTORY

1 Who was President Ford’s running mate in the 1976 US presidential election?

Robert Dole

2 Which Prime Minister asserted ‘The Conservative Party is an organised hypocrisy’?

Benjamin Disraeli

3 Who sought, and failed, to gain election as Adlai Stevenson’s running mate at the 1956 Democratic Convention after Stevenson threw open the decision to the floor of the convention?

(John F Kennedy - both names needed

4. Which First Minister of Northern Ireland lost his Westminster seat in the 2010 UK General Election?

Peter Robinson

5 In what year was the Shah of Iran overthrown? 

1979 - no leeway

6 In what year did General Pinochet seize power in Chile? 

1973 - no leeway

7 Which controversial right-wing historian, once successfully sued for libel by another historian, has completed two volumes of his projected three volume biography of Winston Churchill?

David Irving

8 Which US president has been the subject of an acclaimed multi-volume biography by Robert A Caro, the fourth volume of which will be published in May this year?

Lyndon B Johnson

Supplementaries
1 Who vowed to restore order to the streets of Warsaw?

(General Jaruzelski

2 Which Polish President died in the Smolensk air crash in 2010? Lech Kaczinski

 

MYTHS LEGENDS AND FOLKLORE

1.In folklore,, what name is given to the ghostly flickering lights seen over bogs and marshes ?

Will o the Wisp
2. According to legend, which saint nipped the devil’s nose with a pair of tongs ?

St. Dunstan
3. Moonrakers is the name traditionally given to natives of which county

Wiltshire

4. The first reference to which mythical creature is when it was said to have been seen by Saint Columba in 565 A.D.?

Loch Ness monster

5. Which legendary 11th century leader of resistance to the Normans had his headquarters near Ely in Cambridgeshire ?   Hereward the Wake

6. The old Celtic or Wiccan festival of Beltane falls on which day of the year ?

May Day - May 1st

7.Where in Cornwall would you go to in early May to see the Furry Dance ? 
Helston

8. Which Staffordshire village is famous for its annual Horn Dance?

Abbots Bromley

SUPPLEMENTARIES

1. Who in legend slayed the giants Cormoran and Blunderbore ?   Jack the Giant Killer
2. The old Celtic or Wiccan festival of Beltane falls on which day of the year ?
                                                                ( May Day - May 1st )
REINVENTING THE WHEEL
A round devoted to the greatest engineering invention of them all.

1. What is the two-word term used to describe energy lost in the interaction of wheel and road?

A: rolling resistance

2. What part of a car was pioneered by Alfred Vacheron in the Paris-Rouen race in 1894?

A: the steering wheel (cars were previously steered with a tiller)

3. A cover version of Bob Dylan and the Band’s “This Wheel’s on Fire” is the theme music to which British TV comedy?

A: Absolutely Fabulous

4. What colour is the wheel in the centre of the Indian national flag?

A: Navy blue

5. The wheel is representative of what in the iconography of Orphic, Jain and Buddhist religions?

A: Reincarnation

6. What was the name of the American competitor to Matchbox, introduced by Mattel in 1968?

A: Hot Wheels

7. In which board game do you have to collect six segments to make up a wheel?       
A: Trivial Pursuit

8. The American TV version of Wheel of Fortune made a superstar of the female co-host, even though she never spoke. What was her name?

A: Vanna White

Supplementaries
1.    Who wrote the Times editorial entitled ‘Who breaks a butterfly on a wheel’ about the Rolling Stones Drug Trial in 1968?

William Rees-Mogg
2.    Stuck in the Middle With You was the biggest hit for which band?

Stealers Wheel

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT - LET’S GO CLUBBING !

1. What’s the name of the famous Harlem nightclub of the 1930s where the bands of Duke Ellington and Count Basie both had residencies ?

The Cotton Club

2. Which Swiss nightclub was the meeting place for the founders of the art movement known as Dadaism ?

The Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich

3. Which New York club is known as the birthplace of the dance craze “the twist “ ?

The Peppermint Lounge

4. The character Tony Manero spends much of his time in a disco in which film ?

Saturday Night Fever

5. Jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker gave his name to which famous New York jazz club ?

Birdland

6. In which nightclub would you expect to see Jane Avril and Yvette Guilbert ? 
  The Moulin Rouge - subjects of well-known paintings by Toulouse Lautrec

7. Which actor played the master of ceremonies at the Kit Kat club in the film  “ Cabaret “?

Joel Grey

8. A night club in Shanghai in 1935 , where a troupe of tap dancers are performing a   routine to the tune of “ Anything Goes “, features in the opening scene of which blockbuster film of 1984 ?

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

  SUPPLEMENTARIES

1. In the film “ Casablanca “, the house band at Rick’s Club Americaine play which national anthem ?

The Marseillaise - accept French)

2. The painting “ The Bar at the Folies Bergeres “ is by which French artist ?

Manet

IS IT SPORT?
A mix of questions on games that are called sports and other games that aren’t.

1. Subtract a snooker maximum from a 3-dart maximum. What answer do you get?

33 (180 minus 147)

2. In Scrabble, how many points are scored for the word Quiz, assuming no bonus score squares or blanks?

22

3. In contract bridge, what is the lowest possible opening bid?

One Club

4. In the 1990’s Channel 4 featured a sport of Indian origin, which has been described as a mixture of wrestling and rugby. What is it called?

Kabbadi

5. ‘Rolling downhill, usually on a gentle slope, in a large transparent sphere’ describes what pastime?

Zorbing

6. The tokens in the original Monopoly set were inspired by the inventor’s wife’s charm bracelet. Four of them are a racing car, a boot, a ship, and a top hat. Give one of the other two.

Iron or Dog

7. In what board game do contestants have to draw a recognisable picture of a named object against the clock, so it can be recognised by their teammates?

Pictionary

8. What is the name of the table-top game, invented in 1987, which has been the main source of income for the Games Workshop chain of shops?

Warhammer 40,000 (Accept Warhammer)

Supplementaries
1. What is the name of the classic 1980’s computer game, where the player controls his piece through a maze, eating dots.

Pacman

2. How many pieces are there in a standard Double Six Domino set?

28

GEOGRAPHY

1. The equator only runs through one Asian country. Which one? Indonesia

2. Tropic of Capricorn runs through 5 African countries. Name one.
South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Mozambique or Botswana.

3. Iconic sports grounds: Eden Gardens claims to be the biggest cricket ground in the world. In which city would you find it?             Kolkata/Calcutta

4. In which US state is Augusta National, home of the US Masters Golf?

Georgia

5. In which city can you see most of the works by the architect Gaudi?

Barcelona

6. Which European country is known as Hrvatska by the locals? Croatia

7. Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo, but in which modern country is Sarajevo?

Bosnia/Herzegovina

8. The treaty of Brest Litovsk ended Russia’s involvement in WW1. In which present-day country is Brest-Litovsk?

Belarus

Supplementary
1. Which European country is called Crna Gora by its natives? Montenegro

2. Which  city was laid out by the town planner Baron Haussmann?

  Paris

 

SCIENCE AND NATURE

1. Which creature, found widely in England, has the Latin name " bufo bufo " ?

the common toad
2. In medieval times in England, what creatures were called " urchins " ?

hedgehogs
3. Which disease of the central nervous system is named after a 19th century English scientist who wrote a treatise on " the shaking palsy " ?

