24th November Cup/Plate

 

Set by The Park Tavern and the Brewers

Q1	Great Britain is to appear in the Tennis Davis Cup final in which Belgian city?	Ghent
Q2	Once storms Abigail, Barney, Clodagh, Desmond and Eva have passed the UK, which will be next?	Frank
Q3	The current Ebola outbreak started in which African country?	Guinea (Dec 2013)
Q4	Where would you find Connexus and Versatile?	On TV program The Apprentice (Teams names in the current TV series)
Q5	Which actor has appeared as James Bond in exactly 2 official Bond films?	Timothy Dalton (The Living Daylights, License to kill)
Q6	According to Collins English Dictionary what has been chosen as the word of the year 2015?	Binge-watch
Q7	What is the tag line of the upcoming Star Wars film episode 7 of the series?	The Force Awakens
Q8	Who replaced Nick Hewer in the TV program The Apprentice?	Claude Littner
Q9	Which RAF base was in the news in October, owing to the arrival of ~140 migrants by boat?	RAF Akrotiri (Cyprus)
Q10	There is one remaining hovercraft service operating in the UK, from which city does it operate?	Portsmouth (Southsea -> Ryde on the Isle of Wight)
Q11	Baroness Dido Harding of Winscombe has been in the news recently, as the CEO of which company?	Talk Talk
Q12	Which British airline is celebrating its 20th Anniversary, flying its inaugural flight on November 10th 1995?	EasyJet
Q13	The Schengen Treaty takes its name from a village in which country?	Luxembourg
Q14	MP can stand for two things on an ordnance survey Map, name either?	Mile Post or Mooring Post
Q15	On a marine map what does HWM stand for?	High Water Mark
Q16	Which country is to host the next Winter Olympics in 2018?	South Korea
Q17	Who did Seb Coe succeed as head of the IAAF?	Lamine Diack
Q18	What is the third largest object in the solar system?	Saturn (Sun, Jupiter, Saturn)
Q19	Which man made object is furthest from Earth?	Voyager 1 (allow Voyager)
Q20	For his part in which 1953 film did Frank Sinatra receive a Best Supporting Actor Oscar?	From Here to Eternity
Q21	Which current world leader is sometimes known as Bibi?	Benjamin Netanyahu
Q22	Who has been recently sworn in as Canada's 23rd Prime Minister after winning a surprise majority?	Justin Trudeau
Q23	What is the longest motorway in the UK?	M6
Q24	What is the longest A road in the UK?	A1
Q25	Who is the shadow chancellor?	John McDonnell
Q26	Which building was built in 1093 to house the shrine of St Cuthbert?	Durham Cathedral
Q27	In which building would you find the famous Cosmati Pavement?	Westminster Cathedral
Q28	Who hosts 'Modern Life is Goodish'?	Dave Gorman
Q29	Frankie Fredericks represented which African country in athletics?	Namibia
Q30	Who hosts 'As yet untitled'?	Alan Davies
Q31	Who will be the new host of QI succeeding Stephen Fry?	Sandi Toksvig
Q32	What is the word used to describe an animal/plant that is both male and female?	Hermaphrodite
Q33	With which artistic medium would you associate Ansel Adams?	Photography
Q34	Which city is normally accepted as being the ancient capital of Wessex?	Winchester
Q35	Which group recorded the track 'Unfinished Symphony'?	Massive Attack
Q36	Which school featured in UK TV's 'Please Sir'?	Fenn Street
Q37	80s band Heaven 17 got their name from a well-known novel originally published in 1962. Name it?	A Clockwork Orange - (by Anthony Burgess)
Q38	Steely Dan got their name from which notorious novel originally published in 1959?	The Naked Lunch (by William Burroughs)
Q39	Wladimir Klitschko is a champion boxer from which country?	Ukraine
Q40	The 'Rockhampton Rocket' was a nickname given to which famous sportsman?	Rod Laver
Q41	Which British astronaut is going to the international space station in December?	Tim Peake
Q42	How many cantons make up Switzerland?	26 (accept 25 to 27)
Q43	Which city was the imperial capital of Japan before Tokyo?	Kyoto
Q44	Saloth Sar born 19 May 1925 is better known by what name?	Pol Pot
Q45	What was discovered in 1799 by Pierre-François Bouchard a Napoleonic soldier?	The Rosetta Stone
Q46	'I told you I was ill' are the words carved into whose gravestone?	Spike Milligan
Q47	What did Newcastle chemist William Owen invent in 1927 for those who were sick with common illnesses?	Lucozade
Q48	Who is missing from the following list: Harry, Zayn, Niall, Liam?	Louis (the original members of One Direction)
Q49	Who is missing from the following list: Robbie, Gary, Jason, Mark?	Howard (the original members of Take That)
Q50	What would be the star sign of someone born today?	Sagittarius
Q51	What is the star sign of someone born on Christmas Day?	Capricorn
Q52	Which Oscar-winning film composer died in June this year at the age of 61?	James Horner
Q53	Which fictional hero did Baroness Orczy create?	The Scarlet Pimpernel
Q54	What is the largest natural lake in England by surface area?	Windermere
Q55	What is the largest reservoir in England by surface area?	Rutland Water
Q56	In which city were the 2010 Commonwealth Games held?	Delhi
Q57	Who presents the Radio 4 programme “Feedback”?	Roger Bolton
Q58	Who presents the Radio 4 programme “Last Word”?	Matthew Bannister
Q59	As at 10/11/15, who is the Secretary of State for Defence?	Michael Fallon
Q60	As at 10/11/15, who is the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice?	Michael Gove
Q61	In children's television and film, what species of animal are Theodore Alvin & Simon?	CHIPMUNK
Q62	In which country was Marxist revolutionary and major figure of the Cuban Revolution, Che Guevarra born?	ARGENTINA
Q63	There are only 2 Boeing VC-25's currently in existence, by what call sign are they commonly known?	AIR FORCE ONE
Q64	Scuderia Toro Rosso is one of two Formula One racing teams owned by which Austrian beverage company?	RED BULL (the other being "Red Bull Racing")
Q65	Something that is malleiform is shaped like which tool?	HAMMER
Q66	Who provides the narration of Blur's 1994 hit "Parklife"?	PHIL DANIELS
Q67	"Something Wicked this way comes" and "The Illustrated Man" are books by which science fiction writer?	RAY BRADBURY
Q68	Aloo is a South Asian term for which vegetable?	POTATO
Q69	LCY refers to which British international airport?	LONDON CITY AIRPORT
Q70	Which Queen hit ends with a rendition of "I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside"?	SEVEN SEAS OF RHYE
Q71	Which is the smallest of the US states?	RHODE ISLAND
Q72	CH is the abbreviation of which country?	SWITZERLAND (Latin - "Confoederatio Helvetica", meaning "Swiss Confederation")
Q73	At what temperature in degrees centigrade does ethanol boil?	78.36 degrees (leeway 75-80)
Q74	What was the name of Harry Enfield's character in the first series of the BBC comedy series Men Behaving Badly?	DERMOT (Povey)
Q75	What is the official language of Sierra Leone?	ENGLISH
Q76	Porcini is a variety of what?	MUSHROOM
Q77	When we look for him in this country, his name is Wally. By what name is he known in the USA?	WALDO
Q78	Which actor who appeared in 83 Westerns, was also known as "The Duke"?	JOHN WAYNE
Q79	Eboracum was a Roman fort and city which ultimately evolved into which present-day British city?	YORK
Q80	In Star Trek, what colour was Spock's blood?	GREEN
Q81	A light year is a measure of what?	DISTANCE
Q82	Which Hollywood "Walk-Of-Famer" released a cover of the Drifters hit "Under The Boardwalk" in 1987, reaching no.2 in the UK Top 40 charts?	BRUCE WILLIS
Q83	A 54 imperial gallon container In brewing is known as a what?	HOGSHEAD
Q84	Galvanise was a 2005 track by which Manchester band?	THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS
Q85	The "Triple Crown of Motorsport" is an unofficial motorsport achievement, often regarded as winning three of the most prestigious motor races in the world in one's career. The Le Mans 24 Hours and the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix are 2, what is the 3rd?	THE INDIANAPOLIS 500
Q86	What is the highest British civilian award for bravery?	THE GEORGE CROSS
Q87	Which historic building in the UK is known as 'The Palace of the Peak'?	CHATSWORTH HOUSE
Q88	Who was Mayor of New York at the time of the 9/11 terrorist attacks?	RUDY GIULIANI
Q89	In which sport would you compete for The Bledsoe Cup?	RUGBY UNION (played for between Australia and New Zealand)
Q90	In which decade of the 20th century was The Empire State Building completed?	The 1930s (1931 TO BE EXACT)
Q91	In fashion, a skirt that flares wider at the bottom than the top is commonly known as what?	A-LINE
Q92	In which group of islands would you islands called St Marys, St Agnes and St Martins?	THE SCILLY ISLANDS
Q93	Which 1980s American sitcom followed the lives of Rose, Dorothy, Blanche and Sophia?	THE GOLDEN GIRLS
Q94	Who created medieval sleuth Brother Cadfael?	ELLIS PETERS (accept EDITH PARGETER)
Q95	After which South American feature was one of the Wombles of Wimbledon named?	Orinocco
Q96	If you serve on a jury, how soon is it before you can legally be called upon to do so again?	TWO YEARS
Q97	What was the title of Charles Dickens last completed novel?	OUR MUTUAL FRIEND
Q98	In which modern country would you find the Nazca Lines?	PERU
Q99	Which American city launched the "Grunge" music movement?	SEATTLE
Q100	Jessica Lang and Fay Wray both starred against which movie monster?	KING KONG
Q101	Hattie Jaques played which comedian's sister in a long running BBC comedy series?	ERIC SYKES
Q102	Which businessman planned to merge Oxford Utd and Reading into one Football Club in the mid 1980s?	ROBERT MAXWELL
Q103	In which English county would you find the area of South Holland?	LINCOLNSHIRE
Q104	Who is the match day shirt sponsor for Manchester United?	Chevrolet
Q105	In which film was PC George Dixon killed, before being resurrected for TV?	THE BLUE LAMP
Q106	Who was the first woman in space?	VALENTINA TERESHKOVA
Q107	Who is the main character of Homer's The Odyssey?	ODYSSEUS
Q108	Which protein is found in human hair and rhinoceros horn?	KERATIN
Q109	What colour is the wheel at the centre of the Indian flag?	BLUE
Q110	What is the name of the dance that appears in The Rocky Horror Show?	THE TIME WARP
Q111	Which British sprinter won the 100m final in the 1980 Moscow Olympics?	ALAN WELLS
Q112	On which farm did Worzel Gummidge live?	Scatterbrook
Q113	The game of Nine Men Morris is mentioned in which Shakespeare play?	A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM
Q114	Which radio presenter was known as Bunty Bagshaw?	Sarah Kennedy
Q115	In which year did Jade Ewan represent the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest?	2009
Q116	What is the Japanese word for comics and print cartons?	MANGA
Q117	What name did the Post Office briefly adopt in 2001?	CONSIGNIA
Q118	In the 1950 film Harvey, starring James Stewart, who or what was Harvey?	A RABBIT
Q119	What is the name of the actress who plays Dr Who's current assistant?	Jenna Coleman
Q120	In which US state would you find Dodge City?	Kansas

