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Half-time teaser

The oldest caged bird ever recorded was a budgerigar called Joey – how old was he when he died?

Round 3: Advertising

  1. Which lager ‘refreshes the parts other beers cannot reach’?
  2. Which company advertises its products with the slogan ‘Finger lickin’ good’?
  3. Who are ‘never knowingly undersold’?
  4. Which make of car is advertised under the slogan ‘Vorsprung durch technik’?
  5. Which product ‘does exactly what it says on the tin’?
  6. Which product was advertised with the slogan ‘Hello boys’?
  7. Complete the slogan ‘Happiness is a cigar called …’
  8. What, according to the advertisers, ‘prevents that sinking feeling’?
  9. Which product considers itself ‘the right one’?
  10. What was born in 1820 and is still going strong?

Round 4: Pot Luck

  1. What name is given to the greenish surface glow of a statue or other ornament that comes with age?
  2. Who earned the nickname ‘El Bandito’ after England knocked Argentina out of the 1966 World Cup?
  3. Which organisation had its headquarters in Transport House in Smith Square until 1980?
  4. Who was the television detective played by Peter Falk in a shabby raincoat in the 1970s?
  5. Which predecessor of the United Nations held its last meeting in April 1946?
  6. Whose admired paintings included
    The Night Watch
    ?
  7. Which product manufactured by the Swedish Gas Accumulator Company has long been a desired feature of country homes throughout middle-class Britain?
  8. What was the name of the chief engineer on the starship
    Enterprise
    ?
  9. What is the name of the dog owned by the Simpson family in
    The Simpsons
    ?
  10. What colour is topaz?

Jackpot

Which is the oldest letter in the English alphabet?

 

Quiz 12

Round 1: Pot Luck

  1. How many squares are there on one side of a Rubik’s cube?
  2. Who was ‘the Divine Sarah’?
  3. Who preceded John F. Kennedy as US president?
  4. Who, in Tolkien’s books, was the Lord of the Rings?
  5. After which two places was the World War II machine-gun called the Bren gun named?
  6. Charles Dickens and Jane Austen were both born in which county?
  7. Which footballer played his 700th game for Manchester United early in 2007?
  8. Whose hits included ‘Call me’, ‘Maria’ and ‘Picture this’?
  9. In the opera
    Tosca
    , how does Tosca herself die?
  10. What is the nationality of tennis player Roger Federer?

Round 2: Fashion

  1. Which snake has given its name to a frivolous fashion garment worn round the neck?
  2. What is Manolo Blahnik famous for?
  3. What is a bumfreezer?
  4. What name is given to a pad or frame worn to puff out a woman’s skirt at the rear?
  5. Who designed the wedding dress worn by Diana, Princess of Wales?
  6. Who markets the Obsession, Eternity, Escape and CK One fragrances?
  7. What kind of goods does the Louis Vuitton company specialise in?
  8. With which colour was Italian fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli particularly associated?
  9. In a Harvey Nichols poll conducted in 2005, what emerged as Britain’s favourite fashion item ever?
  10. Which 1960s model was known as ‘the Shrimp’?

Half-time teaser

How heavy, in kilograms, was the average rider in the 2005 Tour de France cycle race?

Round 3: Islands

  1. What is Lindisfarne otherwise known as?
  2. Fair Isle is part of which island group?
  3. Which medal was awarded to the island of Malta for its heroic defence during World War II?
  4. Which Caribbean island is shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti?
  5. On which island would you find Pearl Harbor?
  6. On which island was Nelson Mandela imprisoned for many years?
  7. On which island is the volcano Mount Etna?
  8. On which island might you view the Blue Grotto?
  9. What is the name of the island on which the Statue of Liberty stands?
  10. What animals were the Canary Islands named after?

Round 4: Pot Luck

  1. What is the nationality of rock group AC/DC?
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  2. What colour is argent?
  3. Of which country is Nuuk the capital?
  4. Which tennis star did actress Brooke Shields marry in 1997?
  5. How many times has Italy won football’s World Cup?
  6. Which 1925 film included a classic sequence filmed on the Odessa Steps?
  7. Vincent Van Gogh did not sell a single painting during his lifetime – true or false?
  8. By what name did Charles Dodgson become better known?
  9. Which part of the body is the patella?
  10. Who was the last emperor of India?