Parkinson's Disease

4. Which disorder in the autism spectrum is named after the Austrian doctor who identified it in 1944 ?

Aspergers Syndrome

5. If a leaf is cordate, what shape is it ?

Heart shaped

6. What shape is a sagitate leaf ?

Arrow shaped

7. What do we call the soft skin covering a deer's antlers ?       Velvet

8. Which flower gets its name from the Turkish word for a turban ?  Tulip

  SUPPLEMENTARIES
1. Calisto and Io are moons of which planet ?

Jupiter

2. What name do we give to a cloud of dust and gas in space ?   Nebula

ENGLISH, BUT NOT AS WE KNOW IT
1. When we are in a difficult situation, we say we are snookered, but what term derived from pool do Americans use?

Behind the 8-ball

2. In the Scottish dish Neeps and Tatties, what are neeps?         Turnips

3. What is an Esky in Australia?

A cool box or picnic basket

4. What do South Africans call a barbecue?

Braai (pronounced BRI)

5. What traffic item do South Africans call a Robot?

Traffic Light

6. We call it a tap, what do the Americans call it?

Faucet

7. What do Scots refer to as a But and Ben?

A small house (originally 2-room)

8. What do Australians call flip-flops?

Thongs

SUPPLEMENTARIES
1. What do Americans call a spanner?

Wrench

2. What does a Scot mean by the Gloaming?

Twilight

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. According to FIFA boss Sepp Blatter, how can racist incidents during football matches best be settled?

With a handshake after the game.

2. Which cabinet minister was recently discovered disposing of confidential documents in a bin in St James Park London?             Oliver Letwin

3. Why was Aliona Vilani in the news in December 2011?                           

Professional dance partner of Strictly Winner Harry Judd

4. What is the life expectancy for a woman in the UK?

82 (accept 81-83)

5. Which British film director, famous for ‘Women in Love’, died in November 2011?

Ken Russell

6. The inventor Ron Hickman died in February 2011. For which product is he best remembered?

Black and Decker Workmate

7. On the Kelvin scale, what is the boiling point of water?             373

8. Who is (Jan 20th) Secretary of state for Defence?

Philip Hammond                                       
9. Spell the word CONNOISSEUR (CONNA-SIR)

10. What is 2012 in Roman numerals?

MMXII.

What was the name of the Japanese nuclear reactor badly damaged in the 2011 tsunami?

Fukushima

12. Which luxury resort was ironically chosen for the G20 crisis talks in 2011?   
Cannes
13. Near which Pakistani city was Osama Bin Laden captured and killed?

Abbottobad

14. In which field of sporting endeavour did Hayley Turner make her mark in 2011? 
Horse racing(first female jockey to win a Group 1 race)

15. Who designed Kate Middleton’s dress for the Royal Wedding in 2011?

Sarah Burton

16. Which seaside town features in Bram Stoker’s Dracula?           Whitby

17. In the Rocky Horror Show, what is the name of the dance we are urged to do again and again?

The Time Warp

18. Why did George Michael cancel concerts towards the end of 2011?
He had Pneumonia

19. What is an ergophobic’s fear?

Work

20. Salt, Sweet, Bitter and Sour are the four basic tastes, but what is the Japanese word given to the fifth taste?

Umami

21. In the books by Enid Blyton, what colour is Noddy’s hat ?    blue

22. What does Popeye the sailorman have tattooed on his forearm ? an anchor

23. “ I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness “, is the opening line of which famous 20th century poem ?       Howl by Allen Ginsberg

24. Sal Paradise and Dean Moriaty are the central characters in which famous 20th century novel ?

On the Road by Jack Kerouac)

25. In which English city would you find the district of Old Swan ?   Liverpool

26. Scousers are natives of Liverpool, but which city do Mackems come from ?

Sunderland

27. What drink do you get by taking the first letters of the following ; Prince Phillip’s island of birth ; the play in which Iago appears ; The destination of the Wife of Bath ; the Beatles’ song featuring Desmond the barrow boy and the first name of 
Wesker the playwright ? 

COCOA  - Corfu, Othello, Canterbury, Obladi Oblada 
  and Arnold

28. Where in Cheshire would you end up if you took the first letters of the following : Lady Godiva’s husband ; the colour of Leicester Square on a Monopoly board ; the woman who Tennyson asked to “ come into the garden “ and the principal river of Vietnam ? 

LYMM - Leofric, Yellow, Maud, Mekong

29. Which crime novelist created the character Detective Inspector Banks ?

Peter Robinson
30. In the crime novels of John Harvey, Detective Inspector Charlie Resnick works in which Midlands city ?  (

Nottingham

31. Which star of the Tarzan movies died, allegedly aged 80, in Florida on 28th December 2011?
Cheetah the Chimp

32. In which county is the lowest point in England?    Cambridgeshire (Holme Fen: 9.8 feet below sea level)

33. Which English National Park has the highest sea cliffs?                Exmoor

34. Michelangelo was born in which century ?

15th – 1475

35. Where in print did we famously see the words “ Thank you and goodbye “ last year ?

Front page headline on last edition of the News of the World 
     
36. Which political leader caused offence last year by telling an African priest that he  had “ a nice tan “ ?

Berlusconi

37. The ill-fated horse Khartoum appeared in which film ?

The Godfather - Don Corleone has Khartoum’s head chopped off

38. What’s the name of the horse mentioned in the Beatles song “ Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite “ on the Sgt. Peppers album ?           Henry

39. Who was on the English throne when Dick Turpin was hanged in 1739 ?

George 2nd

40. The Great Fire of London took place during the reign of which monarch ?

Charles 2nd

41..Which 1986 Turner Prize winning duo is most famous for their large photographic work, The Pictures?

A: Gilbert & George

42.. The Venetian island of Murano is famous for the making of what?

  Glass

43. Who was the elder brother of Moses?

Aaron.

44. What do you call a statistician who calculates risks for insurance?

Actuary.

45. What do you call a horizontal mining shaft?

Adit.

46. Who coined the term ‘Affluent Society’?

John Kenneth Galbraith (the economist)
47. What was the name of the naturalist who accompanied Captain Cook?  

Joseph Banks.
48. What is the name – from the Bible – for the spiritual qualities that characterise members of the Kingdom of God?                    Beatitudes.

49. What was the name of the first Prime Minister of Algeria which became independent of France in 1962?

Ahmed Ben Bella.
50. Which historian was criticised in his lifetime for “treating the Christian church as a phenomenon of general history” in his history of the Roman Empire?

A: Edward Gibbon

51. Who was the Minister of Health in Attlee’s government, overseeing the establishment of the modern National Health Service?

A: Aneurin Bevan

52. What is the name of the American explorer who discovered Machu Pichu and other Inca settlements in Peru?

Hiram Bingham.

53. What is the modern name for Bechuanaland?

Botswana.

54. What is the popular name for ‘Genealogical and Heraldic history of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of the UK’?

Burke’s Peerage.

55. Patek-Phillipe manufactures what high quality items?            Watches

56. The Aubergine is native to which area of the world?

Indian sub-continent

57. Who was the Prussian officer and writer on war (1780 – 1831) credited with the philosophical foundation to the science of war?

   Karl von Clausewitz.
58. What is the name of the computer game series made by Will Wright, who was later to create The Sims in which players built cities?

A: SimCity

59. Magneto, Professor Xavier and Wolverine are major characters in which comic book series?

A: X-Men

60. What is the more common name for ‘climacteric’?        Menopause.

61. A ‘condominium’ is commonly used to describe a type of joint ownership of property in America. What is the older and proper use of the term?        
The joint rule of a territory by two or more countries.

62. Famously, Nelson put his telescope to his blind eye (to refuse to see the signal from his commander, Sir Hyde Parker) at a sea battle in 1801. What was the name of the battle?