Tiebreakers

Q: According to the UK Heinz website, on average how many baked beans do you get in a standard 415g tin of Heinz Baked beans?

A: 465

Q: In Kilometres, what is the average distance from earth to the moon, according to the Universe Today website?

A: 384,403 km

Supplementaries

S1	Which film features the detective Eddie Valiant?	Who Framed Roger Rabbit
S2	Who is the shadow Secretary of State for International Development?	Dianne Abbott
S3	In which city were the 2002 Commonwealth Games held?	Manchester
S4	Which monarch founded Trinity College, Cambridge?	Henry VIII
S5	In cookery what is the US term for icing?	FROSTING
S6	Which Rogers and Hammerstein musical was originally called 'Away We Go'?	OKLAHOMA
S7	What is the name of the village/town in Dorset created by Prince Charles?	POUNDBURY
S8	Which member of Robin Hood's band of merry men was the son of a miller?	MUCH
S9	What was the minimum age for joining the Home Guard in the UK during WWII?	17
S10	Which Australian bird is also known as the Laughing Jackass?	KOOKABURRA

17th November–The Questions

 

SPECIALIST QUESTIONS

Set by the Harrington B

ROUNDS:

Science & Nature

Sport Geography - on your jollies

History

Money, money, money

Arts & Entertainment

A little local knowledge

What's in a Name?

Round 1 - Science & Nature

1. What substance are plant cell walls made from?

A: CELLULOSE

2. In physics, what is defined as the rate of change of velocity measured in metres per second squared?

A: ACCELERATION

3. In chemistry, what is the process called where a solid changes into a gas without going to the liquid state?

A: SUBLIMATION

4. How many bones are there in the human face?

A: 14 (accept 13 to 15)

5. What is the iron-containing protein that gives blood its colour?

A: HAEMOGLOBIN

6. What is the device used for detecting radiation, that was named after its inventor in 1928?

A: GEIGER COUNTER

7. The world's largest nocturnal primate, the Aye Aye, is a native of which country?

A: MADAGASCAR

8. What was first used by scientist Alec Jeffreys of the University of Leicester to help local police solve a murder inquiry in 1986?

A: DNA FINGERPRINTING (or any answer with DNA)

SUPPLEMENTARIES

S1. Tetra Ethyl Lead is the compound in leaded petrol used to stop juddering of the engine. What is this juddering known as? A: KNOCKING or ENGINE KNOCK

S2. Blood pressure is measured by two readings. The higher one is when the heart is pumping out the maximum amount of blood into the blood vessels, known as the Systolic. The lower reading is when the heart's at rest and is known as what?

A: DIASTOLIC

Round 2-Sport

1. Lewis Hamilton recently became the second Briton to win three world drivers' championships alongside Jackie Stewart. Name any of the other drivers to have won only three titles.

A: JACK BRABHAM, NIKI LAUDA, AYRTON SENNA, NELSON PIQUET

2. Name any of the six American football teams that played in the recent NFL International Series games at Wembley Stadium.

A: JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS, BUFFALO BILLS, MIAMI DOLPHINS, NEW YORK JETS, KANSAS CITY CHIEFS, DETROIT LIONS (accept either city or team name)

3. Which team claimed third place in the recent Rugby World Cup?

A: SOUTH AFRICA

4. In Rugby League, who won October's 2015 Grand Final to complete a historic treble?

A: LEEDS RHINOS

5. Which county cricket side won the 2015 Nat West T20 Blast Trophy in August, after being runners up last year?

A: LANCASHIRE

6. Which team will Britain's leading tennis players face in this month's DavisCup Final?

A: BELGIUM

7. In October, which golf course was named as host for the 2019 Open Championship, returning there after 68 years?

A: ROYAL PORTRUSH (Northern Ireland)

8. Which Olympic cycling champion has recently been pursuing a career as an amateur jockey?

A: VICTORIA PENDLETON

SUPPLEMENTARIES

51. Which former Olympic skeleton champion can now be seen presenting Channel 5's Gadget Show?

A: AMY WILLIAMS

52. Who was sacked as Aston Villa manager in October after just 23 Premier League games?

A: TIM SHERWOOD

Round 3 - Geography: on your jollies...

1. La Gomera, El Hierro and La Raima are less well-known islands in which popular group?

A: THE CANARY ISLANDS

2. Mexican holiday favourite Cancun lies on the North East coast of which large peninsula?

A: YUCATAN

3. Which holiday island's capital is served by Jose Marti airport?

A: CUBA

4. Small Portugese island Porto Santo neighbours which popular holiday destination?

A: MADEIRA

5. If you landed at an airport in the Parish of St Peter and were taken to your hotel in St Brelades Bay, where would you be?

A: JERSEY (Channel Islands)

6. Which holiday destination is at Marne-la-Vallee in France?

A: DISNEYLAND PARIS

7. Which of the Spanish 'Costas' borders France?

A: COSTA BRAVA

8. Male is the capital city of which Indian Ocean group?

A: THE MALDIVES

SUPPLEMENTARIES

51. Port Louis is the capital of which Indian Ocean island?

A: MAURITIUS

52. Majorca, Menorca and Ibiza are three of the Balearic Islands. Name the fourth.

A: FORMENTERA

Round 4 - History

1. To which English king did the burghers of Calais surrender the keys of their  town in 1347?

A: EDWARD III

2. Which Scottish king was killed in 1513 at the Battle of Flodden Field?

A: JAMES IV

3. Who founded the modern republic of Turkey?

A: KEMAL ATATURK

4. Which civilisation developed approximately 4500 years ago on the island of Crete?

A: MINOAN

5. From what did Prince Albert die in 1861?

A: TYPHOID FEVER

6. Who was the mother of King James I of England?

A: MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS

7. Who met with King Francis I of France on 'the Field of the Cloth of Gold'?

A: HENRY VIII (1520)

8. In what year was Julius Caesar assassinated?

A: 44 BC (accept 42 to 46 BC)

SUPPLEMENTARIES

S1. Where did William Wallace defeat the English in 1297? 

A: STIRLING

S2. King Duncan I was the first to rule the whole of Scotland. By whom was he murdered in 1040?

A: MACBETH

Round 5 - Money, money, money

1. Who was Governor of the Bank of England before Mark Carney?

A: SIR MERVYN KING

2. In financial circles, which well-respected investor is known as The Sage of Omaha'?

A: WARREN BUFFETT

3. Who was Prime Minister when Britain changed to decimal currency?

A: TED HEATH (1971)

4. Which mega US bank collapsed at the height of the financial crisis in 2008?

A: LEHMAN BROS

5. Tony Hayward lost his job as Chief Executive of which company as a result of an explosion in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010?

