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Round 4: Pot Luck

  1. Which London building is famous for its Whispering Gallery?
  2. What is the name of the fictional town in which
    Coronation Street
    is set?
  3. What do the initials AONB stand for?
  4. In tennis, who was the ‘Bouncing Basque’?
  5. Which great work of English literature includes ‘The Knight’s Tale’?
  6. In Judaism, which festival commemorates the flight of the Israelites from Egypt?
  7. Which US president first announced the development of the space shuttle?
  8. On which lake did Donald Campbell die?
  9. In which Thomas Hardy novel does Bathsheba Everdene marry Sergeant Troy?
  10. If a Cornishman offered you some yarg, what would you be eating?

Jackpot

In which sport are ‘kip’ and ‘Arab spring’ technical terms?

 

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Round 1: Pot Luck

  1. What was the name of the grumpy central character in television’s
    One Foot in the Grave
    ?
  2. In which English county is the city of Carlisle?
  3. Who was known as the Nine Days’ Queen?
  4. Who released an album called
    The Great Rock ’N’ Roll Swindle
    ?
  5. Which prison is guarded by the ghostly Dementors in the Harry Potter books of J. K. Rowling?
  6. What notable date in history was recorded in the diary of George III with the words ‘Nothing of importance happened today’?
  7. All polar bears are left-handed – true or false?
  8. Of which artistic movement was Roy Lichtenstein a leading member?
  9. What was the name of the Mexican leader who captured the Alamo in 1836?
  10. Who explained his defeat in a 1923 world heavyweight boxing match with the words ‘I forgot to duck’?
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Round 2: The 1990s

  1. Which 1990s television series followed the escapades of a group of young lawyers?
  2. What landmark figure did the world’s population pass around 6.33 pm on Monday 9 August 1999?
  3. Who played the female lead opposite Hugh Grant in the 1995 film of Jane Austen’s
    Sense and Sensibility
    ?
  4. For which film did Steven Spielberg win his first Oscar in 1993?
  5. Who won the World Rally Championship every year from 1996 to 1999?
  6. Which Italian fashion-wear company caused a stir in the 1990s with a series of advertisements featuring an inmate on death row and other controversial images?
  7. Whose government, in 1993, urged everyone to get ‘back to basics’?
  8. Which Malibu-based television series prominently featuring red bikinis was first broadcast in 1990?
  9. What nickname did the press bestow upon the works of young British artists such as Damien Hurst and Tracey Emin in the 1990s?
  10. Who disrupted proceedings at the 1996 Brit Awards ceremony by invading the stage in protest at a performance by US pop star Michael Jackson?

Half-time teaser

How large, in square miles, is the principality of Wales?

Round 3: Toys and Games

  1. After whom was the teddy bear named?
  2. By what name was ‘bingo’ known before it acquired its modern (US) name in the 1960s?
  3. The toy balloon was invented in 1824 by scientist Michael Faraday – true or false?
  4. Who won the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest with the song ‘Puppet on a string’?
  5. Under what name were Action Man toy figures sold in the USA?
  6. What children’s toy began life as a throwing weapon used by hunters in the Philippines?
  7. Which brand of children’s soft toys, featuring such characters as Quackers the Duck and Waddle the Penguin, was launched in 1994 and sparked an enduring collecting craze?
  8. To what game does the Acol bidding system apply?
  9. Which company makes the Playstation?
  10. Which singer played ‘Games without frontiers’ in 1980?

Round 4: Pot Luck

  1. Who starred in
    Gladiator
    ?
  2. Two great footballers, Eusebio and Pelé, shared the same nickname – what was it?
  3. Who had hits with ‘Lady Eleanor’ and ‘Meet me on the corner’?
  4. Who observed that hell is other people?
  5. Which stretch of water lies between Cumbria in England and Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland?
  6. What is Batman’s real name?
  7. Which notorious head of the Teamsters Union in the USA disappeared in 1975 and is generally thought to have been murdered?
  8. How many fences are there in the Grand National course?
  9. Who released an album called
    Pet Sounds
    ?
  10. Which biblical character was said to have lived to the age of 969?

Jackpot

What is the name given in Norse mythology to the battle in which the world will end?