Battle of Copenhagen.
63. What is the one word for the Ten Commandments?

Decalogue

64. Which politician famously has the middle names Denzil Xavier?

Michael Portillo

65. Recently elected Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller is keen to take her country out of the Commonwealth. Which country?

Jamaica

66. Wayne Hemingway, the fashion designer and founder of Red Or Dead, is the son of which 1960s TV wrestler of native North American descent?

Billy Two Rivers

67. Tim Canterbury and Dawn Tinsley are two of the major characters from which early-2000s British sitcom?

A: The Office

68. The song “Killing in the Name” by Rage Against the Machine returned to popularity in December 2009 for what reason, having first charted in 1992?

A: It was the focus of a successful campaign to deny The X Factor winner the Christmas number one

69. Which former StockportCounty manager enjoyed a short managerial tenure between the two incarnations of Micky Adams at Port Vale?

Jim Gannon

70. Which team did Manchester City beat to win the FA Cup last season?

Stoke City

71. Which former Yugoslav country will, if approved in a referendum, join the EU in 2013?

Croatia

72. The ‘velvet divorce’ describes the dissolution of which country in 1993?

Czechoslovakia

73. Who is the current Prime Minister (or Taoiseach) of the Irish Republic?

Enda Kenny

74. Who plays George Smiley in the recent film adaptation of ‘Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy?’

Gary Oldman

75. Which team did Nemanja Vidic play for before Manchester United?

Spartak Moscow

76. Give a year in the life of Samuel Johnson.

1709-1784

77. Give a year in the life of Jonathan Swift.

1667-1745

78. Who is the current Secretary of State for Scotland?

Michael Moore

79. Which politician famously compared Sir Geoffrey Howe to a dead sheep?

Denis Healey

80. Which Scottish politician resigned as his party’s leader in 2000, vowing never to return, only to seek (and win) election as party leader in 2004?

Alex Salmond

81. Which female singer released an album about war titled ‘Let England Shake’?

PJ Harvey

82. Carlton Banks and Geoffrey Butler are two of the major characters from which early-1990s American sitcom?

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

83. Who plays the poetically foul-mouthed spin-doctor Malcolm Tucker in the TV series The Thick of It?

Peter Capaldi

84. Stefanie Meyer is the author of which popular series of fantasy novels?

The Twilight Saga

85. Grant Naylor is the collective name for the men behind which TV programme and series of novels?

Red Dwarf

86. Which US politician declared ‘Message: I care’?

George HW Bush

87. Which recently deceased writer called Mother Theresa ‘a thieving Albanian dwarf?’

Christopher Hitchens

88. Who was the only Cabinet minister to resign in protest at the Iraq war?

Robin Cook

89. What is the name of the right-wing political protest movement, defined by its opposition to taxation and government spending, which made Michelle Bachmann a favourite in 2011?

The Tea Party

90. Which prominent Republican was the subject of the films, The Undefeated and You Betcha!,?

Sarah Palin

91. The Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke recently made an individual score of 329 not out in the New Year’s cricket Test against India. Only three Australians have made a higher Test score: Bradman was one, name one of the other two.

Mark Taylor (334 not out)
Or Matthew Hayden (380)

92. Which battle took place on St. Crispin’s Day, 25th October 1415?

Agincourt

93. The lines ‘’Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all.’ come from which poem?

In Memoriam A.H.H. by Alfred Lord Tennyson

94. The festive storyline of Eastenders featured a fire in a B&B. The presence of what caused the fire to be unusually severe?

Contraband fireworks

95. Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel and Robbie Robertson are the original members of which rock and roll group?

The Band

96. Who is the current Vice President of the USA?

Joe Biden

SUPPLEMENTARIES
1. On 4th November 2011, there was a major motorway crash near to which town’s rugby club?
Taunton
2. Who plays Victor Meldrew’s wife Margaret in One Foot In The Grave?
   Annette Crosbie

3. In which Cumbrian town is the home brewery for Jennings beer?

Cockermouth

4. Aubergine is native to which area of the world?

Indian sub-continent

5. In the Sherlock Holmes story ‘The Adventure Of The Speckled Band’, what is the ‘speckled band’?
A snake

TUESDAY 17TH JANUARY 2012

SPECIALIST QUESTIONS

set by The Church House Bollington

1. SPORT

2. HISTORY

3. ENTERTAINMENT

4. SCIENCE

5. GEOGRAPHY

6. DOUBLE BARREL

7. RUGBY BUT NOT RUGBY

8. DO THEY MEAN ME?

ROUND 1: SPORT

1. The Chennai Super Kings are the current holders of which title?
Indian Premier League /(IPL) (Cricket T20 competition)

2. In August 2011, Guernsey resident, 70 years old Roger Allsop became the oldest person to do what ?

To swim the English Channel

3. In March 2011, boxer David Haye was defeated by Vladamir Klitchko. What did Haye attribute his defeat to ?

A broken toe

4. Peter Ridsdale has previously been Chairman of Leeds United, Barnsley, Cardiff City and Plymouth Argyle, but which club did he become Chairman of in December 2011 ?

Preston North End

5. Which coach led England to the Rugby Union World Cup Final in 2007 and was then controversially replaced by Martin Johnson ? Brian ASHTON

6. Which Super League Rugby League Club has been given permission to install an artificial all weather playing surface for the 2012 season ?

Widnes Vikings

7. In December 2011, which New Zealand Cricketer equalled the record for the number of sixes, namely 16, scored in a first class innings.?

Jesse RYDER (Previously achieved by Andrew Symonds & Graham Napier)

8. Rory Mcllroy, Graeme McDowell, Darren Clarke and Padraig Harrington are all members of the same golf club in Northern Ireland. Name the club.

9. Royal Portrush

SUPPLEMENTARIES

10. Which Football League Club has the nickname 'The Shakers' ? Bury

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

ROUND 2: HISTORY

1. Tarquin the Proud was the last ruler of which people who ruled Rome prior to 510 BC, when the Roman Empire was established?

ETRUSCANS

2. Who was the King of Norway who led an invasion of England before William of Normandy's invasion in 1066?

HARALD HARDRADA

3. Which Muslim leader led an army that re-captured Jerusalem from the Crusaders in 1187?

SALADIN

4. What was the name of the court introduced by King Henry VII to deal with rebellious and disobedient barons?

COURT OF STAR CHAMBER

5. By what name is the massacre of Huguenots in Paris in 1572 commonly known?

ST BARTHOLOMEW'S DAY MASSACRE

6. What name is given to the uprising of 1688-89 which led to King James II of England being deposed?

GLORIOUS REVOLUTION

7. Which Eastern European defensive alliance was created by the Soviet Union in 1955?

WARSAW PACT

8. What name is given to the period of reform introduced to

Czechoslovakia in 1956 by Alexander Dubcek?

PRAGUE SPRING

SUPPLEMENTARIES

9. Gavrilo Princip, who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo in 1914, was a member of which organization?

BLACK HAND

10. Who invented a converter to turn liquid iron into steel in 1956?

Henry BESSEMER

ROUND 3: ENTERTAINMENT: Name the Film

Simply name the film from the (tongue-twisting) description.