A: BP

6. Sir Martin Sorrell, known for his excessive rewards, is the head of WPP, the world's largest business in its field. What sort of business is it?

A: ADVERTISING AGENCY

7. Sir Winston Churchill will appear on the next version of which bank note?

A: £5

8. Following sex scandals, who was replaced as head of the International Monetary Fund by Christine Lagarde?

A: DOMINIC STRAUSS-KAHN

SUPPLEMENTARIES

51. Which author will appear on the next version of the £10 note?

A: JANE AUSTEN

52. Which company bought Northern Rock pic in 2011/12?

A: VIRGIN MONEY (accept Virgin)

Round 6 - Arts & Entertainment

1. Who plays the lead role in Danny Boyle's film 'Steve Jobs', about the Apple founder?

A: MICHAEL FASSBENDER

2. Name the 51-year old Italian actress who became the oldest 'Bond girl' by appearing in Spectre.

A: MONICA BELLUCCI

3. Who resurrected his radio career earlier this year by presenting the breakfast show on Radio X?

A: CHRIS MOYLES

4. Which Radio 3 presenter is currently appearing on Strictly Come Dancing?

A: KATIE DERHAM

5. Adele's third album, released on November 20^th, is called what?

A: 25

6. '85% Proof topped the charts back in May this year - whose comeback album was it?

A: WILL YOUNG

7. Who wrote the current best-selling book entitled 'When You Dead, You Dead'?

A: GUY MARTIN (Motorcycle Champion & TV presenter)

8. Whose recent autobiography is called 'Over the Top and Back'?

A: TOM JONES

SUPPLEMENTARIES

51. The final novel of which author, who died in March this year, was published in August?

A: SIR TERRY PRATCHETT (the novel is The Shepherd's Crown')

52. Which news presenter was honoured with a BAFTA Fellowship in May of this year?

A: JON SNOW

Round 7 - A little local knowledge

1. Which local brewery produces the Tilting Ale' exclusively for Virgin Trains?

A. RED WILLOW

2. In the same vein, which local brewery produces Lord Lucan ale?

A. WINCLE BEER COMPANY (accept Wincle)

3. In which year was The King's School founded?

A. 1502 (accept 1498 to 1506)

4. Which is the only church in Macclesfield with a spire?

A. ST. PAUL'S (Brook Street)

5. Who is the current Chairman of Macclesfield Town FC?

A. MARK BLOWER

6. White Nancy, in Kerridge, was originally built to commemorate which battle?

A. WATERLOO

7. The Talbot pub, now-demolished, stood on a road junction in Macclesfield. Name either of the roads.

A. OXFORD ROAD and CHESTER ROAD

8. Which pub once stood on the junction of Star Lane and London Road?

A. THE STAR INN

SUPPLEMENTARY

51. The ruins of Erwood Hall, once a stately home, can be found in which local valley, popular with walkers?

A. GOYT

52. According to the club badge, in which year was Macclesfield Town FC first established?

A. 1874 (accept 1870 to 1878)

Round 8 - What's in a Name?

1. How is singer/songwriter Damon Gough, whose debut album was called The Hour of Bewilderbeast, better known?

A: BADLY DRAWN BOY

2. What is singer Adele's surname?

A: ADKINS

3. What was the first name of classical composer Saint-Saens?

A: CAMILLE

4. In which year did Marathon chocolate bars change their name to Snickers?

A: 1991 (accept 1989 to 1993)

5. What's the surname of singer Madonna?

A: CICCONE

6. Which music star, who had hits with The Lazy Song and Uptown Funk, was born Peter Gene Hernandez?

A: BRUNO MARS

7. In 2016 Royal Bank of Scotland branches will change their name to what?

A: WILLIAMS & GLYN

8. What was the first name of French artist Manet?

A: EDOUARD

SUPPLEMENTARIES

51. What's the first name of fictional detective Campion, created by Margery Allingham?

A: ALBERT

52. Which global music superstar was born Shawn Carter?

A: JAY Z

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Set by the Cock-A-2

1 Name a year in the life of Sir Walter Scott
1771-1832

2 In 1958, of which city did Nikita Kruschchev say: 'When I want to make the
West scream, that's where I squeeze"?

Berlin

3 Which WW1 poet wrote these lines: "Red lips are not so red/as the stained
stones kissed by the English dead"?

Wilfred Owen

4 In the UK, a barrel of beer contains how many imperial gallons?
36

5 Which 70's and 80's pop star has the real name of Stuart Goddard?
Adam Ant

6 Which TV programme (apart from the News) has been broadcast daily since
July 29^th 1949?

Weather forecast

7 Which President of France officially opened the Channel Tunnel with the
Queen?

Mitterand

8 In which city are the world headquarters of Coca Cola?
Atlanta USA

9 Who sings the theme song from the new Bond film Spectre?
Sam Smith

10 Who is the lead female presenter on the North West regional BBC magazine
programme each weekday evening?

Annabel Tiffin

11 Which piece of music advertised "Hamlet" cigars?
Air on a G string

12 On which island is the Guantanamo Bay detention camp?
Cuba

13 Give any year in which the daily newspaper called Today was published in the
UK

1986 to 1995

14 Who in 1847 composed the Waltz in D flat major, also called the "Minute Waltz?"
Chopin

15 From which language does the word "minaret" come from?
Arabic

16 England beat only two teams at the 2015 Rugby World Cup. Name either
country.

Fiji or Uruguay

17 Which revolutionary movement was started in California in 1966 by Bobby Seale
and Huey Newton?

Black Panthers

18 Which Yorkist King of England's personal emblem was a white boar?
Richard III

19 The river Ganges enters the sea in which inlet of the Indian Ocean?
Bay of Bengal

20 From which common English tree are cricket stumps traditionally made?
Ash

21 From what musical does the song "Oh what a beautiful Morning" come?
Oklahoma

22 Which fictional character was nick-named "the Fat Owl of the Remove"?
Billy Bunter

23 Which chemical element has the number 27 of the periodic table and the symbol
Co?

Cobalt

24 The Battle of Balaclava was a Russian defeat by British and French forces in
which war?

Crimea

25 How was the 11^th century Spanish military leader Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar better
known as?

El Cid

26 Which African capital lies at the confluence of the Blue and White Nile?
Khartoum

27 Which future Prime Minister played cricket for Oxford University, MCC and
Middlesex during the 1920s?

Alec Douglas-Home

28 Who won an Oscar for playing an Irish cop in the "Untouchables"?
Sean Connery

29 What is another name for the scaly anteater?
Pangolin

30 How was the Birmingham Royal Ballet Co previously known?
Sadlers Wells

31 Who painted "The Girl with the Pearl Earring"?
Johannes Vermeer

32 Which island is separated from the mainland by the Straits of Magellan?
Tierra del Fuego

33 Baton Rouge is the capital of which US state?
Louisiana

34 Who did Neville Chamberlain succeed as Prime Minister?
Stanley Baldwin

35 It Happened one Night (1934) was the first film to win Oscars for actor, actress,
director and film. Name either the actor or actress who won an award

Clark Gable or Claudette Colbert

36 Firenze is the Italian name for which city?
Florence

37 Which plant was called after the Greek goddess of the rainbow?

Iris

38 What is the British Isles largest lake (by area)?
Lough Neagh (in Northern Ireland)

39 In WW2, what was Operation Dynamo?
Evacuation of the BEF from Dunkirk

40 What do Thistle, Brent & Ninian have in common?
They are North Sea oilfields (accept oilfields)

41 Jean-Claude Killy was one of France's greatest sportsmen. At which sport did
he excel?

Skiing

42 Currer Bell was the original pen name of which English author/
Charlotte Bronte (both names needed)

43 Which journalist and broadcaster was born Janet Vera Ardern and has a regular
weekly column in the Independent on Saturday?

Janet Street-Porter

44 Which 1982 film by Ridley Scott (based on the book by Philip k. Dick) was a box
office failure but acquired cult status later?

