The George Quiz - Week Three Of 2008

Sunday 26th January 2008

Round One – General Knowledge

1. Which country is currently hosting the African Cup Of Nations 2008?

2. How many years comprise a vicennial period?

3. What is the capital of the American east-coast state, New York?

4. What is the capital of Canada?

5. Which UK band takes its name from the nickname of people from Indiana, USA?

6. Which British prime minister introduced the National Lottery?

7. Which is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea?

8. What colour is the “B” in the e-bay logo?

9. Which former model’s autobiography is entitled “A Single Step”?

10. In which country would you spend piastres (choice of 5)?

11. How many rounds make up a game of Yahtzee?

12. A Volvo Saxon is instantly recognisable as what type of vehicle?

13. What is the medical name for the longest bone in your body?

14. Which 90’s duo was formed in East London by sisters Karen & Shelley Poole, having their biggest hit in 1997 with a song called ”Indestructible”??

15. What kind of animal is Reading FC’s mascot Kingsley?

16. Disappointment and Surprise are both the names of what in Australia?

17. Who was the original voice of Churchill the Bulldog in the Insurance adverts?

18. Who played Paul Stevens in three episodes of Friends in Season 6 ?


Round Two – Logo Alphabet; instantly recognisable logos from the High Street

(Please note, there are two "U's")

Round Three

Houses; questions with a housing theme...

1. In a game of Monopoly, how many houses do you need to have on each property in a set before you can build a hotel?

2. In which sport do competitors aim to leave their stones in a house?

3. The name of which country in Southern Africa means Houses of Stone?

4. Who wrote The House at Pooh Corner?

5. Who had hit singles with Our House and House of Fun in the 1980’s?

Connections; answer the first 4 questions, then spot the connection between the answers
6. Topeka is the state capital of which US state?

7. Which Disney film features the song The Circle of Life?

8. Sn is the chemical symbol for which element?

9. What kind of creature was the central character in a series of children’s novels written by Barbara Todd and based at Scatterbrook Farm?

10. What’s the connection?

Rhyming Answers...the answers to the following 5 questions rhyme with each other...
11. What is Africa’s largest country?

12. Which film features the song “You can fly, you can fly, you can fly…”?

13. Which advertising logo was created in 1898 by a businessman called Andre?

14.Which OscarWilde play features the character of Mrs Erlynne?

15.What name is given to a grade of proficiency in judo?



Australia Map Questions...look at the map, then answer the questions, (with city name AND map location number!!)

16. Which city is the capital of Australia?

17. Which Australian city sits on the Swan River?

18. Which city is the capital of Queensland?

19. Which city was named after a British Naturalist, who didn’t actually visit that city on his travels around the world?

20. Which city was the capital of Australia until 1901?

Answers under "Comments"...

The George Quiz - Week Two Of 2008

Sunday 20th January 2008

Another superb quiz this week with at least six teams all challenging for first place, which was won last night by the Diggers Vs Alt. Med. collective, closely followed by Arse Pizza (The Revival) in second. Nice to have you back, people!!! Specialmention also to Kirkby Steven who finished third, and also taught me something about UK geography (its in Cumbria!!)

Round One – General Knowledge

1. Which county’s flag is also called a Saltire?

2. What is the name of the unit that measures relative loudness?

3. The Italian dumplings, gnocchi, are traditionally made from which vegetable?

4. Which TV programme is presented by the Scottish archaeologist and author Mark Oliver?

5. Which two oceans meet at the Cape of Good Hope?

6. Which 2002 belated sequel was subtitled The Rage??

7. Who starred in Uncle Buck?

8. What nationality was Bram Stoker?

9.In the Mr Men books, what did Mr Funny live in?

10. Which comedian is the author of the children’s books “The Further Adventures Of The Queen Mum” and “Tim The Tiny Horse”?

11. Which TV comedy series centres around 34 Claremont Avenue, London?

12. Dulles Airport served which American city?

13. Which two words begin a darts match?

14. Who in Enid Blyton's fiction collectively owned a dog called 'Scamper'??

15. What does the Oscar statuette hold in its hand?
16. A pandemonium is the collective noun describing which kind of birds?

17. Which band’s name is an angram of “Shortie Ponces”, “Shoe Inspector” and “I Consort Sheep”?

18. When would you use a dongle?

Round Two - Famous Scots Picture Round

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Round Three

On This Day In January…
1. 12th, 2006 Mehmet Ali Agca was released from jail after serving 25 years for shooting whom?

2. 15th, 1892 James Naismith codified the rules of which sport?

3. 17th, 1998 who accused Bill Clinton of sexual harassment?

4. 25th, 1971 who deposed Milton Obote?

5. 27th, 1926 who first demonstrated his invention of the television set?


Scottish Music…

Music round, not available here


Rhyming Quiz… the answers to the following five questions all rhyme...
11. What fictional island nation populated by tiny people appears in a 1726 novel by Jonathon Swift?

12. Which film starring Cruise and Kidman was the last film directed by Stanley Kubrick?

13. Which slobbering villain was strangled to death by Princess Leia in Return of the Jedi?

14. What is the correct 4-letter word for a rabbit’s tail?

15. In which us state will you find the river Thames, and the towns of Norwich Essex and Colchester?


Four Letter Answers…
16. Des Moines is the state capital of which US state??

