14th February Away to the Pack Horse Bowling Club

 

Specialist Questions

Set by the Park Tavern 

vetted by the Ox-fford C & The Cock

Arts & Entertainment – First Lines

History – Recognise a face - Picture Round

Geography – Island Hopping

Science

Sport

Capital Punishment

Love is in the air

All but the kitchen sink

Round 1 - Arts & Entertainment – First Lines

You will be given the first line from a book, film, or song. Simply name the title.

Q1	BOOK - It was love at first sight. The first time Yossarian saw the chaplain he fell madly in love with him	Catch 22 (Joseph Heller)
Q2	BOOK - All children, except one, grow up	Peter Pan (JM Barrie)
Q3	TV SERIES THEME TUNE - It's time to start the music	The Muppets
Q4	TV SERIES THEME TUNE - So no one told you life was gonna be this way	Friends
Q5	FILM - Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family	Trainspotting
Q6	SONG - Some boys kiss me, some boys hug me, I think they're ok	Material Girl (Madonna)
Q7	SONG - I met her in a club down in old Soho	Lola (The Kinks)
Q8	FILM - As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster	Goodfellas

Supplementaries

S1	TV SERIES THEME TUNE - Here we come walking down the Street	The Monkees
S2	BOOK - It was the day my grandmother exploded	The Crow Road (Iain Banks)

Round 2 - History – Picture Round

1. BORN c1501

EXECUTED 19 MAY 1536

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2. BORN 7 FEBRUARY 1478 EXECUTED 6 JULY 1535

3. BORN 29 DECEMBER 1809

DIED 19 MAY 1898

4. BORN 8 DECEMBER 1542

EXECUTED 8 FEBRUARY 1587

5.BORN 12 MAY 1820

DIED 13 AUGUST 1910

6. BORN 12 FEBRUARY 1809

ASSASSINATED 15 APRIL 1865

7. BORN 25 APRIL 1599

DIED 3 SEPTEMBER 1658

8. BORN 29 SEPTEMBER 1758

DIED 21 OCTOBER 1805

S1. BORN 26 AUGUST 1819

DIED 14 DECEMBER 1861

4th June 1738 – 29 January 1820

 

A1	Anne Boleyn
A2	Thomas More
A3	William Gladstone
A4	Mary Queen of Scots (accept Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland)
A5	Florence Nightingale
A6	Abraham Lincoln
A7	Oliver Cromwell
A8	Horatio Nelson

Supplementaries

S1	Prince Albert
S2	King George III

Alternative questions for any visually impaired players:

1. Who was the 31^st US President: he was born in 1874 and died in 1964?

Herbert Hoover

2. Who was the Scottish knight who defeated the English army at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297 and was executed in London in 1305?

William Wallace

Round 3 - Geography – Island Hopping

Q1	Which island of the Inner Hebrides has Bowmore for its capital and is famous for its distinctive Whiskies?	Islay (pronounced 'isla')
Q2	Which island group, whose capital is Longyearbyen, lies halfway between Norway and the North Pole?	Svalbard (or Spitzbergen)
Q3	By area, which is the largest of Greece’s many islands?	Crete (3219 sq. miles)
Q4	If you travel due west from Quito, the capital of Ecuador, which celebrated island group will you first reach?	The Galapagos Islands
Q5	Which island is shared between Chile & Argentina?	Tierra del Fuego
Q6	Which island in the Gulf of St Lawrence has St John's for its capital and was previously known as Vinland by the Danes?	Newfoundland
Q7	Which is the largest of the four main islands in Japan?	Honshu
Q8	In which island nation would you find the islands of Luzon, Samar, Leyte, and Mindanao?	The Phillippines

Supplementaries

S1	Which small island in the South Atlantic has Georgetown as its capital, but is best known for its RAF station and as a refueling and stop off point for aircraft servicing the Falklands War?	Ascension Island
S2	With its capital Victoria the principal island of Mahe is in which luxury holiday island nation in the Indian Ocean?	Seychelles

Round 4 – Science

Q1	Designed to limit the rise of global temperature to 2 degrees, environmentalists are concerned that Trump will pull the US out of which climate treaty of 2015?	Paris
Q2	What is the minimum number of volts it would take to push a current of 1 amp though a three ohm resistor?	3 Volts
Q3	What piece of Space memorabilia has recently been purchased and put on display in the Science Museum in London?	A space capsule (Tim Peake's capsule from the Soyuz rocket he travelled on.)
Q4	In 1869 what did Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev publish?	The periodic table
Q5	The atomic number of an element tells you what information about the composition of that element?	The number of protons in the nucleus (not neutrons)
Q6	In weather forecasting, when a cold front and a warm front combine, what name is given to the resulting new front?	An occluded front
Q7	What is the name given to the bubble of space containing and effectively dominated by our sun, created and maintained by the solar wind against the pressure of interstellar space?	The Heliosphere
Q8	What is the more common name for the chemical reaction that involves an exothermic, irreversible, oxidation of a material such as wood?	A fire/burning or similar