1. Stammering sovereign seeks support from sassy subordinate skilled in the science of speaking.

The Kings Speech

2. Peculiar but prosperous personality persuades panel of professionals to peruse his prehistoric playground.

Jurassic Park

3. Determined deputy dogs disgraced doctor.

The Fugitive

4. Captain craves Cambodian conference with crazy colonel. Apocalypse Now

5. Covetous court composer cunningly kills confoundedly creative curiosity.

Amadeus

6. Coarse crew of colour coded cons congregate after catastrophic caper for copious carats.

Reservoir Dogs

7. Plucky professor and his pa prevent pernicious plunderers from purloining prominent primeval prize.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

8. Besmirched banker bound in a bastille buys a bludgeon and, by and by, burrows out.

The Shawshank Redemption

SUPPLEMENTARIES

9. Willis works with weepy whippersnapper who witnesses worrisome wonders.

The Sixth Sense

10. Bashful ballerina's big break begets bizarre battle with her own black being. Black Swan

ROUND 4: SCIENCE — PICTURE ROUND Please look at each picture. There is a question for each.

1. Which generic term is used to describe all of these angles?

OBTUSE

2. What would you use this equation to calculate?

AREA OF A CIRCLE

3. What does this symbol represent?

APPROXIMATELY EQUAL TO

4. Whose laws are these?

OHM

5. What is represented by this symbol, which is like an 8 turned on its side?

INFINITY

6. Whose theory is this?

PYTHAGORAS

7. Who is the scientist in picture?

Dr Brian COX

8. Who is the scientist in picture?

Sir Isaac NEWTON

Supplementaries / Visually Impaired

9. Give a year in the life of Louis Pasteur

1822-1895

10.Give a year in the life of Marie Curie

1867-1934

ROUND 5: GEOGRAPHY

This round is based on entries from the BBC's list of 50 things to see before you die!

1. The Terracotta Army can be seen near which Chinese city? XIAN

2. Off the coast of which Australian state is the Great Barrier Reef? QUEENSLAND

3. The Victoria Falls are on the border of Zimbabwe and which other country?

ZAMBIA

4. The island of La Digue is part of which island group? SEYCHELLES

5. The Galapagos Islands belong to which country?

ECUADOR

6. The Temples of Abu Simnel are in which historical area which runs along the River Nile from southern Egypt into North Sudan? NUBIA

7. Yosemite National Park is in which American state? CALIFORNIA

8. Which city is known as "the rose-red city half as old as time"? PETRA

SUPPLEMENTARIES

9. The temple of Angkor Wat is in which modern day country? CAMBODIA

10. The Golden Temple can be found in which Indian city? AMRITSAR

ROUND 6: DOUBLE BARREL

All the answers in this round are people with double barrelled surnames

1. Which famous writer was also an MCC cricketer whose only first class wicket was that of W.G.Grace?

Sir Arthur CONAN DOYLE

2. Which comedian invented the characters whose 'real' names are Alistair Leslie Graham and Mr Sagdiyev?

Sacha BARON COHEN (They are the names of Ali G and Borat)

3. Which composer wrote the opera Hugh The Drover?

Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

4. Which actress is the great-granddaughter of Prime Minister Herbert Asquith ?

Helena BONHAM CARTER

5. Which actor played the roles of Trigger in Only Fools and Horses and Owen in The Vicar of Dibley?

Roger LLOYD PACK

6. Who is the presenter of the series of TV programmes featuring River Cottage?

Hugh FEARNLEY-WHITTINGSTALL

7. Who, along with the late Jennifer Paterson, made up the Two Fat Ladies?

Clarissa DICKSON-WRIGHT

8. Which Australian golfer won the 1991 Open Championship?

Ian BAKER-FINCH

SUPPLEMENTARIES

9. What was the maiden name of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother?

BOWES-LYON

10.Which Australian-born talent show judge's best known catchphrase is "Just 3 words — FAB-U-LOUS'?

Craig REVEL-HORWOOD

ROUND 7: RUGBY BUT NOT RUGBY

The answers in this round all contain words used in rugby — you need to give the full answer, not just the rugby term (Surnames will suffice where the answer is a person)

1. William Shatner, of Star Trek fame, was also the star of which U.S. police series of the 1980s?

T.J.HOOKER

2. Who composed the Brandenburg Concerto?

J.S. BACH

3. Which classic Jules Verne adventure novel has twice been made into a film, with the lead role being taken by James Mason in 1959 and Brendan Fraser in 2008?

JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH

4. The name of which character from Sheridan's play The Rivals passed into the English language for the practice of using incorrect words?

MRS MALAPROP

5. Which classic soul song was a hit for Eddie Floyd in 1967 and Amii Stewart in 1979?

 KNOCK ON WOOD

6. What is the name of the principal mountain route linking Pakistan with Afghanistan?

KHYBER PASS

7. Which current Premier League footballer represents Nigeria but was born in Uzbekistan?

Peter ODEMWINGIE

8. In Star Wars; The Phantom Menace, what is the name of the character voiced by Peter Serafinowicz who kills the Jedi Knight Qui Gon Jin ?

DARTH MAUL

 

SUPPLEMENTARIES

9. Which 1998 film starring Samantha Janus and Neil Morrissey, adapted from a John Godber play, is about a pub rugby team coached by a woman?

UP 'N' UNDER

10. What was the first solo song released by Shane Ward, winner of X Factor 2005?

THAT'S MY GOAL

Round 8: DO THEY MEAN ME?

This round is about hit songs that mention real people

1. Which actor is mentioned in the title of a Bananarama hit including the lines: " This is my only escape from it all, watching a film or a face on the wall”

ROBERT DE NIRO

2. Which outlaw is mentioned in the title of Cher's hit song which begins: "You're struttin' into town like you're slingin' a gun Just a small town dude with a big city attitude"

JESSE JAMES

3. Who were the group 'The Special AKA' talking about in the lines:

"21 years in captivity, shoes too small to fit his feet"?

NELSON MANDELA

4. Which sportsman, according to the words of a Johnny Wakelin hit: "knows how to talk and he knows how to fight, and all the contenders were beat out of sight."?

MUHAMMAD ALI (accept CASSIUS CLAY)

5. Which actor, according to a Hayzee Fantayzee hit: "stands so high, it's enough to make any redskin cry?

JOHN WAYNE

6. Which historical figure is referred to in an Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark hit as a "Little catholic girl fallin' in love"? JOAN OF ARC

7. Who is the subject of the Don McLean song featuring the line:
"Like the strangers that you've met, the ragged men in ragged clothes"?

VINCENT VAN GOGH

8. Who, according to the words of a novelty hit by Bell & Spurling, is  "a lovely geezer - but don't forget that he's from Sweden"?

SVEN GORAN ERIKSSON

SUPPLEMENTARIES

9. Which actor, in a hit by Madness, "picks up useless paper and puts it in my pocket"? MICHAEL CAINE

10. Which actress is mentioned in the title of the Kim Carnes hit which begins "Her hair is hollow gold, I left a sweet surprise" BETTE DAVIS

 

 

 

 

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS

SET BY THE LAMB SHANKS

Q1: Which musical did Lee Marvins sole hit , “Wander’in star“, come from?

A: Paint your wagon

Q2: Which pop duo recorded “In the year 2025”?

A: Zager and Evans

Q3: At what speed in miles per hour does a wind become a Hurricane?

A: 73mph

Q4: What colour is the ribbon of the Victoria Cross?

A: Purple

Q5: Which of the worlds seas has no coastline?

A: Sargasso Sea

Q6: In the paso doble what is the female dancer supposed to be?

A: The bullfighters cape or cloak

Q7: What is manufactured from the Sapodilla tree?

A: Chewing gum

Q8: Which American film studio was founded in 1919 by Charlie Chaplin, D. W. Griffith,

Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford?

A: United Artists

Q9: Name one of the countries the Kingdom of Navarre was divided between?