17. The volcano Pavonis Mons is located where?

18. By what four-letter name is the footballer Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite better known?

19. What is the name given to the

footprint of a deer?

20. What is the four-letter name for the tree dwelling of a squirrel?

Round Four - Wipeout

Follow the instructions on the image below, its just like it was on the telly!!

Extra Round - Phobias

Match the phobias below to these definitions...

the fear of...

1. Beards

2. Heights

3. Cats

4. Everything

5. the Moon

6. Bees

7. Dolls

8. Trees

9. the Cold

10. Nudity

11. Animals

12. Light

13. Death

14. Religion

15. Long Words

16. Flying

17. Speed

18. Horses

19. Ghosts

20. Men

A. Selenophobia

B. Pogonophobia

C. Hominophobia

D. Frigophobia

E. Panophobia

F. Apipophobia

G. Phasmophobia

H. Acrophobia

I. Hippopotomonstroesquippedaliophobia

J. Pediophobia

K. Gymnophobia

L. Aviatophobia

M. Photophobia

N. Tachophobia

O. Zoophobia

P. Dendrophobia

Q. Thanatophobia

R. Hippophobia

S. Ailurophobia

T. Theophobia

All the answers appear below under "Comments"

The George Quiz - Week One Of 2008
Sunday 13th January 2008

Round One – General Knowledge

Superb quiz this week, with one of the closest finishes we've ever had at The George; thirteen teams in total with Girls Gone Mild victorious on 59 points, closely followed by The League Against Alternative Medicine and Devil Wears Primark tied on 56 (TLAAM were the first to complete the tie-break jigsaw competition, so they came second!!). The Primed Reddies scored 54.5, Cover Me In Quiz reached a total of 54 points, and If We Don't Come First, We'll Fake It finished in 6th place on 53.5 points...so well done to everyone; a great start to the New Year!!!

1. In the new film, who plays "Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber Of Fleet Street"?

2. Which Scottish female singer had a number one album last year with This Is The Life?

3. Which TV programme is presented by Evan Davis?

4. Liverpool is not the only Capital Of Culture this year; in which European country is Stavanger, the other chosen city?

5. Which 2005 film features a zebra voiced by Frankie Muniz disguised as a horse?

6. Which film from last year features the line: "Have you ever fired two guns while jumping through the air?"?

7. The name Walrus derives from which two words??

8. Trapezoid, trapezium and capitate are all bones in which part of the anatomy?

9. In the new version of Monopoly, which town in Hertfordshire replaces Mayfair as the game’s most expensive property?

10. Which sauce has an egg and butter base with tarragon, shallots, wine, and vinegar?

11. Which singer played a waitress aboard the Titanic in the Dr Who Christmas special show on Christmas Day?

12. St Catherine’s Monastery, the oldest monastery in the world, lies at the foot of which mountain?

13. Which English film star sold his Warhol painting of Elizabeth Taylor for £23million at an auction in New York in November?

14. Where in London did Gordon Brown unveil a statue of Nelson Mandela in August last year?

15. In the TV advert, which make of car is constructed using sponge cake, jam and golden syrup while Julie Andrews sings “Favourite Things”?

16. In which country does the Mekong River reach the sea?

17. Which writer teamed up with Kurt Cobain to make the record ‘The Priest They Called Him'?
18. Make a politician out of the anagram “random advice”?


Round Two – Pop Groups
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In the spirit of Netiquette, i should mention that the pictures for this quiz came from the superb website http://www.flipflopflyin.com/index.html as i said on sunday, i'm sure that many of you will recognise them from The Observer Music Magazine's "Abba - Zappa" advertising campaign..

Round Three

Nursery Rhymes and Kids Tales
1. Which nursery rhyme features the line: "The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn?

2. Whose naivety resulted in the demise of herself and six other avians whilst on their way to report doubts about the sky's ability to stay aloft?

3. Who let her hair down for the Prince to join her in the tower?

4. In which Grimm's tale does the Wicked Witch end up in the oven?

5. Which animal first helped, then ate, the Gingerbread Man?


Literature…the men
6. Which Irish poet produced an award winning adaptation of the epic Beowolf in 1999?

7. Which Irish author has written the novels "Shooting Sean" and "Divorcing Jack" featuring the character Dan Starkey?

8. Which Nick Hornby novel (1995) written in the first person narrative from the points of view of the four main characters has Johnny Depp bought the rights to?

9. Who has written the new James Bond novel, "Devil May Care" due for publication this year?

10. Which detective in a series of novels by Michael Connolly shares his name with a fifteenth century Dutch artist?


Famous Buildings…
11. In which famous building in Paris is the tomb of the Unknown Soldier?

12. Which Canadian architect designed the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, the Dancing House in Prague and the proposed King Alfred Project in Hove?

13. In which British city is the award winning tourist attraction; the National Space Centre, designed by Nicholas Grimshaw?

14. Architect William Van Alen designed which building in an Art Deco style, which upon its completion in 1930 was the world’s tallest structure and the first man-made structure to rise above 1000 feet?

15. Which French building is famous for its Hall Of Mirrors?



Winter Sun… Identify the countries currently enjoying a bit of sun...

Round Four – Who Wants To Be A Millionaire

Click to open the above quiz, answer the 15 questions in the style of the programme; if you came to the George Quiz you would have had the chance to ask me one "50;50" and one "Ask The Audience", but you'll just have to "Phone A Friend" if you don't know the answer....