WEEK THIRTY

Sunday 26th August 2007

Round One – General Knowledge

1. Which hurricane devastated parts of the Caribbean this week?

2. Name Richard & Judy’s two children?

3. In computer speak, what is RTF?

4. A somnambulist is a sleepwalker, but what is a funambulist?

5. In the Beano, what is the name of Dennis The Menace’s little sister?

6. Which station on the Circle Line of London’s Underground was known as Aldersgate until 1968?

7. The pungency of which food is measured by the Pyruvate Scale?

8. Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in which city?

9. A periodontal disease would affect which part of the body?

10. In the Nineties, who created the fictional criminal profiler Frank Black?

11. Which TV programme features an anonymous presenter known only as “The Stig”?

12. According to the title of Calvin Harris’s recent chart topping hit when was it acceptable?

13. Which band has undertaken world tours by the following names: Urban Jungle and Bridges To Babylon?

14. In the 2003 remake of The Italian Job, the location was moved from Turin to which other city?

15. Which film released in 2006, and based on a true story tells the tale of four friends marooned in the sea after their yacht drifts off?

16. The popular holiday destination of the Dominican Republic shares the island of Hispaniola with which other country?

17. Which European city’s major football clubs are called Sparta and Slavia?

18. Which American pop artist was noted for his large-scale depictions of comic book panels?

19. Which British sculptor died in a fire at her home in St Ives in 1975?

20. In 1995, which British group provided the backing for Vic Reeves version of the Monkee’s song “I’m A Believer”?


Round Two - Kids Film & TV Silhouettes

Round Three

Reality TV…
6. Which recent Channel 5 Reality show has featured the talents of Jodie marsh, Syd Little and DJ Brandon Block?

7. Who was the most recent celebrity to be crowned “King Of The Jungle” in Itv’s reality series “I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here”?

8. In which Channel 4 reality show were the nine contestants all locked in a bunker until they decided which one of them should receive the prize money?

9. Who won BBC’s reality show “How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria”?

10. The Cheeky Girls first came to light on which reality programme?


Plants & Nature…
11. In what period did the first birds and marsupials appear on Earth?

12. What do lepidopterists collect or study?

13. What herb’s leaf is known by its Spanish name, cilantro, in the US?

14. In physical geography, what name is given to an area where tree growth is hindered by low temperatures or short growing seasons?

15. China and what northeastern Indian state are the only regions with native tea plants?

Around The World...Islands

Round Four - Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?

Bonus Round - A-Z Album Quiz

WEEK TWENTY EIGHT

Sunday 11th August 2007

Thanks to Graham for hosting this week's quiz.

Round One – General Knowledge

1. Which dance has a name meaning, “to rub two navels together”?

2. Which bone of the body takes its name from the Latin for “small key”?

3. How is New York rapper Shawn Carter better known?

4. In July, which actress released her second fragrance, entitled “Covet”?

5. The single, longest land border in the world is between which two countries?

6. Which dish on an Indian restaurant menu has a name meaning, in Bengali, “dry fry”?

7. Which six letter culinary term derives from the French meaning, “to melt”?

8. Which religion was based on the ideas of Marcus Garvey?

9. The film The Future is Unwritten chronicles the life and death of which rock star?

10. Which classic story was given a new twist by Jim Henson’s Muppets in a 1996 film?

11. On film and TV, who are Chloe, Jade, Sasha & Jasmine?

12. What did Tokyo replace as the capital of Japan?

13. What did Cairo replace as the capital of Egypt?

14. Who is the unruly hero in a series of seventeen books for children written by Francesca Simon?
15. Radha Raman and Uri Fruchtmann are the two former husbands of which pop star?

16. What is the name of the restaurant chain started by Jamie Oliver to train unemployed young people to become chefs?

17. Who plays late-night radio talk-show host Mitch Moore?

18. Which comedian married his partner Kevin McGee in a civil ceremony in 2006?

19. The Sunderland Empire Theatre is said to be haunted by the ghost of which actor, who died in the theatre’s dressing room in 1976?

