QUIZ SEVEN

Sunday 25th February

Round One – General Knowledge

1. The government have pledged to back a bid by England to host the football World Cup in which year?

2. What is the name of the number one album by Lebanese born singer Mika?

3. Rainfall is measured by what instrument?

4. In March 2002, whose emotional Oscar acceptance speech lasted over four minutes in which she thanked her manager, mother, agent, lawyers, husband, God, Spike Lee and Oprah Winfrey?

5. Which part animated, part live action film features the voices of Madonna, Snoop Dogg Dogg, and Robert De Niro?

6. The energy drink “Red Bull” originated in which Asian country?

7. Which Devon river rises on Dartmoor and flows into the English Channel at Plymouth?

8. Which TV show is presented by Mark Dolan?

9. Which cartoon character has a sidekick called Karate?

10. The theme tune to which classic cartoon began “Think of all the animals you’ve heard about…”?

11. Which volunteer organisation, founded in 1824 has the motto “ With Courage, Anything Is Possible”?

12. In which European city would you find the Flavian Ampitheatre?

13. What is on the top of the pyramid on the reverse of a $1 note?

14. On which TV spaceship was Holly the ship’s computer?

15. What was the name of the imaginary creature that was described by Lewis Caroll as having 'jaws that bite and claws that catch'?

16. The name of which soup translated from Italian means, “to serve up”?

17. In cosmetic surgery, which part of the body is improved by rhinoplasty?

18. Which American artist died in a car crash aged 44 in 1956?

19. Who had a hit in 1984 with a version of Elvis Presley’s “Love Me Tender”?

20. In ten pin bowling a strike is when you get all the pins down with one ball, what term is used for getting them all down after two balls?


Round Two: Album Covers
All the following albums have been released in the past 6 years: Artist & Title, please





Who Am I?
5 Clues To A Famous Person

5-point clue: I was born in Colwyn Bay in April 1960 and I died in September 2000.Who am I?

4-point clue: When I was eighteen years old I posed naked for Penthouse magazine. Who am I?

3-point clue: In 1979 I published the book Rock Stars in Their Underpants. Who am I?

2-point clue: From 1982-1987 I co-hosted the TV show The Tube. Who am I?

1-point clue: I gave birth to four daughters, Fifi, Peaches, Pixie and Heavenly Hirani Tiger Lily. I was formerly married to Bob Geldof. Who am I?


Round Three – A Variety

(Questions 1-5: Audio round featuring excerpts from stand-up comedians, obviously not available here...)

Words Beginning With “O”…

6. Which "O" is an earthy pigment containing ferric oxide?

7. Which "O" is an alternative name for a fish eagle?

8. Which "O" is a tall four-sided monument tapering to a pyramidal top?

9. Jocasta was the wife of Laius and the mother of which mythological "O"?

10. Which "O" is the formation of a word from a sound associated with what it is named (eg Cuckoo, sizzle)?


Animal Answers: each answer contains the name of an animal

11. Who was voted BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year in 2000?

12. In which film did Robert DeNiro play Michael Vronsky?

13. Which fictional cartoon character was appointed President of the Society of Sober Sailors?

14. In the TV show Gladiators what was the gladiatorial name of Mark Smith?

15. In which band did Jenny replace Kerry in 2001?



Film Blockbusters:
The image below shows acronyms for 16 films: identify the actor or actress who starred in all the films. Once you have identified the actor/actress, work out the titles of the films in the shaded hexagons.

Round Four - Fastest Finger

Just like "Millionaire", put the following in order...

Caption Competition
Teams were asked to come up with a short, snappy and witty caption for the picture below.

(I couldn't resist putting this picture in the quiz - all Cameron's hard work in the last couple of years trying to convince us that he's not the basterd son of Tebbitt and Thatcher undone with one hand gesture...)


I'll post some of the funnier captions soon.