Blade Runner

45 Who composed the music for the ballet Swan Lake?
Tchaikovsky

46 Which football team did Louis van Gaal manage immediately before Manchester
United?

Holland national team

47 Colour TV came to the UK in which year. Some leeway is given
1968-allow 1966 to 1970

48 Who created Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?
Roald Dahl

49 Which mountain has the highest railway station in Europe?

Jungfrau

50 The main General Post Office in Macclesfield town centre was moved earlier this
year to where?

WH Smiths on Mill Street (accept either or both)

51 To which famous event in the life of Jesus Christ does the Bible begin: "Seeing
the crowd, Jesus walked up the hill".

The Sermon on the Mount

52 The city of Lichfield lies in which county?
Staffordshire

53 The Famous Five series of children's books were written by whom?

Enid Blyton

54 Who is the longest serving female character in a British soap?
Emily Bishop (from Coronation Street since 1961)

55 The Mexico City Red Devils play which sport?

Baseball

56 Name either of the two geological periods which came before or after the Jurassic
period?

Either Triassic or Cretaceous

57 The mandible forms which part of the human body?

Jawbone

58 Give a year in the life of John Wesley the founder of Methodism with his brother
Charles

1703 to 1791

59 Who is the Conservative candidate to replace Boris Johnson as Mayor of London
next year?

Zak Goldsmith

60 Calabrese, purple and sprouting are types of what?

Broccoli

61 Tashkent is the capital of which country?

Uzbekistan

62 Who wrote the novels on which the Poldark TV series is based?
Winston Graham

63 Massimo Cellino is the owner of which football club having sacked six
coaches/managers and been suspended twice by the football league in his eighteen
month reign?

Leeds United

64 Which, in terms of area is the largest of Britain's National Parks?
The Cairngorms

65 On 13 January 2012, which cruise ship hit the rocks and sank off the west coast
of Italy?

Costa Concordia

66 To which flower family does garlic belong?
Lily

67 Who wrote The Monkees hit 'I'm a Believer'?
Neil Diamond

68 In which Cumbrian town is there a famous pencil museum?
Keswick

69 The phrase 'let him have it' was crucial to the conviction and subsequent
execution of who in 1953?

Derek Bentley

70 Which element in the periodic table was given its name meaning water creator by
Antoine Lavoisier in 1783?

Hydrogen

71 Which actress played Cilia Black in a 2014 TV biopic of her life?
Sheridan Smith

72 In which country was fashion designer Yves St. Laurent born in 1936?
Algeria

73 The name of which common household object derives from the Latin word 'to
admire' or 'to wonder at'?

A mirror

74 Which actress was born Camille Javal in 1934?
Brigitte Bardot

75 What is the second highest mountain in Africa after Mount Kilimanjaro?
Mount Kenya

76 Who is the Shadow Foreign Secretary as at end of October?
Hilary Benn

77 What hormone is produced in the 'Islets of Langerhans' in the pancreas?
Insulin

78 The main characters of which opera are Rodolfo and Mimi?
La Boheme

79 Which opera features The Humming Chorus?
Madam Butterfly

80 In Greek legend Pygmalion was the King of which island?
Cyprus

81 In which country is the city of Split?
Croatia

82 Which U.S. State is named after the Spanish for 'coloured red'?
Colorado

83 Which World War II song is particularly associated with Lala Anderson?
Lily Marlene

84 In which country will the next Rugby World Cup be held in 2019?
Japan

85 By which name are the fruit of the Blackthorne commonly known?
Sloes

86 Which food company sold their product from tricycles and by the 1930's had
8,500 of them each bearing the slogan 'stop me and buy one'?

Walls Ice Cream (accept Walls)

87 In his recent book The Road to Little Dribbling' which travel writer wrote
'Eastleigh near Southampton appears to have been bombed heavily during the
second world war, though perhaps not quite heavily enough?

Bill Bryson

88 The opening lines of which hit song are: 'Well you can tell by the way I use my
walk I'm a woman's man, no time to talk'?

Stayin' Alive (The Bee Gees)

89 The town of Salem, scene of the infamous Witch Trials is in which U.S. State?
Massachusetts

90 What was the real name of the Artful Dodger in Oliver Twist?
Jack Dawkins

91 Three countries have land borders with Cambodia: Laos and Thailand are two of
them, name the third.

Vietnam

92 What is the title of the poem by Robert Browning that begins 'Oh to be in
England now that Aprils there'?

Home Thoughts from Abroad

93 Coombe Hill in Buckinghamshire is the highest point of which range of hills?
The Chilterns

94 How old was David Cameron when he became Leader of the Conservative
Party?

39 (accept one year leeway)

95 How many acres are in a square mile?
640

96 Who is the Business Secretary (as at end October 2015) in current Cabinet of
the Government?

Sajid Javid

Supplementary questions

1 Which Italian goalkeeper became the oldest person to win the World Cup when
his team triumphed in 1982?

Dino Zoff

2 Which local councillor who represents Sutton on the Borough Council is the
current Mayor of Cheshire East Council?

Hilda Gaddum

3 Who was Emperor of Japan in WWII?
Hirohito

4 What is the largest country by area in Africa?
Algeria

5 The next two Winter Olympic Games will be held in Asia, that in 2018 in South
Korea. In which Asian city will the 2022 games be held?

Beijing

6 Which organisation was set up by Agnes Baden Powell?
Girl Guides

 

10th November Home to the Robin Hood

 

All questions set by

 Waters Green Rams

and vetted by the Church House and Park Timers

SPECIALIST ROUNDS

1. Arts and Entertainment
2. A Life On The Ocean Waves
3. Science
4. History
5. 2015 so far
6. Geography
7. The Phonetic Alphabet
8. Sport

 

 

 

 

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Q1    One half of a double act: who married his manager Ali Astall in the Summer of 2015 – (full name required) ?
A    Declan Donnelly

Q2    In popular music which duo have the surnames Peacock and Hodges?
A    Chas and Dave

Q3    How is the painting ‘Arrangement In Grey And Black No.1’ better-known?             
A    Whistler’s Mother

Q4    What is the title of Ellie Goulding’s 2015 British number one hit single that featured on the soundtrack of the film ‘Fifty Shades Of Grey’?
A    Love Me Like You Do

Q5    At 12 years and 178 days who is the longest serving presenter of the children’s television programme ‘Blue Peter’?
A    John Noakes

Q6    Which Gilbert & Sullivan opera has the alternative title The Prince And The Peri?
A    Iolanthe

Q7    Which Gilbert & Sullivan opera has the alternative title The Town Of Titipu?
A    The Mikado

Q8    Whose immortalised painting of Guernica depicted the German bombing of the town in 1937?
A    Pablo Picasso

 

 

S 1    Which Austrian composer’s works are given K numbers according to the 19th century Kochel catalogue?
A    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

S2    Who played the part of Bernard Woolley in the TV series Yes Minister and the part of policeman Oscar Blaketon in the series Heartbeat?
A    Derek Fowlds

A LIFE ON THE OCEAN WAVES – a round about ships.

Q1.    In Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, what is the name of the ship that carries people to and from the island?                                                                                                                                                                                    
A    The Hispaniola

Q2    All operated by Royal Caribbean International, the names of each of the world’s 4 largest cruise liners contain which 3 words?
A    Of The Seas (also accept Of The Sea) – namely:  Allure, Oasis, Quantum & Anthem Of The Seas.

Q3    In May-June 1819 which American hybrid steam-sailing ship became the first steam powered vessel to cross the Atlantic though steam power was only used for a fraction of the journey?
A    SS Savannah

Q4    In works by John Ryan, who was the captain of the Black Pig? 
A    Horatio Pugwash

Q5    Which port was the intended final destination of the Titanic on its maiden voyage in 1912?
A    New York

Q6    Which ship spilt a huge oil load in Prince William Sound, Alaska in 1989?
A    Exxon Valdez

Q7    Which ship, with an animal name, was the scene of discussions between Harold Wilson and Ian Smith of Rhodesia in 1966?
A    HMS Tiger

Q8    The site of the surrender of the Japanese at the end of World War Two, which battleship, named after a US state, is now a museum in Pearl Harbour?
A     USS Missouri

 

S1    In what decade did the submarine Nautilus become the first to sail under the North Pole?
A    1950s (1958)

S2    What was the name of the Ship that transported the Pilgrims from Plymouth, England, to Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts in 1620?
A    Mayflower

SCIENCE

Q1    In July 2015 in his one-seater Cri Cri aircraft Frenchman Hugues Duval became the first person to fly across the Channel using what means of propulsion?
A    Electricity – Solar Power (Accept either)

Q2    What is measured by a sphygmomanometer?
A    Blood pressure

Q3    His name now being synonymous with raincoats, which Scottish chemist invented waterproof fabrics?
A    Charles Mackintosh

Q4    Which kitchen appliance was invented by Nobel Prize winning Swedish physicist Gustaf Dalén in 1922?
A    Aga

Q5    What colour are crystals of copper sulphate?
A    Blue

Q6    Bronze is an alloy of copper and, most commonly, which other metal?
A    Tin

Q7    Characterized by two pairs of continuously growing incisors 40% of all mammal species belong to which order of animals?
A    Rodents – Rodentia

Q8    Which is the hottest planet in our Solar System?
A    Venus

 

S1    In astronomy, The North Celestial Pole is currently located in which constellation?
Ursa Minor
A    (1 deg. from Polaris)

S2    What is the name of the new particle discovered by scientists at the Large Hadron Collider in July 2015?
A    Pentaquark

 

HISTORY

Q1    Aged 64 who is the oldest person to accede to the British throne?
A    William IV – if Prince Charles accedes to the throne, he will take the record.