A: France and Spain

Q10: In heraldry what is meant by “couchant”?

A: Lying down

Q11: What was the capitol of the Roman province of Britain before Londinium?

A: Camulodunum (Colchester)

Q12: Which grain is used to make malt whiskey?

A: Barley

Q13: What type of fish are Arbroath smokies?

A: Haddock

Q14: Which term in Italian cooking means “soft but firm”?

A: Al dente

Q15: Which is the longest river in Italy?

A: The Po

Q16: Which Irish village is famous for its shrine to the Virgin Mary?

A: Knock

Q17: Why was income tax first levied in Britain?

A: To pay for the Napoleonic wars

Q18: Which animal was once called a Foul Marten?

A: Polecat

Q19: Which Saudi Arabian King was assasinated in 1975?

A: King Faisal

Q20: Of the five Great lakes of North America which is the only one which is wholly

In the USA?

A: Lake Michigan

Q21: How many players are there in a Gaelic football team?

A: Fifteen

Q22: Which football club formerly played its home games at Roker Park?

A: Sunderland

Q23: Which Czech wrote the novel “The good soldier Svejk“?

A: Jaroslav Hasek

Q24: Which Labour polititian was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

In 1999 and died in 2005?

A: Mo Mowlam

Q25: What is a necropolis?

A: A cemetery

Q26: What does an aphyllous plant not have?

A: Leaves

Q27: Which treaty allowed Britains entry into the European Community?

A: Treaty of Brussels

Q28: Which trading organisation was Britain a member of prior to joining the EEC?

A: European Free Trade Association

(EFTA)

Q29: What does scotopic vision allow you to do?

A: See in the dark

Q30: In which country was the singer Engelbert Humperdink born?

A: India

Q31: The cocktail Cuba Libre is made from Rum, Coca Cola, Ice and what other

Ingredient?

A: Lime juice

Q32: In which country was the spirits company Bacardi founded in 1862?

A: Cuba

Q33: What name was given to Adolf Hitler’s purge of members of the Nazi Party in

June/July 1934?

A: The night of the long knives

Q34: Which German Field Marshall surrendered to the Russian Army on the 31^st of

January 1943.

A: Von Paulus

Q35: Three films have won eleven Oscars, Titanic and The Lord of the Rings-Return

Of the King are two, what is the third?

A: Ben Hur

Q36: The Moat House Hotel at Festival Park, Stoke-on-Trent was originally built

as Etruria Hall for which famous industrialist in 1771?

A: Josiah Wedgwood

Q37: How else is the star Sirius known?

A: The Dog Star

Q38: The Macclesfield canal runs north to join which other canal at Marple?

A: The Peak Forest Canal

Q39: Who had a number one hit single in 1965 with “Yeh Yeh”?

A: Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames

Q40: Who is the current Secretary of State for Education?

A: Micheal Gove

Q41: Which US state is north of Arkansas?

A: Missouri

Q42: Down which valley does the Mistral blow?

A: The Rhone Valley

Q43: Who was the first person to climb the Matterhorn?

A: Edward Whymper

Q44: The names of British racehorses are limited to how many letters?

A: Eighteen letters including spaces

Q45: Who was Margaret Thatchers first chancellor of the exchequer ?

A: Sir Geoffrey Howe

Q46: Who was the last English monarch to be born abroad?

A: George II

Q47: Who instituted the penny post?

A: Rowland Hill

Q48: On a post box what monarch is indicated by the inscription GR?

A: George V ( George is not enough)

Q49: What name is given to a young hawk taken from its nest for training?

A: Eyas

Q50: What is a hogget?

A: A sheep (between one and two years

old)

Q51: What do the initials MG stand for on a sports car?

A: Morris Garages

Q52: Which US state is called the nutmeg state?

A: Connecticut

Q53: Which stretch of water separates Italy and Sicily?

A: Straits of Messina

Q54: What was John Waynes last film?

A: The Shootist

Q55: Which city in Ontario is known as the Steel City of Canada?

A: Hamilton

Q56: Which British city is served by Aldergrove airport?

A: Belfast

Q57: The Hambleton cup, first run in 1612, is still run at what racecourse?

A: Thirsk

Q58: Who completes the quartet with Leonardo, Raphael and Michaelangelo?

A: Donatello (The Teenage mutant

Ninja turtles)

Q59: How many points has the star of David?

A: six

Q60: Which of the three Wilson brothers played the drums in The Beach boys?

A: Dennis

Q61: In Greek mythology what was the Sword of Damocles suspended by?

A: A single horse hair

Q62: What nationality was the composer Richard Strauss?

A: German

Q63: Which Scottish mathemmatician invented logarithms?

A: John Rapier

Q64: Which English County has the shortest coastline?

A: Durham

Q65: Marble is formed by the metamorphosis of which rock?

A: Limestone

Q66: Something unusual happens to the River Manifold and its tributary the Hamps

Before they join the River Dove at Ilam; what is it?

A: They flow underground (except

when in spate)

Q67: Which post did JFK’s father, Joseph Kennedy, hold at the outbreak of World War Two?

A: Ambassador to Great Britain

Q68: Which US President ordered the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and

Nagasaki?

A: Harry Trueman

Q69: Which playwright wrote “Barefoot in the Park” and “The odd couple”?

A: Neil Simon

Q70: Which fashion designer created Madonna’s famous conical bra?

A: Jean Paul Gaultier

Q71: Which country’s parliament is called the Storting?

A: Norway

Q72: In which country did the sport Polo originate?

A: Iran (Persia)

Q73: Parsley belongs to which family of plants?

A: the Carrot family (Apiaceae)

Q74: Which artery supplies the kidney with blood?

A: The Renal Artery

Q75: In the Bible which King of Babylon saw his own death prophesied?

A: Belshazzar

Q76: In the ABBA song supertrooper where did the singer call from?

A: Glasgow

Q77: Which artist has an exhibition of new landscapes at the Royal Academy of Arts in

London?

A: David Hockney

Q78: What was the name of the cruise liner which ran aground and sank off the coast of

Italy on January the 14^th?

A: Costa Concordia

Q79: When were the Winter Olympics held in Innsbruck?

A: 1976

Q80: Lager is a very popular drink which originated in the German speaking areas of

Europe. What does the word mean in german?

A: Store or storage

Q81: Which part of the gut absorbs water from food?

A: The colon

Q82: What did social reformer George Williams found in 1844?

A: YMCA

Q83: Who wrote the Rolling Stones first top twenty hit “I wanna be your man”?

A: Lennon and Mcartney

Q84: What was the German codeword for the invasion of Russia in June 1941?

A: Barbarossa

Q85: Who is the patron saint of fishermen?

A: St Peter

Q86: Who is the patron saint of carpenters?

A: St Joseph

Q87: What illness is caused by the Epstein-Barr virus?

A: Glandular fever

Q88: Odynophobia is the fear of what?

A: Pain

Q89: Thierry Henry scored a goal for Arsenal on his return to the club last week.

In what year did he play his last game for them prior to leaving.

A: 2007

Q90: How is the German Mastiff better known?

A: Great Dane

Q91: On a London underground map what line is coloured green?

A: District line

Q92: In which country is the city of Aleppo?

A: Syria

Q93: What railway terminus would you arrive at if you caught a direct service

From Norwich to London?

A: Liverpool Street

Q94: Who presents the TV series “Great British Railway Journeys” currently on

Its third series.

A: Michael Portill

Q95: Name a year in the life of John Milton?

A: 1608-1674

Q96: Who surveyed the route of the Macclesfield canal?

