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
Click to open/enlarge in another window, and follow the instructions...
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....