Jackpot

What is the highest number on a European roulette wheel?

 

Quiz 13

Round 1: Pot Luck

  1. Who made an album entitled
    Swing When You Are Winning
    ?
  2. Which London street is renowned for its many doctors?
  3. Which US president held office for just 1,000 days?
  4. What is the name given to a grotesque carving on a church or other building, often serving as a gutter for rainwater?
  5. In which book does Rikki Tikki Tavi appear?
  6. Where do the British Open Horse Trials take place?
  7. Who founded the British Union of Fascists?
  8. What were members of the British Expeditionary Force to France in 1914 known as?
  9. How many carats does pure gold have?
  10. Who was sacked as a spokesman for the Green Party in 1991 after claiming to be the son of God?

Round 2: A Round of Drinks

  1. Which nation drinks the most beer per head of population?
  2. Which popular fizzy drink is sold under a brand name that is an anagram of ‘episcopal’?
  3. Which Australian animal has a name that means ‘no drink’ in the Aboriginal language?
  4. Which strong alcoholic drink contains wormwood?
  5. What type of drink includes such brand names as Red Square, Two Dogs and White Mountain Cooler?
  6. What kind of drink is Canada Dry?
  7. What carbonated drink was invented by US chemist John S. Pemberton in 1886?
  8. Which organisation founded in 1972 promotes the drinking of cask-conditioned beer?
  9. What brand of beer do John Mills and his companions look forward to drinking in the 1958 film
    Ice Cold in Alex
    ?
  10. Which product is advertised with the slogan ‘Reassuringly expensive’?

Half-time teaser

To the nearest thousand, how many Allied troops were rescued at Dunkirk in May 1940?

Round 3: Last Words

  1. Whose last words were ‘I’ve had eighteen straight whiskies, I think that’s the record’?
  2. Whose last words were ‘I am just going outside and may be some time’?
  3. Whose last words are variously reported to have been ‘How is the empire?’ or ‘Bugger Bognor!’?
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  4. Who died with the words ‘I realise that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone’?
  5. Whose last words were ‘I shall hear in heaven’?
  6. Which fictional character died with the words ‘the rest is silence’?
  7. Who said on his deathbed ‘Let not poor Nelly starve’?
  8. Which English queen died with the line ‘All my possessions for a moment of time’?
  9. What were the last words of Horatio Nelson at Trafalgar?
  10. Whose last words on the scaffold were ‘So the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lieth’?

Round 4: Pot Luck

  1. Which famous outlaw was shot by Pat Garrett in 1881?
  2. Who, in 1966, encouraged everyone to ‘turn on, tune in, drop out’?
  3. In 2001 the Police Service of Northern Ireland replaced what former police force?
  4. What was the name of the family ranch in television’s
    Dallas
    ?
  5. Which senior member of Tony Blair’s government was criticised after opposing the official policy on Iraq while still remaining a member of the cabinet?
  6. Who played Alfie in the original film version of Bill Naughton’s play of the same name?
  7. Which dynasty succeeded the House of Bruce as rulers of Scotland?
  8. Which US river has the nickname ‘Old Man River’?
  9. Who sang about an ‘American idiot’ in 2004?
  10. Which great military leader is said to have died of a nosebleed on his wedding night?

Jackpot

Who is the patron saint of television?

 

Quiz 14

Round 1: Pot Luck

  1. What is the longest reef in the world called?
  2. From which tree does turpentine come?
  3. What was added to the British coinage in 1986?
  4. How many times must horses jump to complete the Grand National course?
  5. Which new county was formed in 1974 from parts of Durham and Yorkshire?
  6. Which band made an album entitled
    The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
    ?
  7. Who wrote the plays
    Forty Years On
    and
    The History Boys
    ?
  8. Which newspaper used to be called the
    Daily Herald
    ?
  9. Which sport did Edward IV ban in 1477?
  10. Who went down Devil Gate Drive in 1974?