A: Thomas Telford

SUPPLEMENTARIES

1: What is the capital of the Canadian province of Saskstchewan?

A: Regina

2: Which country has the only land border with the Dominion Republic?

A: Haiti

3: Who starred as Richard Hannay in the 1959 remake of “The 39 steps”?

A: Kenneth More

4. Who invented the Polaroid camera in 1947?

A: Edwin Land

QUIZ QUESTIONS: 10th January 2012

 

SPECIALIST ROUNDS

Set by the Water Green Phoenix

Geography

History

Sport

Science

Arts & Entertainment

Film Quotes

Bob’s Silver Jubilee

Name that City

GEOGRAPHY

Q1: Natives of which British Overseas Territory call themselves Llanitos?

A: GIBRALTAR

Q2: Managua is the capital of which country?

A: NICARAGUA

Q3: Which seaside town in Kent, is famous for its oysters?

A: WHITSTABLE

Q4: In which country is the Christiansborg Palace?

A: DENMARK (seat of the folketing)

Q5: .Which river is the main tributary of the Dead Sea?

A: THE RIVER JORDAN

Q6: Iona is off the coast of which other Scottish Island?

A: MULL

Q7: Which triple flight of waterfalls is formed by the River Ure in mid-Wensleydale, and were featured in the film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves?

A: AYSGARTH FALLS

Q8: Which Scottish town is traditionally known as the “Queen of the South”?

A: DUMFRIES

SUPPLEMENTARIES

S1: What is the UK’s most northerly motorway?

A: M90 (Dunfermline to Perth)

S2: In geography, what is a geonym (pronounced “jee-o-nim”)?

A: THE NAME OF A GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE OR PLACE.

HISTORY

Q1: The 1783 Treaty of Paris ended which war?

A: THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR (War of American Independence).

Q2: What name was given to the Roman Road that linked London with York via Lincoln?

A: ERMINE STREET

Q3: What name is given to those who supported the claim of the House of Stuart to the British throne?

A: JACOBITES

Q4: Who was the British Prime minister at the time of John Kennedy’s assassination?

A: ALEC DOUGLAS-HOME (P.M. from Oct 1963 –Oct 1964).

Q5: Name a year during the Regency Period.

A: 1810 – 1820

Q6: Who was the last wife of Henry the Eighth?

A: CATHERINE PARR

Q7: Who led the Gunpowder Plot?

A: ROBERT CATESBY

Q8: What was the first battle of the English Civil War?

A: EDGEHILL

SUPPLEMENTARIES

S1: Between 1837-55 which movement attempted to better the conditions of the British working classes?

A: THE CHARTISTS

S2: What was the popular nickname of the Act by which suffragettes who had been released from prison while on hunger strike were rearrested as soon as they recovered their strength.

A: THE CAT AND MOUSE ACT

SPORT

Q1: Which athlete in the space of 40 days in 1979 broke the world records for the 800 metres, 1500 metres and the mile?

A: SEBASTIAN COE

Q2: In cricket, 111 is believed to be an unlucky score – what is it called?

A: THE NELSON

Q3: Which football club is known as The Owls?

A: SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY

Q4: In golf what is the traditional name for the No 10 iron?

A: THE PITCHING WEDGE (accept wedge)

Q5: Who won the Green Jersey in 2011’s Tour De France?

A: MARK CAVENDISH

Q6: In which season were the FA Premier League’s first games played?

A: 1992-93

Q7: Where were the 2004 Summer Olympics held?

A: ATHENS, GREECE

Q8: Who won the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa?

A: SPAIN

SUPPLEMENTARIES

S1: In Formula 1 motor racing, what does DRS stand for?

A: DRAG REDUCTION SYSTEM (not cheap sofas)

S2: What is the penalty for a relatively minor infringement in ice hockey?

A: TWO MINUTES IN THE PENALTY BOX.

SCIENCE

Q1: In the news recently what is the Maunder Minimum?

A: PERIOD OF VERY LOW SUNSPOT ACTIVITY COINCIDING WITH MINI ICE AGE IN BRITAIN 1645-1715. ( accept either LOW SUNSPOT ACTIVITY or MINI ICE-AGE).

Q2: In astronomy what is a VLT?

A: VERY LARGE TELESCOPE

Q3: Which mobile phone manufacturer did Google purchase?

A: MOTOROLA MOBILITY (accept Motorola)

Q4: What is the UK’s largest native butterfly?

A: SWALLOWTAIL

Q5: Which planet did Johan Galle discover in 1846?

A: NEPTUNE

Q6: In which decade were windscreen wipers patented in the UK?

A: 1920s

Q7: Who won the first Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to in 1976?

A: MILTON FRIEDMAN.

Q8: The periodic table shows 118 elements. In 1789, when a list of elements was first produced, it showed only 33. Who produced that first list of elements?

A: ANTOINE LAVOISER

SUPPLEMENTARIES

S1: What was the first remote controlled vehicle to land on the moon?

A: Lunokhod (1970-71)

S2: Which readily available ‘over the counter’ drug was first produced in a small test lab in Nottingham in 1961 by Boots pharmacologist Dr Stewart Adams and colleagues?

A: IBUPROFEN

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

Q1: Wakefield’s new art gallery is named after which modern sculptor?

A: BARBARA HEPWORTH.

Q2: The Magnum Cooperative is devoted to which art form?

A: PHOTOGRAPHY

Q3: Which radio special agent had sidekicks called Snowy and Jock?

A: DICK BARTON

Q4 : What was the first name of The Fonz?

A: ARTHUR

Q5: Which book by Michael Morpurgo has been turned into a successful West End production and film?

A: WAR HORSE

Q6: Which London born artist has been appointed Professor of Drawing at the Royal Academy?

A: TRACEY EMIN.

Q7: Who played Ron Weasley in the “Harry Potter” films?

A: RUPERT GRINT

Q8: The actress America Ferrara became famous playing the lead role in which US comedy drama?

A: UGLY BETTY

SUPPLEMENTARIES

S1: What was the name of the BBC TV arts show that ran from 1958 to 1965?

A: MONITOR

S2: How is Kimball O’Hara better known?

A: KIM, in Rudyard Kipling’s novel of the same name.

FILM QUOTES

Q1: In which film does a dying man utter the word “Rosebud”?

A: CITIZEN KANE

Q2: Which film has the tagline “Every generation has a legend? Every journey has a first step. Every saga has a beginning.”?

A: STAR WARS (Episode One, but accept STAR WARS).

Q3: Which cult film has the tagline: “The residents of Summer Isle invited Sergeant Howie to their traditional May Day festival.

A: THE WICKER MAN

Q4: Name the film from which the following comes: - “That’ll do pig”

A: BABE

Q5: Name the film from which the following comes “I love the smell of napalm in the morning”

A: APOCALYPSE NOW.

Q6: Name the film from which the following comes:

"A boy's best friend is his mother."

A: PSYCHO.

Q7: Name the film from which the following comes

"A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti."

A: THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS

Q8: Name the film from which the following comes

"Round up the usual suspects."

A: CASABLANCA

SUPPLEMENTARIES

S1 Name the film from which the following comes

"After all, tomorrow is another day!"

A: GONE WITH THE WIND

S2: Name the film from which the following comes

“They call me Mr. Tibbs.”

A: IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT

BOB’S SILVER JUBILEE

Bob Langstaff started in the Macclesfield quiz league in the 1986-87 season, so this year is his Silver Jubilee. We thought we should celebrate this event with a specialist round in his honour. The obvious topic would be Bob’s jokes as these have been doing the rounds for the whole 25 years too, but as he needs to recycle them over the 2^nd half of the season we have had to come up with an alternative, which is; Famous Bobs!! Each question or answer will relate to a famous Robert, Bob or Bobby.