QUIZ SIX

Sunday 18th February

Round One - General Knowledge (in the style of the board game, Trivial Pursuit)

1. Which rotund comedian presented the game show version of the board game “Trivial Pursuit” on BBC in 1990?

2. GEOGRAPHY: Which major motor racing and rock concert venue is in Leicestershire?

3. GEOGRAPHY: Which canal separates the Peloponnesian peninsula from the Greek mainland?

4. GEOGRAPHY: Which common British first name is also France’s most popular surname?

5. ENTERTAINMENT: Which Nineties film was based on the investigation into the death of murdered former rock star Johnny Boz?

6. ENTERTAINMENT: Which Scottish comedian hosted Channel 5’s late night chat show shortly after the channel’s launch in 1997?

7. ENTERTAINMENT: How were Diane Youdale, Judy Simpson, James Crossley, & Michael Van Wyck collectively known in a hugely popular TV show of the Nineties?

8. HISTORY: Who pioneered birth control in London in the 1920’s?

9. HISTORY: Which Russian city had three different names in the course of the 20th Century?

10. HISTORY: Which British historian was branded a racist and a holocaust denier after a failed libel action in 1999?

11. SCIENCE & NATURE: Which tree is depicted on the flag of Lebanon?

12. SCIENCE & NATURE: Which of the two bones that make up the forearm is on the same side as the thumb?

13.SCIENCE & NATURE: Which English physicist, mathematician and astronomer first developed the theory of colour based on the observation that a prism decomposes white light into a visible spectrum?

14. ART & LITERATURE: Which Plymouth housewife became famous with her delicious paintings of big fat ladies?

15. ART & LITERATURE: Which 1952 children’s story by the American author E. B. White was the biggest selling children’s paperback ever until 2000?

16. ART & LITERATURE: Whose sculpture of the pregnant artist Alison Lapper stands on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square?

17. SPORT & LEISURE: Which European club side plays its home games at the “Mestalla”?

18. SPORT & LEISURE: Which game involves hitting the feathers of a goose with the insides of a sheep?

19. SPORT & LEISURE: What has got stuffed in a Turkish restaurant to make dolmas?

20. In the late 1990’s which smooth actor/comedian reprised the role of presenter of Trivial Pursuit, albeit now watched by only a few people on the Family Channel?


Round Two - Female Cartoon Silhouettes


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Who Am I?

Five Clues To A Famous Person.....

5 point clue – I was born in 1939 and made my film debut in a 1968 movie entitled Interlude. Who am I?
4 point clue – In a 1979 episode of Dr Who I played an art gallery visitor. On film I have played a pirate, a teacher, a Roman centurion and a Wild West sheriff. Who am I?
3 point clue – I appeared in a famous comedy sketch stood next to Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett. Who am I?
2 point clue – My CV includes the films Life of Brian, Clockwise and Fierce Creatures. Who am I?
1 point clue – On TV I memorably played the role of Basil Fawlty. Who am I?



Round Three - A Variety

Connections: Spot the connection between the next four answers…

1. Which character did Robbie Williams voice in the disastrous film version of “The Magic Roundabout”?

2. Which band recorded the Nineties albums “Fanfare For The Common Muse”, “Casanova” and “Fin De Siecle”?

3. Which author’s three books in the “Barrytown Trilogy” were “The Commitments”, “The Snapper” and “The Van”?

4. Who launched his career as a stand-in on the Channel 5 chat show “The Jack Docherty Show” in 1998?

5. What is the connection??


The following five two-word answers have the initials GC or CG

6. The GC- What collective name is given to the four treaties adopted in 1864 in the aftermath of the Battle of Solferino?

7. The GC- What was put into effect in much of Western Europe on October 15th, 1752?

8. The GC- What begins near Lee’s Ferry and ends near Lake Mead?

9. The CG- What was banned in Singapore in 1969?

10 The CG- Where in the Mendips Hills is a public path called Jacob’s Ladder to be found?



What numbers are represented by the following phrases in bingo terminology?

11. "Man alive"

12. "The Brighton Line"

13. "Dirty Knees"

14. "Doctors orders"

15. "Stop and run "



Fill in the missing words from this week's news headlines
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