 

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Round 1: Pot Luck

  1. What is a young deer called?
  2. What ailment is sometimes referred to by the French terms ‘petit mal’ or ‘grand mal’?
  3. For which children’s cartoon series did the Goodies provide the voices?
  4. Where does the falabella breed of horses originally come from?
  5. What hours does the middle watch at sea cover?
  6. What is the administrative centre of Wiltshire?
  7. In which sport do teams compete for the Swaythling Cup?
  8. With which band was Rick Wakeman the keyboard player?
  9. Which award did poet Benjamin Zephaniah turn down in 2003 because of its imperialistic connections?
  10. Which crop is damaged by the boll weevil?

Round 2: Travel

  1. What was the name of the yacht in which Sir Francis Chichester sailed single-handed round the world in 1966 and 1967?
  2. What name do Muslims give to the pilgrimage the faithful are expected to make to Mecca at least once in their lives?
  3. In which ship did Britain’s first West Indian immigrants arrive in 1948?
  4. Which two Italian cities are linked by the Appian Way?
  5. It is further by road from Glasgow to Exeter than it is from Southampton to Stranraer – true or false?
  6. Who, in 1991, became the first Briton in space?
  7. What make of car proved capable of time travel in the
    Back to the Future
    films?
  8. What is unusual about the journey taken by the cast in the 1966 film
    Fantastic Voyage
    ?
  9. In which popular musical do the performers move about on roller skates?
  10. Who is the patron saint of travellers?

Half-time teaser

Retired ratcatcher Ken Edwards holds the record for the number of cockroaches eaten in one minute – how many did he eat?

Round 3: Cinema

  1. To which actress did Humphrey Bogart deliver the line ‘Here’s looking at you, kid’ in
    Casablanca
    ?
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  2. Which was the first of the long-running
    Carry On
    film series?
  3. Who played Beatrix Potter in the 2006 film
    Miss Potter
    ?
  4. Who directed the films
    Barry Lyndon
    (1975) and
    Full Metal Jacket
    (1987)?
  5. In which 1978 film did Gregory Peck play the notorious Josef Mengele?
  6. Who directed the 1959 comedy
    Some Like It Hot
    ?
  7. Which 1979 war film was inspired in part by Joseph Conrad’s ‘Heart of Darkness’?
  8. What was the name of the character played by Michael Caine in
    The Ipcress File
    ?
  9. In which film did David Essex play a fairground worker who escapes this life to become a pop star?
  10. In which 1956 film did Charlton Heston play Moses?

Round 4: Pot Luck

  1. Shortage of which vitamin leads to the condition of scurvy?
  2. On which Greek island did King Minos keep the Minotaur?
  3. Which US president issued Fourteen Points?
  4. Which classic musical was based on Shakespeare’s
    Romeo and Juliet
    ?
  5. Who was music’s Man in Black?
  6. Which cricket competition was renamed the Twenty20 Cup in 2003?
  7. Which radio play begins ‘To begin at the beginning, it is spring, moonless night in the small town, starless and bible-black’?
  8. Which of the following monarchs is not buried in Westminster Abbey – Elizabeth I, Charles II or Queen Victoria.
  9. What is the sternum more commonly known as?
  10. Which is the largest city in California?

Jackpot

Members of which Scottish football club are nicknamed the Jam Tarts?

 

Quiz 63

Round 1: Pot Luck

  1. What do Australians refer to as a ‘dunny’?
  2. Who, in 1997, became the youngest golfer to win the US Masters?
  3. In which children’s programme was the Soup Dragon a character?
  4. In text messaging, what do the initials FWIW stand for?
  5. Who wrote the Whitney Houston hit ‘I will always love you’?
  6. What was the name of the oil tanker that hit a reef in Prince William Sound in 1988, causing a damaging oil spill?
  7. What was the name of the site in north-western Guyana where 913 members of the People’s Cult died in 1978?
  8. Oxygen is the largest constituent of the air we breathe – true or false?
  9. By what name is the USA’s B-52 bomber also known?
  10. Who was the Brown Bomber?

