WEEK THIRTY FOUR

Sunday 30th September 2007

Cracking good fun last night - 9 teams, 2 picture rounds and a team from New York. How cool!

Round One – General Knowledge

1. Where did the Labour Party hold their conference this week?

2. What is the rather normal, non-celebrity name of Charlotte Church’s baby?

3. Which vegetable’s name translates from Chinese as 'white vegetable'?

4. The French call it 'creme anglaise' what do we call it?

5. The scale for measuring wind speed is named after the 19th Century British Admiral who devised it, what is it called??

6. Who invented the electric light bulb?

7. In Liverpool how are the Liver Building, Cunard Building and the Port of Liverpool Building collectively known?

8. Which Dj partnered Kevin Greening on Radio One’s Breakfast Show in 1997?

9. Which Radio One Dj was known as “The Hairy Cornflake”?

10. Spanned by the Fathi Sultan Mehmet Bridge, which strait forms the boundary between Europe and Asia in Turkey?

11. The ferry route crossing the Adriatic between Patras and Brindisi links which two European countries?

12. In which film did Sigourney Weaver play scientist Diane Fossey?

13. In which film did Bruce Willis play convict James Cole?

14. How is the double act of David Peacock and Charles Hodges better known?

15. In 2007, which band are searching for the fourth chord?

16. In a deck of cards what is the total value of the numeric cards in all four suits?

17. In which British city will you find Stormont Castle?

18. What colour is given to nursery slopes at a ski resort?

19. Which famous footballers ex-wife holds the world record for kicking a football in the air the longest time?

20. How many letter E's do you get in the game of Scrabble?


Round Two – Fruit And Veg
Name the exotic fruit, vegetables and herbs (Number 8 is definitely NOT a lychee!!)

Round Two-And-A-Half – Who Am I?

5 point clue I was born in 1939 and I am married with three children. I am a familiar face on television and I am a passionate cricket fan; I am the author of biographies of Viv Richards and clive Lloyd. Who am I?

4 point clue In 1960 I joined the BBC World Service as a producerand this year hosted “This Is Your Life” with Simon Cowell the victim. Who am I?

3 point clue I hold a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National TV Awards which I host every year & I was knighted in 1999. Who am I?

2 point clue I was born in Trinidad and was lampooned by Lenny Henry on Tiswas. Who am I?

1 point clue I became Britain’s first black national news reader. Who am I?



Round Three - A Variety

Continents…
Where would you find…
1. The Tasmanian Wolf?

2. Lar Gibbon?

3. Andean tapir

4. Barbary Lion?

5. Short-tailed Chinchilla?


Answers beginning with “C”…
6. By what name was China known to the west in medieval times?

7. What does a cryptologist study?

8. What name is given to a tradesman who made or traded knives?

9. What is the name of the ring of light that can be seen around the sun during a solar eclipse?

10. Which character was portrayed by Peter Mayhew in the Star Wars films?


Newspapers….
11. The masthead at the top of a copy of The Independent shows which creature holding a rolled up newspaper?

12. With a name meaning “Truth”, what was the name of the Soviet Union’s leading newspaper and official organ of the Central communist Party?

13. “La Stampa” is the biggest-selling newspaper in which European country?

14. “The Thunderer” was a popular nickname for which newspaper?

15. What is the name of the Sun’s agony aunt?



Radio One Dj’s

..to follow (having trouble locating the file on a very cluttered pc!!)

Round Four – Children’s Films

Taglines, Invisibles, Synopses etc..from the recent past