Sunday 23rd December 2007
A great quiz tonight, thanks to everybody who turned up on a bitterly cold night - and a special "thank you" to the management of The George for providing the Mulled Wine!!! Here are the questions...
Round One – General Knowledge
1. What “A” is the collective name given to the four Sundays before Christmas?
2. What “P” is the name is given to an Indian dish consisting of pieces of chicken or vegetables dipped in a spiced batter and deep-fried?
3. Which “S” is the lake in Hyde Park in which swimmers have a traditional Christmas Day dip?
4. In the human body, what “R” can be true, false or floating?
5. Which “C” is home to Wales’s largest castle and the annual Big Cheese Festival?
6. What “F” were first classified by the Galton-Henry system in 1901??
7. Which NH is the historic name for the continent of Australasia?
8. Which AS was used at the 1980 Winter Olympics for the first time?
9. Which MS presented Channel 4’s “Alternative Queen’s Speech” in 2004?
10. Which FP was patented by William B Purvis in January 1890?
11. Which HF features the vocal talents of Nicole Kidman, Robin Williams and Elijah Wood?
12. On TV which JT was the host of BBC’s “The People’s Quiz”?
13. Which WAG is a museum, opened in 1877 in William Brown Street, Liverpool?
14. Which HDM is the title of the trilogy of books written by Philip Pullman from which “The Golden Compasses” is taken?
15. Which RAH held the first Sumo Wrestling Championships outside of Japan in 1991?
16. Which BOM is it possible to be as tricky as?
17. Which TRW was the subtitle of the second "Mad Max" film, released in 1981?
18. Which WMA were held in Monaco on November 4th this year?
Round Two – Retro Toys And Games
1. What “A” is the collective name given to the four Sundays before Christmas?2. What “P” is the name is given to an Indian dish consisting of pieces of chicken or vegetables dipped in a spiced batter and deep-fried?
3. Which “S” is the lake in Hyde Park in which swimmers have a traditional Christmas Day dip?
4. In the human body, what “R” can be true, false or floating?
5. Which “C” is home to Wales’s largest castle and the annual Big Cheese Festival?
6. What “F” were first classified by the Galton-Henry system in 1901??
7. Which NH is the historic name for the continent of Australasia?
8. Which AS was used at the 1980 Winter Olympics for the first time?
9. Which MS presented Channel 4’s “Alternative Queen’s Speech” in 2004?
10. Which FP was patented by William B Purvis in January 1890?
11. Which HF features the vocal talents of Nicole Kidman, Robin Williams and Elijah Wood?
12. On TV which JT was the host of BBC’s “The People’s Quiz”?
13. Which WAG is a museum, opened in 1877 in William Brown Street, Liverpool?
14. Which HDM is the title of the trilogy of books written by Philip Pullman from which “The Golden Compasses” is taken?
15. Which RAH held the first Sumo Wrestling Championships outside of Japan in 1991?
16. Which BOM is it possible to be as tricky as?
17. Which TRW was the subtitle of the second "Mad Max" film, released in 1981?
18. Which WMA were held in Monaco on November 4th this year?
Round Two – Retro Toys And Games
Round Three
Music Intros From 2007…
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News Of The Week:
7. Who is the new leader of the Liberal Democrat Party?
8. Who won the Plain English Campaign’s Foot In Mouth Award this week for this quote: “He is inexperienced, but he's experienced in terms of what he's been through,"?
9. Which mammal was discovered to be descended from a raccoon-sized land-based mammal called the Indonyus?
10. On which island did the United Nations Conference on Climate take place this week?
11. What was the title of JK Rowling’s limited edition hand written book of fairy tales, which sold this week for £1.95m?
12. Ruth Kelly admitted this week that the government had mislaid the names and addresses of which group of people; numbering over three million?
Films Of 2007…
13. Which Hollywood superstar played Willy Banks, the victim of Danny Ocean’s gang of robbers in Oceans 13 this year?
14. Following on from Fahrenheit 9/11, Michael Moore had another huge, angry success with a feature-length documentary on which subject??
15. Starring Gerard Depardieu, La Vie En Rose was one of the most talked-about European films of the year. It told the story of which French icon??
16. Sean Bean showed off his American accent in a remake of which classic horror film?
17. Why did Waitress, a low-key indie comedy, achieve massive media exposure even before it was released?
18. Which movie was the biggest "success" at the 2007 Razzies, winning such prestigious awards as Worst Picture and Worst Screenplay?
Round Four – Dead In 2007
Can you identify these people who shuffled off our mortal coil during the past 12 months?
Round Five
Winter Sports…
1. In which winter sport do competitors change lanes after every lap?
2. Which country hosted the 2006 Winter Olympic Games?
3. Which sport, developed in the United States in the 1960’s became a Winter Olympic Sport in 1998?
4. What name is given to the type of skiing where the heel of the boot cannot be fixed to the ski?
5. Which Winter Sport is governed by a body called the WCF?
6. In which country is the three quarter mile natural ice track called the Cresta Run?
Christmas Missing Lyrics…
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Christmas Questions To Finish….
13. The Christmas tree on show in Trafalgar Square is an annual gift from which European country?
14. Which English female solo artist was born on Christmas Day 1971?
15. In the song “Twelve Days Of Christmas”, how many ladies are dancing?
16. The names of which two of Santa’s reindeer are the German words for thunder and lightening?
17. In which Christmas film does the character of Jack Skellington appear?
18. From which modern day country does St Nicholas come?
Merry Christmas from the George Quiz
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