Round 2: Shipwrecks

  1. Which vessel, lost in 1545, was recovered in 1982 and is now preserved in Portsmouth?
  2. The SS
    Carpathia
    rescued survivors from which ship in 1912?
  3. What was the name of the dredger involved in the
    Marchioness
    disaster of 1989?
  4. Who famously rescued people from the stricken steamer
    Forfarshire
    in 1838?
  5. Which former transatlantic liner was destroyed by fire in Hong Kong in 1972?
  6. Which US battleship is said to have been the first sunk at Pearl Harbor in 1941?
  7. Which British car ferry sank off Zeebrugge in 1987 with the loss of 193 lives?
  8. Which German pocket battleship was scuttled off Montevideo in 1939?
  9. Which oil tanker ran aground off Milford Haven in 1996, spilling thousands of tons of oil?
  10. How many funnels did the
    Titanic
    have – three, four or five?

Half-time teaser

What is the record number for dimples on a golf ball?

Round 3: Down Under

  1. What name do Australian aboriginals give to the period when the Earth and all living things were created?
  2. Is a billabong a small furry animal, a kind of boomerang or a pool?
  3. Which Australian song features a Jolly Swagman?
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  4. Sydney is the capital of which Australian state?
  5. What colour shirts are worn by Australia’s rugby union team?
  6. On which vessel did Captain Cook explore Australia and New Zealand?
  7. What is the name of Sydney’s famous surfing beach?
  8. What is the state capital of Queensland?
  9. Which political party does Australian prime minister John Howard represent?
  10. Which sea lies between Australia and New Zealand?

Round 4: Pot Luck

  1. Who was the first cricketer to score six sixes in a single over of first-class cricket?
  2. On which river does the Hoover Dam stand?
  3. Who, in the 1960s, was dubbed ‘the best prime minister we never had’?
  4. Which children’s novel follows three children sent to live with relatives after their parents are killed in a fire?
  5. What colour light is placed on the starboard side of a vessel?
  6. Who adopted ‘La mer’ as his signature tune?
  7. Which is the longest book in the Bible?
  8. Who is the man behind housewife-superstar Dame Edna Everage?
  9. Which country is serviced by Crossair Airline?
  10. Which US organisation has its headquarters at Langley, Virginia?

Jackpot

Ulan Bator is the capital of which country?

 

Quiz 15

Round 1: Pot Luck

  1. On which date did World War I end?
  2. Which sport did one wag dismiss as ‘competitive housework’?
  3. ‘The urban spaceman’ was the only chart hit for which eccentric British band?
  4. By what name is Brazilian footballer Ronaldo de Assis Moreira better known?
  5. What was Spike Milligan’s real first name?
  6. Which song has been a number one hit in the UK charts in versions by Norman Greenbaum, Doctor and the Medics and Gareth Gates?
  7. In November 2005
    Sun
    editor Rebekah Wade was arrested for assaulting which well-known actor?
  8. Which film was advertised with the line ‘In space no one can hear you scream’?
  9. Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
  10. Who was J. R. Ewing’s first wife in the US television series
    Dallas
    ?

Round 2: Catchphrases

  1. In which film did John Wayne say ‘A man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do’?
  2. Which Catherine Tate character isn’t ‘bovvered’?
  3. Which classic British comedy television series linked sketches with the catchphrase ‘And now for something completely different’?
  4. Which character delivered the catchphrase ‘Don’t panic!’ in the television comedy series
    Dad’s Army
    ?
  5. Whose catchphrases included ‘It’s turned out nice again’?
  6. With whom was the catchphrase ‘I want to be alone’ associated?
  7. Which character had as his catchphrase ‘To infinity and beyond’?
  8. Which television character has the catchphrase ‘yeah but no but yeah but’?
  9. As well as being their catchphrase,
    Another Fine Mess
    was the title of a 1930 film starring Laurel and Hardy – true or false?
  10. Which antiques expert has the catchphrase ‘As cheap as chips’?

Half-time teaser

How long (in feet and inches) was the longest beard ever recorded?

Round 3: History

  1. Which king of England signed the Magna Carta?
  2. At which battle were cannon first used?
  3. In World War II, what was the code name given to the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944?
  4. What is the emperor Nero said to have done while Rome burned in
    AD
    64?
  5. Which military conflict contributed to the English language the word ‘yomp’?
  6. Which World War II general was known for the pair of ivory-handled pistols he carried?
  7. With which country did Britain fight the so-called War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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  8. Which barbarian king was known as ‘the Scourge of God’?
  9. At what military action did British troops win a record 11 Victoria Crosses?
  10. During World War I, who did the Germans call the ‘Ladies from Hell’?

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