20. In 1993, which comedienne looked at life “Through The Cake Hole”?


Round Two – British Films

Round Three

Around The World….
1. The Trans-Siberian railway links Moscow with which coastal city?

2. Which English city is home to theatres called the Haymarket and De Montfort Hall?

3. Franz Joseph Strauss airport serves which German city?

4. Prior to becoming a TV host, of what American city was Jerry Springer mayor?

5. What is the most populated urban area in the Southern Hemisphere?


Animals…(Or, Things I Learnt At Drusillas, this week!!!)
6. What are the male and female donkeys called?

7. The collective name for which insect is an intrusion?

8. What is the alternative canine name for a marmot?

9. What animal has a name that means little thief in Latin?

10. The Prussian naturalist and explorer Alexander Von Humboldt gave his surname to a variety of which bird which he discovered in 1834?


Which products are advertised with the following slogans….
11. “The trouble is they taste too good…”?

12. “Solutions for a small planet…”?

13. “A drink’s too wet without one…”?

14. “Every time feels like the first time…”?

15. “Isn’t it great when things just work…”?


TV Programmes (write down the name of the programme!!)

WEEK TWENTY SEVEN

Sunday 4th August 2007

Round One – General Knowledge

1. Which comedian who died this week started his career in show business as a stuntman on Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and in the film Spartacus?

2. Which centenary was celebrated on Brownsea Island this week?

3. Operation Banner ended this week after 38 years. What was it?

4. YouTube clip of the week shows hundreds of Philippine prisoners in orange jumpsuits, doing a dance routine to which song?

5. Which two housemates were voted out of the Big Brother house?

6. What is the name of the 2003 film starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth that was based on a book which was inspired by a famous painting?

7. In which film set in London does the leading lady give the leading man an original picture by Marc Chagall?

8. Who recorded the album “Dylanesque” in 2007?

9. Which British band took their name from a member of the Manson Family, charged with the murders of 4 actors in Los Angeles 1968?

10. What is the name of the little statue in Brussels, which depicts a little boy urinating into a fountain?

11. What name is given to a tomb or monument in honour of someone whose remains lie elsewhere?

12. Fraser and Magnetic islands lie off the coast of which country?

13. Which American chain of department stores has its flagship store in Lexington Avenue in New York?
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14. In the Uk, which supermarket name is “Scandinavian for value” according to the adverts?

15. Which pocket-sized self-help book was the best-selling piece of non-fiction in 1996?

16. What's the title of the 2003 non-fiction book that has a painting panda up a ladder on the dust cover?

17. In the human body, where are the semi-circular canals?

18. Which American scientist first discovered that the universe is expanding?

19. In the UK, how is the crane fly more commonly known?

20. Of what is limnology the study?


Round Two - Picture Round

..from the George Quiz archive (?) as the Picture Round was saved til next week

Round Three

Around The World…
1. Which African nation was formerly called the Gold Coast?

2. 1034, Audubon Drive is the address of which famous building?

3. Which breed of dog is named after a pass on the border of Switzerland and Italy?

4. What name is given to the Cajun counterpart of paella?

5. Which waterway separates the Peloponnesian Peninsula from the Greek mainland?


Crap Comedy – Only Funny If You’ve Had A Sense Of Humour By-Pass…
6. What were the first names of the Eighties comedy duo Hale & Pace?

7. Which 80’s comedian created the hilarious characters Captain Kremmen and Marcel Wave, a lecherous Frenchman?

8. What was the name of the short-lived 1990 comedy which re-united the “Hi-Di-Hi” team?

9. What was Gareth Blackstock’s occupation in a Nineties sitcom?

10. How is Geraldine Grainger better known?


Art & Crafts…
11. Marchel Duchamp’s 1917 sculpture “Fountain”, basically consisted of what?

12. In colour theory, what are the three secondary colours?

13. Who created the much-parodied painting of an old couple standing in front of a church? And what is it called?

14. What nationality was the painter Marc Chagall?

15. What iconic museum structure, built in 1989, is the Chinese American architect, I M Pei responsible for?

And finally...

Round Four - A History Quiz

Similar to the music quiz we do from time to time; work out the historical events from the 20th Century...