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Round 4: Pot Luck

  1. Which wartime German code was broken by British mathematicians at Bletchley Park?
  2. Whose books included
    The Old Devils
    and
    Jake’s Thing
    ?
  3. Where does UNESCO have its headquarters?
  4. Which television soap opera is set in Capeside, Massachusetts?
  5. In football, what name is given to the shot in which a player kicks the ball back over his head while facing away from the goal?
  6. According to the proverb, what should you save your breath for?
  7. Which member of the British royal family was informally known as Dickie?
  8. Which Australian tennis player won nine Wimbledon Men’s Doubles titles between 1993 and 2004?
  9. Who wanted you to save your kisses for them in 1976?
  10. By what name is Marshall Mathers better known?

Jackpot

Pete Sampras won the Men’s Singles title at Wimbledon every year from 1993 to 2000, except for 1996, when it was won by whom?

 

Quiz 3

Round 1: Pot Luck

  1. Whose catchphrases include ‘Eat my shorts’?
  2. What did the abbreviation ANZAC stand for?
  3. In which war was the Battle of Edgehill fought?
  4. In which Shakespeare play does the stage direction ‘Exit, pursued by a bear’ appear?
  5. Who is the patron saint of lost causes?
  6. Which British soap opera was first broadcast on 19 February 1985?
  7. What kind of animal is a spotted wobbegong?
  8. In cockney rhyming slang, what is a ‘country cousin’?
  9. Which is the largest lake in the world?
  10. Which two bodies of water are linked by the Straits of Magellan?

Round 2: Music

  1. What was Frank Sinatra’s middle name?
  2. Who returned to the top of the charts after a 29-year-gap in 2006 with ‘Thunder in my heart’?
  3. What was Beethoven’s only opera called?
  4. Which pirate radio station first broadcast from a ship in the North Sea on 29 March 1964?
  5. By what name is Harold Webb better known?
  6. How did soul singer Otis Redding die?
  7. Who topped the charts with ‘Black coffee’ in 2000?
  8. What is the literal meaning of the Japanese word
    karaoke
    ?
  9. Who wrote the music for ‘Onward, Christian soldiers’?
  10. Who became Master of the Queen’s Music in 2004?

Half-time teaser

The Andes, the longest mountain range in the world, extends for how many miles?

Round 3: Nicknames

  1. Who acquired the nickname ‘the Animated Meringue’?
  2. Which football club have the nickname ‘the Toffees’?
    3
  3. Which US city has the nickname ‘Motown’?
  4. Who became known as ‘the Comeback Kid’?
  5. By what nickname did Iraqi General Ali Hassan al-Majid become widely known?
  6. Which British political leader was sometimes referred to as ‘Tina’?
  7. What is the traditional nickname of
    The Times
    newspaper?
  8. Which business tycoon was known as ‘the Bouncing Czech’?
  9. Who was attacked in the US press as ‘Hanoi Jane’?
  10. Who became known as ‘Doctor Death’?

Round 4: Pot Luck

  1. According to the Bible, how old was Noah when he died?
  2. Where is the headquarters of Interpol?
  3. Which of Tchaikovsky’s symphonies is known as the
    Pathétique
    ?
  4. In 2000 Michael Caine won the Oscar for Best Actor for which film?
  5. In which castle was Edward II murdered?
  6. In cookery, what does the term
    al forno
    mean?
  7. Who was the Greek hero who fell in love with his own reflection?
  8. Which US state has among its nicknames Old Dominion and Mother of Presidents?
  9. Which chemical takes its name from the island of Cyprus?
  10. Upon whose life was the film
    Citizen Kane
    loosely based?

Jackpot

What do you call a curve formed by cutting a right circular cone with a plane parallel to the sloping side of the cone?

 

Quiz 4

Round 1: Pot Luck

  1. How were George V and Kaiser Wilhelm II related?
  2. When does the grouse shooting season begin?
  3. How many lines are there in a sonnet?
  4. During the war years, which London theatre boasted ‘We never close’?
  5. Where is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Paris?
  6. Who wrote
    The Owl Service
    ?
  7. Who was the Norse god of mischief?
  8. By what other name is the yeti of the Himalayas known?
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  9. Whose hits included ‘Hey Mamma’, ‘Shut up’ and ‘Where is the love’?
  10. What colour is malachite?