Supplementaries

S1	Krypton, Neon, Argon, Xenon & Radon are 5 of the naturally occurring noble gases, which is missing, and has atomic number 2?	Helium
S2	The 4 nucleobases of DNA are known by their initial letters of A, C, G & T. Give the full name of one of these?	Adenine or Cytosine or Guanine or Thymine

Round 5 - Sports

Q1	Which organisation has Gianni Infantino as its president?	FIFA
Q2	Which squash player had a winning streak of 555 matches in the 1980s?	Jahanghir Khan
Q3	Ignoring bonus points, How many points are awarded for a win in the Rugby Union Aviva Premiership?	4
Q4	Which major competition will take place in Bermuda in May & June 2017?	The Americas Cup (Yachting)
Q5	Michael Van Gerwen is a world champion in which sport?	Darts
Q6	In January 2017 Joey Barton rejoined Burnley FC, but had to immediately serve a one match misconduct ban, for what reason was the ban imposed?	Illegal gambling on football matches
Q7	Korean born Lydia Ko is the current world number one in which sport?	Golf (ladies)
Q8	Which major sports manufacturer recently announced that it would stop making golf clubs, leaving Rory McIlroy & Tiger Woods to find another supplier?	Nike

Supplementaries

S1	At the 30th January 2017 there are 3 British men in the top 50 of the world Tennis singles rankings, Sir Andy Murray is one, name either of the other 2?	Kyle Edmund (rank 47) or Dan Evans (rank 45)
S2	Who went from being English Football Premier League Manager of the Month in August 2016 to unemployed in January 2017?	Mike Phelan

Round 6 - Capital Punishment

All the answers to the following questions contain the name of a US state capital. In some cases it may be a forename, in others a surname. Please supply the capital.

Q1	Division of the Ford Motor Company known for selling luxury vehicles such as "The Continental"	Lincoln
Q2	A former World No 1 female tennis player, winner of 3 grand slams between 1979 and 1981.	Tracy Austin
Q3	What first name is shared by a Danish supermodel of the 1990s, a quirky British actress and the founder of an international cosmetics enterprise?	Helena (Christensen, Bonham-Carter and Rubinstein)
Q4	Which market town in the Yorkshire Dales shares its name with a London Borough?	Richmond
Q5	Sporting venue, home of the New York Knicks basketball team	Madison Square Gardens
Q6	Who was the American actor who co-starred alongside Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable in John Huston's "The Misfits"?	Montgomery Clift
Q7	Family surname of the first and only brothers to be nominated for acting Academy Awards	Phoenix (River and Joaquin)
Q8	Former Canadian Prime Minister - father of the current Canadian prime minister	Pierre Trudeau

Supplementaries

S1	High energy dance popularised in the 1920s and synonymous with the Jazz Age	Charleston
S2	Which American Rock band came to prominence in the 1970s and had a major hit with “More than a feeling” in 1976?	Boston

Round 7 - Love is in the air

A round of questions to celebrate St Valentine’s Day…

Q1	Who played ageing rock star Billy Mack in the film ‘Love Actually’?	Bill Nighy
Q2	What cocktail is made from vodka, peach schnapps, cranberry juice and orange juice?	Sex on the beach
Q3	In Arthurian legend, whose adulterous affair with Queen Guinevere led to the downfall of the Round Table?	Lancelot
Q4	In the film ‘Muriel’s Wedding’, Muriel dreams of her wedding day whilst listening to the music of which band?	ABBA
Q5	Human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin married which Hollywood actor in 2014?	George Clooney
Q6	Who said “Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire”?	George Bernard Shaw
Q7	What fruit is also known as the love apple?	Tomato
Q8	Paul Newman was married to which Hollywood actress for 50 years until his death in 2008?	Joanne Woodward

Supplementaries

S1	Who said “Give a man a free hand and he’ll try to put it all over you”?	Mae West
S2	In the Greek legend, who was the wife of Orpheus whom he visited in the underworld after her untimely death?	Eurydice

Round 8 – All but the kitchen sink

All the answers in this round contain items found in the Kitchen

Q1	Which type of banana, currently accounts for nearly half of all bananas grown, and was originally named after the occupant of Chatsworth House (where it was cultivated)?	Cavendish
Q2	What is the name of the ranch featured in the TV drama Dallas?	Southfork
Q3	Tim Martin was the founder of which British pub chain?	Wetherspoons
Q4	Which song originated in The Threepenny Opera, later made famous by Bobby Darin and others.	Mack the Knife
Q5	Which Buenos Aires football team takes its name from the nearby water course?	River Plate
Q6	Which dance troupe, active from 1966 to the mid 1970’s, were preceded in their most famous slot by the Go-Jos?	Pans People
Q7	Which lanky gangling Beano character appeared in the Bash Street Kids, and had forenames Percival Proudfoot?	Plug (Allow Plugsley)
Q8	Which New York band formed in 2001, taking its name from a lesbian sexual practice?	The Scissor Sisters