Q2    Henry VIII was outlived by two of the women who married him; Catherine Parr was one, who was the other?
A    Anne of Cleves

Q3    Born in Staffordshire, Reginald Pole became, in 1556, the last Roman Catholic to hold which position in England?
A    Archbishop of Canterbury

Q4    The Battle of Inkerman took place during which war?
A    Crimean War

Q5    In 1874 the Remington No1 went on sale becoming the world’s first commercially successful what?
A    Typewriter

Q6    In 1890 Auburn Prison, New York became the first institution to use what form of capital punishment when William Kemmler was executed?
A    Electric Chair

Q7    Taking its name from the then US Secretary of State what was the name of the economic recovery programme put in place to assist post World War II rebuilding in Europe?
A    Marshall Plan

Q8    Following the Watergate scandal, which US president pardoned Richard Nixon for any crimes he committed while in office?
A    Gerald Ford

S1    Which mark was originally conceived in 1903 as a symbol to identify products manufactured to meet British standards and was first used on tram rails?
A    Kite mark

S2    Now the site of an immigration museum, which island was home to the USA’s busiest immigrant inspection station from 1892 to 1954?
A    Ellis Island (In Upper New York Bay)

2015

Q1    Eleven year old Megan Evans of Cheshire described which event of 2015 thus: ‘It’s a bit like the Jeremy Kyle Show. They’re all arguing on TV and showing themselves up’?
A    General Election TV debate

Q2    On the same day in July 2015 the Hon. Laura Fellowes, Adam Middleton, Thomas van Straubenzee, James Meade and Sophie Carter all performed what function?
A    God parents at Christening of Princess Charlotte

Q3    England finished third beating Germany in the play-off in the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Which team beat Japan in the final?
A    United States of America

Q4    A man much in the news in 2015; what is Sepp Blatter’s real first name?
A    Joseph

Q5    Who played drums with ‘The Who’ on their 2014-15 tour ‘The Who Hits 50’ and also for their 2015 appearance at Glastonbury?
A    Zak Starkey

Q6    Originating in Scandinavia in 2009 which music streaming service was bought by Jay Z, Calvin Harris, Chris Martin and other artists in April 2015?
A    Tidal

Q7    On being given a modernist portrait of herself on a pony during a 2015 visit abroad who allegedly said, ‘That’s a funny colour for a horse’?
A    Queen Elizabeth II

Q8    Which country competed in the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest in honour of the competition’s 60th edition?
A    Australia

 

S1    In 2015 who replaced Nick Clegg as leader of the Liberal Democrats?
A    Tim Farron

S2    Driven by Nick Tandy, Earl Bamber and Nico Hulkenberg which make of car won the 2015 Le Mans 24 Hour Race?
A    Porsche

GEOGRAPHY

Q1    Which island group in the Indian Ocean, a popular tourist destination, has the city of Victoria as its capital?
A    Seychelles

Q2    Which Irish city lies furthest south?
A    Cork

Q3    Which Canadian territory has the city of Yellowknife as its capital?
A    Northwest Territories

Q4    Which Canadian territory has the city of Whitehorse as its capital?
A    The Yukon

Q5    Which Austronesian language has about 57 million speakers in the Philippines?
A    Tagalog

Q6    What is the 2nd most-spoken Semitic language in the world, after Arabic?
A    Amharic (NOT Aramaic)

Q7    Which southern English coastal town is home to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution?
A    Poole

Q8    Which southern English city has districts called Shirley, Bassett Green, Northam and Thornhill?
A     Southampton

 

S1    Which island, situated in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, was discovered by Europeans in 1576 and is named after an English navigator who died in 1622?
A    Baffin Island

S2    Which Australian attraction is also known as Uluru?
A    Ayers Rock

 

 

THE PHONETIC ALPHABET
All the answers contain words used for letters in the phonetic alphabet
The full answer is required, not just the word.

Q1    What are the Academy Awards more commonly called?
A    The Oscars
 
Q2    In what month of the year is St Andrew’s Day?
A    November (30th)

Q3    Who is the controversial founder of “Sports Direct” and Chairman of Newcastle United?
A    Mike Ashley

Q4    Charles Stuart, instigator of the 1745 Jacobite Uprising, is often referred to by what name?
A    Bonnie Prince Charlie

Q5    Usually called butter beans in the UK, what are they more commonly called in the USA?
A    Lima Beans

Q6    Which betting company’s series of TV adverts features the founder being hounded by a strange character called Maurice?
A    BetVictor (the founder was Victor Chandler but that is not the name of the company now)

Q7    What were discovered by Wilhelm Rontgen in 1895?
A    X-rays

Q8    Which country is the most-populous democracy in the world?
A    India

 

S1     In which 1964 film did Michael Caine play the character Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead?
A    Zulu
S2    What sort of residence has been mentioned in the titles of hits by Chris Issak, The Eagles and Elvis Presley?
A    Hotel

SPORT

Q1    Eddie Merckx is arguably Belgium’s most famous sportsman. In which sport did he achieve fame?
A    Cycling

Q2    England captain Charlotte Edwards has lifted the team to success in which sport?
A    Cricket

Q3    In Alex Ferguson’s list of the 4 players that he had managed at Manchester United, that he considered ”world class”, who was the only Englishman?
A    Paul Scholes

Q4    Similarly, in Alex Ferguson’s list of the 4 players that he had managed at Manchester United, that he considered “world class”, which one made the most appearances for the club?
A    Ryan Giggs

Q5    What is a solid black flag used for in Formula One?
A    To summon a driver to the pits

Q6    What instruction does a solid yellow flag give to drivers in Formula One?
A    Slow down – due to hazard on the track

Q7    Bill Hoskyns was the first Briton to compete at 6 Olympic Games, 1956 to 1976 inclusive. What was his sport?
A    Fencing

Q8    Mark Foster never won an Olympic medal in his career, yet he carried the British flag at the 2008 opening ceremony. What was his sport?
A    Swimming

 

S1    Which county won the Cricket County Championship for 7 years in succession from 1952 to 1958?
A    Surrey

S2    Which Welsh golfer won the 1957 award for BBC Sports Personality Of The Year?
A    Dai Rees

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. Who was stabbed to death in 44 B.C. by Cassius, Brutus and others?

JULIUS CAESAR

2. As you would find redcoats at Butlins, what colour jackets would you expect to find at Pontins?

BLUE

3. What did Ian Cumming and Tamal Ray most-famously fail to do in October 2015?

WIN THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE-OFF (They were losing finalists)

4. In which British city was the BBC TV gangland drama Peaky Blinders set?

BIRMINGHAM

5. U.S. Presidential inaugurations take place in which month?

JANUARY

6. Liverpudlian Craig Phillips became the first winner of what in 2000?

BIG BROTHER

7. Which jazz and blues singer, critic and writer (1926-2007) frequently performed with John Chilton’s Feetwarmers and the Digby Fairweather band?

GEORGE MELLY

8. In Holst’s orchestral suite ‘The Planets’ which planet is ‘The bringer of peace’?

VENUS

9. Which car company has a rhino image on the back of its 4x4’s?

SUZUKI

10. Graz is the second most-populous city in which European country?

AUSTRIA

11. What is the only capital city of a European Union country that begins and ends with the same consonant?

WARSAW

12. What is the name given to an adult male goose?

GANDER

13. Which city, one of the 10 most-populous in the United States, lies at the northern end of the celebrated Route 66?

CHICAGO

14. The largest cities (by population) of the US states of Oregon & Maine both have the same name as a Dorset town. What name is that?

PORTLAND

15. What word links a former capital of Jamaica and a 1918 epidemic that killed an estimated 4% of the world’s population?

SPANISH (Spanish Town and Spanish flu)

16. There are 4 passport offices in England – Liverpool and London are two. Name one of the others.

DURHAM or PETERBOROUGH

17. Which measurement, mentioned in the Bible, was calculated as the typical distance from the tip of a man’s finger to his elbow?

CUBIT

18. Complete this title of a 1982 best-selling book billed as a “guidebook to all that is truly masculine” – Real Men Don’t Eat……….what?

QUICHE

19. What colour are the seats in the House Of Lords?

RED

20. Prince George of Cambridge lies at what number in line of succession to the throne?

THIRD

21. What is the family name of Michael, John and Wendy in the Peter Pan works by JM Barrie?

DARLING

22. Of which WM Thackeray novel is Becky Sharp one of the principal characters?

VANITY FAIR

23. Little-endians and big-endians are terms to describe the storage of bytes in a computer memory. In which work of 1726 did the terms first appear?