Round 2: Mountains

  1. What is the highest mountain in the Alps called?
  2. In which country are the Sierra Madre mountain ranges?
  3. High Willhays is the highest point of which moorland?
  4. In which mountain range would you find Ben Nevis?
  5. Which European mountain was first climbed by Edward Whymper in 1865?
  6. Which mountains in south-western Syria were occupied by Israel in 1967?
  7. What is the highest point of the Peak District called?
  8. The Great Saint Bernard Pass connects which two countries?
  9. Which mountain range begins in the Alps and ends in the Ukraine?
  10. Annapurna is situated in which country?

Half-time teaser

For how many seconds did the first powered flight by the Wright Brothers last?

Round 3: Nursery Rhymes

  1. Which nursery rhyme character went to Gloucester?
  2. What did Georgie Porgie do when the boys came out to play?
  3. Where was Little Boy Blue?
  4. Which nursery rhyme character lost her pocket?
  5. What was Jack Sprat’s wife unable to eat?
  6. Who pulled pussy out of the well?
  7. On which day of the week was Solomon Grundy married?
  8. Who killed Cock Robin?
  9. Which nursery rhyme was supposedly inspired by the plague?
  10. Where did Mary’s little lamb follow her to?

Round 4: Pot Luck

  1. Which historical event was depicted in the films
    Saving Private Ryan
    and
    The Longest Day
    ?
  2. Who did it his way in 1969?
  3. Cars from which European country bear the letter S?
  4. What kind of animal lives in a formicary?
  5. What is the name of the Indian doctor who gets into trouble on a trip to the Marabar Caves in E. M. Forster’s
    A Passage to India
    ?
  6. Which late medieval prophet is said to have prophesied such future events as the French Revolution and the rise of Adolf Hitler?
  7. Who wrote
    The Carpet People, Hogfather
    and
    Mort
    ?
  8. What is Wardour Street in London a centre of?
  9. By what name is Oswald Cobblepot known in the
    Batman
    stories and films?
  10. Which war was recorded in photographs by Mathew Brady?

Jackpot

Only one person out of a population of 26,000 survived the volcanic explosion that destroyed St Pierre on Martinique in 1902 – where was he at the time?

 

Quiz 5

Round 1: Pot Luck

  1. Who, when asked why he wanted to climb Everest, answered ‘Because it’s there’?
  2. Which side did Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania fight on in World War II?
  3. How, in 1997, did the authorities in Kelantan, Malaysia, dissuade courting couples from kissing in cinemas?
  4. What does the ancient Celtic word ‘boggart’ refer to?
  5. Which slab of rock, now in the British Museum, proved the key to understanding Egyptian hieroglyphics?
  6. Who returned to music after a 20-year break in 2005 with the album
    Aerial
    ?
  7. Which king lost his crown jewels in the Wash?
  8. Who, at a UN party in 2004, shook hands with the controversial Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe before realising who he was?
  9. Of which organisation was Stella Rimington head?
  10. Which masterpiece by Norwegian expressionist Edvard Munch was stolen by thieves in 1994?

Round 2: Sport and Leisure

  1. Which football team has the nickname ‘the Biscuitmen’?
  2. What was remarkable about Olympic marathon winner Abebe Bikila?
  3. Who won the Wimbledon singles title on his first and only attempt?
  4. In which sports do participants compete for Doggett’s Coat and Badge?
  5. Who became the youngest world heavyweight champion?
  6. In which sport is ‘laundry’ a technical term?
  7. What number does the bingo call ‘two fat ladies’ refer to?
    5
  8. Which British driver finished third in his very first Formula One race in 2007?
  9. Who, in 2006, emulated her mother by winning the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award?
  10. What colour is the centre of the target in archery?

Half-time teaser

How long does it take light from the Sun to reach the Earth?

Round 3: Royalty

  1. Who completely lost his head on 30 January 1649?
  2. Who was the last ruler of Britain who could not speak English?
  3. Who was beheaded at Fotheringay Castle in 1587?
  4. By what name did Edward, Prince of Wales become known after his death in 1376?
  5. What did the wives of Henry IV, William III and George V have in common?
  6. How many times had Wallace Simpson been married before she became involved with Edward VIII?
  7. According to Shakespeare, which English king offered his kingdom for a horse?
  8. What was Queen Victoria’s first name?
  9. Who was the Sun King?
  10. What unusual feature did the newly born Richard III, Napoleon Bonaparte and Julius Caesar have in common?