Round 2: Gods and Goddesses

  1. Who, in Greek mythology, was the king of the gods?
  2. By what name did the Greeks know the Roman god Mercury?
  3. After whom was Thursday named?
  4. Which royal figure is considered a god by Rastafarians?
  5. Who was the England goalkeeper beaten by Diego Maradona’s ‘hand of God’ goal in the World Cup in 1986?
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  6. Who is the Hindu goddess of death?
  7. What was the name the Romans gave to the Greek goddess Aphrodite?
  8. Which David Bowie song contains the line ‘It’s a god-awful small affair, to the girl with the mousy hair’?
  9. Who directed the
    Godfather
    films?
  10. In which kind of building is the uppermost level popularly referred to as ‘the gods’?

Half-time teaser

To the nearest thousand, how many species are there of butterflies and moths?

Round 3: The Weather

  1. On whose head did raindrops keep falling in 1970?
  2. What name is given to the mental stress suffered by people forced by the weather or other factors to remain indoors for a long period?
  3. Who was the presenter of BBC television’s
    That Was the Week That Was
    ?
  4. By what name is 15 July known in reference to the legend that the weather on that date will remain unchanged for the next 40 days?
  5. Which communications satellite launched by the USA in 1962 became the subject of a hit single by the Tornados?
  6. Which blockbuster novel published in 1936 was nearly given the alternative title
    Tomorrow is Another Day
    ?
  7. What was the name of the hurricane that devastated New Orleans in 2005?
  8. Who, in 1962, observed that ‘it might as well rain until September’?
  9. Who had his one and only chart success with the single ‘Seasons in the sun’ in 1974?
  10. Who, in 1999, wanted to know why it always rained on them?

Round 4: Pot Luck

  1. Which tune provided both Judy Collins and the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards with a hit?
  2. In which novel does Nick Carraway play the role of narrator?
  3. A giraffe cannot cough – true or false?
  4. What is the collective noun for a group of porpoises?
  5. What was Elvis Presley’s first UK number one hit single?
  6. Which racehorse won the Grand National in 1977?
  7. Who joined Luciano Pavarotti and Placido Domingo to make up the Three Tenors?
  8. Who succeeded Sir Thomas Fairfax as head of the New Model Army in 1650?
  9. What is graphology the study of?
  10. What name is given to a piece of chicken cooked with a filling of garlic butter?

Jackpot

In which country did the Orange Revolution of 2004 take place?

 

Quiz 64

Round 1: Pot Luck

  1. What is the capital of Cuba?
  2. Which motor-racing circuit near Weybridge in Surrey hosted top race events before World War II?
  3. What is the Scottish equivalent of a judge?
  4. Which car manufacturer makes the Boxster and the Carrera?
  5. Who directed the
    Death Wish
    films starring Charles Bronson?
  6. Which modern delicacy made its first appearance in a chip shop in Stonehaven, western Scotland in the mid-1990s?
  7. Which 2000 film told the story of a working-class lad’s ambition to become a ballet dancer?
  8. How many farthings were there in a shilling?
  9. In which sport is the Britannia Shield a leading competition?
  10. What sport do the Barmy Army follow?

Round 2: Africa

  1. Cape Town is overlooked by which mountain?
  2. Which East African country was once known as Abyssinia?
  3. By what nickname is South Africa’s rugby union team known?
  4. The 1990 film
    White Hunter, Black Heart
    was based on the filming of which earlier movie?
  5. Which African ruler included among his titles ‘Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Sea, and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa’?
  6. What name did Southern Rhodesia take when it won independence from Britain in 1980?
  7. Which animal is responsible for the most human deaths on the African continent?
  8. If a South African offered you biltong would you drink it, eat it or put it in your wallet?
  9. In which modern country might you find the ruins of ancient Carthage?
  10. Algeria lies to the west of Libya – true or false?

Half-time teaser

Ashrita Furman holds the record for walking continuously with a milk bottle balanced on top of the head – how many miles did he manage?

Round 3: Booze

  1. What is perry made from?
  2. In which country is ouzo a national drink?
  3. What is mixed with vodka and cola to make a Black Russian?
  4. Which Mexican liqueur is made from the juice of the agave plant?
  5. What is the dominant flavour of curaçao?
  6. Which liqueur of French origin was allegedly introduced to Scotland by Bonnie Prince Charlie?
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  7. Which fruit is used to make kirsch?
  8. How many bottles are there in a methuselah?
  9. If a wine is described as tough, what is wrong with it?
  10. Which cocktail consists of one part vodka, two parts orange juice and two teaspoons of Galliano?

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