Q1: Robert the Magnificent (1000-1035 A.D.) was the father of which King of England

A: WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR.

Q2: Robert Gascoyne-Cecil was the first British Prime Minister of the 20^th century, what was his title?

A; THE MARQUIS OF SALISBURY

Q3: Who was the American Attorney General at the time of the investigation into the corruption allegations and Mafia connections of union leader Jimmy Hoffa?

A: ROBERT (BOBBY) KENNEDY.

Q4: Which recording artist, who died aged 54 in 2003 in Paris, was for a time part of the 70’s group “Vinegar Joe” with Elkie Brooks before going on to have a successful solo career in the UK.

A: ROBERT PALMER

Q5: Who won a BAFTA award for best actor in 1986 for his role as George in Mona Lisa?

A: BOB HOSKINS

Q6: At the Royal Television Society’s Television Journalism Awards of 2008/9 who won both “Specialist Journalist of the Year” award and the “Television Journalist of the Year” award for his reporting of the credit crunch for the BBC?

A: ROBERT PESTON.

Q7: Kevin Spacey starred in the 2004 biopic “Beyond the Sea” playing which late American singer?

A: BOBBY DARIN.

Q8: Bob Dylan was part of the Travelling Wilburys alongside Roy Orbison and George Harrison. Name either of the other two band members.

A: JEFF LYNNE or TOM PETTY.

SUPPLEMENTARIES

S1: In Citizen Smith Robert Lindsay played the role of Wolfie Smith, self-proclaimed leader of the TPF. What does the “T” stand for in TPF?

A: TOOTING (Popular Front)

S2: Which goalkeeper won Championship and FA Cup medals in the 1970-71 season with Arsenal

A: BOB WILSON

NICKNAME THAT CITY

You will be given the nickname of a city. All you have to do is name that city.

Q1: Which city is known as the” Big Apple”?

A: NEW YORK

Q2: Which city is known as the “Windy City”?

A: CHICAGO

Q3: Which city is known as the “City of Angels”?

A: LOS ANGELES

Q4: Which city is known as the “Granite City”?

A: ABERDEEN

Q5: Which city is known as “Motown”?

A: DETROIT

Q6: Which city is known as the “The City of David”?

A: JERUSALEM

Q7: Which city is known as the “Crescent City” or “The Big Easy”?

A: NEW ORLEANS

Q8: Which city is known as the “City of Dreaming Spires”?

A: OXFORD

SUPPLEMENTARIES

S1: Which city is known as the “The Eternal City”?

A: ROME

S2: Which city suburb is known as “Tinseltown”?

A: HOLLYWOOD

General Knowledge Questions

(Set by Knot Know-alls)

1. What are the small discs used in the game of tiddly winks called? Answer: WINKS

2. In the Thomas the Tank Engine stories, what is the name of the smallest and cheekiest engine?

Answer: PERCY

3. By what name or title is Anne Heggety referred to on TV?

Answer: THE GOVERNESS (from The Chase)

4. At which location is the Peter Pan Cup contested annually on Christmas morning?

Answer: HYDE PARK LAKE or THE SERPENTINE (swimming) (accept either, as they are the same place)

5. Which Strictly Come Dancing regular recently admitted to The Mirror newspaper, to having had a breast reduction?

Answer: Craig Revel HORWOOD

(Quote: “I couldn’t cha cha cha without them jingling in my face”)

6. Which comedian’s best selling childrens’ novels include: The Boy in the Dress, Billionaire Boy and Gangsta Granny?

Answer: David WALLIAMS

7. What is the maximum number of characters available for a single twitter message?

Answer: 140

8. Who created Postman Pat?

Answer: John CUNLIFFE

9. Which English county gives its name to a pudding of suet pastry, which encases a whole lemon?

Answer: SUSSEX i.e. Sussex pond pudding

10. By what name is Anakin Skywalker better known?

Answer: Darth VADER

11. Which city is served by Dum Dum airport?

Answer: KOLKATA (CALCUTTA)

12. Which year did the Queen describe as her Annus Horribilis? Answer: 1992

13. What is the name of the glossy fabric, with a woven reversible pattern, which derives its name from a middle-eastern capital city?

Answer: DAMASK (from Damascus)

14. What forms the basis of the meat substitute quorn? nswer: MUSHROOMS

15. In Hinduism, who is the 8^th avatar of Vishnu and known as the Butter Thief?

Answer: KRISHNA

16. On what date in 2012 is the Olympic torch due to arrive in the Olympic stadium?

Answer: 27^th JULY

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17. Which comedian, musician, poet and podcaster started his stand-up career as Porky the Poet?

Answer: Phil JUPITUS

18. By what name is Irish singer-songwriter George Ivan better known?

Answer: VAN MORRISON (full name required)

19. If an American said he had swallowed a goofball, what would you expect him to do?

Answer: FALL ASLEEP (it’s a sleeping pill)

20. The Golden Temple of Amritsar is in which Indian state? Answer: THE PUNJAB

21. An example of a comic verse written in a regular rhythm is a limerick. What is comic verse called when written to have an irregular rhythm?

Answer: DOGGEREL

22. What is the technical name for the organ of hearing in the ear? Answer: COCHLEA

23. What is the name of the ship on which the first West Indian immigrants arrived in Tilbury in 1948?

Answer: EMPIRE WINDRUSH (accept Windrush)

24. What is the name given to the early 20^th century art movement, characterised by visible brush strokes and strong colours, which translates from the French for “wild beast”?

Answer: FAUVISM

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25. What is the name of the cult followers of the Hindu goddess Kali, who were notorious for robbing travellers and ritual murder by strangling?

Answer: THUGS or THUGGEES

26. Matthew Bourne adapted Bizet’s Carmen into a highly successful ballet. What is it called?

Answer: THE CARMAN

27. What exhibit has for the last 12 months occupied the 4^th plinth in Trafalgar Square?

Answer: SHIP IN A BOTTLE (Nelson’s Victory by artist Yinka Shonibare)

28. Who is the only astronaut who went to the moon twice but never landed on it?

Answer: Jim LOVELL

 29. On the cover of Sergeant Pepper LP, what is John Lennon holding?

Answer: FRENCH HORN (also accept TUBA or WAGNER TUBA)

30. What is the name of the early 20^th Century dance craze which shares its name with an American state capital?

Answer: CHARLESTON

31. In WWII, the term “GI” became a generic name for US soldiers, especially ground forces. What does letter “I” stand for?

 Answer: ISSUE (Government Issue)

32. What am I describing? “Lying flat, face down, in an unusual or original situation, with both hands touching the sides of the body. Somebody takes a photo and puts it on the internet.”

Answer: The recent craze of “PLANKING”

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33. For how many days was Edward VIII king of the UK? Answer: 325 (accept 310 – 340)

34. Name the dog, which shares its name with one of the six towns of the Potteries, that became a YouTube sensation, for its deer-chasing antics in November 2011?

Answer: FENTON

35. Where in Italy was Mussolini executed?

Answer: COMO

36. What biblical-sounding, off-coast rock formations would you discover along the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia? Answer: THE TWELVE APOSTLES

37. Whose process decarbonised iron?

Answer: BESSAMER’S

38. What other animal appears on the front of a UK passport as well as a lion?

Answer: UNICORN

39. Which item of lingerie is also the language of the inhabitants of the Western Pyrenees?

Answer: BASQUE

40. Who was the first UK Prime Minister to make use of Chequers as his country residence?

Answer: David LLOYD GEORGE

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41. Which city is at the mouth of the rivers Don and Dee? Answer: ABERDEEN

42. Which film director, best known for the Oscar-winning Women in Love, and the film of the The Who's Tommy, died in November 2011?