Supplementaries

S1	Also known as cenotes (pronounced: si-NO-tays), swallets or dolines (pronounced: doll-EENS), these are often caused by chemical dissolution of carbonate rocks?	Sinkholes
S2	Which Cambodian revolutionary/Khmer Rouge leader died in 1998?	Pol Pot

 

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Set by The Cock

1. Who became host of the TV quiz show Mastermind in 2003?

JOHN HUMPHREYS

2. Where did Neville Chamberlain call “A faraway country” of which “we know nothing?”

CZECHOSLOVAKIA

3. In terms of total cargo handled, which port is the largest in Europe?

ROTTERDAM

4. Which country signed the Treaty of Windsor in 1386 and is often called England’s oldest ally?

PORTUGAL

5. Which fruit is known as the Alligator Pear?

AVOCADO

6. Which battle was described afterwards by its victor as “The nearest run thing you ever saw?)

WATERLOO

7. Which Asian country has borders with India, Afghanistan, Iran and China?

PAKISTAN

8. In which US sport is the object to carry the ball into your opponents end zone?

AMERICAN FOOTBALL

9. Henry John Heinz began his business in 1869 originally to prepare and market which product?

HORSERADISH SAUCE

10. Edmund Bertram and Mary Crawford are characters in which Jane Austen novel?

MANSFIELD PARK

11. In the game of chess, which piece stands between the castle and the bishop at the start of the game?

KNIGHT

12. In which 1993 film does Anthony Hopkins play a butler named Stevens?

THE REMAINS OF THE DAY

13. In 1864 the bursting of the Dale Dyke Dam flooded which city?

SHEFFIELD

14. Which was the last battle of the Wars of the Roses?

BOSWORTH

15. Which car manufacturer has a blue oval as its emblem with the company’s name written in?

FORD

16. Which car manufacturer’s vehicles have a bull as its logo?

LAMBORGHINI

17. Who was the first leader of Pakistan after independence from Britain?

MUHAMMAD ALI JINNAH (accept Jinnah as this is the surname?

18. Who was the first leader of Ghana after independence from Britain?

KWAME NKRUMAH

19. Which make of aircraft do the Red Arrows display team use?

BAE SYSTEMS HAWK (ACCEPT HAWK)

20. Which fixed wing aircraft will be used on HMS Queen Elizabeth?

F35 JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER A.K.A. LOCKHEED MARTIN F-35 LIGHTNING II

21. Where would you find a Gurney Flap?

ON A RACING CAR, HELICOPTER HORIZONTAL STABILIZERS AND BANNER TOWING AIRCRAFT

22. What is the most common use for a leaf spring?

PART OF A VEHICLE SUSPENSION SYSTEM

23. Who wrote the 1976 novel Roots?

ALEX HALEY

24. Who wrote the collection of poems A Shropshire Lad?

A.E. HOUSEMAN

25. Which English player was famously substituted in the 1970 World Cup match against Germany?

BOBBY CHARLTON

26. Who is the England Rugby Union coach?

EDDIE JONES

27. What was the title of David Bowie’s last album?

BLACKSTAR

28. What was Adele’s first single UK number 1?

SOMEONE LIKE YOU

29. Who resigned his Parliamentary seat over the issue of Heathrow’s new runway?

ZAK GOLDSMITH

30. Who is Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for exiting

The European Union?