Round 4: Pot Luck

  1. What is taught at the Slade School in London – art, engineering or rock music?
  2. Which famous New York square is located at the intersection of Seventh Avenue, 42nd Street and Broadway?
  3. What is a Bath Oliver?
  4. Apart from Edward V and Lady Jane Grey, who was the only other English monarch never to have a coronation?
  5. For what television programme was ‘I’ll be there for you’ the theme tune?
  6. Which coin disappeared from use in the UK in 1984?
  7. Who flew Thunderbird 1?
  8. Who was Dirk McQuickly in the Rutles?
  9. What alcoholic drink is made from juniper berries?
  10. ‘Edelweiss’ is the national anthem of Austria – true or false?

Jackpot

Which Soviet leader was the first to visit Disneyland in California?

 

Quiz 6

Round 1: Pot Luck

  1. Which city is sometimes nicknamed ‘the Smoke’?
  2. Which Polish opposition movement founded in 1980 was led by Lech Walesa?
  3. Who invited you to come as you are in 1992?
  4. What did the British government nationalise on New Year’s Day 1948?
  5. Who became the first footballer in England to be paid £100 a week?
  6. What word describes a holy war waged by Muslims against unbelievers?
  7. Who defeated Edward II at Bannockburn?
  8. Where is the Scottish Grand National run?
  9. After whom was the US state of Virginia named?
  10. Who released an album called
    Jagged Little Pill
    ?

Round 2: Money

  1. Which type of animal comes in money, house and trapdoor varieties?
  2. How many sides are there to a 20 pence coin?
  3. Who released an album called
    Billion Dollar Babies
    ?
  4. Whose legs were allegedly insured for one million dollars?
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  5. John F. Kennedy does not feature on any dollar bill – true or false?
  6. Which millionaire did Leonardo DiCaprio play in
    The Aviator
    ?
  7. In which country is the bolivar the main unit of currency?
  8. Which president appears on a US one dollar bill?
  9. In which year (to within a year either side) was the one pound coin introduced in the UK?
  10. In which country can you buy things with a dong?

Half-time teaser

What was the top speed on the first car speedometers?

Round 3: Indoor Games

  1. How many counters does each player have in backgammon?
  2. Boston, Michigan, Old Maid and Pope Joan are all names of what?
  3. In bingo, which number may be announced as ‘droopy drawers’?
  4. Which chess player was the last to hold the world championship for the USA?
  5. There are six weapons in Cluedo – a knife, a revolver, a lead pipe, a rope, a candlestick and what else?
  6. How many tiles are there in a game of dominoes?
  7. Which Chinese game involves the use of 144 tiles?
  8. Which classic board game was invented by a heating engineer called Charles Darrow?
  9. Which company makes Scrabble?
  10. In what deck of cards would you find cups and swords?

Round 4: Pot Luck

  1. In which Shakespeare play do Antonio, Gobbo and Portia appear?
  2. Dalmatian dogs are born all black – true or false?
  3. Scurvy is a consequence of a lack of which vitamin?
  4. Which French word is used by English speakers to indicate a small amount or hint of something?
  5. Who won the English Derby for two years running in 2003 and 2004?
  6. What did Winston Churchill call his ‘black dog’?
  7. Who, in 1968, said he would get by with a little help from his friends?
  8. In which Welsh county is the town of Mold?
  9. Mark, Jason, Howard and Gary are all members of which pop group?
  10. Whose plays included
    Design for Living
    and
    Present Laughter
    ?

Jackpot

Tom Joad is a character in which classic novel?

 

Quiz 7

Round 1: Pot Luck

  1. Which King Louis of France died on the guillotine during the French Revolution?
  2. Which character made his screen début in the 1945 film
    The Friendly Ghost
    ?
  3. What IQ score indicates average intelligence?
  4. Which Australian singer and actress was the granddaughter of a Nobel Prize-winning scientist?
  5. What kind of salad includes such ingredients as olive oil, lemon juice, raw egg, Worcestershire sauce and croutons?
  6. What were the code names given to the two Normandy beaches assigned to US troops on D-Day?
  7. In which mountain range would you find K2?
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  8. What was the name of the character in
    Neighbours
    played by Kylie Minogue?
  9. The Elizabethan artist Nicholas Hilliard became famous for what kind of paintings?
  10. According to the rhyme, what is Friday’s child?
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