GULLIVER’S TRAVELS (they were 2 groups of people arguing over where an egg should be opened)

24. The Torah is a set of instructions to which religion?

JUDAISM

25. What was the name of the pub that featured in the Channel 4 TV series Shameless?

THE JOCKEY

26. The food critic and former model Sophie Dahl is married to which musician?

JAMIE CULLUM

27. Which British entertainer married Canadian jazz pianist and vocalist Diana Krall in 2003?

ELVIS COSTELLO

28. What was the name of the political party founded in 1994 by James Goldsmith?

REFERENDUM PARTY

29. What appropriate name is given to the cloud that often covers the mountain that overlooks Cape Town, South Africa?

TABLE CLOTH (over Table Mountain)

30. In what country is Chernobyl, the site of a nuclear power station fire in 1985?

UKRAINE

31. In the second series of which TV sitcom was baby Neil born to Nessa and Smithy in 2008?

GAVIN & STACEY

32. “Let you fingers do the walking” was a slogan used in advertising what?

BT’s YELLOW PAGES

33. Who was the UK prime minister at the time of the Apollo 11 moon landings?

HAROLD WILSON

34. Who had the distinction of more appearances in “Carry On…..” films than anyone else?

KENNETH WILLIAMS

35. Harland David Sanders is best known for founding which chain?

KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN

36. “Nothing over sixpence” was the boast of which store that opened its first branch in Britain in 1909?

WOOLWORTHS

37. In “The Wizard of Oz”, which character wanted a heart?

THE TIN MAN

38. In the 1967 film the Jungle Book, which character sang “The Bare Necessities” with Mowgli?

BALOO

39. By area, what is the smallest of the states of Australia?

TASMANIA

40. Which team won the Scottish FA Cup for the first time in 2015?

INVERNESS Caledonian Thistle

41. Aljaz Bedene became the number 2 ranked British tennis player in March this year when he switched allegiance from which country?

SLOVENIA

42. Kirsch is a colourless fruit brandy made using which fruit?

CHERRY

43. Christmas Island, with a population of 2,000, lies in the Indian Ocean and is a territory of which country?

AUSTRALIA

44. In which county is the M20 motorway?

KENT

45. In which county is Dungeness, with its 2 lighthouses and two nuclear power stations?

KENT

46. What was the first Asian city to host the summer Olympics?

TOKYO (1964)

47. In the game of scrabble what is the value of the letter J?

8

48. On the cover of the Beatles album ‘Abbey Road’ which member of the band leads the band crossing the road?

JOHN LENNON

49. Which Beatle had a Top 10 solo hit in 1973 with ‘Give me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)’?

GEORGE HARRISON

50. Who was the first female tennis player to win all 4 grand slam titles and an Olympic gold medal in the same year?

STEFFI GRAF

51. Which town is home to Wallace & Gromit?

WIGAN

52. How many Apollo missions landed men on the moon?

6 (numbers 11 to 17 minus 13)

53. What important food fish has types called Albacore, Yellowfin and Bluefin?

TUNA

54. The company Wolverine World Wide manufacture boots with the name of which company, the world’s leading manufacturer of mining and construction equipment?

CATERPILLAR

55. Complete this quote by Enoch Powell – “All political lives, unless they are cut off in midstream at a happy juncture, end in…………what?.”

FAILURE

56. By what nickname was Manfred Freiherr Von Richthofen best know?

THE RED BARON

57. Nick Nack was the diminutive sidekick of which triple-nippled Bond villain?

FRANCISCO SCARAMANGA (in ‘THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN’)

58. Originally using the tagline “For men who should know better” which ‘lads’ mag’ launched in 1994 and ceased publication in March 2015?

LOADED

59. In 1946, the Forint replaced the Pengo as the currency of which country?

HUNGARY

60. Which disease was once known as ‘The White Death’?

TUBERCULOSIS

61. Sussex pond pudding contains a whole fruit, which?

LEMON

62. Who is the actress widow of the late John Thaw?

SHEILA HANCOCK

63. A smolt is a term for the young of what?

SALMON

64. Footballer Wayne Bridge and rugby union player Ben Foden married Frankie and Una from which girl group?

SATURDAYS

65. Which grand slam tennis tournament is played on red clay courts?

FRENCH OPEN

66. Which British amateur detective, created by Francis Durbridge, was the subject of a radio series that was introduced by the music “Coronation Scot”?

PAUL TEMPLE

67. Which character, first appearing in 1958, is the most famous creation of Michael Bond?

PADDINGTON BEAR

68. Which organisation produces the Watchtower magazine?

JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES

69. Which Roman road linked Lincoln to Exeter via Bath, Leicester and Newark-on-Trent?

FOSSE WAY

70. Based on a true story, which 2014 film depicts a group of gay and lesbian activists who raised money to help support the families affected by the miners’ strike in 1984?

PRIDE

71. Which company supplies tyres to the F1 championships?

PIRELLI

72. How many squares are there on a scrabble board?

225

73. In which city would you find the Uffizi Art Gallery?

FLORENCE

74. What connects Ryan, Labbett, Wallace, Hegarty and Sinha?

THE CHASE TV PROGRAMME – They are the surnames of the Chasers.

75. Which musician was known as ‘The King of Swing’?

BENNY GOODMAN

76. Which politician had the nickname ‘The Chingford Skinhead’?

NORMAN TEBBITT

77. Montego Bay is the second largest city in which country?

JAMAICA

78. As 0044 is the international dialling code for the UK, for which country is 007 the code?

RUSSIA

79. What is the unit of currency in Turkey?

LIRA

80. England cricketer Ben Stokes was controversially given out at Lords in September 2015 under which law?

OBSTRUCTING THE FIELD

81. In which resort did Banksy open his Dismaland exhibition in August 2015?

WESTON-SUPER-MARE

82. The singer, songwriter and actress Robyn Fenty uses her middle name as her stage name. What is it?

RIHANNA

83. Dave ‘Devilfish’ Ulliott died in April 2015. In which field was he famous?

POKER

84. What was the stage name of the performer who was born Helen Porter Mitchell in 1861 in Australia?

NELLIE MELBA

85. What was the first English football league club that Bill Shankly managed?

CARLISLE UNITED

86. The most southerly tip of mainland Australia is Wilson’s Promontory - in which state?

VICTORIA

87. In which month of the year were the Titanic and Hillsborough disasters?

APRIL

88. Which chemical element has the symbol K?

POTASSIUM

89. Give one of the 2 forenames of the singer Morrissey?

STEPHEN OR PATRICK

90. David Cameron’s wife Samantha had which British city as her maiden surname?

SHEFFIELD

91. What was the minimum age for voters in the 2014 Scottish Referendum?

16

92. What is the minimum permissible age required, in the UK, to open an account on Facebook or Instagram?

13

93. Neil the sloth is a character in TV adverts for which company?

SOFAWORKS

94. Whose birth is the first recorded in the Bible?

CAIN

95. In the New Testament of the Bible, which book follows the 4 Gospels?

ACTS

96. The first question asked by Magnus Magnusson on Mastermind, in 1972, was virtually the same as the last question asked by him on his regular TV series in 1997. What was the subject of the question, also the basis of a question in tonight’s quiz?

PICASSO’s painting of GUERNICA

Supplementaries

S1. Of which African country is Juba the capital?

SOUTH SUDAN

S2. Which celebrity chef is the founder of the restaurant 15?

JAMIE OLIVER

S3. Which forename is common to TV detectives Bergerac, Taggart and Rockford?

JIM

S4. ‘Canard’ is the French word for which creature?

DUCK

S5. What name is given to a gathering of a group of witches?

COVEN

S6. El Alamein, the scene of a World War II battle, is a town in which country?

EGYPT

3rd November–The Questions

 

SPECIALIST SUBJECTS

Set by

THE PACK HORSE BOWLING CLUB

Arts & Entertainment

Geography

Science

Sport

History

“Help is only 150 million miles away”

Name that Person

Alternate A’s

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

1/ For which ballet company were Picasso and Matisse among the scene designers?

Ans. Les Ballets Russes (based in Paris from 1909-29)

2/ Who wrote the Savoy Operas?

Ans. Gilbert and Sullivan.

3/ Which author is associated with “Carrie” and “Christine”?

Ans. Stephen King

4/ In which stage musical did Rose Hemingway play Sophie, the child of three possible fathers?

Ans. Mamma Mia!

5/ Who, in fiction, lived close by the Gitche Gumee River?

Ans. Hiawatha

6/ Which leading English romantic poet was drowned in Italy at the age of 29 in 1822?

Ans. Percy Bysshe Shelley.

7/ Which Nobel Prize winner wrote For Whom the Bell Tolls?

Ans. Earnest Hemmingway.

8/ What was taken in the 1974 and 2009 films The Taking of Pelham 123?

Ans. A underground/subway train.

Sup1/ George Orwell’s Animal Farm was written as a satire about which political system?

Ans. Communism

Sup2/ Who sang the famous theme song “Rawhide”?

Ans. Frankie Laine.

GEOGRAPHY

1/ If you said you came from Suomi, what nationality would you be.

Ans. Finnish.