Answer: KEN RUSSELL

43. Who was president of Egypt during the Suez Crisis of 1956?

Answer: Gamal Abdel NASSER

44. Which UK Prime Minister shares his name with a type of tea? Answer: EARL GREY

45. Who was given the Helen Rollason Award (for outstanding achievement in the face of adversity) at BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year 2011?

Answer: BOB CHAMPION

46. Name the actress who played Miss Havisham in the BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations in December 2011.

Answer: GILLIAN ANDERSON

47. Who won the Man Booker Prize 2011?

Answer: Julian BARNES (for A Sense of an Ending)

48. Martin Boyce won the Turner Prize 2011 for his installation called what?

Answer: DO WORDS HAVE VOICES

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49. Name the title of the 23^rd James Bond movie to be released this year (2012)

Answer: SKYFALL

50. Which Scottish River supplies over 90% of the water used in whiskey manufacture?

Answer: SPEY

51. Which foodstuff not rationed during WWII was rationed afterwards?

Answer: BREAD

52. A widget inside of a can of beer is an aid to produce a good head of beer. What is inside the pressurised pellet?

Answer: NITROGEN

53. Where in the human body is the lunula located?

Answer: FINGERNAIL or TOENAIL (it is the white crescent shape at the base of the nail)

54. Four different women won tennis grand slam singles titles in 2011: Kim Clijsters, Petra Kvitova, Samantha Stosur and who else? Answer: LI NA (full name required)

(also accept NA LI which she seems to be referred to sometimes)

55. What connects Steve Coogan, Max Mosley, Charlotte Church, J K Rowling, Hugh Grant and Sienna Miller?

Answer: All gave evidence at the LEVESON enquiry

56. What previously privately owned monument did Sir Cecil Chubb donate to the British Government in 1918?

Answer: STONEHENGE

57. Why was Mark Duggan in the news in August?

Answer: He was SHOT BY POLICE, and protests DEVELOPED INTO WIDESPEAD RIOTS IN THE UK

58. Of which US state is Jefferson City the capital?

Answer: MISSOURI

59. Which US city is appropriately twinned with the Italian city of Assisi?

Answer: SAN FRANCISCO

60. Which gemstone is fossilised Araucaria (monkey puzzle) tree? Answer: JET

61. What is obtained by boiling sugar beyond 115 degrees Centigrade?

Answer: CARAMEL

62. What was the real name of Genghis Khan?

Answer: TEMUJIN

63. Which club plays football at the Liberty Stadium?

Answer: SWANSEA CITY

64. Who is the only footballer to have scored in every season since the Premiership began in 1992-3 season? Answer: Ryan GIGGS

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65. Which fruit or vegetable has varieties Timperley Early, Champagne and Victoria?

Answer: RHUBARB

66. Since 1928, which breed has won Best in Show at Crufts seven times, three more than any other?

Answer: COCKER SPANIEL

67 . What distinguishes the Basenji or Congo Dog from all other breeds?

Answer: IT DOESN’T BARK

68. What is the oldest warship still in commission in the Royal Navy?

Answer: HMS VICTORY (launched 1765)

69. The US ship The Phoenix was one of only a few ships to escape from Pearl Harbour unscathed. It was sold by the US Navy, renamed and eventually sunk in action in 1982. What was its name at that time?

Answer: THE GENERAL BELGRANO

70. In Hardy’s novel The Mayor of Casterbridge, what despicable act did Michael Henchard commit involving his wife?

Answer: HE AUCTIONED HER [sold her]

71. What is the name of the theme tune to TV sitcom Absolutely Fabulous?

Answer: WHEELS ON FIRE (originally by Julie Driscoll/Brian Auger Trinity)

72. What was striking about the Welsh Grand National, run on Boxing Day 2011?

Answer: IT WAS A DEAD HEAT

73. What does an anemometer measure?

Answer: WINDSPEED

74. Which Hollywood actress has recently produced a cookery book called Notes From My Kitchen?

Answer: Gwyneth PALTROW

75. Charles Dickens was born near to which British seaport?

Answer: PORTSMOUTH (accept Portsea)

76. In which debtor’s prison was John, father of Charles Dickens, incarcerated?

Answer: MARSHALSEA

77. Now closed down, in what year was The News of the World founded?

Answer: 1843 (accept 1835 to 1850)

78. How many EU countries are there in the Eurozone (officially called the Euro Area)?

Answer: 17

79. Whose autobiography is called At My Mother’s Knee...........And Other Low Joints?

Answer: Paul O’GRADY

80. Name one of Shakespeare’s Two Gentlemen of Gerona?

Answer: VALENTINE or PROTEUS

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81. Which of the American space shuttles was the last one to fly on a mission to the International Space Station, before the retirement of the entire fleet in July 2011?

Answer: ATLANTIS

82. At the start of 2012, NASA’s twin probes Grail A & B started a mission to circle the moon. What particular aspect of the moon is being studied?

Answer: Its UNEVEN GRAVITATIONAL PULL (accept anything to do with GRAVITY in the answer)

83. Which record Rugby Union try scorer, for the Welsh national team, retired in December 2011 after scoring his 58^th try with the very last touch of his international career?

Answer: SHANE WILLIAMS (full name required)

84. Which Scottish Rugby Union record cap and points holder, who retired from international rugby in December 2011, received an MBE in the recent New Year’s Honours list?

Answer: Chris PATERSON

85. Who was the hero in King Solomon’s Mines by H Rider Haggard?

Answer: Allan QUARTERMAIN

86 . What is the name of Britain’s largest example of public art?

Answer: ORBIT (Olympic Park)

87. What is the world’s longest freshwater lake?

Answer: TANGANYIKA

88. Who invented the mercury barometer?

Answer: Evangelista TORRICELLI

89. Which Dior fashion designer was sacked after his anti-Semitic rantings in a Paris Bar in March 2011?

Answer: John GALLIANO

90. Name one of the fathers who share the house with Father Ted on Craggy Island?

Answer: FATHER DOUGAL or FATHER JACK

91. Who plays the part of Karen in the BBC sitcom Outnumbered?

Answer: Ramona MARQUEZ

92. What name is given to the fluid which surrounds a foetus in the womb?

Answer: AMNIOTIC FLUID

93. What is the name of the adagio composed by Aram Khachaturian, for the ballet of the same name, and used as the theme for TV’s the Onedin Line?

Answer: SPARTACUS

94. Which American President said “I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I am in a cabinet meeting”?

Answer: RONALD REAGAN

95. My Eyes Adore You, and Sherry, are songs from which popular musical?

Answer: JERSEY BOYS

96. What was Elvis Presley’s middle name?

Answer: AARON

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SUPPLEMENTARIES

1. In which mountain range is mainland Spain’s highest point, Mulhacen?

Answer: SIERRA NEVADA

2. In which country is the infamous bridge on the River Quai? Answer: THAILAND

3. Who wrote the musical Oliver?

Answer: Lionel BART

4. Regarding furniture, what is a Cheval?

Answer: A long mirror mounted on swivels in a frame, accept MIRROR

5. What would a sportsman store in an Ascham?

Answer: ARROWS (it’s a tall narrow cupboard)

6. Who was born in Northern Ireland and became president of Israel

Answer: Chaim HERZOG