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?
B
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
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?
B
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?
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...
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