The George Quiz - Week Six Of 2008

Sunday 17th February 2008

Round One – General Knowledge

1. Which British journalist made the controversial 2003 documentary “Living With Michael Jackson” ?

2. Which political party shares its name with the collective noun for a group of moles?

3. Which actress played opposite Leonardo Di Caprio inn the film “Gangs Of New York”?

4. Who had the 1998 hit album entitled 'Life Thru A Lens'?

5. What are rose wines called in North America?

6. What were “Starburst” sweets formally known as?

7. In which city is Britain's oldest cathedral?

8. In which sport do sprinters go deliberately slow for most of the race?
9. "The Old Man Of Hoy" is a large pillar of rock rising from the sea; in which island group is it situated?

10. In which city is the only underground rail system in Africa?

11. The father of which British stand up comedian and TV presenter once managed Northampton football club and currently is employed as a talent scout for Manchester City?

12. Which film director started off the “Scream” series of films?

13. Which is the largest species of lizard in the world, only to be found on a few islands in Central Indonesia?

14. Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel. What comes next?

15. The size of what is measured by a craniometer?

16. The subject of an animated Disney film, by what name is Rebecca Rolfe better known?

17. In which TV sitcom did Alexei Sayle play Mr Balowski?

18. Under which London landmark on the Embankment are buried a razor, cigars and a portrait of Queen Victoria?



Round Two – Kids TV Silhouettes
Identify the silhouettes from Children's TV programmes past and present; please note, thhere are no film characters...

Round Three

On this day...in February in years gone by
1. On February 17th 1992 which American serial killer was sentenced in Wisconsin to life in prison for murdering and dismembering 15 boys?

2. On 18th February 1885 which novel by Mark Twain was branded racist?

3. On February 19th, 1982 who was arrested for urinating on the Alamo?

4. On 20th February, 1986 which Russian space station, meaning “peace”, was launched?

5. On 21st February 1995, which American aviator landed in Canada becoming the first person to cross the Pacific Ocean in a Hot air balloon?

6. 22nd, 1879 in which city did Frank Woolworth open his first store?



The Weather….
7. What is the study of weather called?

8. What name is given to a line on a weather map linking places of equal atmospheric pressure?

9. What type of cloud signifies bad (rainy) weather?

10. According to a song by a Tribe Of Toffs in 1988, who was “a weatherman, a wetatherman, a weatherman…”? (And who was as well?)

11. What was the catchphrase of Caroline Aherne’s Mediterranean weathergirl Paola Fisch in “The Fast Show”?

12. What is the name given to the lightning, which clings to ships' masts?



Bird In The Answer...each answer contains the name of a bird
13. Which group released the 1988 compilation album, “Now That’s What I Call Quite Good”?

14. What is the nickname of Cardiff City FC?

15. Other than monarchs, who was the first woman to be depicted on a British banknote?

16. Which character did Jodie Foster play in “Silence Of The Lambs”?

17. Which singer is currently in the charts with the song Shine Over Babylon from the upcoming album Detours?

18. In which film did Mel Gibson voice Rocky the Rooster?





Round Four - Soap Babes


Match the soap babe to their character name...

Congratulations to this week's winners The First Wives Club, who won the quiz for the first tme tonight after many attempts (!!), and can be doublely proud of themselves as fifteen is the highest number of teams we've ever had at the quiz so far...well done, enjoy your food!