DAVID DAVIS

31. Who is remaining as a judge when The Great British Bake-Off moves to Channel 4?

PAUL HOLLYWOOD

32. Which actress played Haley Cropper in Coronation Street?

JULIE HESMONDHALGH

33. What is LINUX?

A COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEM

34. Which company was founded in 1975 to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800?

MICROSOFT

35. Which English city was known as Durnovaria to the Romans?

DORCHESTER

36. Which English town was known as Aquae Arnemetiae to the Romans?

BUXTON

37. Which river runs through Towcester?

TOVE

38. The river Croco runs through which Cheshire town?

MIDDLEWICH

39. How should a piece of music be played with the instruction con brio?

WITH SPIRIT OR VIGOUR

40. How should a piece of music be played with the instruction lento?

SLOWLY

41. The characters Sally Brass, Daniel Quilp and Richard (Dick) Swiveller appear in which Dickens novel?

THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP

42. The characters Mrs. Gummidge, Mr. Murdstone and Betsy Trotwood appear in which Dickens novel?

DAVID COPPERFIELD

43. What is the connection between Lisbon and Sheffield?

THEY ARE BOTH BUILT ON SEVEN HILLS

44. The original Severn Bridge enters Wales nearest to which town?

CHEPSTOW

45. “The Umbrellas” is a famous painting by which French artist

RENOIR

46. Who wrote the novel “The Running Man” under the pseudonym Richard Bachman?

STEPHEN KING

47. What is the former name of Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe?

SALISBURY

48. On which river does Adelaide stand?

THE TORRENS

49. Which store in the UK was the first to have an escalator installed?

HARRODS

50. The Spar group of shops originated in which country in 1932?

HOLLAND (THE NETHERLANDS)

51. In our solar system what are Ceres, Pallas, Juno and Vesta?

ASTEROIDS (ALSO ACCEPT MINOR PLANETS)

52. What kind of creature is a manakin?

A BIRD

53. King Zog was the ruler of which country?

ALBANIA

54. A barber, banker, fireman and nurse appear in the lyrics of which Beatles song?

PENNY LANE

55. Which city was due to stage the Olympic Games in 1916?

BERLIN

56. Sarah Palin was the governor of which American State?

ALASKA

57. Who said, “History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it”?

WINSTON CHURCHILL

58. Who said, “If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen”?

HARRY S. TRUMAN

59. What is the fifth book of the Old Testament,?

DEUTERONOMY

60. What is the most northerly desert in the world?

THE GOBI

61. Which US state has the sugar maple tree as its emblem?

VERMONT

62. In the film “The Fantastic Mr. Fox”, who provided the voice of Mr. Fox?

GEORGE CLOONEY

63. In the same film, who provided the voice of Mrs. Fox?

MERYL STREEP

64. On which musical instrument would you find a Claribell?

ORGAN – IT IS ONE OF THE STOPS

65. The town of Cremona in Italy is renowned for the manufacture of which musical instruments?

VIOLINS

66. The Eagles is the nickname of which football team?

CRYSTAL PALACE

67. Leeds United, Fulham and Preston all have the same nickname. What is it?

THE WHITES

68. T.V. presenter Annabel Croft was British No 1 in which sport?

TENNIS

69. San Jose is the capital of which Central American country?

COSTA RICA

70. Who wrote “South Riding”?

WINIFRED HOLTBY

71. What is the national flower of Mexico?

DAHLIA

72. Little Rock is the capital of which US state?

ARKANSAS

73. Which poet wrote “The Rainy Day?

LONGFELLOW

74. Complete the following group name: Desmond Decker and the…?

ACES

75. Complete the following group name: Huey Lewis and the…..?

NEWS

76. Who did Mehmet Ali attempt to assassinate in May 1981?

THE POPE

77. Which US President proposed a League of Nations?

WOODROW WILSON

78. In children’s’ TV programme “In the Night Garden”, who lives next door to the Pontipines?

THE WOTTINGERS

79. In the children’s cartoon what was the name of the cat who terrorised Pixie and Dixie?

MR. JINKS

80. What would your profession be if you wore a soutane?

A Priest – it’s a CASSOCK

81. What name is given to the close fitting cap worn by nuns?

A COIF

82. What type of creature is an addax?

ANTELOPE

83. What are Rockhoppers and Adelie types of?

PENGUINS

84. Whose first major English speaking film role was in the 1930 film “The Blue Angel”?

MARLENE DIETRICH

85. Which actress was painted gold in the Bond film “Goldfinger”?

SHIRLEY EATON

86. What sort of art work, often seen on TV, does Julia Quenzler specialise in?

COURT ARTIST

87. Who was the first woman to swim the English Channel?

GERTRUDE EDERLE

88. The Dodgers are the baseball team of which American city?

LOS ANGELES

89. Which Brazilian racing driver was killed at Imola in 1994

AYRTON SENNA

90. Where in the north-Atlantic can you find tropical fruits grown in

hothouses heated by natural heat sources?

ICELAND

91. What is the more common name for the citrus fruit, the shaddock?

POMELO

92. If you were eating lappi in Finland, what would you be eating?

CHEESE

93. What flavour is crème de cassis?

BLACKCURRANTS

94. Who recorded “Rubber Soul”?

THE BEATLES

95. Which group had UK hit in 1995 with Common People?

PULP

96. If A is Alpha and J is Juliet, what is U?

UNIFORM

­SUPPLEMENTARIES

S1 By population, which is the largest city in the USA?

NEW YORK

S2 On which Caribbean island is the prison Guantanamo Bay located?

CUBA

S3 Prior to decimalisation, how many pennies were there in a British pound?

240

S4 Which internet search engine has the unofficial slogan “Don’t be evil”?

GOOGLE