2/ The Rock of Gibraltar and the Jebel Musa are together known as what

Ans. The pillars of Hercules.

3/ Near which city is RAF Northolt?

Ans. London (in South Ruislip)

4/ Which island in the South Atlantic was named after the Portuguese admiral who discovered it in 1506?

Ans. Tristan da Cunha

5/ Known as the Rio Grande river in the USA, what is it called in Mexico?

Ans. Rio Bravo

6/ How many emirates make up the United Arab Emirates?

Ans. 7.

7/ What is the name of the dam on the Zambia - Zimbabwe border?

Ans. Kariba.

8/ In which country is Aconcagua the highest mountain in South America?

Ans. Argentina

Sup1/ In which Irish county will you find the Blarney Stone?

Ans. County Cork.

Sup2/ Which South American country has a name which means "Land of Silver"?

Ans. Argentina

SCIENCE

1/ What substance has been used in the production of both Ming vases and “dirty” nuclear bombs?

Ans. Cobalt

2/ What is the name given to the substance that covers a deer’s antler when it is growing

Ans. Velvet

3/ What is the medical term for the condition that produces bad breath?

Ans. Halitosis.

4/ What type of star is the sun’s nearest stellar neighbour, Proxima Centauri?

Ans. A red dwarf.

5/ How many stars are there in Orion’s belt?

Ans. 3.

6/ How is the chaparral cock, a ground cuckoo native of Mexico, better known?

Ans. Roadrunner.

7/ Who discovered the law that the volume of a given mass of gas at a constant temperature is inversely proportional to its pressure?

Ans. Boyle.

8/ What facet of human anatomy did William Harvey discover?

Ans. Blood circulation.

Sup1/ What would you find in an Arboretum?

Ans. Trees

Sup2/ An orchidectomy is the surgical removal of what?

Ans. The Testicles.

SPORT

1/ In drag racing what is the name given to the series of lamps which flash a countdown sequence to the start?

Ans. The Christmas Tree.

2/ Who in 1960, became the first boxer in history to regain the world heavyweight title?

Ans. Floyd Patterson (He beat Ingemar Johansson.)

3/ Which biennial sporting event was postponed for a year in 2001 following the September 11th terrorist attack on New York?

Ans/ The Ryder Cup

4/ Who was the first American to win the Tour de France (in 1986)?

Ans. Greg Lemond.

5/ At which football ground did 56 people die in 1985 when fire engulfed the main stand?

Ans. Bradford City/Valley Parade (accept either).

6/ How was John Sholto Douglas (1844-1900) better known?

Ans. The Marquis of Queensbury.

7/ Which Surrey and England cricketer died in a car crash in 2002?

Ans. Ben Hollioake.

8/ In rugby, which country will the British and Irish Lions tour in 2017?

Ans. New Zealand.

Sup1/ What sport would you be watching at Flinders Park?

Ans/ Tennis. (in Melbourne Aus.)

Sup2/ Due to superstition, what didn't Bjorn Borg do at Wimbledon?

Ans. Shave

HISTORY

1/ “It was the most desperate battle I was ever in. I never took so much trouble about any battle, and never was as near being beat”. Which 19^th century battle was the writer describing in a letter to his brother?

Ans. Waterloo (as described by Wellington).

2/ Who was the King of England when the Royal Society was formed?

Ans. Charles II

3/ Give a year in the life of Edmund Gibbon who wrote the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

Ans. 1737 – 1794

4/ During which war was the naval battle of Chesapeake Bay fought?

Ans. The American War of Independence

5/ In which century was Hadrian’s Wall built?

Ans. 2^nd century (c. 120 – 128)

6/ Some say there are 4 copies, others 17 – what?

Ans. Magna Carta

7/ In which cathedral was Richard III’s body re-interred?

Ans. Leicester

8/ The capture of what is now known as Pegasus Bridge was one of the opening operations of which battle?

Ans. The Battle of Normandy (accept D Day).

Sup1/ Historical novelist, Hilary Mantel, wrote a book called “Wolf Hall”, recently serialised on the BBC. During whose reign do events take place?

Ans. Henry VIII

Sup2/ Which modern-day politician wrote a book in 2014 called “The Churchill Factor (How One Man Made History)-------Ans.Boris Johnson

“Help Is Only 150 Million Miles Away”

GREAT MOVIE TAGLINES Name the film title from the tagline…

1/ One dream. Four Jamaicans. Twenty below zero.

Ans. Cool Runnings

2/ For Harry and Lloyd EVERYDAY is a no-brainer .

Ans. Dumb and Dumber

3/ A lot can happen in the middle of nowhere.

Ans. Fargo

4/ Vietnam can kill me, but it can’t make me care.

Ans. Full Metal Jacket

5/ An adventure 65 million years in the making.

Ans. Jurassic Park

6/ Protecting the Earth from the scum of the Universe.

Ans. Men in Black

7/ The classic story about a boy and his mother.

Ans. Psycho

8/ They’re young; they’re in love and they kill people.

Ans. Bonnie and Clyde

Supp1/ This is Benjamin. He’s a little worried about his future.

Ans. The Graduate

Supp2/ Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.

Ans. The Shawshank Redemption

Supp3/ A romantic comedy with Zombies.

Ans. Shaun of the Dead.

Name that Person!

With the aid of the following lyrics name the man/woman in each song

1/ (Male) Well I grew up quick and I grew up mean.

Ans. A boy named Sue

2/ (Female) The morning sun when it's on your face really shows your age.

Ans. Maggie May

3/ (Female) You don't have to wear that dress tonight.

Ans. Roxanne.

4/ (Male) Screwed up eyes and screwed down hairdo like some cat from Japan.

Ans. Ziggy Stardust

5/ (Female) You fill up my senses like a night in the forest.

Ans. Annie’s Song

6/ (Female) I played the janitor you played the monitor.

Ans. Carrie Anne

7/ (Male) Was he in trouble, half a ton of rubble landed on the top of his dome.

Ans Right said Fred

8/ (Female) She invented medicinal compound.

Ans Lily the pink

 

Sup1/ (Female) She waits at the window wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door.

Ans. Eleanor Rigby

Sup2/ (Female) You got me rocking and a rolling, rocking and a reeling.

Ans. Barbara Ann

ALTERNATE LETTER A

In this round all the one word answers have ‘A’ as the alternate letter.

1/ Which country has more coastline than any other?

Ans. Canada

2/ Covering an area of over two million square miles, which geographical area takes its name from the Arabic for ‘desert’?

Ans. Sahara

3/ Which company is the world’s largest manufacturer of musical instruments?

Ans. Yamaha

4/ ‘Shy Boy’, ‘Cruel Summer’ and ‘Love in the First Degree’ are titles of 1980’s UK top 10 singles for which group?

Ans. Bananarama

5/ Which word is derived from the Sanskrit for ‘great king’ or ‘high king’?

Ans. Maharaja (accept Rajah)

6/ Found growing in areas from Florida to South America, which tropical tree produces a fruit resembling a melon, with orange coloured flesh and numerous blackish seeds in its central cavity?

Ans. Papaya

7/ Born in 1982, by what name is the footballer Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite better known?

Ans. Kaka

8/ What is the current name of the capital city founded in 1515 by the Spanish soldier and administrator, Diego Velasquez?

Ans. Havana

Supp1/ In Greek cuisine which popular starter dish comprises a pink pâté made mainly from cod roe?

Ans. Taramasalata

Supp2/ In which stadium did a record 199,854 spectators attend the 1950 football World Cup?

Ans. Maracana – in Rio de Janeiro

 

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Set by

THE WHARFIES

 

1. In terms of numbers of men fighting what was the largest battle fought in England? (Battle of Towton 1461)

2. What is the name of the walk, which goes from Milngavie on the outskirts of Glasgow to Fort William? (West Highland Way)

3. What is the name of the walk, which goes from Fort William to Inverness? (Great Glen Way)

4. In Rising Damp what was the name of Rigsby’s cat? (Vienna)

5. Why has Pauline Cafferkey been in the news in October 2015? (Nurse being treated for Ebola)

6. In which organ are the islets of Langerhans? (The Pancreas)

7. What is the largest moon in the solar system? (Ganymede, which orbits Jupiter)

8. The Vulcan bomber was recently retired. Which firm originally built it? (Avro)

9. Bob Dylan’s Like a Rolling Stone originally appeared on which album? (Highway 61 Revisited)

10. During the 1968 Mexico Olympics gold medallist Tommy Smith famously carried out the Black Power salute. Can you name either of the other two athletes who were on the rostrum with him? (John Carlos or Peter Norman)

11. Who is the shadow Foreign Secretary? (Hilary Benn)

12. Where in the human body would you find the scaphoid bone? (the wrist)

13. Who said, “I don’t see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its own people.” (Henry Kissinger (referring to covert operations in Chile during the 1970’s.)

14. Complete the sequence: - Henry I, Stephen, Henry II, Richard I, John… (Henry III)

15. In cooking what is “En Papillote”. Cooked in a bag (It is a method of cooking in which the food is put into a folded pouch or parcel and then baked. The parcel is typically made from folded parchment paper, but other material, such as a paper bag or aluminium foil, may be used)

16. The dodo is the national bird of which country ? Mauritius

17. After the age of 70, you have to renew your driving licence every how many years? THREE

18. Which children’s cartoon series featured characters called Lion-O, Cheetara, Panthro and Tygra? THUNDERCATS

19. Who said, “I want to live forever, or die trying”? GROUCHO MARX

20. In which TV series did the Muppets first appear? SESAME STREET

21. In the children’s series Rainbow, what kind of animal was George? HIPPO

22. A pandemonium is the collective noun for which order of birds? PARROTS

23. Marlon James has just won which prestigious prize? Booker prize for fiction – (Brief History of 7 killings, set around the shooting of Bob Marley)

24. Which current TV drama features Piper Chapman playing the character Taylor Schilling? Orange is the New Black

25. 'Music Complete' is the latest album by which veteran band from the north west? (New Order)

26. Who is the new Political Editor of ITV News? (Robert Peston)

27. Which opera by Donizetti opened the first Buxton Festival in 1979, featured at the Buxton Festival this year, and is based on a novel by Sir Walter Scott? (Lucia di Lammermoor)

28. Who wrote the novel “Birdsong”? (SEBASTIAN) FAULKS

29. Which film ends with the line, “I do wish we could chat longer, but I’m having an old friend for dinner”? THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS

30. Which film ends with the line, “Oh, no. It wasn’t the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast.”? KING KONG

31. In the TV series “Red Dwarf”, what was the name of the onboard computer? HOLLY

32. In the human body, what are erythrocytes? RED BLOOD CELLS

33. Which fictional character favoured the Oxford Bar in Edinburgh? (INSPECTOR) REBUS

34. The Bull is the village pub in an everyday tale of country folk. In which village is The Bull? AMBRIDGE

35. Patrick Starfish is the best friend of which cartoon character? SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS

36. Which area of mathematics is concerned with relationships between lengths and angles of triangles? TRIGONOMETRY

37. Which area of mathematics is the study of the collection, analysis and interpretation of data? STATISTICS

38. What links Mike Teevee, Augustus Gloop, Veruca Salt, Violet Beauregarde and Charlie Bucket? ALL WON TICKETS TO VISIT WILLY WONKA’S CHOCOLATE FACTORY

39. What is the surname of the brothers who have won Olympic, World and Commomwealth competitions in triathlon? (ALASTAIR + JONNY) BROWNLEE

40. What are the names of the brothers who produced and directed “Raising Arizona” and “Burn After Reading”? (JOEL + ETHAN) COEN

41. To the nearest millimetre, how many millimetres are in one (1) inch?

25 (25.4 to be more exact). Accept 25 or 26.

42. In Greek mythology, who was the giant with 100 eyes? Argus.

43. Gazpacho is a Spanish soup made with tomatoes and which other main ingredient ?Peppers (capsicums)

44. On TV, which actress plays Vera in the series of that name ? ( Brenda Blethyn )

45. Which football league team plays its home games at the ABAX stadium on London Road? (Peterborough)

46. Which country produces Tokaj (pronounced To-kay) wine? (Hungary)

47. Which best selling author died aged 77 in September this year? (Jackie Collins)

48. Country singer Lyn Anderson died in 2015, but what was her only UK number 1 hit?

(I never promised you a)Rose Garden

49. Mendoza is a wine area in which country ? Argentina

50. The Napa Valley is a wine area in which of the United states? California

51. Which current "Strictly Come Dancing" contestant also hosts a television quiz show ?

Jeremy Vine

52. Which "Archers" character recently departed following a flood ? Frieda Fry.

53. Pink Lady and Jazz are varieties of which fruit ? Apple

54. Louis Armstrong was known for playing which instrument ? Trumpet

55. The cut of beef known as clod comes from which part of the animal? Shoulder or neck

56. What is the currency of Serbia ? Dinar

57. The "Dark Peak" part of the Peak District is so called from the preponderance of what rock ? Millstone Grit

58. Who wrote ‘God Bless America’? Irving Berlin

59. The British Library has a Reference Division in Euston Road, London. The Lending Division is located away from London in which county? West Yorkshire(allow Yorkshire – It’s in Boston Spa, near Wetherby)

60. What is the County Town (i.e. Admin HQ) of Buckinghamshire? Aylesbury

61. This Spanish city was the capital of the old kingdom of Castile. It is also where El Cid is buried. What is the city called? Burgos

62. What was the name of the explorer regarded as the first European to reach the Cape of Good Hope and establish a route around Africa? Bartholomew Diaz

63. The Earth’s atmosphere is 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen. What is the name of the next most prevalent ELEMENT? Argon

64. What is the name of the largest lake in Australia? (It frequently runs dry and becomes a salt marsh). Lake Eyre

65. Which singer sang ‘I Heard it Through the Grapevine’ and was killed by his father?

Marvin Gaye

66. The US rank of general is equivalent to what British army rank? Field Marshal

67. William Gladstone is, of course, a rather distinguished British politician. In which city was he born? Liverpool

68. In what sport do teams compete for the Stanley Cup? Ice hockey

69. If liquids cannot be mixed, they are said to be immiscible (pronounce im-miss-ible). Spell IMMISCIBLE

70. Dublin is in Dublin County of Ireland. Which Province is it in? Leinster

71. The Minoan civilisation existed on which island? Crete

72. If Geordies are from Newcastle and Scousers are from Liverpool, which British town or city do Smoggies come from ? ( Middlesbrough )

73. In his obituary, published in The Independent in August 2012, which TV commentator was said to have died aged " treble 16, double 12 “ ? ( Sid Waddell )

74. Which Manchester Labour MP became Father of the House(longest serving member) after the 2015 General Election? (Sir Gerald Kaufman)

75. Who won this year's Great British Bake Off? (Nadiya Hussain)

76. In which city was Ed Balls’ constituency between 2005 and 2015? Leeds (Morley and Outwood)

77. Which TV personality is the voice of Dangermouse in the new series of the programme ? ( Alexander Armstrong )

78. In “ The Wizard of Oz “, what was Dorothy’s surname ? ( Gale )

79. Which town was the birthplace of Muhammed Ali? (Louisville, Kentucky)

80. Which actress replaced Amanda Redman in the TV series “ New Tricks “

( Tamsin Outhwaite )

81. Why was Mhairi (pronounced Vari) Black in the news in the first half of 2015? Youngest MP (for 200 years)

82. In Arthurian legend, what was found by Sir Galahad, Sir Bors and Sir Perceval ? (Holy Grail )

83. Who composed the classical piece, A Liverpool Oratorio, which was premiered in 1991 ? ( Paul McCartney )

84. In The Planets Suite by Gustav Holst, which planet is “ The bringer of old age “? (Saturn )

85. Similarly, in the Planets Suite, which planet is described as being “ The Mystic “ ? (Neptune )

86. The composers Delius, Holst and Elgar all died in the same year. Which year ? ( 1934 – accept 1932 to 1936 )

87. Which outer London constituency did Vince Cable represent between 1997 and 2015? (Twickenham)

88. In which city is the constituency that prides itself on returning the first MP, and has done so at the last two general elections? Sunderland (Bridget Phillipson, Labour MP for Houghton and Sunderland South)

89. Who is leader of the SNP at Westminster? (Angus Robertson MP)

90. What middle name was shared by John Lennon and Denis Healey? (Winston)

91. In which phenomenally successful American drama series is the main character called Walter White? Breaking Bad

92. Which novel by Harper Lee, published this year, is a sequel to “ To Kill a Mockingbird “ ? ( Go Set a Watchman )

93. The Paramatta river flows through which Australian city ? ( Sydney )

94. In which film did Elvis Presley make his screen debut ? ( Love Me Tender )

95. Who was the only member of the cast of the TV show “ Dads Army “ to actually be a member of the Home Guard during WW2 ? ( John Laurie – who played Private Frazer )

96. Who made headlines in early October by knocking over 10 years old Toki Sekiguchi ? ( Boris Johnson – during an impromptu rugby game )

Supplementaries

1. The British Women’s Institute is celebrating its centenary this year. In which town was the first British W.I. group established ? ( Llanfairpwilgwyngyll……..gogogoch ie. Llanfair P.G. – accept anything that sounds close ! )

2.What was the name of the former motor racing track found near Weybridge in Surrey?

Brooklands

3. A female US novelist, the daughter of missionaries to China, wrote novels about Chinese life. In 1938, she won the Nobel Prize for Literature. What was her name? Pearl S Buck

4. Potato and what other vegetable are the main ingredients of Vichysoisse soup?

Leek

5. The peacock is the national bird of which country ? India.

6. The University of California has several campuses. In which town is its HQ?

Berkeley